Strongest earthquake in years rattles Southern California
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#2I felt this (near Caltech, Pasadena). I spent the entire duration trying to figure out what was shaking my desk.
I hope this doesn't trigger anything larger. Does anybody know if this was close enough to the fault line to possibly affect anything?
EDIT: I see they have updated the article to a 1 in 20 chance.
[1] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ [2] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443095...
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#3Lucky in middle nowhere
Re: Strongest earthquake in years rattles Southern California
#4I felt this (near Caltech, Pasadena). I spent the entire duration trying to figure out what was shaking my desk. I hope this doesn't trigger anything larger. Does anybody know if this was close enough to the fault line to possibly affect anything? EDIT: I see they have updated the article to a 1 in 20 chance. [1] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ [2] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci3844…
It was felt all the way out to the west coast (which is where the big fault line is). To answer your question, only time will tell.
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#5"Only 10 percent of California's 7 million plus homeowners have earthquake insurance – and the number has dropped by more than half since the deadly quake" (2014)
You can get an estimate for an earthquake insurance policy with the California Earthquake Authority.
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/why-do-so-few-ca... [2] https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/
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#6Luckily, this was far from population centers - epicenter about 10 miles from Ridgecrest, a town of 30,000 people
just south of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and
just east of US 395, about 80 miles east of Bakersfield.
Informative USGS links include:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183...
Select "View Neaby Seismicity" to see the 47+ recent quakes in this area.
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#7I feel like we're woefully underprepared for earthquakes. It feels like pushing away technical debt on a societal scale.
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#8>Gallegos said that the dried chiles hanging from a hook on her kitchen wall were all shaking. "It was surreal."
was this really the best anecdote they could find to include in the story?
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#9I didn’t feel it in West LA but my cat became extremely spooked. He was in an ultra hunting mode, flat to the ground and scanning the room. I never seen him act like this especially for this duration. He wouldn’t eat treats or respond to anything.
I wonder if it was just the vibration of the ground or if there’s some other factor alerting him.
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#10I felt this (near Caltech, Pasadena). I spent the entire duration trying to figure out what was shaking my desk. I hope this doesn't trigger anything larger. Does anybody know if this was close enough to the fault line to possibly affect anything? EDIT: I see they have updated the article to a 1 in 20 chance. [1] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ [2] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci3844…
I was only a few miles away in San Gabriel and did not feel a thing; I wonder if the SGV blocked any of the waves.
Wish I had come to campus early today to feel that one.