Posted on 04/05/2010 2:05:37 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
Geological experts say the millions of people who felt everything from intense shaking to gentle rolling from Sunday's powerful earthquake near the Mexico border should expect more to come.
Powerful, magnitude-7.2 quake strikes along U.S.-Mexico border."Don't be surprised if you feel something in the next few days," said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones. "We need to remember that every earthquake we have has the possibility of triggering another earthquake."
Aftershocks began shortly after the earthquake, including a powerful tremor early this morning.
The 7.2 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit the regionin decades, felt more than 300 miles away in Las Vegas.
"It was probably felt by at least 20 million people at this point," Jones said.
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It’s as though the audience for this article never, ever experienced an earthquake or 50 in their lives.
I only experienced one that I knew in Ct that shook me out of bed, one that I had to be told about in Aneheim in 87
Since then , there's been 150 inches of plate movement that will let loose a big one in the near future.
I’ve been through this so many times, I could write the article. I could even step in for Dr. Jones if she were not available. LOL. I’m not ridiculing them at all for publishing this, though. I even find Lucy’s appearances reassuring. She’s like the Mom of all of us after an EQ.
Ya....but the audience for this article are Californians....we eat earthquakes for breakfast.
150 inches... whoa. That’s probably what causes global warming, NOT human activity. ;^)
Geology fascinates me. I even felt relieved after the quake yesterday: we’ve been waiting for this so long. We’re just that much closer to THE BIG ONE.
The aftershock early this morning must have been the one that woke me up. It was probably the strongest I felt since the original quake.
I don’t quite understand that statement, Race, if you don’t mind. Maybe I’m having PTSD after yesterday’s “Holy Roller” as I call it, haha.
It’s hard for me to imagine what a lifetime without EQs is like.
What time was that? I missed it, was distracted by the heavy rainfall. (Clear out now.)
Almost 13 ft. of stress.
I’m so happy that my son is traveling in S. California with a high school group this week.
Don’t heavy rains have something to do with lubricating the plates?
Only if you leave them out in the back yard.
I’m gonna say it was about 4am give or take a little. The bed was rocking back and forth for about 10-15 seconds and after I checked to see if I was alone I realized it was another quake.
There has been one roughly every 3-4 minutes since yesterday.
She was all over the news yesterday. She seemed awfully obnoxious to me.
Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time
* Monday, April 05, 2010 at 11:14:14 UTC
* Monday, April 05, 2010 at 04:14:14 AM at epicenter
4:14 am, I’m guessing this is the one I felt.
‘We need to remember that every earthquake we have has the possibility of triggering another earthquake.”
How about my unscientific guess of NEVER!!!!!
Thanks for the interesting info.
Only when you have hundreds of feet of 'snow'. Do the math, the weight of your general snow in the mountains does not even come out to even a fraction of a percent when compared to the whole isostatic mass of the mountains. Gravational forces do have some effect, but they are minor compared to the tectonic stresses involved.
I woke up suddenly early this a.m. but it was more like 4:54 a.m. so it wasn’t due to the aftershock... slept through it.
Well I am in our second story addition on the house that rocks around in the wind so I think I feel them more. Even today with the rain and some wind the room is moving but I could definitely feel the difference between the normal movement and a quake. I am not really shocked at how strong the quake was felt here yesterday but the length of time. I have never felt a quake even come close to as long as that one was. After about 30 seconds I started to get worried because I started thinking we were really going to get pounded. Overall though it really wasn’t that scary because it really was rolling instead of shaking. The one that woke me up this morning was the same rolling around.
LOL... And Humboldt county has our Prof Lori Dengler geology dept HSU
I’ll have to check her out. I used to work for science professors at the community college... just love those nutty geologists and anthros...:)
We’re used to her.
It was VERY long yesterday. I’ve been through many quakes but that time frame disoriented me, and then the water sloshing up and out of the pool, which continued well after the rolling....
She specializes? in Tsunamis and even built a portable tank to simulate them and carts it around the north coast to fairs and other venues. She has done extensive Core drilling up here to check the record of past Tsunamis which helps us with preparation for one...
Have we ever had tsunamis on the West Coast?
I know they’ve been devastating in the South Pacific and SE Asia, but when we get warnings they never happen.
http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1964Calif.html
There was also one there in 2006 from a quake in Japan. When you are a little older I will tell about one I experienced while clamming at Calm Beach between McKinleyville ( Tulsa by the Sea) and Trinidad Ca about 50 years ago...
Thanks, Pappy:)
Are you near the border.
8.5 + in San Francisco would solve a lot of problems
Yes, about 6-7 miles from Tijuana. In fact, not to be Palin like, but I can see Mexico from my house.
Something big definitely moved to create a 7.2. I’m concerned that it could create a pressure wave traveling along other faults.
Only if you live there. Sorry, but your wish of death and destruction on the innocent as well as the guilty of California is an old, very old, very tired refrain I have seen too often.
Innocent?
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