Thanks for the concern, mish. I did not feel a thing being so far from the coast. When the Cape Mendocino/Ferndale earthquake hit in the Spring of '92 I was living in Arcata, CA. That earthquake measured 7.2 on the reichter scale. The two major aftershocks were in the high 6.0s.
Here is some information on yesterday's earthquake.
Magnitude 7.2 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
2005 June 15 02:50:54 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
[font=arial, helvetica]A major earthquake occurred at 02:50:54 (UTC) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. The magnitude 7.2 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]
7.2[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica]Date-Time[/font][font=arial,helvetica]
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 02:50:54 (UTC)
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 6:50:54 PM
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Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones [font=arial,helvetica]Location[/font][font=arial,helvetica]41.328°N, 125.868°W[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica]Depth[/font][font=arial,helvetica]10 km (6.2 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]147 km (91 miles) WSW (252°) from
Crescent City, CA
147 km (92 miles) WNW (282°) from
Trinidad, CA
150 km (93 miles) WSW (252°) from
Bertsch-Oceanview, CA
485 km (302 miles) NW (311°) from
Sacramento, CA
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[font=arial,helvetica]Location Uncertainty[/font][font=arial,helvetica]horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth fixed by location program[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica]Parameters[/font][font=arial,helvetica]Nst=190, Nph=190, Dmin=165.7 km, Rmss=1.42 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica]Source[/font][font=arial,helvetica]USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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[font=arial,helvetica]Event ID[/font][font=arial,helvetica]usziae[/font]
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Tsunami Information
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