Another earthquake!!

[SierraCook]

I just heard on the late night news that another earthquake of a 6.9 magnitude has struck off the Northern California coast. It is in the same vicinity as the 7.0 earthquake of Tuedsay. Boy, I am glad that I moved away from that area. I lived on that section of the coast from 1989 to 1993.

Magnitude 6.9 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
2005 June 17 06:21:45 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS



[font=arial, helvetica]A strong earthquake occurred at 06:21:45 (UTC) on Friday, June 17, 2005. The magnitude 6.9 event has been located OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.) [/font]


[font=arial,helvetica]Magnitude[/font][font=arial,helvetica]6.9[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Date-Time[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Friday, June 17, 2005 at 06:21:45 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:21:45 PM
= local time at epicenter [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica]Location[/font][font=arial,helvetica]40.605°N, 126.284°W[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Depth[/font][font=arial,helvetica]45 km (28.0 miles) set by location program[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Region[/font][font=arial,helvetica]OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Distances[/font][font=arial,helvetica]171 km (106 miles) W (272°) from Ferndale, CA
172 km (107 miles) W (281°) from Petrolia, CA
176 km (109 miles) W (266°) from Humboldt Hill, CA
180 km (112 miles) W (264°) from Eureka, CA
458 km (285 miles) NW (315°) from San Francisco City Hall, CA
[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Location Uncertainty[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Error estimate not available[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Parameters[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Nst=033, Nph=033, Dmin=217.5 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp=202°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1 [/font][font=arial,helvetica]Source[/font][font=arial,helvetica]West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Event ID[/font][font=arial,helvetica]at00000366[/font]

 

[SierraCook]

This earthquake has been reduced to a 6.4 in magnitude.

 

[jkath]

Sierra, I'm confused about the timing of this one. It says June 17 @ 6:21 UTC - so what time was that in our time zone?

 

[SierraCook]

It can be confusing. If you read down a little farther it says what it was in the Pacific time zone.

Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:21:45 PM

SC

 

[jkath]

If I'm not mistaken, we just had yet another earthquake about 1 minute ago. Felt like the swaying kind.

 

[GB]

I feel the earth - move - under my feet

I hope this ends soon for all of you who are there!

 

[jkath]

Earthquakes are quite interesting. I don't mind them at all. The sensation, though, is quite a trip. Kind of like a free fall, only sideways.

 

[SierraCook]

jkath, there was a small earthquake at 9:10 am


== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
[size=-1]California Integrated Seismic Net
USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR
[/size]

Version #1: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.


A microearthquake occurred at 9:10:18 AM (PDT) on Friday, June 17, 2005.
The magnitude 1.5 event occurred 5 km (3 miles) ENE of Yucaipa, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 10 km ( 6 miles).

[size=+0]Magnitude[/size][size=+0]1.5 - local magnitude (ML)[/size][size=+0]Time[/size][size=+0]Friday, June 17, 2005 at 9:10:18 AM (PDT)
Friday, June 17, 2005 at 16:10:18 (UTC) [/size][size=+0]Distance from[/size][size=+0]Yucaipa, CA - 5 km (3 miles) ENE (70 degrees)
Mentone, CA - 12 km (7 miles) E (101 degrees)
Beaumont, CA - 14 km (9 miles) N (351 degrees)
Moreno Valley, CA - 25 km (16 miles) ENE (58 degrees)
Los Angeles Civic Center, CA - 115 km (72 miles) E (90 degrees)
[/size][size=+0]Coordinates[/size][size=+0]34 deg. 2.7 min. N (34.046N), 116 deg. 59.9 min. W (116.998W)[/size][size=+0]Depth[/size][size=+0]10 km (6.2 miles)[/size][size=+0]Location Quality[/size][size=+0]Fair[/size][size=+0]Location Quality Parameters[/size][size=+0]Nst=038, Nph=038, Dmin=11 km, Rmss=0.37 sec, Erho=0.4 km, Erzz=1.8 km, Gp=68.4 degrees [/size][size=+0]Event ID#[/size][size=+0]ci14156020[/size]

 

[SierraCook]

jkath, here is the website I go to for looking at earthquakes.

California has had at this time 887 earthquakes in the last week.

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

 

[jkath]

Okay! I did feel it. It's about 50 miles or so away from me.

 

[mish]

I hope this ends soon for all of you who are there!

Thanks, GB. We've had two during the last week, & landslides & homeowners who have lost everything. It's certainly no Disney ride. Glad to hear you're okay, Sierra.

 

[SierraCook]

I am glad to hear that everyone is OK. Small earthquakes are not big deal. It is the big ones that rattle you out of bed in the middle of the night that are scary.