Seems like a minor earthquake. Does it deserve top of HN?
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M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
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Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
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Everyone is secretly (or openly) waiting for Teh Big One we’ve been promised for decades, when Western California will fall into the ocean and Las Vegas become a seaport.
Well, there's a theory the latter will happen, but you'd have to be around for possibly 10 million years to see it. https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andrea...
The way the 2020s are going I would not be surprised if it happens by next Tuesday.
Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
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I was in a hot tub with friends! We wall went to Portola Music Festival and we were having a nice connective low key evening when this big shake surprised us!
I was in a self-driving cab while live-tweeting a founder therapy circle on my way to my rooftop co-living space for a seed round pitch for my biohacking startup!
I was training an LLM to do my NIMBYism for me!
Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
#544.6 is really small, what's the actual news here? Was it strangely shallow or something?
Everyone is secretly (or openly) waiting for Teh Big One we’ve been promised for decades, when Western California will fall into the ocean and Las Vegas become a seaport.
Arizona Bay as Bill Hicks called it.
Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
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There is thunder in Ireland, it’s just rarer than in much of the US. I’d imagine it’s due to the prevailing weather patterns.
I'm from Georgia where summer thunderstorms are extremely common and we had ones that were so explosive that candles would vibrate off the fireplace mantle. I moved to SoCal and i'm always amused when a small storm comes by once a year and people freak out. I miss those storms man. Nothing like sitting on the porch and watching them roll through
As we called it in Missouri: good sleeping weather.
I can nap through a tornado, j tell you.
Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
#56Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm from Georgia where summer thunderstorms are extremely common and we had ones that were so explosive that candles would vibrate off the fireplace mantle. I moved to SoCal and i'm always amused when a small storm comes by once a year and people freak out. I miss those storms man. Nothing like sitting on the porch and watching them roll through
As we called it in Missouri: good sleeping weather. I can nap through a tornado, j tell you.
Same here hoss. Rain on a tin roof is unmatched.
Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
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It's notable for people in California where a lot of HN users are based.
The point is it is not notable. It is business as usual. These happen multiple times a year. It is nearly as notable as a rainy day in LA in the summer.
Shaking like this does not happen multiple times per year, at least in the Bay Area. Last night’s was the strongest quake I’ve experienced since moving here.
Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
#59Re: M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
#604.6 is really small, what's the actual news here? Was it strangely shallow or something?
From someone that grew up in New England, but experienced a 4.x in california: I assure you it does not feel small.
The revelation that the ground does not stay where I left it was quite disturbing.