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EARTHQUAKE!

Posted: 2003-12-22 03:21pm
by Sr.mal
We just had a magnitude 6.5 shaker here in California. THe epicenter was located 5 mile underground in San Simian. So far no damage has been reported.

Posted: 2003-12-22 03:30pm
by Chardok
EARTHEQUAKE?! CALIFORNIA?!


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:wink:

Posted: 2003-12-22 06:11pm
by muse
CNN is reporting 3 dead and about 40,000 without power. There also seems to be some road damage and some buildings have collapsed or taken heavy damage.

Posted: 2003-12-22 06:24pm
by TrailerParkJawa
I felt it up in Foster City, California. We are quite a way off from the epicenter but the entire city is built on fill. So no surprises that we felt it.
I did not feel the first half, then when I heard a bunch of people expressing surprise I noticed the cubicle walls where flexing. The normal sense of being on the ocean occured and then it was over.

Oddly enough, one of the techs was on the phone to a remote site, said we where getting an earthquake and like 10-20 seconds later it reached that person on the phone.

Posted: 2003-12-22 06:33pm
by AnimeJet
I'm in SF.. felt nothing..

Posted: 2003-12-22 06:45pm
by Darth Yoshi
What time was this?

Posted: 2003-12-22 08:03pm
by Tribun
I wonder if anyone of you had ever seen the movie "Earthquake"?
There was shown what a REAL erthquake could do.
This today in California was only a small shaking, nothing more......

Posted: 2003-12-22 08:16pm
by Metrion Cascade
I'm in Pasadena (a bit northeast of Chicago). I had a dream where I was in a building and there was an earthquake. When I woke up Jackie was resetting the alarm clock.

Posted: 2003-12-22 08:34pm
by Shinova
Like many, I'm sure, I slept through it. :lol:

Posted: 2003-12-22 08:41pm
by Metrion Cascade
Shinova wrote:Like many, I'm sure, I slept through it. :lol:
Yes, I think many of us were similarly TERRORIZED!!!! :roll:

Posted: 2003-12-22 08:52pm
by Daltonator
I assume everyone is OK then?

Posted: 2003-12-22 10:44pm
by TrailerParkJawa
Daltonator wrote:I assume everyone is OK then?
Im not aware of any California SD.netters down near San Simeon. Howevever, two people did die today from falling debris. I hope this reminds everyone on the board, not take inventory of how much food/water/supplies you have on hand for a big disaster.

Right now, I dont have enough food. But I have enough water for 2 weeks.

Posted: 2003-12-22 11:23pm
by Lord Poe
I didn't feel a thing. I was in Cerritos when it happened, sleepy. Oh, so sleepy...

Posted: 2003-12-22 11:29pm
by Gunshy
Felt nothing today, but where I work is quite solidly built. I asked my dad if he felt it, and he said "Oh, so that's what that shit was? Thought I was having a stroke."

Posted: 2003-12-23 12:24am
by haas mark
Hmm.. didn't feel anything here in Reno. When did this happen?

~ver

Posted: 2003-12-23 01:03am
by Gunshy
I think around 11 am PST.

Posted: 2003-12-23 01:05am
by Joe
Chardok wrote:EARTHEQUAKE?! CALIFORNIA?!


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Bad taste. A 6.5 Earthquake is no laughing matter.

Posted: 2003-12-23 01:17am
by Robert Treder
verilon wrote:Hmm.. didn't feel anything here in Reno. When did this happen?

~ver
It's doubtful that you'd feel a San Simeon quake in Reno, but it hit at 11:15 AM.

I hope Xanadu, er, I mean Heart Castle is all right; it's right in San Simeon. Has anyone heard anything 'bout that?

Posted: 2003-12-23 01:26am
by Dalton
I was at work when the earthquake hit. We got swamped, and fast :)

Posted: 2003-12-23 01:31am
by TrailerParkJawa
Robert Treder wrote:
verilon wrote:Hmm.. didn't feel anything here in Reno. When did this happen?

~ver
It's doubtful that you'd feel a San Simeon quake in Reno, but it hit at 11:15 AM.

I hope Xanadu, er, I mean Heart Castle is all right; it's right in San Simeon. Has anyone heard anything 'bout that?
I heard it was fine. No damage. That was earlier in the day. I did hear Nevada felt the quake, but not what part.

Posted: 2003-12-23 03:08am
by haas mark
TrailerParkJawa wrote:
Robert Treder wrote:
verilon wrote:Hmm.. didn't feel anything here in Reno. When did this happen?

~ver
It's doubtful that you'd feel a San Simeon quake in Reno, but it hit at 11:15 AM.

I hope Xanadu, er, I mean Heart Castle is all right; it's right in San Simeon. Has anyone heard anything 'bout that?
I heard it was fine. No damage. That was earlier in the day. I did hear Nevada felt the quake, but not what part.
Probably closer to Carson or Vegas, from what I gather on Mapquest. However, I think that being actually further west (:shock:) than some cities in CA, it could have been possible to feel it here.

~ver

Posted: 2003-12-23 03:36am
by Sr.mal
I love only 200 miles from the aepicenter, so I felt it. Felt like the last time I was drunk. At first I thought I was drunk, but then realized I had not been drinking. It has actually be a while since the last quake that I felt.

Posted: 2003-12-23 03:39am
by TrailerParkJawa
Sr.mal wrote:I love only 200 miles from the aepicenter, so I felt it. Felt like the last time I was drunk. At first I thought I was drunk, but then realized I had not been drinking. It has actually be a while since the last quake that I felt.
Most of the people in my building reported feeling dizzy. I felt the same sensation. It is a bit unnerving when the earth makes you dizzy.

Posted: 2003-12-23 11:28pm
by Lord Poe
Dalton wrote:I was at work when the earthquake hit. We got swamped, and fast :)
Eh? Have you relocated to Callyfornia?

Posted: 2003-12-24 12:02am
by Zaia
Lord Poe wrote:
Dalton wrote:I was at work when the earthquake hit. We got swamped, and fast :)
Eh? Have you relocated to Callyfornia?
He works for das TV (MSNBC). No hay en Callyfornia. Roberto esta en Nueva York.