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Xanadu 2012: California Quake |
Category: Articles 2 comments 28 Sep 2004 @ 19:36 by swanny : SorrySorry didn't mean to cause to much alarm was chattin with someone on the internet when they started to have a earth quake Things seem to have settled down... Most wierd though It was a number 4 or 5 in central california somewhere a small town I guess..... 28 Sep 2004 @ 19:44 by swanny : News Report Sep. 28, 2004. 02:48 PM Quake rocks central California CANADIAN PRESS PARKFIELD, Calif. - A moderate earthquake struck central California today that was felt from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area. There was no immediate report of injuries. The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. local time, had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 and was centred about 15 kilometres south of Parkfield, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is 27 km northeast of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two people in December. A series of aftershocks quickly rattled the area, one with a preliminary 5.0 magnitude four minutes after the main The quake was felt along a 560-km stretch, as far north as San Francisco and as far south as Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles, the geological survey said. Parkfield, population 37, is known as the earthquake capital of California. Located on the San Andreas fault, it has experienced six similar - magnitude 6.0 - earthquakes with apparent regularity, one approximately every 22 years. The U.S. Geological Survey even named its major long-term earthquake research project the Parkfield Experiment. "This is earthquake country. It's a larger earthquake than what usually occurs, but it's not unprecedented," said USGS spokeswoman Stephanie Hanna. "We expect big earthquakes in this area, but don't know when they'll occur." The Dec. 22, 2003, earthquake collapsed old downtown buildings in Paso Robles, pitching an 1892 clock tower building onto the street and crushing a row of parked cars. Two people were killed in the state's first fatal quake since the 6.7-magnitude temblor that hit the Northridge area of Los Angeles in 1994. A magnitude 5 quake can cause considerable damage and a magnitude 6 quake severe damage, though problems are generally far less severe in remote areas and areas with strong building codes. Other entries in Articles 23 Aug 2022 @ 09:55: Gravity battery ref 23 Aug 2022 @ 09:53: Gravity battery ???. 2 May 2022 @ 06:45: How to Get Quality Dofollow Backlinks 23 Nov 2021 @ 18:26: What is Linkbuilding 25 Jun 2021 @ 15:37: Longitude at sea? 24 Aug 2020 @ 12:42: Climate and ocean 24 Aug 2020 @ 12:37: Climate update Aug 2020 15 Mar 2020 @ 19:11: Hang in.. 29 Jul 2019 @ 16:12: Onward 28 Feb 2019 @ 14:41: Solar Neighborhood pic
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