The Los Angeles Earthquake Containment Thread (Santa Clarita, Lancaster: stadium, science, amount)

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Sam Hobbs

What does The Big One mean? Does it mean a major slip of the San Andreas?

Yes.
The BIG ONE is inevitable. But when?

Originally Posted by Sam Hobbs

The Northridge quake will likely continue to be The Big One for many more years.

It all depends on how far one lives from the earthquake's epicenter.

[Sam Hobbs]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Yes.
The BIG ONE is inevitable. But when?

What does The Big One mean? Is there a standard definition? I think it is another term that people use so loosely that it is useless for useful communication.

[Texamichiforniasota]

Originally Posted by Sam Hobbs

I meant that people should be aware of the world around them and not assume that everyone else is in their small part of the world. I was trying to be less direct than that but since you are being more direct I am too.

I'll be direct. Quit being obtuse.

While there is some debate about the exact boundaries, the Westside is the name in common use for the part of the LA basin roughly north Balona Creek/ the 10 and West of La Cienega. If you see it used in the LOS ANGELES FORUM, that's what it means. It doesn't mean Chatsworth or West Hills, because the name in common use for that area is the West Valley.

[Mr. Boring]

Originally Posted by Sam Hobbs

What does The Big One mean?

It's the earthquake equivalent of Fred Sanford's heart attack.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by Sam Hobbs

What does The Big One mean? Is there a standard definition? I think it is another term that people use so loosely that it is useless for useful communication.

It's typically meant to mean a major, very destructive quake on the San Andreas fault. At least, that is how I've always heard it used, ever since they were warning us about the Big One in kindergarten in the 1970s. The Northridge quake, for instance, was not the Big One since it was on the wrong fault and the damage was not widespread enough.

[Sam Hobbs]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

It all depends on how far one lives from the earthquake's epicenter.

Including the depth of the quake. Also the duration. Most people do not know what is worse, a 8 lasting just half a minute or a 8 lasting a whopping 10 minutes.

[SeaOfGrass]

Whoa!! Just had another one. That one was pretty good.

They usually seem to hit hard at first and then decrease. This one felt like it kept building. I was saying out loud, "Stop! Stop! Stop!"

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Whoah! That one just now felt a whole lot worse!

[Exitus Acta Probat]

7.1? Is that right?

[Exitus Acta Probat]

But they're saying it's an aftershock, though the magnitude was greater.