Whee!!!

[patgund]

Yes, that was a quake almost an hour ago. A 5.1, about 60 miles from where I work.

Amazing when you realize that the concrete building that the lab is in shook and rolled.

There's some concern from CalTech it may be a foreshock. Goodness knows that several faultlines in the SD area are a couple of centuries overdue for one.

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[ckgriffin.livejournal.com]

Can you send me the link to where they say that it may be a foreshock? Everyone here at work is talking about the quake. After all, the other option is working. HA! Not a hard choice.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Comment heard on the radio from CalTech. Not unusual, there's usually a 50% chance of another quake of equal mag or larger within 24 hours of a quake. The only way for sure to know is when/if we get another one.

As for your work, trust me, same here. Etc. DIB is driving me crazy looking at the USGS quake maps. (Sigh)

[ckgriffin.livejournal.com]

Sounds reasonable. When they ordered us under our desks I just took my crochet with me. Being a Southern California native who grew up by the back gate of Camp Pendleton has made me very hard to impress with earthquakes.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

(nods) Yeah, know the feeling. My reaction was 1) stand in doorway. 2) check to see if office is safe. 3) Bring up KNX-AM for the reports on the radio, and bring up the USGS site to check info and do a "did you feel it?" report. Signs of being a California native.....

[jkusters]

I waited for a second to see if it would die down before sliding under my desk. Since the shaking stopped relatively quickly, I just grinned and said "yay, quake!" Then everyone in the office scrambled to load the USGS site. It took several minutes for the quake(s?) to appear. Within about 15 minutes, though, we'd all settled down and were back to work. Well as much work as ever gets done around here... :-)

JOhn.

Pendleton...

[ophy.livejournal.com]

It's funny - we've been out here in Vegas for over three years. But any time there's an earthquake or a big boom from something (usually training at Vandenberg, March AFB or the much-closer Nellis AFB) we automatically look at each other and say "Oh, must be doing maneuvers out at Pendleton."

[angelique69.livejournal.com]

You bought any of that ocean front property in Arizona yet, hon? You could move out here to Texas but we've been having the usual tornados. Blessed Be, Angelique

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Eh, quakes don't bother me much. I like Texas, but can't say I like the idea of my natural disasters happening on a seasonal basis.

Besides, it's a slip fault, not an induction. Going to take a lot before Arizona becomes beach-front property.

[angelique69.livejournal.com]

*Grins* At least we know when to expect them. ;D Blessed Be, Angelique