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

Twitter

[VRWCTexan]

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

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[GeronL]

Why are you asking me? I was watching the game.

Do I have to go to Google Maps?

[papasmurf]

Historical Seismicity Magnitude 6.5 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 2010 January 10 00:27:38 UTC

[GeronL]

Ferndale is way way way way up north near Eureka, as far as I can tell. 2 Hundred miles or so.

[luckystarmom]

I had only been in California for a short while when the ‘89 quake hit. I was in a meeting with 2 California natives. They went straight under a table, and I joined them. I got a little more concerned when I asked them if this was a typical earthquake and they both said “NO!”.

I hated the way the earth felt after the earthquake. It felt like you were on the ocean. I remember driving home and one of the after shocks hit and the telephone polls were moving.

I didn’t like that earthquake.

[vox_freedom]

Thanks GR and appreciate the report.
We're thinking of you tubebender....

vox

[Quix]

THANKS MUCH.

Have often wondered about such details.

Do you have a table comparing the 8 scales at different magnitudes?

[EggsAckley]

North of Watsonville. On a ridge in Aptos, adjacent to Niscene Marks State Park. The epicenter is on that same ridge. Way too close for comfort.

Were you here for the “big one”?

[vox_freedom]

[advertising guy]

except for the internet, I cannot find a blame thing about this on tv

[ninergold3]

I remember that the bridges were closed for quite sometime. The Bay Bridge opened just before (or right on) Thanksgiving. I was going to Oroville - in N. California - for Thanksgiving and it was the first day the Bay Bridge was open. I can laugh now but it was terrifying. Nobody was obeying the speed limits - I think we went 70+ to get over ASAP.

[Quix]

What town are you in?

[Strategerist]

How much the quake varies on each scale differs with the nature of the quake.

USGS description is here (the final magnitude for large near-surface quakes - the ones that matter - are all Mw (Moment Magnitude.)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php

[glock rocks]

TVs are only good for racin.

[fretzer]

I was about 5 miles from the epicenter at Loma Prieta back in ‘89 down in San Jose. I could see the peak from my back yard. Rock n roll.

[glock rocks]

Another aftershock, same place, 2.8

[advertising guy]

and Cardinals / Diamonbacks games !

[Quix]

Thanks for the update.

May God be with all those hurthing and troubled there in this mess.

[rintense]

Wow. I was in my dorm at Michigan State, watching the World Series with floor mates when Al Michaels flipped out. We were glued to the TV for the next 24 hours.

[rintense]

Bush was at the Cowboys game in Jerry Jones’ suite. Not his fault this time. ;)