Earthquake Rocks San Francisco Bay Area at 11:40 PM Pacific Time

Just had a good "rattle" in San Francisco. felt like a good 4.0 strength not yet determined. It was on the Hayward Fault! Anyone else feel it?

I like this site, breaking news before it breaks, hope you are ok over there!!

3.6

note the latitude...same as the colorado and virginia quakes:

Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 06:36:54 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 11:36:54 PM at epicenter

Location 37.748°N, 122.137°W
Depth 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances 4 km (3 miles) NNE (19°) from San Leandro, CA
7 km (4 miles) NW (314°) from Castro Valley, CA
8 km (5 miles) N (358°) from San Lorenzo, CA
10 km (6 miles) ESE (123°) from Oakland, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Parameters Nph= 86, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.14 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID nc71625060

USGS shows a couple quakes in the last hour

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by westcoast


I guess you all have figured out by now that the epicenter of the New Madrid quakes is close to that latitude as well, right? *gulp*

interestin develpmnts

40°N,119°W

oh wait, the epicenter(s) at 37 yet again???

reply to post by TrueAmerican


Yup. I am trying not to over-react and now assume every quake on that latitude is connected....but ya gotta admit it makes ya wonder!!!

Not a good sign to have three earthquakes along the NM Fault in such quick succession. I think the increase in activity is more alarming than the magnitudes.
I sincerely hope this isn't a portent of something worse, just having read some hype about Oct. 28th lol

Normally I would say, "Oh no big deal, just another earthquake."
But the past 48 hours has been very very active.
And as other users said, 3 earthquakes on the same LAT in quick succession, makes me think oh noez.

reply to post by westcoast


And has it not been roughly 13 hours between each of these, CO, VA, and CA? Is that significant?

reply to post by thedeadwalkk


I don't wanna feel like a fear monger but this is getting pretty crazy!Why do I have the feeling that the Big One is yet to come?

I wouldnt say San Francisco was "rocked".

You make it sound soooooooooooooooooooo dramatic.

Originally posted by wildapache
reply to post by thedeadwalkk

 

I don't wanna feel like a fear monger but this is getting pretty crazy!Why do I have the feeling that the Big One is yet to come?

Because the big one IS coming, and over due. We all get that feeling.

Though, for all of you wishing for it to get over with already, I'd beg you not to have such wishful thinking. I live 10 minutes from the fault in Southern California. There are things I wanna do, such as have a relatively normal life, have kids, get married, etc.

I can't do those things when a 9.0+ hits and I'm forced to survive, if I don't die in the quake itself.

It doesn't help when the whole world wishes for my state to fall into the ocean.

Originally posted by westcoast
3.6
note the latitude...same as the colorado and virginia quakes

Orbital weapon.

reply to post by westcoast


And just to follow that up, I checked with a latitude map and the town of New Madrid is 36.6 degrees latitude!

Another on the same latitude line? What is going on? Something smells fishy to me? Should I dare say, where next? Or which one will have another bigger than the previous?

Is there any way to go back in time to find how many other quakes have been on the same line? Just curious if this has been going on, and no one noticed, or if it is new.

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
reply to post by westcoast

 

And just to follow that up, I checked with a latitude map and the town of New Madrid is 36.6 degrees latitude!

Well what do you know? Great find TA!

Originally posted by westcoast
3.6

note the latitude...same as the colorado and virginia quakes:

Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 06:36:54 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 11:36:54 PM at epicenter

Location 37.748°N, 122.137°W
Depth 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances 4 km (3 miles) NNE (19°) from San Leandro, CA
7 km (4 miles) NW (314°) from Castro Valley, CA
8 km (5 miles) N (358°) from San Lorenzo, CA
10 km (6 miles) ESE (123°) from Oakland, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Parameters Nph= 86, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.14 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID nc71625060

What are the coordinates of the Denver World Airport?

JAPAN'S BIG ONE MATCHED THIS LATITUDE AS THE OTHERS ACROSS THE US THE PAST 24 HOURS! Pretty crazy stats there!