Ever worry about LA Earthquake risk? (San Francisco: distance, roach, winter)

[kidcanaduh]

Two more animals at San Francisco Zoo flipping out.

2 more incidents at S.F. Zoo - Life - MSNBC.com

[BreaOC]

This is a real-time map of SoCal's earthquakes. If for any reason it doesn't keep updating visit the website, it's very interesting!!!

[BreaOC]

Originally Posted by BreaOC

This is a real-time map of SoCal's earthquakes. If for any reason it doesn't keep updating visit the website, it's very interesting!!!

I checked back on this post and it is updating itself, the time you see at the top of the pic is called "Universal Time", but you can access the pacific time of the quake by going to the site and clicking on the event. FYI

[Chelito23]

Two animals "flipped out" at a zoo....whatever flipped out means. So basically, animals in captivity are acting up...hmmmm....I wonder why....

I am sure animals act up in all zoos, not just zoos in seismically active areas. Also, if you ever read people's comments on newspaper pages after a quake, a lot of responses say that their cat, dog, bird FILL IN THE BLANK slept through it.

I think we all agree animals perceive something, but everytime an animal does something that is not part of their typical routine does not mean there is an impending quake or tremor.

[littleword]

the perfect one two punch for california would be, a strong quake doing major damage to the city causing a levee or damn to break which in turn would cause major flooding like katrina

[Charles]

Originally Posted by littleword

the perfect one two punch for california would be, a strong quake doing major damage to the city causing a levee or damn to break which in turn would cause major flooding like katrina

More likely scenario for a one two punch would be quake and quake induced fire. Kind of like San Francisco 1906. I think that was a major problem in Kobe, Japan in 1995 (exactly one year to the day after the Northridge quake). The first thing LAFD and LACFD do when there is an earthquake is pull the fire trucks out of the firehouse.

Read paragraph 2.6.3 of this online book:

Fire Following Earthquake - Google Book Search

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by Charles

More likely scenario for a one two punch would be quake and quake induced fire. Kind of like San Francisco 1906.

What I heard about the fires after the 1906 San Francisco quake was that since properties were most often insured against fire and not earthquakes, property owners who lost buildings to the shaking subsequently committed arson to feign a "valid" insurance claim.

[Maine2009]

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.

I really never think about earthquakes I mean very large earthquakes don't happen that often. I was about 5 miles away from the Northridge quake when it occured. That was i believe a 6.8. The 6.8 magnitude is considered a fairly major quake, but you know, it only lasted maybe 45 seconds or so, and while it was scary,it was over pretty fast. It will probably be a few more years before the next significant earthquake in LA.

Just always remember to stand in the doorway in the door frame durning a quake, and always keep an emergency kit with some supplies available.

Earthquakes to me aren't as bad as tornados, and they arent much worse than hurricanes, typhooons, or any other of mother nature's forces that last much longer than a 45 second long earthquake

Good luck, and don't sweat it.....they have been talking about the big one for as long as I can remember,,,,this "big one" could be a year, 100 years or 10,000 years from now,,,hardly a click in geologic time

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Maine2009

That was i believe a 6.8. The 6.8 magnitude is considered a fairly major quake, but you know, it only lasted maybe 45 seconds or so, and while it was scary,it was over pretty fast.

Earthquakes to me aren't as bad as tornados, and they arent much worse than hurricanes, typhooons, or any other of mother nature's forces that last much longer than a 45 second long earthquake

Good luck, and don't sweat it.....they have been talking about the big one for as long as I can remember,,,,this "big one" could be a year, 100 years or 10,000 years from now,,,hardly a click in geologic time

Sure the earthquake was over in 45 seconds or whatever. The aftershocks lasted for months. A lot of people were shook up for months.

At least with tornadoes and hurricanes there is a little bit of predictability. You can sort of prepare. The 71 and 94 quakes hit when I was in a deep sleep. It's like a bomb going off. Pretty unnerving.

[dogmom]

I am a native southern Californian, age 54. I have been through my share of earthquakes, large and small. No, I don't like them, yes they scare me, but no, my life has never revolved around them. The best anyone can do is prepare, have that water, flashlights, heavy shoes, whatever you need in your earthquake container, make sure the family knows what to do in an emergency, everyone needs a contact out of the area to check in with in case the family is spread all over..best case scenario, everyone home sleeping during a big one. Chance of that happening is slight to zero.

We live in southern Utah now, its funny how folks around here say they are glad to be out of earthquake country...haha most are Californians...little do they realize they are smack dab in the middle of it. How do they think these mountains got here...we have faults all over and to be honest with you, I would pit most any California home against these here, the codes just arent in place. We are selling and moving back to CA.. Earthquakes are not going to stop us from living..be prepared and live your life to your best..