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Largest Earthquake Since Loma Prieta Shakes The Bay Area

Discussion in 'The Roaming Zone' started by KyleAndMelissa22, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. KyleAndMelissa22

    KyleAndMelissa22 Woot Woot, Splat !!!
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    The Calaveras Fault was resposible for the 5.6 quake.
    The epicenter was 9 miles NE of San Jose, and the shaking lasted approximately 30 seconds.
    It occurred just after 8:00 pm local time on October 30, 2007.
    It was the most powerful earthquake to hit the Bay Area since Loma Prieta on Oct. 17, 1989.
    This earthquake was the most powerful earthquake on the Calaveras fault since the 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake.
    It was felt as far north as Santa Rosa, as far south as San Miguel and east past Stockton & Modesto.


    Here are some sources:

    Magnitude 5.6 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA USGS Website
    http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7325191 -San Jose Mercury News
    5.6 quake in San Jose rattles Bay Area -San Francisco Chronicle
    cbs5.com - Largest Quake Since Loma Prieta Shakes Bay Area KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco
    Calaveras Fault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -Wikipedia
    Moderate earthquake hits Northern California | Reuters -REUTERS
    The Associated Press: Moderate Earthquake Shakes Bay Area -Associated Press
    ABC 13 WLOS in Asheville, NC
     
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    I was just in the Bay Area back in August, glad I wasn't there yesterday.

    However, a friend of mine lives in Palo Alto, 20 miles away from the epicenter, and he said it was pretty shocking.
    He said that there was no damage at his location.

    But his MetroPCS phone's service went down for about an hour......his Sprint phone wasn't affected. :)
     
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    Lets see, Massive fires, Earthquakes, Mud slides. Ok all of you in CA, can keep it there & enjoy the fun in that state.

    I will enjoy the stable ground & concrete jungle of NJ. At least they aren't reporting anyone hurt or killed in this.
     
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    They are predicting a big earthquake to happen here soon.
     
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    wow california has it all. like fire said, they can keep it.
     
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    Yes, they have been predicting this earthquake to hit here for years...
     
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    Kyle any report on how the cell sites that went out are doing/'.
     
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    I only heard this was mostly in the Palo Alto & San Jose Area.
    I believe that by now they are mostly back up and running,

    My friend with MetroPCS lives right next to downtown Palo Alto, and he lost service at home for about an hour or two.
    I heard landline service was also affected, but by now, it should all be working at, or near 100%

    Here's a quote I found in the following article: Palo Alto Online : Quake drives home Red Cross 'disaster' lesson
    Here's a map of the South Bay Area, from Google Earth. The red star was the epicenter.
    Every area visible felt at least a 4.0

    [​IMG]
     
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    Great, thanks for taking the time to give out this info.
     
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    Sure, :).

    Anyway, I'm not surprised at an overload of calls.
    It had been quite awhile since there was a significant earthquake.
    Many people were probably calling family to let them know about it, and that they were ok.
     
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    The progress made in this area in last 10 years is the 1960s-era seismic instrumentation (which formed the backbone of the BSL's facilities in 1989) has been replaced with modern broadband seismometers co-located with strong-motion accelerometers. This combination of instrumentation means that the BSL has the ability to record the full range of ground motions (from small and large earthquakes) spanning the entire range of frequencies. Data from the seismic sensors are digitized on site and are recorded locally on disk and transmitted over dedicated communication links to UC Berkeley. Each site has batteries to provide back-up power for 2-3 days. These ~20 sites form a sparse array in northern California known as the Berkeley Digital Seismic Network (BDSN).
     
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