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7.2 Baja - Mexacali

. . . be safe

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Several of my friends in LA did, but nothing here in Santa Ynez.

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6.9... that's a pretty reasonable shock.

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- Luke.

Yes, didn't need fancy detectors to tell me. What makes the concern worse is when the shaking goes on for a while and it is rolling, you know it was big.

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I wonder if my sister felt it in Vegas.

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. . . 7.2 update by Pasadena

i'm goin' to go make dinner - g'nyt all . . .

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I wonder if my sister felt it in Vegas.

CNN reporting 'yes' - quakes are rockin' & rollin' all over the southlands

see USGS . . .

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I think I felt it up here in Northern Arizona, but only as a slight tremor.

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Didn't.

Wondered why the chandeliers were swinging in the lobby after getting off the hotel elevator.

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I thought I felt something...but it was just wind. :)

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Blame Misfit...

Blame Misfit...

. . . he most definetly felt this one - 'IF' he's actually in SoCal / San Diego Area

< wondern' why he doesn't respond to this one . . . ???

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One of these days that San Andreas fault is gonna go BIG time. I really hope that the authorities have all the necessary and appropriate plans in place.

I'd bet big money that they are better prepared for THE BIG ONE than Britain is even for a small one ;)

I was reading this morning that the section of San Andreas in the South of California is long overdue a big one and that there is concern that the Mexico quake may well have rattled things loose.

There has been a load of small quakes in California today, but thankfully nothing big as yet.

The aftershocks in Mexico continue at an alarming rate though - and some significant ones at 5+

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I felt the earthquake in Anaheim, California and it seemed like it was between a 3 and 4 local earthquake. Thing swayed instead of jerked and from the length I knew it had to be a big one far away.

The San Andreas Fault is not as dangerous as everybody claims because it's a ways away from LA and we have been spending a good deal of money making our buildings earthquake resistant. We will see some damage from it but building codes have been in place for almost 40 years and not only cover new construction but buildings being renovated. Many of the older buildings were tore down and the few that survived were striped down to a shell and reenforced with steel. Many of the old buildings were constructed to a lesser building code that would still resist earthquakes and wood frame housing will naturally resist earthquakes. It's mostly concrete and brick construction that can be a major problem.

The San Andreas should go in 30 years or less but the ones that are more likely to go are the local ones that run underneath us and could cause around a 6 earthquake. They could cause more damage than the San Andreas because of the proximity to us.

The landers earthquake caused very little damage but it was a powerful earthquake for the LA area. We knew people who lived in the area so we visited the fault area and there was almost no damage. One house that was damaged was very old and was within 100 feet of the fault. By the time we got there the fault was only a few inches wide but it had been a gap several feet wide days before we were there.

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I felt the earthquake in Anaheim, California and it seemed like it was between a 3 and 4 local earthquake. Thing swayed instead of jerked and from the length I knew it had to be a big one far away.

The San Andreas Fault is not as dangerous as everybody claims because it's a ways away from LA and we have been spending a good deal of money making our buildings earthquake resistant. We will see some damage from it but building codes have been in place for almost 40 years and not only cover new construction but buildings being renovated. Many of the older buildings were tore down and the few that survived were striped down to a shell and reenforced with steel. Many of the old buildings were constructed to a lesser building code that would still resist earthquakes and wood frame housing will naturally resist earthquakes. It's mostly concrete and brick construction that can be a major problem.

The San Andreas should go in 30 years or less but the ones that are more likely to go are the local ones that run underneath us and could cause around a 6 earthquake. They could cause more damage than the San Andreas because of the proximity to us.

The landers earthquake caused very little damage but it was a powerful earthquake for the LA area. We knew people who lived in the area so we visited the fault area and there was almost no damage. One house that was damaged was very old and was within 100 feet of the fault. By the time we got there the fault was only a few inches wide but it had been a gap several feet wide days before we were there.

. . . eh Dena - ever go up / out there - to the San Andreas Fault [Leona Valley] and looked @ that fault - interesting sites to behold

[i have many a Friend that live right on the actual fault line area . . .]

and, it's true that the ACTUAL fault line never sees any damage to homes there - it always effects things quite some distance away from . . .

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One of these days that San Andreas fault is gonna go BIG time. I really hope that the authorities have all the necessary and appropriate plans in place.

Yeah, because when it does everything east of the fault is gonna slide into the Atlantic.

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I was reading this morning that the section of San Andreas in the South of California is long overdue a big one and that there is concern that the Mexico quake may well have rattled things loose.

There has been a load of small quakes in California today, but thankfully nothing big as yet.

The aftershocks in Mexico continue at an alarming rate though - and some significant ones at 5+

There is much misinformation, mostly from people who are "reporters" but have not lived in earthquake country for very long.

Picture two sanding blocks, coarse sandpaper, with the sandpaper sides touching. Squeeze 'em together, then try to slide 'em against each other. When you reach enough force to move the two blocks, that's an earthquake.

As a general rule, earthquakes relieve pressure.

The quake near Mexicali was 7.2. An aftershock in the low 6's is nearly certain.

The richter scale is logarithmic, so a 7 is 100 times bigger than a 5.

Aftershocks can go on for years.

The number of earthquakes following yesterdays big jolt is completely normal. If they were missing, I think that'd be alarming.

[Edit]Picture another set of sanding blocks, on a different table. That is the San Andreas fault. They're far enough apart that these won't affect it much, good or bad.[/Edit]

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I was reading this morning that the section of San Andreas in the South of California is long overdue a big one and that there is concern that the Mexico quake may well have rattled things loose.

There has been a load of small quakes in California today, but thankfully nothing big as yet.

The aftershocks in Mexico continue at an alarming rate though - and some significant ones at 5+

There is much misinformation, mostly from people who are "reporters" but have not lived in earthquake country for very long.

Picture two sanding blocks, coarse sandpaper, with the sandpaper sides touching. Squeeze 'em together, then try to slide 'em against each other. When you reach enough force to move the two blocks, that's an earthquake.

As a general rule, earthquakes relieve pressure.

The quake near Mexicali was 7.2. An aftershock in the low 6's is nearly certain.

The richter scale is logarithmic, so a 7 is 100 times bigger than a 5.

Aftershocks can go on for years.

The number of earthquakes following yesterdays big jolt is completely normal. If they were missing, I think that'd be alarming.

[Edit]Picture another set of sanding blocks, on a different table. That is the San Andreas fault. They're far enough apart that these won't affect it much, good or bad.[/Edit]

Earthquakes ease the strain locally, but can add strain other places along the fault.

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