Posted on 05/23/2009 5:43:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook central California, less than a week after a pair of similar temblors rattled the highly populated southern part of the state.
The United States Geological Survey said Saturday's quake struck at 2258 GMT, at a depth of just 0.062 miles, and occurred some 7 miles from the town of Keeler, and 200 miles north of Los Angeles.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.
The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale, now used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and the total energy released.
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Looks like its building up to something big.
Magnitude 4.7 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2009 May 23 22:58:32 UTC
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14462064.php
ya never know. folks ought be prepared either way. we’re overdue..
Seems like the Earth is restless. Quakes even here in Dallas/Fort Worth.
Sounds like normal activity.
Los Angeles native for 60 years.
What is up with all the earthquakes all of a sudden? It seems that every time I turn around, somebody is getting an earthquake. I don’t remember there being this many earthquakes when I was a boy.
more likely it is because of all the monitoring and reporting of events and such. that tends to raise awareness. well, for some anyway.
This looks to be in the Owen’s Valley, where big quakes rattle no population.
The prequel to the Big One?
Is Obama up to handling a major disaster?
No...The Zero will be calling Arnuld for advice on Kaleefornia issues.
This whole area around Owens Lake is “Rock and Roll”
country. Small quakes almost every day.
So you were 2 when you lived in Eureka?
Never lived in Eureka. I was there for one day. It is beautiful. Small town-ish.
Follow an earthquake notification service. The USGS is one and a lot on Twitter. There are earthquakes every few minutes.
BTW, the earth is always moving.
I was afraid you would say that. Oh Well...I wonder who it was that went to HSU in Arcata. I just called my sister in FResno and she didn’t fell the shake...
The USGS has a direct link to Google Earth with the location...
Ah, I have friends in Arcata. Beautiful. Actually, so much of California is beautiful [much to the the chagrin of certain Freepers].
Yes, I love it. I am an earthquake-freak.
Depth 0.1 km (0.1 miles) ?????
For a myriad of reasons; topographic, geophysical and geomorphic, California has 5 traditional, USGS regions:
1) A coastal region, generally west of the San Andreas fault, usually referred to as the central and north coasts
2) A central, structural trough, often termed the Great Valley or Central Valley which includes the bulk of central California
3) A series of basins and ranges, located east of the Sierra Nevada uplift commonly termed, eastern California.
4) A substantial, volcanic plateau abutting the southeastern flank of the Cascade complex, typically called the Modoc Plateau
5) Southern California, a series of basins and ranges south of the extensions of the Garlock Fault.
Ping... for report..
Where the heck is Keeler? Never heard of it...
Where the heck is Keeler? I am 90 miles northwest of LA and didn’t feel a thing.
well well! Looks like Northern Cal is rocking too...hmmmm.
Where the heck is Keeler? Never heard of it...
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roughly half way between fresno and vegas or right smack dab in between sequioa national forest and the mojave desert..
Thanks
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