April 04, 2010

Earthquake
— Dave in Texas

Twitterers and others reporting a shudder down around SOCAL.

Update [Gabe]: A 6.9er in Baja shook most of Southern California and was felt as far away as Scottsdale, Arizona.

Here in Hollywood, it was mostly long slow waves. The quake was notable only in that it lasted upwards of 30 seconds, which is a darn long time for an earthquake. The doors, cabinets, and shutters at my house all swung back and forth. Rather than do something smart, I twittered blasphemously mid-quake.

Update 2 [Gabe]: USGS just upgraded it to a 7.2. There have been many aftershocks, though only one that was felt up here in L.A. The civil authorities are suggesting that all of Southern California take precautions for more shakes in the next few days.

Some friends called and said that their cars had shifted position, I'm gonna run out and see if mine is still good.

Glad to hear the San Diego folks are okay.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 02:58 PM | Comments (218)
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1

Be safe California morons !

Posted by: Blazer at April 04, 2010 03:00 PM (t72+4)

2 Did Trashcan Man set off a nuke in Los Vegas?

/No, we're not that far in The Stand yet.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 03:00 PM (c0A3e)

3 4.1 magnitude

Posted by: Michael_me at April 04, 2010 03:03 PM (vl19u)

4
global warming...natch

Posted by: This is Your Life! at April 04, 2010 03:04 PM (Pq5ey)

5 No reports of damage in California yet, but there's probably some in Mexico.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 04, 2010 03:04 PM (cB95w)

6 nah, just checked a few earthquake monitoring sites. apparently a just-under-four-pointer somewhere deep in riverside or san diego county or something to that effect. not even worth a passing shrug in Tarzana.

Posted by: geewhiz at April 04, 2010 03:04 PM (DRY10)

7 I sure hope the state isn't tipping over and capsizing.

Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2010 03:05 PM (FcR7P)

8
SAN DIEGO-(AP) Ruthless Super Villian Richard Cheney tests earthquake machine on Southern California and Baja Peninsula. -developing

Posted by: Blazer at April 04, 2010 03:05 PM (t72+4)

9 In 'Sensurround"!!

Posted by: LeBron Steinman at April 04, 2010 03:05 PM (gp22D)

10 6.9, Baja. Shaking was mild here in OC, but long, ~45 sec.

Posted by: Ben Zeen (a pseudonym) at April 04, 2010 03:05 PM (L7Lld)

11 It was a 6.9 in inland Baja, about 50 miles south of Brawley. It gave us a pretty long shake in Orange County.

Posted by: Mark at April 04, 2010 03:06 PM (Atfea)

12 That was crazy! Felt it hear in Diego

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:09 PM (K2R44)

13 really, in agreement with my fellow socal compatriots (im in atlanta right now but returning soon), it is the duration that is the most freaky aspect of socal earthquakes. the longer they are, typically the more nervous i get...

Posted by: geewhiz at April 04, 2010 03:09 PM (DRY10)

14 Yea it lasted a while man!

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:09 PM (K2R44)

15 BAMA, it was felt here in Palm Spring, in Irvine, in San Pedro, and now there's reports of elevators stuck in LA.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 04, 2010 03:09 PM (cB95w)

16 Here's the USGS page.


Posted by: XBradTC at April 04, 2010 03:10 PM (cB95w)

17

Even though it was a 6.9 I guess it didn't seem that bad because it was 20 miles deep.

Posted by: Deanna at April 04, 2010 03:11 PM (JXlgX)

18 I figured. Once shit started falling of my shelves thats when I knew this was gonna suck!

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:12 PM (K2R44)

19 Its how long it lasted that freaked me out!

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:12 PM (K2R44)

20 Here in Long Beach, there was an odd rolling motion that lasted a good long time...when I was walking towards the door, it was like I was a drunkard (and I didn't even have a drop o' booze in me).  Kinda freaked be out.

Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at April 04, 2010 03:15 PM (Owkb6)

21 That was a long one. More of a wobble then a jolt. I thought someone was shaking my chair. Since I'm alone, that would have been worse than an earthquake.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at April 04, 2010 03:15 PM (QeWQ8)

22 Hell yeah--that wasn't the strongest quake I've felt by any means, but the sucker wouldn't quit. I always think the long shakers are going to be the Big One.

Posted by: Best thief in Lankhmar at April 04, 2010 03:16 PM (wNF8k)

23 Aftershock.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 03:16 PM (QuP9W)

24 Speaking of drunkard. On the way to Pub right now. OH SHIT AFTERSHOCK!

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:16 PM (K2R44)

25

Long quakes that do not feel that violent means someplace a ways away is getting hammered.

Small short quakes

 

AFTERSHOCK NOW

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 03:16 PM (F09Uo)

26 IM OUT!

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:16 PM (K2R44)

27 geewhiz,
If you had been down here you would have felt it.  My hands are still shaking.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 03:17 PM (QuP9W)

28 How did it feel to (any) San Diego morons?

Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at April 04, 2010 03:17 PM (Owkb6)

29 I always think the long shakers are going to be the Big One.

I was getting kinda nervous when it didn't stop. The birds in the courtyard stopped cheeping.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at April 04, 2010 03:17 PM (Mi2wf)

30 Don't want any morons hurt. 

Let the entire state slip into the ocean.

Compton first, Oakland second.

Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:17 PM (2+9Yx)

31 Yah- just felt a fair aftershock. We got it pretty good in San Diego- lots of long, rolling motions. The cars in the driveway were shifting front-to-back. Damn thing felt almost like Northridge.

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 03:18 PM (q8CmE)

32 I must be in a zone where the shockwave went around. I'm south of Glendale near Griffith Park and I didn't feel anything




Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 03:19 PM (sYxEE)

33 28 How did it feel to (any) San Diego morons?

Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at April 04, 2010 07:17 PM (Owkb6)

Like being on the deck of a boat. Closer ones, but same magnitude, feel more violent, like in the movies.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 03:19 PM (F09Uo)

34 The end is nigh!

/Only chaos.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 03:20 PM (c0A3e)

35 How is this helping Michelle's children?

Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:20 PM (2+9Yx)

36

Map

http://tiny.cc/te6ej

That last one was on our side of the border.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 03:21 PM (F09Uo)

37 Rather than do something smart, I twittered blasphemously mid-quake.

An Easter tradition is borne.

Posted by: Hidden Imam at April 04, 2010 03:21 PM (PWM6Q)

38 It actually moved my Jeep to an angle in my parking space.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 03:22 PM (QuP9W)

39

AFTERSHOCK NOW

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 07:16 PM

You're going to be getting those for the next 3 days

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 03:23 PM (sYxEE)

40 Glad the M&Ms are safe.

Q: Why are there so many quakes this year?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 03:23 PM (yfJ6g)

41

That last one was on our side of the border.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 07:21 PM (F09Uo)

It also looks like it was pretty close to the surface, If I'm reading the depth chart right.

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 03:24 PM (q8CmE)

42 Q: Why are there so many quakes this year?

Poles are about to shift.

Read that anyway you want.

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at April 04, 2010 03:25 PM (SGm/R)

43

I must be in a zone where the shockwave went around. I'm south of Glendale near Griffith Park and I didn't feel anything

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 07:19 PM (sYxEE)

Gaia is saving Glendale for an asteroid.

Posted by: Cicero at April 04, 2010 03:25 PM (KrRnU)

44  It actually moved my Jeep to an angle in my parking space.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 07:22 PM (QuP9W)

Sounds like you're in an area where the soil is "loose" (liquefaction, I think it's called?)

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 03:25 PM (q8CmE)

45 Another aftershock, longer.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 03:26 PM (QuP9W)

46 Damn- another one. Lasted several seconds...

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 03:26 PM (q8CmE)

47 Rather than do something smart, I twittered blasphemously mid-quake.

Haha! I told Kratos my house was shaking.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 03:26 PM (gofDd)

48 THERE GOES ANOTHER!!!!!!!

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:26 PM (K2R44)

49 Here in Hollywood, it was mostly long slow waves.

Wait a damn minute, Dave from Texas is blogging from CA?

What part of Texas is Hollywood in?

New name, Dave from Hollywood?

Who the fuck can you trust?

Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:26 PM (2+9Yx)

50

Poles are about to shift.

Quick, everybody move to the top!

Posted by: Cicero at April 04, 2010 03:27 PM (KrRnU)

51 BEER 30

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 03:27 PM (K2R44)

52

Just felt another.

That last one felt pretty good sized.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 03:27 PM (F09Uo)

53

Gaia is saving Glendale for an asteroid.

Posted by: Cicero at April 04, 2010 07:25 PM (KrRnU)

Gaia can save the bother- plenty of Armenian gangs there now.  

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 03:28 PM (q8CmE)

54 #47  Haha! I told Kratos my house was shaking.

I just thought the souls you had imprisoned were trying to get free.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 03:29 PM (c0A3e)

55 Still feeling some shocks here in Long Beach...

Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at April 04, 2010 03:29 PM (Owkb6)

56 Dave in Texas, if you can feel the earthquake in CA in Texas, get the fuck out of your house, or get under a door frame.

Trying to help.

Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:29 PM (2+9Yx)

57 5.1 aftershock Imperial County.

This woman is a twat on CNN.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 03:29 PM (QuP9W)

58 I always think the long shakers are going to be the Big One.

Me too. Every quake I brace and wait for the shaking to get worse.

After the initial one, we haven't felt anything else.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 03:29 PM (gofDd)

59 Wait a damn minute, Dave from Texas is blogging from CA?

Kemp, read it again...

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at April 04, 2010 03:31 PM (Mi2wf)

60 This is not good, could mean "The One" will have to make another speech.

It's Easter, God can you give us a break, PLEASE?

Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:31 PM (2+9Yx)

61 Stay safe, Cali M&Ms.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 03:33 PM (yfJ6g)

62 What part of Texas is Hollywood in?

There's a Pasadena in Texas; does that count?

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at April 04, 2010 03:34 PM (F5Gxy)

63 I felt it here in Gilbert, AZ

Posted by: Gride at April 04, 2010 03:34 PM (DTyjM)

64 #59, Gabe,

Oh,

That was your twitter? 

So Dave is OK? 

Gabe, everyone knows your in LA, so why is Dave posting your twitter?

Hope you are OK.

Compton can still sink into the sea!

Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:35 PM (2+9Yx)

65 All quiet here in SF Bay.

Posted by: eman at April 04, 2010 03:35 PM (3fzoU)

66 Must be time to start drinking......gonna be dizzy either way......

Posted by: Minka at April 04, 2010 03:36 PM (FsOKC)

67 Kemp, read it aga-- nevermind. I'm quoting from the post:

"Update [Gabe]: A 6.9er in Baja..."

Notice after it says "update" it says "[Gabe]".

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at April 04, 2010 03:37 PM (Mi2wf)

68 Gabe just tweeted: My god, another illegal earthquake sneaks over the border.

Posted by: conscious and hoping everyone is ok at April 04, 2010 03:39 PM (YVZlY)

69 In Santa Monica, I'd give it a 9.5.  Nice beat, with slow rolls.  You could dance to it.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at April 04, 2010 03:39 PM (8MuSQ)

70 It was felt here in Phoenix. I said to everyone "well don't look at me!"

Posted by: Meghan McCain at April 04, 2010 03:42 PM (sYxEE)

71 USGS has updated the initial magnitude to 7.2

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 03:43 PM (sYxEE)

72 Mexicali and Tijuana must be a mess right now

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 03:44 PM (sYxEE)

73 40 Glad the M&Ms are safe.

Q: Why are there so many quakes this year?



It is obviously global warming.

Posted by: The Four Horsemen of the Apacolypse at April 04, 2010 03:45 PM (4y0YU)

74 I'm gonna have a drink right now...

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 03:47 PM (QuP9W)

75 I wonder how scary it would be to get stuck on a ride at Disneyland during an earthquake.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 03:47 PM (gofDd)

76 75 I wonder how scary it would be to get stuck on a ride at Disneyland during an earthquake.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 07:47 PM (gofDd)

Depends on whether you were riding with a hawt chick at the time.

Posted by: conscious and hoping everyone is ok at April 04, 2010 03:49 PM (YVZlY)

77 Gabe,

The jump, space, in the post lead me to believe the second sentence was Dave's'. 

Dave should not have run the post with the space between your tweet.

A space between the original sentence and the follow up usually means that the author of the post is speaking in the second sentence.

Hey, I my mom was an English teacher, WTF do I know.




Posted by: Kemp at April 04, 2010 03:49 PM (2+9Yx)

78 Depends on whether you were riding with a hawt chick at the time.

Heh. I wouldn't want to get stuck upside down in the loop on California Screaming.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 03:50 PM (gofDd)

79 Here in Hollywood, it was mostly long slow waves.

Out east in Claremont it was a very side to side motion, but rather rapid.  Others that I've felt since being here have either been very directional, more as you seem to be describing, or more of a general rumble.  Some even seem to have a sound associated with them.  I noted the time and think it was about 90 seconds after the quake hit Baja. 

Having lived in tornado country and in places with other sorts of violent natural events, like hurricanes, I find earthquakes quite interesting.  They have no beginning or end to them - just the event itself - so they are really different from storms that you feel coming and then watch dissipate.  If someone isn't with you, it is odd because it's as if you may have imagined it.  So far I haven't been in any really big ones, but have been woken from a sound sleep by a couple. 

Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 03:50 PM (Kn9r7)

80

(AP) Jerry Falwell tells Southern California Residents to repent of their sins or expect more quakes to follow.

Posted by: conscious and hoping everyone is ok at April 04, 2010 03:51 PM (YVZlY)

81 I was out walking my dogs in South San Diego, a couple miles from the border... and I didn't notice a thing.  So much for my powers of observance.  I can't even detect a giant earthquake.

Posted by: wooga at April 04, 2010 03:52 PM (IhzyJ)

82 78 Depends on whether you were riding with a hawt chick at the time.

Heh. I wouldn't want to get stuck upside down in the loop on California Screaming.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 07:50 PM (gofDd)

especially if you'd chosen to go braless that day...

Posted by: conscious and hoping everyone is ok at April 04, 2010 03:53 PM (YVZlY)

83 Having lived in tornado country and in places with other sorts of violent natural events, like hurricanes, I find earthquakes quite interesting.  They have no beginning or end to them - just the event itself - so they are really different from storms that you feel coming and then watch dissipate.  If someone isn't with you, it is odd because it's as if you may have imagined it.  So far I haven't been in any really big ones, but have been woken from a sound sleep by a couple.

That's actually why I turn to twitter so fast after they happen. I want to know that it's not just me.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at April 04, 2010 03:55 PM (Mi2wf)

84 There was that 4.4 in Downey about 10 days ago that woke me up, this one I didn't feel at all

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 03:55 PM (sYxEE)

85 Heh. I wouldn't want to get stuck upside down in the loop on California Screaming.

"Stuck upside down in the loop on California Screaming."  One of those will only cost you $20 in Tijuana.

Posted by: wooga at April 04, 2010 03:56 PM (IhzyJ)

86 pics of earthquake damage from Mexico http://tweetphoto.com/17193393

Posted by: conscious and hoping everyone is ok at April 04, 2010 03:57 PM (YVZlY)

87 81 I was out walking my dogs in South San Diego, a couple miles from the border... and I didn't notice a thing.  So much for my powers of observance.  I can't even detect a giant earthquake.

As I said, earthquakes aren't felt equally even within a mile or so. I had a manager who lived in Northridge during the 94 quake, her house stayed up while the ones on both sides of her were knocked down

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 03:57 PM (sYxEE)

88 81 I was out walking my dogs in South San Diego, a couple miles from the border... and I didn't notice a thing.  So much for my powers of observance.

84 There was that 4.4 in Downey about 10 days ago that woke me up, this one I didn't feel at all

----
I gather that a lot of it has to do with the local geology. 

Really a cool subject.  I kinda wish I'd gone into geoscience.  Interesting science and very marketable skill set. 

Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 03:58 PM (Kn9r7)

89 How did it feel in San Diego? I had to stand at the liquor cabinet to keep the Valu-Rite from falling over.

Posted by: Jerry at April 04, 2010 03:58 PM (7Ahkq)

90 Let's see. the media announces that Tiger Woods has just arrived at Agusta and the next thing we know there is a large earthquake in Souther California.  Coincidence??? 

Posted by: conscious and wondering at April 04, 2010 04:00 PM (YVZlY)

91 80

(AP) Jerry Falwell tells Southern California Residents to repent of their sins or expect more quakes to follow.

Posted by: conscious and hoping everyone is ok at April 04, 2010 07:51 PM (YVZlY)

Obviously we are not sinning enough. When LA sucks on an 8.0 I'll straighten out.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 04:00 PM (F09Uo)

92 Whoa!! The hubby just rocked my world...IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: a SoCal Moron's Wife at April 04, 2010 04:01 PM (YVZlY)

93 I gather that a lot of it has to do with the local geology.

If you're in a valley with a sedimentary rock, you're going to be in a bowl of jello. I'm near a hillside with some hard bedrock below

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 04:02 PM (sYxEE)

94 92 Whoa!! The hubby just rocked my world...IYKWIMAITYD

Stop capsizing the state, fountain of decadence!

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:03 PM (c0A3e)

95 M-O-O-N that spells Huge Fuckin' Earthquake. Laws, yes.

Posted by: Tom the Noble Retard at April 04, 2010 04:03 PM (F5Gxy)

96 @92 
A few hours earlier...

Cause and effect, perhaps?

Posted by: Y-not knows what you mean at April 04, 2010 04:04 PM (Kn9r7)

97 7.2,   3.9,   4.5,   5.1,   3.8,   3.6,   5.4,   4.3,   4.7,   3.5,   3.4,   3.4

Several have been upgraded

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:05 PM (p302b)

98 Movement is dextral (right-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the right, or if straddling the fault the right side moves toward the observer.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:05 PM (yfJ6g)

99 I had a manager who lived in Northridge during the 94 quake, her house stayed up while the ones on both sides of her were knocked down

Our house was green tagged, but the ones across the street were red tagged. We only had minor damage. Half a mile away, my friend had to move out of her house because they had to completely remodel their red tagged house.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 04:06 PM (gofDd)

100 95 92 Stop capsizing the state, fountain of decadence!

Hey! I'm the fountain of decadence. Have a reputation to uphold here.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:06 PM (yfJ6g)

101 3.6

Wow, you guys are really getting a lot of after shocks.  Is this what normally happens?

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:07 PM (p302b)

102 Up in Orange County today, however...

Father and sister lives in El Centro, about 40-50 miles north of epicenter.  Dad also went through the 1940 event and said that this one felt worse.  Power is out in Imperial County.

Also felt here in Orange County.  A good S-wave (for you non-seismically inclined morons, that the long rolling wave).

Posted by: David in San Diego at April 04, 2010 04:07 PM (ycuhw)

103 Watch out!  California is capsizing!

Posted by: Rep. Johnson at April 04, 2010 04:07 PM (Kn9r7)

104 The 13th aftershock, 3.1 just occurred.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:08 PM (p302b)

105 San Diego shook nicely - lost some stuff off shelves - this is a historic brick building so anyone not living in such a deathtrap probably didn't feel it as much. Felt a nice aftershock a little while ago too.

Posted by: societyis2blame at April 04, 2010 04:08 PM (7ZyYf)

106 Felt like God turned the house into a rocking chair.

Posted by: baldilocks at April 04, 2010 04:08 PM (XXHXQ)

107

*motions to the audience*

Come on SoCal, let's hear it. Sing along with me.

"I feel the earth move under my feet...

Posted by: Carol King at April 04, 2010 04:08 PM (YVZlY)

108 #102  Hey! I'm the fountain of decadence. Have a reputation to uphold here.

So..it was you!?!  So...wrong!

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:09 PM (c0A3e)

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:09 PM (p302b)

110 If the earth is a rockin', don't come a knockin'.

Posted by: beater VW van bumper sticker at April 04, 2010 04:10 PM (Kn9r7)

111 So, does this mean the NA Plate moved in a dextral motion towards the Pacific Plate? The NA Plate is also close to the SA Fault in Chile.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:10 PM (yfJ6g)

112 How did it feel in San Diego? I had to stand at the liquor cabinet to keep the Valu-Rite from falling over.

I'm glad to see that some Morons have their priorities straight!

Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at April 04, 2010 04:12 PM (Owkb6)

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:12 PM (p302b)

114 103 3.6

Wow, you guys are really getting a lot of after shocks.  Is this what normally happens?

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 08:07 PM (p302b)

For the larger ones yeah. That's common. The bigger the quake the larger and longer the after shocks go on.

After Northridge '94, they went on for a few months.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at April 04, 2010 04:12 PM (F09Uo)

115 110 #102  So..it was you!?!  So...wrong!

No, it wasn't me. You called someone else the fountain of decadence.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:14 PM (yfJ6g)

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:14 PM (p302b)

117 Picture of power lines flattened in Mexicali http://twitpic.com/1da7ky

Posted by: conscious and monitoring decadence on AoSHQ at April 04, 2010 04:15 PM (YVZlY)

118 Someone call Maxine Waters' office - Congress needs to outlaw earthquakes immediately. And call Gaia in for hearings on why she's being such a bitch today. Or did Rahm poke Gaia in the booby deliberately - to make all of Southern California "shovel ready" ASAP ? A Transgender Valley Authority Project would take a bite out of funemployment before November....

Posted by: societyis2blame at April 04, 2010 04:15 PM (7ZyYf)

119 #117  No, it wasn't me. You called someone else the fountain of decadence.

I guess the loss of Hades is making you lose your touch, .

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:16 PM (c0A3e)

120 Kratos,
I can assure you it wasn't me.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 04:16 PM (QuP9W)

121 Wow, you guys are really getting a lot of after shocks.  Is this what normally happens?

Yep. Especially after big ones. We had aftershocks, and not insignificant ones, for days after the Northridge quake.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 04:17 PM (gofDd)

122 111 USGS list of quakes.

Looks like the Virgin Islands are always getting hit.

/Don't read anything into that, Morons.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:17 PM (yfJ6g)

123 122 Kratos,I can assure you it wasn't me.

Good to know.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:18 PM (c0A3e)

124 121 #117  I guess the loss of Hades is making you lose your touch, .

You are so dead.
:waves pitchfork:

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:19 PM (yfJ6g)

125 124 111 USGS list of quakes.

Looks like the Virgin Islands are always getting hit.

/Don't read anything into that, Morons.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 08:17 PM (yfJ6g)

Did someone say Virgin? 

 

Posted by: Roman Polanski at April 04, 2010 04:20 PM (YVZlY)

126 another 5.1

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:20 PM (p302b)

127 #126 
You are so dead.
:waves pitchfork:

I've been dead several times before.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:21 PM (c0A3e)

128

(AP) Kratos pleasantly surprised with the lack of sharpness on the pitchfork thrust at him by Miss'80sbaby

Posted by: conscious and battling Greek Mythology at April 04, 2010 04:23 PM (YVZlY)

129 Kratos.
I will save you!
But you might have to save me...

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 04:24 PM (QuP9W)

130 129 #126 I've been dead several times before.

I have an advantage now, too. Perhaps I should talk to my friends in the other pantheons...

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:24 PM (yfJ6g)

131 131 Kratos.
I will save you!
But you might have to save me...

Thanks, mpfs, but I'm a bit too far away to save you.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:26 PM (c0A3e)

132 Just another earthquake in SoCal. Ho hum.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 04:26 PM (gofDd)

133 El gringo máquinas capitalista terremoto de atacar de nuevo! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!

Posted by: Hugo Chavez at April 04, 2010 04:26 PM (k4bdL)

134 Hah! The CIA and the Gnomes of Zurich strike again! And you all called me mad!!!!!!

Posted by: Ron Paul at April 04, 2010 04:27 PM (k4bdL)

135 #132  I have an advantage now, too. Perhaps I should talk to my friends in the other pantheons...

They'll fall as well.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:27 PM (c0A3e)

136 130 I also have a trident (among other things)...

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:28 PM (yfJ6g)

137 picture of ground fissure in Mexicali http://tweetphoto.com/17203656

Posted by: conscious and battling Greek Mythology at April 04, 2010 04:29 PM (YVZlY)

138 137 #132  They'll fall as well.

Even the Valar?

/That's going to take you ages.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:30 PM (yfJ6g)

139 I felt it too--sitting at my desk here in Vegas. I thought I was having vertigo or something for a few seconds.  Didn't realize that it was an earthquake until later.

Posted by: Original Mikey at April 04, 2010 04:30 PM (TJoID)

140 138 I also have a trident (among other things)...

It didn't help Poseidon. 

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 04, 2010 04:31 PM (c0A3e)

141

more quake damage: http://tweetphoto.com/17203809

 

Posted by: conscious and shocked at earthquake damage at April 04, 2010 04:32 PM (YVZlY)

142 Not San Andreas, but Boosh's Fault. Like Babs Boxer blaming the spread of California fires on Boosh, when there were fewer Nat'l Guardsmen to place in front of 50 foot fires travelling at 100 mph. Two regiments were in Iraq at the time. Its all Boosh's Fault. According to Joy Behar, Gorebull Worming causes Quakes. Cap and Trade will fix this, not to worry.

Posted by: a hate for dolbermann at April 04, 2010 04:33 PM (6p3E9)

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:33 PM (p302b)

Posted by: conscious and shocked at earthquake damage at April 04, 2010 04:34 PM (YVZlY)

145

oops.  this is the store damage: http://tweetphoto.com/17193393

 

Posted by: conscious and shocked at earthquake damage at April 04, 2010 04:36 PM (YVZlY)

146 Someone check to see if any islands capsized!

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at April 04, 2010 04:36 PM (V0Ouy)

147 Posted by: conscious and shocked at earthquake damage at April 04, 2010 08:32 PM (YVZlY)

During the 94 Northridge quake part of one of the major freeways collapsed. A cop on a motorcycle went over the edge because he didn't see it had fallen in the dark. And that quake was "only" a 6.5, I think.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 04:36 PM (gofDd)

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:38 PM (p302b)

149 USGS briefing on KTLA said there is a likelihood of 6 magnitude in next few days. Just had 4.1 near Santa Monica

Posted by: conscious and watching earthquake updates at April 04, 2010 04:38 PM (YVZlY)

150 Northridge according to Wiki was a 6.7 with 72 deaths and 9,000 injuries....

Knew someone who died

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:40 PM (p302b)

151 OT: Eagles trade QB Donovan McNabb to Washington Redskins – ESPN http://bit.ly/bJp8IX

Posted by: conscious and watching earthquake updates at April 04, 2010 04:41 PM (YVZlY)

152 USGS briefing on KTLA said there is a likelihood of 6 magnitude in next few days.

How can they predict that?

Eh, we have food and water in case of such an event. And a generator.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 04:42 PM (gofDd)

153 153 OT: Eagles trade QB Donovan McNabb to Washington Redskins – ESPN


UGH!  Dumb move by the Skins.

Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 04:43 PM (Kn9r7)

154 Manu Ginobili not affected, thank Jehovah. 

Spurs finished with the Lakers at about 3:30pm Pacific.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at April 04, 2010 04:45 PM (qoNaA)

155 (AP) Jerry Falwell tells Southern California Residents to repent of their sins or expect more quakes to follow. Geez, must have been a big one to bump Falwell out of his grave and back from the dead.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 04, 2010 04:47 PM (9Lm5R)

156 That would be Zombie Jerry Falwell.

Posted by: Sethi SlaveDog at April 04, 2010 04:48 PM (W+E+o)

157 I come back for the big stuff.

Posted by: Zombie Jerry Falwell at April 04, 2010 04:48 PM (Kn9r7)

158 ITC,

It was.

Posted by: mpfs at April 04, 2010 04:48 PM (QuP9W)

159 142 138 It didn't help Poseidon.

Water would also be a great help to me at this time...

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 04:50 PM (yfJ6g)

160 the area where the 6.9 hit is all farms.

Wiki says it is named after the first president of Mexico who was born there and fought for their independence from Spain.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:50 PM (p302b)

161 Damn. Didn't feel a thing up here in SB. You Dago morons be safe.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 04, 2010 04:50 PM (9Lm5R)

162 162 the area where the 6.9 hit is all farms.

That's weird.  I read "orange level" earthquake relief anticipated based on dense population in an area that had buildings that were in decent shape. 
Saw Twitter pix of stores with stuff tossed off shelves.

Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 04:52 PM (Kn9r7)

163

On 4/4/2010 10:40:39 PM UTC

an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 and depth 32.3km has struck an highly populated area in the Baja California Province (population: 1.8 million) in Mexico. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be medium (Orange alert).

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact since the affected region is highly populated and has high resilience for natural disasters.

Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 04:55 PM (Kn9r7)

164 Y not..look at the link from google maps, that I posted.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:56 PM (p302b)

165 CNN has coverage, but they seem confused.

Posted by: SlaveDog at April 04, 2010 04:57 PM (W+E+o)

166 Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 08:55 PM (Kn9r7)

If you look at USGS, they are always getting a lot of earthquakes.  This is the biggest this year.   Someone on twitter said it was farmland and I looked up on google using the town name and it looked like farmland to me too.  That's odd that they would say densely populated unless the city was struck and that is densely populated?

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 04:58 PM (p302b)

167 Help me out here, is this Boosh's fault or the Joos?

Posted by: Kos Kids at April 04, 2010 04:59 PM (2+9Yx)

168 I put the exact coordinates form USGS into google maps and got this.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 05:00 PM (p302b)

169 CNN has coverage, but they seem confused.

They are.  The female meterologist, and I use the term loosely, is a stupid twat.  She had no clue where Imperial Valley was,

Posted by: mpfs, shaken, not stirred. at April 04, 2010 05:00 PM (QuP9W)

170 @ #169, I'd blame Pele...or the federal gov't.

Posted by: Harry Truman @ Spirit Lake at April 04, 2010 05:01 PM (Ujkud)

171 Oh I guess I can't tinyurl it, the map.  But if you put the coordinates in you see Mexicali, maybe that is densely populated?

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 05:02 PM (p302b)

172 mpfs, shaken, not stirred

I giggled at your tag, mpfs. I'm sending a reassuring hug.

I suppose I should listen closely to Coast to Coast and see what their earthquake psychics have to say.

Posted by: wherestherum at April 04, 2010 05:03 PM (gofDd)

173 BBC coverage

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the Mexican peninsula of Baja California, US officials say, and has been felt in Los Angeles and even in Nevada.

The quake struck at 1540 (2240 GMT), 26km (16 miles) south-west of Guadalupe Victoria in Baja California, at a depth of 32km, said the US Geological Survey.

There have been reports of broken windows and some structural damage but no word of casualties or major damage.

In San Diego, tall buildings were seen swaying.


Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2010 05:04 PM (Kn9r7)

174 At CNN they seem to think there's serious damage in Mexicali, BC.  But I think they're waiting for Rick Sanchez to come in and give us clinic on seismology.

Posted by: SlaveDog at April 04, 2010 05:05 PM (W+E+o)

175 170 I put the exact coordinates form USGS into google maps and got this.

Curious, you got Gwinnett County Georgia? That's what came up when I clicked on the link. Weird, it's a map of where I live.

Posted by: Fritz the Cat at April 04, 2010 05:05 PM (oV2jk)

176 >>Curious, you got Gwinnett County Georgia? That's what came up when I clicked on the link. Weird, it's a map of where I live.

That's because that's where the CNN headquarters is located.

Posted by: SlaveDog at April 04, 2010 05:07 PM (W+E+o)

177 Weird, it's a map of where I live.

Me, too.  (Got a map of my locale.) 


I assume it's Guy Fawkes, Master of the AoSHQ Website and All Things, sockpuppeting curious and using his knowledgefu of our IPs to find our coordinates and enter them into Google Maps.

Posted by: Y-not channeling someguy at April 04, 2010 05:08 PM (Kn9r7)

178 177 170 I saw a whole bunch of cities in Cali & SoCal. But my eyes went there immediately.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 05:08 PM (yfJ6g)

180 CNN is downtown Atlanta. This is a northeast suburb about 20 miles or so from Atlanta. I figured I did something wrong or Google defaulted to my location.

Posted by: Fritz the Cat at April 04, 2010 05:09 PM (oV2jk)

181 That's odd, Georgia?  when I click it I get the whole USA.  I realized I couldn't post it.  But if you got Georgia, I just checked, that is where CNN has its headquarters.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 05:10 PM (p302b)

182 All I did was go to google maps and copy and paste the coordinates from USGS into the browser and clicked and I got the area on the Mexico/CA border where it hit.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 05:12 PM (p302b)

183 (AP) Janet Napolotano warns residents of Nevada and Arizona to prepare for a Tsunami

Posted by: conscious and watching earthquake updates at April 04, 2010 05:12 PM (YVZlY)

184 If earthquakes are the Lord's judgement for California, what the heck are twisters for Oklahoma?

Posted by: rawmuse at April 04, 2010 05:13 PM (OQ3LO)

185 The system is working.

Posted by: SlaveDog at April 04, 2010 05:13 PM (W+E+o)

186 pic of collapsed house in Mexicali http://twitpic.com/1das3m

Posted by: conscious and watching earthquake updates at April 04, 2010 05:13 PM (YVZlY)

187 "185 (AP) Janet Napolotano warns residents of Nevada and Arizona to prepare for a Tsunami

Posted by: conscious and watching earthquake updates at April 04, 2010 09:12 PM (YVZlY)"

I have a weird friend who always jokes that he's going to buy waterfront property in Nevada.  We always say that Nevada is landlocked and he always says "well now it is" and we all laugh.

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 05:17 PM (p302b)

188 4.4 triggered shake off the coast south of Malibu. USGS spokeswoman says the 92 Landers quake similarly triggered other shakes

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2010 05:31 PM (sYxEE)

189 I tell you I've lived in San Diego since 1962 and this ride got my attention more than any other shake......

Posted by: Patrick S at April 04, 2010 05:33 PM (Y4cpV)

190 Northridge according to Wiki was a 6.7 with 72 deaths and 9,000 injuries....

Knew someone who died

Posted by: curious at April 04, 2010 08:40 PM (p302b)

The thing about the Northridge quake was it was centered almost directly under the area, fairly shallow IIRC (only about 10km, was it?). I was living in the opposite end of the San Fernando Valley (Sunland-Tujunga) when it happened. A hard shaking, followed by a "pop-pop-pop-pop" at my duplex. I went outside, and a telephone pole was swaying enough that I thought I had better move my car. Later found out that the 'popping' was the rafters in the house giving way. The place was eventually red-tagged.

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 05:38 PM (q8CmE)

191 I was at the ball game at candlestick park for Loma Prieta aka The World Series 'quake.

Posted by: rawmuse at April 04, 2010 05:50 PM (OQ3LO)

192 I tell you I've lived in San Diego since 1962 and this ride got my attention more than any other shake......

Posted by: Patrick S at April 04, 2010 09:33 PM (Y4cpV)

Yah, that was one of the healthier ones...

Funny story: I was working at Shelby Automotive in '89 when we had what I call Whittier II (I think it was actually considered an aftershock of the original Whittier quake in '87). I was on the assembly line installing engines in the Shelby Dakotas. Both lines, trucks are up in the air on 2-post racks having some chassis assembly work done. Earthquake comes rumbling through, lasting less than 10 seconds. Most of us are California natives, we're used to this sort of thing. We get out from under, wait for the shaking to stop, then go back to work. Not the assembler from New York. It took several minutes to calm him down. No sooner than we all finally get back into rhythm, another shaker comes through. The natives step out, wait for the end, then get back to work. Not our friend from New York- he breaks into a running trot, runs out the front of the building, makes a running leap off of the loading dock, and runs home- about 3 miles. We never saw him again. Word was he went back to New York.   

Posted by: Bill H at April 04, 2010 05:58 PM (q8CmE)

193 Talked to the family and apparently Mission Valley/Old Town area was a nice shaker.  Dad had about 15 seconds and reminded me they live on granite.  Glad the SoCal morons are safe!

Posted by: NotAMolly at April 04, 2010 06:19 PM (ADJFU)

194 Mexico can just fall into the ocean. Please God...make Mexico go away.

Posted by: torabora at April 04, 2010 06:23 PM (suDMh)

195

I've felt stronger in LA, but this is the strongest one I've felt in San Diego.

Posted by: gm at April 04, 2010 06:51 PM (ELiBu)

196

My kids are still asking us about earthquakes and dying.

Posted by: gm at April 04, 2010 06:52 PM (ELiBu)

197
The news is a little overblown in the Los Angeles area.  I was at an Easter gathering in the San Fernando valley and I didn't even feel.  Less than half the people did.  The only way we were sure it actually happened was that the pool was sloshing around and the chandelier was swinging. 

In Baja, however, they might be in a world of hurt.

Posted by: dan-O at April 04, 2010 07:29 PM (pP0yk)

198 138 130 I also have a trident (among other things)...

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 04, 2010 08:28 PM (yfJ6g)

Do you also have the Corinthian helment, matching scarlet cape, and suitably coordinated heels (bikini selection yours)?

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199 Out of the Irish Pub and back at my place. That thing was crazy yall! GOD I hope nothing happens tonight. Take care folks! BAMA

Posted by: BAMA at April 04, 2010 08:38 PM (K2R44)

200 USGS just upgraded it to a 7.2.

Interesting. Comparable to this area's 1989 quake.

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If you look here, this and the US earthquake and the Chile earthquake form a triangle...

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