Increased Earthquake Activity for California (Los Angeles, San Diego: houses, live in, airport)

[BacktoBlue]

Originally Posted by Dub D

Short term memory anyone? Japan gets hit with earthquakes far more often than we do. I brought up Canada because they don't expect to have earthquakes like we do. You know damn well living in SoCal earthquakes are our primary natural disaster. Stop whining. If this was the FL forum and people were complaining about hurricanes, how stupid does that look? You know just about every part of this world has at least one natural disaster exposure, learn to live with it. Theres nothing you can do so stop complaining.

What a p*ss poor attitude to have. Lets complain about the heat too as if we control such things.

I have lived in San Diego all my life. that's 19 years and I have never felt this many earthquakes as I have the past 3 months. There's a reason everyone's nerves are on edge. You brought up hurricanes and Florida. Well if Florida was warned that a huge Category 5 hurricane was coming, they would be freaking out! It's the fact that the outcome of what's to come is unknown. Especially with earthquakes. Completely random and you never know how big they will be.

[californio sur]

This thread is not about if a large earthquake is going to hit California [everybody knows that]. The article pointed out that those who study earthquakes are seeing a pattern. The nearby faults are shifting in response to the Mexicali earthquake in April. Keep in mind that parts of the land rose 10 feet as a result of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The 1994 Northridge earthquake was 6.9 and resulted in $ billions in damage and around 70 deaths. The seismologists at Cal-Tech are keeping the public aware of the heightened activity. It is a reminder to be earthquake ready at all times.

[BacktoBlue]

Originally Posted by californio sur

This thread is not about if a large earthquake is going to hit California [everybody knows that]. The article pointed out that those who study earthquakes are seeing a pattern. The nearby faults are shifting in response to the Mexicali earthquake in April. Keep in mind that parts of the land rose 10 feet as a result of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The 1994 Northridge earthquake was 6.9 and resulted in $ billions in damage and around 70 deaths. The seismologists at Cal-Tech are keeping the public aware of the heightened activity. It is a reminder to be earthquake ready at all times.

also all the faults that are overdue for large quakes are capable of quakes over 7.5. Elsinore, San Jacinto, and San Andreas are well overdue for quakes. Earthquakes on any of those faults with that magnitude or above would be a terrible disaster

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Originally Posted by caliguy19

I have lived in San Diego all my life. that's 19 years and I have never felt this many earthquakes as I have the past 3 months. There's a reason everyone's nerves are on edge.

Well duh, there was a major earthquake near San Diego. But San Diego is one of the least earth quake prone areas in Southern California. Even if the San Andreas fully erupted the damage in San Diego would be fairly minimal.

Anyhow, getting nervous over small tremors is like someone from Florida getting nervous over some dark clouds.

[BacktoBlue]

I don't feel like arguing over something so stupid but geologists and other experts have said that it would be quite strong here and that it would last up to 2 minutes and that the water pipes/dams could break causing us not to have water for weeks/months and we would have to live off the water from the San Vicente dam up to 6 months. Weak buildings would crumble so while LA/SB will get the brunt of it, San Diego is in no way safe from it.

and Rose canyon fault? did you forget about that?

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Originally Posted by caliguy19

I don't feel like arguing over something so stupid but geologists and other experts have said that it would be quite strong here and that it would last up to 2 minutes and that the water pipes/dams could break causing us not to have water for weeks/months and we would have to live off the water from the San Vicente dam up to 6 months.

"Quite strong" is relative, the simulations of either a southern or northern rapture don't show any major shaking in San Diego. The shaking would be < 6.0.

Originally Posted by caliguy19

and Rose canyon fault? did you forget about that?

No, the Rose Canyon fault is very inactive and has not erupted in a long time.

I said that San Diego has one of the lowest earthquake risks in Southern California not that it has no earthquake risks.

[BacktoBlue]

ok mr. scientist.

noone knows anything about the big one until it happens

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Originally Posted by caliguy19

noone knows anything about the big one until it happens

You can determine a lot about it, for example the San Andreas is a good 100 miles from San Diego and the land in between is filled with mountains (earthquakes don't travel well through rock, etc).

Anyhow, you're in San Diego and your comments come off as whining to people that live in areas that are more active in terms of earthquakes. I can understand why you'd be nervous as you don't get much activity down there, but for people from the LA or SF area what you're experiencing is really rather normal.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by caliguy19

a 4.0? that's nothing.
We have more than just one dangerous fault here. Try more than a dozen, so yeah we have a reason to "whine and complain"

Exactly, California has three very hyperactive seismic zones plus one very long fault running the length of the state.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by caliguy19

I have lived in San Diego all my life. that's 19 years and I have never felt this many earthquakes as I have the past 3 months. There's a reason everyone's nerves are on edge. You brought up hurricanes and Florida. Well if Florida was warned that a huge Category 5 hurricane was coming, they would be freaking out! It's the fact that the outcome of what's to come is unknown. Especially with earthquakes. Completely random and you never know how big they will be.

San Diego is much less prone the earthquakes than the rest of socal. I've been here since '88 and I know how infrequent they are. In the Bay Area and LA, people don't worry much because quakes are a way of life in those areas. That's not the case in SD. Considering the circumstances, I think most people in SD are handling it rather well.