Earthquake?

What earthquake?

I hear they felt it twice as far from the epicenter in Northridge and I live and felt nothing.

My friend was shocked to return home about half an hour drive, same distance from epicenter and find his clocks all blinking.

Between Moi and the epicenter (but not friend and epicenter) is this iddy biddy mountain range that begins at the upper part of Newport Beach Bay Estuary and runs down the coast ending at San Clemente.

Neither my friend nor I felt a thing.

Yet the News is blacked out over, the earthquake.

And I look forward to the Sunday News Shows for the review of interview shows and find them smoke screened over "the earthquake".

No doubt that little mountain range represents a fault, possible part of the Newport Inglewood fault and thus, a multi faulted state has its' advantages.

A fault is a shock absorber to the transmission of the ground tremor.

Moi

Paradise in the Multi Faulted State of Califo-nia

What earthquake????? 4.0 don't count, you must have a 7.0 or greater with death and destruction for it to count.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:17 pm What earthquake????? 4.0 don't count, you must have a 7.0 or greater with death and destruction for it to count.

River

Hey, it blacked out, ABC, CBS and NBC National Network news !

I'd say, that counts.

At least as a, news smoke screen. Eh?

Moi

It must have been a local thing, very local. When did this happen, give us the details, because there is nothing about it on the news.

River

http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/ ... o-c/95905/

7.2

The most severe earthquake to affect Southern California in almost 20 years erupted at 3:40 p.m. today on a poorly understood fault below the U.S.-Mexico border, 19 miles southeast of Mexicali, producing prolonged shaking that was felt by at least 10 million people across at least three states, including residents 270 miles to the northwest in Orange County, where brief, isolated power outages were reported. (Live quake map.) The quake has triggered many smaller quakes in Southern California, including one at the south end of the potentially dangerous Elsinore fault, a zone that extends into Orange County.

There also has been a vigorous series of aftershocks in and around Mexicali, including a 4.4 shaker at 6:52 p.m. and a 4.2 at 7:54 p.m. This is the biggest regional event since the 7.3 Landers earthquake occurred in Southern California in June 1992 — an event that triggered a 6.5 quake at Big Bear hours later and led to lots of research on so-called “sympathetic quakes.”

But, don't concern yourselves. Moi and his friend did not feel a thing as we sat at a table.

and shielded we were by the Newport Inglewood fault.

Mac the Wolf is yet to report in, "Hello Mac Wolf" !

How was it along the unfaulted San B county?

Moi

I didn't feel a quake

So did you feel the one in Chili? no, well this one was in MEXICO. Still not the biggest quake in the states is the new madrid fault and if it kicks loose will do more damage then the California/Mexico quakes, where is new madrid you say? 1895 was the last big one, 6.8

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:54 am So did you feel the one in Chili? no, well this one was in MEXICO. Still not the biggest quake in the states is the new madrid fault and if it kicks loose will do more damage then the California/Mexico quakes, where is new madrid you say? 1895 was the last big one, 6.8

River

EXACTLY, GIVE THAT MAN A REPUTATION TAG !

The New Madrid fault occurs where not many faults occur so a mere 6.8, travels and is more devastating.

No multi fault system as to absorb the shocks.

Moi

Even River gets it, sometimes

Ah yes, the New Madrid fault, even reversed the flow of the ole Mississip for a few days.

Powerful stuff!

It's funny that you mention the New Madrid Fault. FEMA just figured out that they don't have ANY contingency plans for another quake in that area and I doubt you will find any news or mention that they are suddenly in a panic to make plans. They are concerned with the recent number of quakes.

Just a little inside info on Charlie Sector.

Gee, I didn't know the users here are geologists. *shrugs*

Also, the earthquakes know nothing about national boundaries. It happened just south of the US/Mexico border, so it's logical that people would feel it in Arizona and Southern California.