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DonTom

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I felt this one quite strongly here in Reno, just a few minutes ago. For a second, I thought it could get as strong as the October 17, 1989 earthquake when I lived in South SF. I then thought the house was going to fall apart--but surprisingly there was no damage to that old 1943 house.

Also, there is no damage to this house AFAIK.

Yerington, 13.6 miles from its center, was where I purchased my 2022 Chevy Bolt back in 2021.

73 miles from here, via road. ~50 miles for a bird.

This earthquake today was felt at least 50 miles past my Auburn house.

-Don- Reno, NV
 
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There was a 7.0 off the California coast just a day or two ago. Tsunami Warning was issued but cancelled a few hours later. This latest one was probably an aftershock.

My wife (then fiance') were travelling when the '89 quake hit. We lived on Franklin in the City. When we got back there was no major damage but the place was a mess. The Marina was really hit. Never seen anything like it.

Gonna' be a pisser when y'all fall off into the ocean. :eek:
 
We have occasional earthquakes here in Delaware. Rather than the normal tremors we get a boom. We went through several earthquakes in Japan. We lived on the top floor (9th) of a brand new building on base. It was built on rollers because of the earthquakes. First one was scary but subsequent tremors just got routine. All you could do was get out of bed and stand in the hallway.
 
They have earthquakes all over the us. There was one listed for colorado when i researched the area and i remember the one in virginia a number of years ago. We were on the 18th floor in a highrise in phila and the whole building shook. People were running for the elevators. Made me wonder if i would rather die from falling on people or being crushed by them falling on me lol
 
My sister-in-law south of San Francisco judged the magnitude on how many of the busts on the piano fell off. If it was just Beethoven, then ho hum. Little more concern when Mozart would follow. Big problems when Haydn also toppled. Then it was hit the dirt.
 
rvlifer said:
here was one listed for colorado when i researched the area and i remember the one in virginia a number of years ago.
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I specifically recall one that hit Colorado in the 1962-3 winter when I was stationed at Lowry- I was at breakfast in the chow hall when the floor shook. Not bad, much as if someone nearby was bouncing his foot repeatedly on the floor, shaking my chair. Some guys still sleeping were thrown out of their bunks, though.

And in 1967 DW and I were on I-74 eastbound between Illinois and Indianapolis ( don't recall exactly where) when the car got a tad unstable for a few moments- when we stopped for a break a little while later we found out that earthquake had been felt at home in Joliet as well as in Indianapolis and other places

Of course there have been other reports from many, many parts of the U.S. (Missouri, time unrecalled, and 1964 in Alaska come to mind).
 
The joke when i lived near phila was that new jersey would get swallowed by an earthquake and we would all own beachfront property lol.

No matter where you live there is something but there are places that are far less likely to get hit by something.

Colorado has been hit by earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and locust swarms. If you research any area you will find some very interesting stuff

9 Famous Natural Disasters that Happened in Colorado

Colorado has experienced its fair share of devastating natural and manmade events over the years. Some of the worst disasters have occurred around the state.
www.uncovercolorado.com www.uncovercolorado.com
 
Chef Duane said:
Yup. Exactly what happened.
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It was interesting, and scary for some of my colleagues who were across country on business trips. All they saw on TV were clips of the Marina District and the fact that the epicenter was further south in Santa Cruz County. Phone lines were out (so they couldn't call home) and, seeing the devastation in San Francisco, they assumed that things must have been far worse at their homes in Santa Clara County, closer to the epicenter. In fact, the opposite was true...

The quake essentially 'whipped' the peninsula, with San Francisco at the tip. This, coupled with the liquefaction, caused the damage we saw.

I was sitting at my desk at home in the Santa Clara Valley as the quake hit around 5.00pm on Oct 17, 1989. Over the years, I'd experienced numerous smaller quakes, but something telegraphed that this was BIG; Without even thinking, I instantaneously jumped from my chair into the doorway and, looking back into my home office, I saw the walls flex back and forth. A bookshelf tore away from the wall, and the room had furniture, books, computers and other stuff piled several feet deep. The sound was deafening, and it was over in a matter of several looong seconds.

Chris was at work and, with traffic lights out, she got home around 8.30pm. With phones out, all I could do was wait and hope she was OK. As a family, we moved into the motorhome in the side yard and fired up the generator.
 
DonTom said:
Could you feel the one I felt here yesterday @1508 hrs?

-Don- Reno, NV
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When my parents made their first trip to CA (from Wales) in 1980, one morning I told them about a small quake we'd had the prior night; My Dad was very disappointed that he'd slept through it, and hadn't experienced his first earthquake :)
 
Chef Duane said:
There was a 7.0 off the California coast just a day or two ago. Tsunami Warning was issued but cancelled a few hours later. This latest one was probably an aftershock.

My wife (then fiance') were travelling when the '89 quake hit. We lived on Franklin in the City. When we got back there was no major damage but the place was a mess. The Marina was really hit. Never seen anything like it.

Gonna' be a pisser when y'all fall off into the ocean. :eek:
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I lived in Oroville at that time and was dating a gal who live in Livermore (long distance relationship). I was driving home from her place when it hit. Had no clue until I got home and tried to call her to let her know I made it. Phone lines were not working so I figured it was a local thing and would try again later. Turned on the TV and saw it on the news. I couldn't get through to her for 3 days.
 
Chef Duane said:
She felt the earth move every night. :rolleyes::cool:
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When I first transferred to our company HQ in Santa Clara, my office was on the second floor. For folks old enough to remember, these were the days when we had microfiche. It was nearly impossible to look at images on the uf reader on my desk because it was constantly moving.
 
Tulecreeper said:
... was dating a gal who live in Livermore...
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Before we moved to Livermore I did some research with the US geological office; Their maps showed that Livermore was the most seismically stable location in the greater Bay area. I don't think it meant that earthquakes weren't experienced there; IIRC it was more to do with the area's susceptibility to earthquake damage, and I assumed that's why they located the Lawrence Livermore Lab there.

That was several decades ago but, being a pat rack, I'd venture to say that those maps are in one of the file cabinets in the garage.
 
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