Ever worry about LA Earthquake risk? (buy, to move, vacations)

[cottonwood2420]

Originally Posted by hedgefundpirate

do any of you ever think about the possibility that Los Angeles will be leveled by a big earthquake.Is Southern Cali more at risk than San Francisco? I wonder if its only a matter of time before Los Angeles is flattened by a quake because of the many fault lines.Would like to hear your thoughts on earthquake risk and how you deal with it.

After seeing the movie "Earthquake" I got all of that out of my mind about a disaster.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by kidcanaduh

Great site, fleet. I'm surprised at your sunset times. 8:09 in June. We get more than an hour and 10 minutes more in June. However, right now, in January, the sun rises where you are by more than a hour before here.

timeanddate.com

Thanks for the link; interesting site.

Yes, 8:09 is the latest I've seen for a summer sunset. It doesn't get dark until 8:30 PM and even after that there is some purple in the sky (not quite dark yet).

[Chelito23]

I agree with Fleet that the sunset and sunrise times are normal here as well. What I could say I have become more aware of over the past years is the difference in sunset and twilight. I used to think it got dark at a certain time...because I wasn't outside at that time. Then things changes schedule wise, and I realized that there was still light in the sky, even though it seemed dark. The twilights (periods of lightness after sunset) are always longer the more poleward you go due to the Earth's curvature, so maybe that is why this guy in Canada think it's "changed". He is probably just noticing a subtly now.

I can verify that where I live the sunrise and sunset times are the same, business as usual as well.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by Chelito23

I agree with Fleet that the sunset and sunrise times are normal here as well. What I could say I have become more aware of over the past years is the difference in sunset and twilight. I used to think it got dark at a certain time...because I wasn't outside at that time. Then things changes schedule wise, and I realized that there was still light in the sky, even though it seemed dark. The twilights (periods of lightness after sunset) are always longer the more poleward you go due to the Earth's curvature, so maybe that is why this guy in Canada think it's "changed". He is probably just noticing a subtly now.

I can verify that where I live the sunrise and sunset times are the same, business as usual as well.

Finally, someone with common sense!
Yes, I think for him (kidcanaduh), the daylight/sunset seems to be different.
After a long summer here, I can't remember exactly when it gets dark here in the winter until it actually begins. So I can say it "seemed" shorter last year, but it's just that I can't remember the actual time.

[kidcanaduh]

Notice that the entire West Coast appears besieged with stormy weather?





Notice how the ring of fire has had lots of earthquake action everywhere in the past 30 days, other than in Cali / northern Mexico?




A volcano erupted in Chile on Jan 2, 2008.

Volcano erupts in Chile - CNN.com


Seven quakes ranging from 4.3 to 6.5 have hit off the west coast of Canada in the past 3 days.

10-degree Map Centered at 50°N,130°W



There are 3 full moons approaching, Jan. 22, Feb 20 and March 21.

Full Moon Dates - The Old Farmer's Almanac


Here's a site to check for high tides in Cali.

Tide Location Selection for California



It's earthquake season and once the weather clears up a major quake could hit Cali.

Remember that tiger attack at the San Fran Zoo on Christmas Day?

tiger attack san fran zoo - Google Search=


They had a small quake on Christmas day and another 3.1 quake in San Fran on December 28. Small to us, maybe not so small to a tiger. The epicenter was close to the zoo.

Search earthquake.usgs.gov


Has the missing pet count gone up in coastal Cali?

san francisco bay area lost & found classifieds - craigslist

los angeles pets classifieds - craigslist

[Fleet]

Yeah, this time of the year, the west coast does get rain; especially the northwest. It's moved out of here and it was clear today.

Still playing the "earthquake season" record? What about all those other quakes that happened in spring and summer (including the 1906 San Fran and 1952 Kern County quakes)? Why would a major quake happen "after the weather clears up?" Quakes happen in any kind of weather!
I suggest you enroll in college and take one course in Meteorology and one in Geology, like I did.

And there are ALWAYS earthquakes occurring on the ring of fire.

[kidcanaduh]

Look at the map, Fleet, there is a massive gap on the quake map in Cali. New moon starts tomorrow. Full moon Jan. 22. Quakes do happen in any season, but especially in earthquake season. This weather is the calm before the storm. Quake might not be in Cali, but a bigger one is going to hit. I think it's Cali though.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by kidcanaduh

Look at the map, Fleet, there is a massive gap on the quake map in Cali. New moon starts tomorrow. Full moon Jan. 22. Quakes do happen in any season, but especially in earthquake season. This weather is the calm before the storm. Quake might not be in Cali, but a bigger one is going to hit. I think it's Cali though.

Back in 1994 just after the Northridge quake and just after the internet starting becoming available, I downloaded a ton of earthquake data to see if there was any correlation between sunrise/sunset and earthquakes. (It seemed a lot of big quakes occurred within an hour or two of sunrise sunset.)

I plotted the data out.

Completely random; no correlation.

Cal-Tech has many PhDs who work on this thing every day. They have been asked questions about earthquake correlations since Charles Richter was around (I remember watching his interview on TV after the 1971 quake.)

No correlations.

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by Charles

Back in 1994 just after the Northridge quake and just after the internet starting becoming available, I downloaded a ton of earthquake data to see if there was any correlation between sunrise/sunset and earthquakes. (It seemed a lot of big quakes occurred within an hour or two of sunrise sunset.)

I plotted the data out.

Completely random; no correlation.

Cal-Tech has many PhDs who work on this thing every day. They have been asked questions about earthquake correlations since Charles Richter was around (I remember watching his interview on TV after the 1971 quake.)

No correlations.

How dare you bring science, logic and reason to this thread!

[kidcanaduh]

They are random, but the quake map shows a gap on the ring of fire. And that gap is in Cali. That last bigger one was a 6.5 (I think) in 2003 in San luis Obispo. It's guess work, But I think something brewing.