I just felt another earth quake here in CA

[Mountainman]

I'm in Bakersfield and it felt pretty strong. It lasted about 15 seconds or more.

[liontamer]

1. bummer

I bet the repubs are behind it ;)
Hope you're okay

[Tempest]

2. Bakersfield here too

Yeah, it was a big one.

[ronnykmarshall]

19. My mom's there too

She felt it pretty strong.

[AntiFascist]

24. Let that be a warning to you Bakersfield!

Just kidding....

[Trajan]

3. After living in So Cal for 38 years ...

I didnt even stir from sleep if it was less than 6.4 ....

[Tempest]

4. Just east of Bakersfield

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/119-36.htm

[Trajan]

11. JSO 178 .... JNO 58 ....

That 178 road is a doozy ....

Keep following it east: and turn left at Kernville: follow the road to the Tubs (Alder Creek) .....

Used to be my favorite 'High School' party camp ....

Oh yeah ... earthquake ...

[TahitiNut]

13. Yup. A 5.0 near Keene, CA ... just enough to test a pacemaker.

:shrug:

I tend to think this is not unrelated to Mt. St. Helens. The eastern Pacific Rim is restless.

[Beaverhausen]

5. Me too! In Burbank

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

YIKES!

[aquart]

6. Mt. St. Helens Volcano Advisory

<http://www.kirotv.com/news/3766950/detail.html>

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- Geologists have raised the alert level at Mount Saint Helens to a "volcano advisory," the second highest warning of a possible eruption.

Geologists said activity at Mount Saint Helens is "ramping up" and they are more convinced now that magma is moving under the volcano. They expected an eruption would be limited to within three miles of the volcano.

"We think the likelihood of an eruption has increased," said

Scientist told a news conference at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascade Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., that small earthquakes are now occurring at the rate of four a minute.

-more-

[maveric]

7. Nothing here in San Diego n/t

[Pale_Rider]

8. 5.0 in Keene (Bakersfield)

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/119-35.html

[Mountainman]

9. The earthquake epicenter was a few miles from my house!

A moderate earthquake occurred at 3:54:53 PM (PDT) on Wednesday, September 29, 2004.
The magnitude 5.0 event occurred 17 km (11 miles) NNW of Keene, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 1 km ( 1 mile).

I live on a road that winds though a canyon and large granite rocks fall off the mountain sides. It will be real interesting going home tonight. Also I have to cross the railroad line going to Tehachapi loop twice, I hope there were no derailments.

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Be careful going home.

Let us know if you get home safe.

[feminazi]

10. didn't feel it in south san jose

*

[alittlelark]

21. not in Los Altos either n/t

[pinto]

12. We had another 5'er here this morning/Central Coast.

I think it was centered in Parkfield again.

[TahitiNut]

16. Yup. Followed by a 4.5 only 2 minutes later.

There's a significant tectonic shift taking place on the eastern Pacific Rim.

[skooooo]

17. Wonder if this connects at all with..

...what's going on at Mt. St. Helens??

[TahitiNut]

18. I think so, in a plate tectonics way.

It'd be interesting to see if they've noted any accelerated shift rate at the station north of Parkfield.

[Renew Deal]

20. There was a movie about all this last May.

It was called 10.5 and it was on NBC. Hey Arizonans, get ready for a nice coastline.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1084374

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1089123

[TahitiNut]

23. When I look around southern Arizona ..

... all I see is dry ocean bottom. Honestly, you might be amazed at how closely the topology resembles ocean bottom, particularly at the same latitude. (Yes, I'm a scuba diver.)

Thus, I'd not be too sanguine that a tectonic event sufficient to immerse parts of entire states wouldn't make a new "Gulf of Arizona." :evilgrin:

[Carla in Ca]

14. My husband called me. He is on a fishing trip

up there and is coming home 2 days early. Stay safe.

[Renew Deal]

15. California's rumbling

5.0 and some aftershocks.

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[salinen]

22. Is it tough being a liberal

in Bakersfield?

[ronnykmarshall]

27. My parents say yes.

They won't even put Kerry stickers on their cars.

Hell, I was proud to have Mondale ones on mine in 1984 when I lived there.

I was even on the news while I was working on the campagn. It was funny, cuz the guy running the HQ said he got complants about me when some asshole saw me and my friends posting Mondale/Ferraro signs all the way down Stockdale Highway to Cal State Bakersfield.

[AntiFascist]

25. Funny how all....

the disaster movies are starting to come true. I wonder if we'll have WWIII when Terminator takes control.