Neat little earthquake in San Jose 4.3 mag 3-30-09

[rkawakami]

Yes, us people here on the Left Coast are still here. The state of California has not fallen off into the Pacific. A preliminary 4.4 just rumbled through here about 6 minutes ago. A definite north-south rolling action.

ref: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 234037.php

[basketb]

It was a nice reminder of where one lives.

[killer]

Scary stuff, when is the next one?

We only get tremors in the UK ... enough to rattle the chimney pots. However, you live on a major fault line. It is only a matter of time and your chimney pots will do more than rattle.

[rkawakami]

I see that the magnitude has been slightly downgraded to a 4.3 . As basketb said, it was just enough of a reminder to realize how, at any time, something like this can happen where I'm sandwiched in by a couple of faultlines. The last one that I noted here in the forums was about a year and a half ago and rated a 5.6. I didn't feel that one as I was driving but this time I was sitting at home and heard a creak in the house before I felt the rolling motion. Here's a Goggle map of where it was centered:

http://www.kawakami-ca.com/images/eq_20 ... 104029.jpg

I'm at the intersection of Highways 85 and 87, about 16 miles west of the epicenter. I initially thought that it was a 5.0 so I guess I'm going to have to re-adjust my own internal scale. It was on the same fault (Calaveras) as the one 18 months ago but closer to my house. The San Andreas fault is located southwest of me by about 20 miles.

[GomJabbar]

Yes, us people here on the Left Coast are still here. The state of California has not fallen off into the Pacific.

Yes, but for how long?

A "swarm", or series, of earthquakes, most of them small, has taken place this late March in Southern California along the infamous San Andreas Fault Zone. While none has been severe, the earthquake swarm raises interesting questions in a region that is always bracing for the "big one"; that is, a catastrophic shake affecting the lives and property of millions.
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So it's been over 160 years since the Fort Tejon Earthquake and even longer for strands of the San Andreas Fault Zone nearest the Salton Sea and the Bombay Beach Earthquake Swarm. Could this swarm of quakes mean that some major break in the crust is in the making? A question that seismologists are no doubt bearing in mind, for it is known that major quakes can sometimes be preceded by swarms of much weaker shakes. Unlike the weather, however, forecasting earthquakes is a science in its infancy. So, in the end, there may be no way of knowing with any confidence that a major rupture of the southern San Andreas Fault will happen before the fact.

http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blog ... swarma.asp

[rkawakami]

Yes, but for how long?

If you have invested in some real estate in Reno or Lake Tahoe and are hoping for some "ocean views", I'm sorry to say that it might be a couple of thousand years before that happens .

[GomJabbar]

No, but my daughter and her husband currently live a few miles from the coast in SoCal.

[archer6]

.... what me afraid? Yikes...

[jamiphar]

This is exactly why you need the ThinkPad's HDAPS.

[beGi]

Yes, but for how long?

I agree with this, unfortunately...

Relocation comes to my mind, don't know why...

It's like you have "live" bomb in your pocket...

I've experienced few of those (non-lethal) quakes, and it isn't pleasant to put it mildly (in fact it is similar to bomb explosion)...

Like that Japanese people, just waiting to become new Atlantis, and fall into that 11 km deep trench...

EDIT: entered missing word (have)...

[killer]

beGi, How often to you get earthquakes in Croatia? I looked on a map and it seems an area prone to seismic activity.

[beGi]

Not too often, one or two per year max (that you can feel), and they are strong (on magnitude scale) but due to terrain configuration and structure they cause minor material damage only (or none)...

But as you already stated, western coast of Balkan peninsula has strong seismic activity, so...

Last quake was this last night with epicenter in Albania (magnitude 4.4)...

The worst earthquake in Croatia was in 1667 and it killed 3000 people...

But remember, buildings and fire kill people, not earthquakes themselves ...

[killer]

But remember, buildings and fire kill people, not earthquakes themselves ...

Good point you make there. Mind you, in Hollywood films the ground usually opens up and people fall in the giant cracks.