5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Northern California

Quake with 5.6 magnitude hits Northern California

www.cnn.com

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck Northern California Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake's epicenter was about five miles north-northeast of Alum Rock, California, and nine miles northeast of San Jose's City Hall, the USGS said. It hit at 8:04 p.m. (11:04 p.m. ET).

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[edit on (10/31/07) by AllSeeingI]

This has me worried. California is way overdue for a massive earthquake.

There have been 3 moderate earthquakes in California in the past month or so. I think these are signs of a more significant "Earth crust readjustment".

4.3 Earthquake Hits Central California
4.2 Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles Basin

[edit on (10/31/07) by AllSeeingI]

Thanks for this info!

Maybe the big one is coming up, I was listeing to a seismotologist(sp?) on CNN not to long ago and she was talking about the big one could surpass an 7.8 and shake the ground from 1 to 2 minutes.

Poor California has been getting its collective butt slammed around this year, what with rather large uncontrolled fires, and earth quakes.

Many years ago I lived in Cali for about 3 years, and left all those wonderful bikini clad ladies on the beaches, my motorcycle, Ferrel's Ice Cream parlors, and a beachboy kind of existence, for the harsh living modalities of the Mid-West. And as much as I still look back on those days of delight and pleasure with a great and wistful longing, I wouldn't move back to California on a dare.

It kind of reminds me of a song from the early seventies,

"Day after day, more people come to LA... Shhh don'tcha tell anybody, de whole place shakin' away..."!!!!!

edited for multiple, typical fat-finger typing errors.

[edit on 31-10-2007 by sigung86]

Is it typical for smaller quakes to preceed 'the big' one in most cases, or is it a random occurance?.

Hopefully when the big one hits, it won't be all that 'big'.

Originally posted by Grailkeeper
Is it typical for smaller quakes to preceed 'the big' one in most cases, or is it a random occurance?.

Hopefully when the big one hits, it won't be all that 'big'.

I think so, usually they have numerous earthquakes around the 2.0 to 3.0 range.

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These quakes have been growing in intensity. Is it a coincidence that this mornings quake

(hisz.rsoe.hu...)

Is a very short distance from the Tehachapi Deep Underground Military Base, visible to the South West on the map?

Thats pretty strange I didn't feel any quake ,didn't even notice any noise and I was awake at that time

HAHA, the web-bot maniacs will be all over this one. I just like to say before they start, this is no proof.

EDIT: Damn necro!

[edit on 11-12-2008 by Waldy]

Before anybody starts to panic, just look at the date of the OP

umm what are you talking about , this post was made a year ago or did I miss something ?

Edit to add that this is not a one liner

[edit on 11-12-2008 by Thill]

Mods do you think we can move this thred as people are just going to panic and not look at the original date of the topic

It's way over the three day time period

some one is taking the pi$s and now I feel like a dick head because I just e-mailed it to all my friends ....

DOHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOT ME