BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake Shakes California

> BREAKING NEWS
U.S. Geological Survey says earthquake rattles wide area of California; preliminary magnitude 6.5. Details soon.

More news as we get it.

Anyone think this could be a precursor to the big one? maybe thats why ridge looks so worried?

Underwater nuclear detonation caused this..

Perhaps?



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Or the bombardment of Iraq?



Just guessing here.. but it could be..



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Yep it trashed my sisters house. Nothing left in her cupboards,picture are broken,tv,stereo etc all trashed. I will post more as I find more out. I am in the south bay(silicon valley) and did not feel a thing.

An earthquake, in California? You've got to be kidding. There's never earthquakes in California!

Im just north of LA. We felt it here...everything seems okay around here though.

hope the Dam won;t brake over there otherwise LA would be completly flooded by water.

Originally posted by NotTooHappy
An earthquake, in California? You've got to be kidding. There's never earthquakes in California!

1903???

The whole Los Angeles levelled..

Tens of thousands dead..

Correct me if i am wrong..



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For typo..

Give me a break..

Im foreign..



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Considering the historical trends of earthquakes in california and the facts learned in geology about the san andreas fault line i would really have to question why wacky theories are even put into place here. If a 6.5 quake happened in an area never hit by them before, then fine... but come on... California? This arouses suspicion?

I was kidding FULCRUM. California has Earthquakes all the time.

Originally posted by NotTooHappy
I was kidding FULCRUM. California has Earthquakes all the time.

And your long over due for the big one..

Ever worry about that?

Not really, I live in Utah so if California falls in to the ocean, I'll be closer to the beach.

Originally posted by NotTooHappy
Not really, I live in Utah so if California falls in to the ocean, I'll be closer to the beach.

Your being quite selfish you know..



Now, how about those facts on the QUAKE!!!

Or is there any yet?

What a coincidence! I just came across this article yesterday. Although I dont think that this 6.5 means it is a precursor to a monster quake, it is an odd coincidence. I also read an article on Saturday that stated the threat assessment level would not go up in the foreseeable future, so who knows...

Monster shaker foreseen

Inside of a century, the Pacific Northwest could be struck by a magnitude 9 quake, shaking the region 10 times more violently than San Francisco's famous 1906 quake and for 12 times longer.

Scientists call it a "mega-thruster" and say the Seattle area is especially vulnerable.

The city rests on enough loose, liquefiable dirt to swallow Mount Everest, and the downtown straddles the Puget Sound area's largest fault.

"It lives in people's back yards," said geophysicist Tom M. Brocher, co-chief of Pacific Northwest Earthquake Hazard Investigations for the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park.

Originally posted by William One Sac
What a coincidence! I just came across this article yesterday. Although I dont think that this 6.5 means it is a precursor to a monster quake, it is an odd coincidence. I also read an article on Saturday that stated the threat assessment level would not go up in the foreseeable future, so who knows...

Monster shaker foreseen

Inside of a century, the Pacific Northwest could be struck by a magnitude 9 quake, shaking the region 10 times more violently than San Francisco's famous 1906 quake and for 12 times longer.

Scientists call it a "mega-thruster" and say the Seattle area is especially vulnerable.

The city rests on enough loose, liquefiable dirt to swallow Mount Everest, and the downtown straddles the Puget Sound area's largest fault.

"It lives in people's back yards," said geophysicist Tom M. Brocher, co-chief of Pacific Northwest Earthquake Hazard Investigations for the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park.

You know, i read that too and they were just discussing it on FOX, they're doing nothing but downplaying rumours of san andrea's going.

So do y'all think this was done by the Bush administration to take out California so as to increase his chances in the upcoming election?

Originally posted by junglejake
So do y'all think this was done by the Bush administration to take out California so as to increase his chances in the upcoming election?

No, but maybe Arnold did something wrong.

We also have a major fault here in the South. Haven't felt a quake as of yet--hope that I do not. My husband survived the one in Anchorage--He still remembers every detail--I wouldn't want to live in California--just for the fact of periodic earthquakes--and especially waiting for the Big One.

Yeah there's a big fault running through Utah. About once a year or so there's a small earthquake. Nothing too bad ever happens because of them though.

CNN is like there is no Quake..

No biggie then???