Eureka California Earthquake ....

[Cetawin]

Are all Cali and Southern Oregon BYCers okay? We were rocking and rolling here in Southern Oregon but not real damage. Check in and let us know all is well.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Hope everyone is alright! Good to see you are okay Cetawin!!

 

[debilorrah]

I have not heard any reported damage yet. It was a good one!!! 6.5 is pretty big! But the news people are not busting in the broadcasts with updates so that is good. We here in CA kinda roll with it. It pretty normal for us.

 

[BellLisamo]

my husband is in Dana Point, CA right now... wonder if they felt it.

 

[debilorrah]

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Probably not - I am way north of that and didn't get a jingle.

 

[saddina]

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Probably not - I am way north of that and didn't get a jingle.

Dana point is on the pacific, so no jiggle there, a few nice beaches though, does he surf?

My second husband proposed there during a gorgious beach sunset.

 

[GardeNerd]

We had an earthquake? Did not feel it this far South. I hope everyone is okay. Darn, now I have to turn on the news.

 

[BarkerChickens]

A 6.5 usually doesn't cause much damage in areas with decent seismic codes for buildings, etc. Nonetheless, I hope everyone was ok!!

Have ya'll read the USGS summary? It's in a really tectonically interesting place! It had strike-slip motion (sliding past one another instead of over or under one another), so there wasn't any threat of a tsunami (which requires some form of vertical displacement of the sea floor).

If you get a chance, go to Google Earth and check out the sea floor deformation. It is really easy to see (you can recognize it with absolutely zero geology background!).

Tectonics and Seismology are so fascinating!

edited to add...if you click on the maps tab in USGS, you can open the KML file in google earth. INTERESTING!!

 

[BellLisamo]

My husband is up there recording in a studio with his band, then they will be playing at different venues around there.

 

[Mahonri]

10% chance of aftershocks... and perhaps some greater.

I woke up out of the blue 10 mintues ago with an uneasy feeling. I hate when that happens.