MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I've only been through a couple of significant ones. Never a lift-and-drop.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

NOT FUN! The '89 quake was a combination of both where I was.

yeah, i was at dinner with some co-workers in pleasanton and we felt it strong...like miquel said, it felt like the 89 earthquake...long and rolling...then i got a text message saying they thought it came from stockton which freaked us all out (stkn doesnt have the infrastructure to withhold an earthquake)...but i got home and found out it was under miquel and i calmed down..

oh wait, then i transfered my concern over to miquel...glad to hear you are okay buddy.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

really scary.

I felt it!! I'm here in East San Jose,not too far from where it was centered (Alum Rock).This one was HUGE!!

I felt it but I'm in Oakland, didn't feel that big. I thought it lasted only 12 seconds or so, surprised to see it was nearly a minute. These shits are getting bigger & more frequent, I really need to get my survival kit ready

CalhounSq said:

I hear ya

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I was eating dinner and my chair was shaking....

evenstar said:

that is what I thought too, that someone was shaking my chair, it was weird...some pics were shaking on our walls, my 8 year old has never gone thru an EQ so he was crying..

I hope there are no more
[Edited 10/31/07 6:00am]

This is why Moni doesn't live in California.

I do hope everyone who does is doing fine, and there wasn't any major damage!

i felt it...my whole room rolled in a wave-like motion

i wuz listening 2 talk-radio and the news lady was like:

..umm..i..think..yes..okay..i ..umm yes i think.... we've just had an earthquake she really sounded shook up...it was pretty scary

i was lying on my bed when it happen, after reading something..then i felt like the bed rock back and forth, i thought it was some exorcist type of stuff..

Tick-tock tick-tock California's got a clock, not long until she drops.

Bigger quake's coming people - that's why fault lines aren't great settlement area's.

Stax said:

Eh



This scares the shite out of me, reading this thread. As an Englishman with really only George Bush to fear in our little island paradise, this notion of the ground moving is a “no compute” area for me.

The idea of kids crying because it is their first and adults entering complacency. You should be scared, shouldn’t you? I guess you spend your lives just getting on with it. We have the odd 4 quake now and then but we know there is no real risk.

Anyway, keep safe and I hope the big one is not ever goanna come.

from across the pond

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Did you pay the bill?


Runnnnniiiinnnnn'

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

i thought of you right away! Heard late in the evening....

benyamin said:

the town my parents live in is RIGHT on a major faultline. if i'm there when the big one hits i'm definitely mush!

sosgemini said:

Thanks sweety!

"Earthquake...shake it down!!!!"

I am in Hayward a few miles North of the epicenter and WOW did I feel it. Actually I heard it a split second before I felt it. Luckily there was only minor damage (things falling off shelves) and no injuries reported.

Good thing this was centered on the Calaveras fault and not he Hayward fault. The Hayward fault is due to break a big one anytime now. If the Hayward fault goes, it is supposed to cause MAJOR damage. Especially since so many people live right on or by that fault and it is supposed to cause a 7.0 or greater quake(I live only about 3/4 of a mile from it).

The Hayward fault is about 74 miles long and runs from San Jose along the base of the East Bay Hills into San Pablo Bay (from San Jose through Fremont, Union City, Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Berkley) and it runs parallel to the San Andreas fault.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

well.....

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

So you didn't get my text!?

evenstar said:

I wanna be in an Earthquake.

I'm totally igorant about these things, but is the primary problem with earthquakes due to infrastructure collapse?

I mean, if you were standing in a field it wouldn't really be harmful to you, right?

Or are the major ones more violent than that?

benyamin said:

OK...if you say so. I have been in many, and I would not be upset if I never was in one again.

Imago said:

You are pretty much right unless you were at a spot where the ground opened up.

And don't forget the aftermath. Not just buildings, but the many key roads and airports that will be deystroyed cutting off the supply lines. Plus Gas and water lines breaking.

It is estimated that an earthquake on the Hayward fault will make approximately 1900 roads impassable. So surviving the actually earthquake itself is just the first step. Surviving the next couple of weeks with most likely being cut off from food and water and other services/supplies is just as deadly.

Imago said:

its infrastructure...unless the earthquake is directly on top of a fault and the land cracks and sucks you in...kinda like lois lane in superman.

Sowhat said:

It's a damn good thing we have FEMA!

Imago said:

That is exactly why I have emergency supplies stored out back!

Imago said:

ROFLMAO!