URGENT -- MAGNITUDE 6.5 QUAKE HITS WEST OF FERNDALE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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[VRWCTexan]

URGENT -- MAGNITUDE 6.5 QUAKE HITS WEST OF FERNDALE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

[GVnana]

Probably Portola. Between Mendocino and Sonoma.

[Joe Boucher]

Obammy did it.

[VRWCTexan]

USGS E-mail just received in in-box

Region: OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Geographic coordinates: 40.674N, 124.655W
Magnitude: 6.1 Ml
Depth: 16 km
Universal Time (UTC): 10 Jan 2010 00:27:39
Time near the Epicenter: 9 Jan 2010 16:27:39
Local standard time in your area: 10 Jan 2010 00:27:39

Location with respect to nearby cities:
35 km (22 miles) WNW (288 degrees) of Ferndale, CA
39 km (24 miles) W (261 degrees) of Humboldt Hill, CA
41 km (26 miles) WSW (256 degrees) of Bayview, CA
43 km (27 miles) WSW (253 degrees) of Eureka, CA 360 km (224 miles) NW (312 degrees) of Sacramento, CA

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Tell USGS if you felt it at Did you feel it?

[PGalt]

Thanks much for the twitter link (#69). Yes, it is fantastic for breaking news. (I followed the Mumbai massacre on twitter) BTTT!

[Daffynition]

I liked this one ...

" oldgloryradio: Eureka Safeway food store took a hit, mess everywhere. Drove through town, crowds gathering, liberals rethinking stand on gun control"

BWAHAHAHA!

[wintertime]

Oh Wow! Just like terrorism it is the common citizen who must take charge.

[Psycho_Bunny]

6.5 is no biggy in Eureka. I remember in 80 or 81, being thrown against the wall while I was asleep by a 7.2.

That was in Jacoby Creek, and our store in Eureka had almost no damage.

[glock rocks]

It’s really cool. On the left column of controls, try this: unclick rings, click shell, drag Quakes slider bar to the left. Click on States.

You can use the MAG and DATE sliders to only display above the magnitude you select, and the date slider to only show the quakes within the number of days you choose.

Put your mouse on the globe, hold down the button and drag the globe. Wheee..

[metmom]

Incredible map.

Is that pretty typical activity?

[granite]

The quake appears to have occurred along the Russ fault.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hear from Tork yet? Does anyone have his phone #?

[TChad]

Arcata CA, from Twitter

[SouthTexas]

The hard part was stopping the rotation. :)

[OafOfOffice]

Around Santa Rosa.....

[Vaquero]

Lex Luthor: Bye bye California. Hello new west coast. My west coast...... Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex. Otisburg - “Otisburg”?

[Domandred]

Call it a hunch, but I expect there will be a big earthquake on the US West Coast in about 2-3 days, possibly a “reflective” earthquake, triggered by this.

7 posted on Sunday, January 03, 2010 8:23:38 PM by yefragetuwrabrumuy

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Well you were off by a few days, but I say 6.5 is big.

[BenLurkin]

Yes, for the most part. But of course a 6.5 quake is newsworthy.

[RaceBannon]

You Cali people are sued to it. To me, anything that causes cracks in the road is pretty significant! :)

[jtill]

So was I - in the East Bay, about 40 miles out of San Francisco.