Menzo
2024
Yeah, very long earthquake in downtown San Jose triggered by the big one along the NV border. Not very intense, but it lasted a while.
rowe33
2025
We felt something a few hours ago here in LA. Might’ve been a weird aftershock related to the big one up north as I don’t see anything near us at all. Was on a work call and those of us around LA all felt it at once.
Maybe a truck? USGS reports nothing in California for the last 12 hours.
rowe33
2027
No, at least 4 people on the call miles apart around LA felt it at the same time. Was a definite quick jolt. The usual social media ‘Earthquake?’ posts popped up at the same time. Just strange to see it reach that far.
I felt yesterday’s in SF. Rocked me side to side on my work couch for 10 or 15 seconds. It was quite pleasant.
rowe33
2030
Yep, that’s it. That article goes from a firm “It was a sonic boom” headline to “Was it a sonic boom?” in the actual story. Weird.
Haiti just got hit by a 7.2, and they’re scheduled to get hit by Tropical Storm Grace on Monday.
Projected fatalities are… high
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/pager
NBC News (and others) reports 7.3 off the coast of Japan near Fukushima.
Everyone safe from the bigish one in California today?
JoshL
2035
300 miles away from me, so I’m fine, thanks for asking! Any QT3’ers in Humbolt county??
Scuzz
2036
It was in a lightly populated area near Fortuna from what I read.
I’m in the rogue valley up in Oregon, not too far away from this, and my first thought was that it was the harbinger of the cascadia fault line giving way.
But then I read that there was a similar 3.2 quake exactly a year ago, so maybe it’s just a seasonal offshore earthquake party?
CraigM
2038
Honestly if/ when that does go, far better to happen this time of year than, say, 4th of July weekend or something.
It is always going to suck, but an additional half million people sitting on the beach would be worse.
Agreed for all of the beachgoers, but it would be pretty rough for huge chunks of Washington, Oregon, and Northern California to be without power and largely inaccessible during the winter months.
(My understanding is the kind of wave that would propagate through the earth is fairly easy on wooden structures but straight hell on infrastructure like plumbing and roadways)
This is gonna be really bad. Just a cursory look at photos and video…just horrifying.
Population of Antep + Maras is over 3 million, and weather forecast expects overnight lows below freezing every night for weeks.
Adana is ~100 mi away from epicenter, another ~2million people
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There is going to be a LOT more talk about earthquake resistant buildings and construction quality.
