Did You Feel That?
We just had another earthquake. Here's what I found here:
Magnitude 5.4 - duration magnitude (Md)
Time Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 8:03:06 PM (PDT)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 3:03:06 (UTC)
Distance from Willow Creek, CA - 18 km (11 miles) ESE (114 degrees)
Blue Lake, CA - 42 km (26 miles) E (97 degrees)
Hayfork, CA - 42 km (26 miles) NW (315 degrees)
Eureka, CA - 56 km (35 miles) E (85 degrees)
Sacramento, CA - 307 km (191 miles) NW (326 degrees)
Coordinates 40 deg. 50.2 min. N (40.836N), 123 deg. 29.7 min. W (123.495W)
Depth 17.9 km (11.1 miles)
Location Quality Fair
Location Quality Parameters Nst=140, Nph=140, Dmin=49 km, Rmss=0.18 sec, Erho=0.3 km, Erzz=1.4 km, Gp=93.6 degrees
Holy crap! A 5.4?! It seriously did not feel that strong down here in the Eel Valley. While I find earthquakes a little exciting, I still get the same anxiety wondering if this will be the "one." If you don't already have an emergency plan or at least some items to get you through at least a week (should services be entirely shutdown), you might want to reconsider. You can never be too prepared because the "big one" is inevitable.
Comments
Ahh...you should move to Oklahoma. Tornadoes are sooo much more predictable than Earthquakes!! :o)
Posted by: Kath | April 30, 2008 05:22 PM
We had just a tiny shake here. Not very exciting. . .Thank God.
Posted by: Kymk | April 30, 2008 06:01 PM
My sweet little wife rocks my world every day, just with her presence. So what is a little tremler?
Posted by: Gump | May 2, 2008 10:35 AM
It was rockin' and rollin' here in Willow Creek. Wow!! We've had four since then too. I hear it's a new fault line. And we thought we were safe from earthquakes out here. Oh well, we survived another one.
Posted by: Rita Swanson | May 4, 2008 10:00 AM