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05-17-2009, 11:18 PM
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life...its the most unfair event that will ever ha
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Originally Posted by Paula Lynn
Here in Long Beach - it was loud and a big shaker. I'm waiting for the aftershocks. I swear it had to be more the a 5.0.
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Yeah. That felt huge!!! I've felt a few 2-4 magnitudes and this just was amazing. The whole house was shaking and it was really loud. Oddly, my internet went out right before and my dog ran to my mom. |
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05-17-2009, 11:20 PM
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05-17-2009, 11:20 PM
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FOX NEWS RULES!
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A reporter on radio station KNX 1070 AM said that a seismologist said the quake was centered on the Newport Inglewood fault which had a 6.3 quake in 1933 and a smaller one in 1920.
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05-17-2009, 11:24 PM
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FOX NEWS RULES!
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I doubt it. Tonight's quake was on a completely unrelated fault.
The San Andreas fault does go into the Salton Sea area and Imperial valley; the Newport-Inglewood is hundreds of miles away. |
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05-17-2009, 11:25 PM
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Well, they have already said there is a 70% probability that the big one is going to strike by 2020 ;-) |
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05-17-2009, 11:31 PM
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Proudly clinging to my guns and religion!
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Here we go, we have an Earthquake and everyone wants to say it's a sign of the big one. California has and will continue to have earthquakes, why is it so groundbreaking that we had one tonight? I forgot, since scientists made their bold prediction now every earthquake we will ever feel means the big one is coming. 
I hope everyone is OK though in all sincerity. |
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05-17-2009, 11:38 PM
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FOX NEWS RULES!
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Originally Posted by j760
Here we go, we have an Earthquake and everyone wants to say it's a sign of the big one. California has and will continue to have earthquakes, why is it so groundbreaking that we had one tonight? I forgot, since scientists made their bold prediction now every earthquake we will ever feel means the big one is coming. |
In addition to the above, the huge majority of California earthquakes are not even felt (below magnitude 2.0) and quakes above 5.0 are quite rare considering how many under 2.0s there are (dozens each day). |
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05-17-2009, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by j760
Here we go, we have an Earthquake and everyone wants to say it's a sign of the big one. California has and will continue to have earthquakes, why is it so groundbreaking that we had one tonight? I forgot, since scientists made their bold prediction now every earthquake we will ever feel means the big one is coming.
I hope everyone is OK though in all sincerity. |
Well, whether it's the big one or an earthquake like the northridge one, the study of how earthquakes are related and what warning signs there might be could benefit people in earthquake ares. |
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05-17-2009, 11:44 PM
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life...its the most unfair event that will ever ha
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Revised to a 4.7...4.7 my Moderator cut: inappropriate!!
Last edited by Dark of the Moon; 05-18-2009 at 12:09 AM..
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05-17-2009, 11:45 PM
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Stuff a Käsekrainer in your pie hole!
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yeah ....
I wonder what made them downgrade it?
I haven't seen Kate Hutton talk yet.
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