Just heard about a major earthquake off the coast. I am off to catch the news.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
I'm too far away to have felt it. But I understand that they're evacuating the low-lying areas of Crescent City. Nice little town. Hope there's no tsunami.
Posted by johnsonweed (Member # 8114) on :
7.0 magnitude 41.329°N, 125.863°W Off coast near Eureka and Crescent City.
I just emailed a friend of mine (not from hatrack) and she didn't feel it, but they have a tsunami warning. Palo Alto area.
Posted by Salah (Member # 7294) on :
I live on the coast in San Diego, and everyone here is fine. It would have to be a tsunami of biblical proportions to be a real threat. Although, my friend who lives on the beach is not staying at home tonight, if I lived only feet from the ocean I would'nt want to hang around either. But for the crazy one's, SURF'S UP!!!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Nothing on the cable news stations yet. Jackson verdict is it.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
Didn't feel or hear of anything down south here.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Now how is it I didn't feel a freaking 7.0 that's gigantic. It was only 300 miles away.
I'm bummed =(
Pix
Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :
Didn't feel it, being in Southern CA, and haven't heard of any actual damage.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
They've rescinded the tsunami warning.
Anyone heard from our NorCalians? Do we even currently have any regularly-posting NorCalians?
Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :
Im in northern California. i don't know how far Santa Rosa is from Cresent city. I didn't feel anything while i was at work.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ok, that's one. Glad you're ok, Chris.
Do we have any others who have failed to check in?
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I'm in Nor Cal. And I'm still bummed I didn't feel it =(
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
That's two.
Anyone else?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
eslaine just posted at sakeriver, so can't be too shaken up.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oh, good. I was worried about him.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
That’s like the 3rd around this side of the world recently. Wonder if it’s all done or if there’s more to come.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
California had better wait until after September to slide off into the ocean. I want to go to Disneyland one last time.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
There's northern California, and then there's REALLY north northern California. This earthquake was off the coast of Crescent City, which is only about 25 minutes from the border with Oregon (I used to live in Crescent City, and go shopping in Oregon, since there's no sales tax ). Eureka is the county seat of the next county down (Humboldt), and is about 100 miles south of Crescent City. San Francisco is about 550 miles south of Eureka. So if the earthquake was off the coast of Crescent City (and Trinidad, which is a hamlet between Crescent City and Eureka), then I doubt there would be much to feel down in Santa Rosa, a good 500-600 miles away from the epicenter. I was living in a town near Eureka when the 1989 earthquake hit, and it only felt like a size 3 or 4 earthquake.
Note: the distances are all estimates--but I made that car ride to San Francisco and back A LOT as a child.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Jasonweed's link put the epicenter 300 miles from Sacramento. That means Santa Rosa would be more like 250? 200? ish.
(And since Sac as east of San Jose as it is north I was guessing that it was 300 miles from here as well.)
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