Earthquake in Sacramento?

[silverweb]

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Sitting here, minding my own business, and it sure felt like a roller -- about 5 seconds' worth.

Anybody else feel it?

[TheProgressive]

1. Yup...near Portola CA...

It was a quick jolt here....

[kelliekat44]

63. Is it possible that this movement might relate to the bridge collapsing in WA also? nt

[Brother Buzz]

64. The bridge collapsed forty-five minutes before the earthquake

[kelliekat44]

65. But maybe something was moving 45 minutes before the quake? Just a thought. nt

[Brother Buzz]

66. I believe an oversized truck was moving forty-five minutes before the quake

[Newsjock]

2. M5.9 Greenville CA

http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Quakes/nc71996906.html

[rollin74]

3. I felt it in the Reno area.

[silverweb]

11. Yup, closer to you.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]In the Greenville area.

[rollin74]

14. yeah, just very mild shaking here for about 10 seconds or so

[Marrah_G]

4. From USGS

5.9

11km WNW of Greenville, California
2013-05-23 23:47:07-04:00

[Renew Deal]

5. USGS: 5.9 11km WNW of Greenville, CA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc71996906#summary

[Brother Buzz]

6. Felt it west of you

No more then five seconds

[Control-Z]

7. No. I didn't feel a thing.

The fact that I live in So Cal might have something to do with it, though.

[silverweb]

13. You're probably next.

[Silver Gaia]

8. Yup. We felt it, too!

[Bennyboy]

9. Didn't feel it but my friends are

lighting up FB with stories of "things shaking' etc.....

[NYC_SKP]

10. Someone tweeted about it:

https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=jadaxle&tw_i=337777219478884354&tw_p=tweetembed

Jada Le @jadaxle

DO YOU GUYS FEEL THAT EARTHQUAKE OMG
8:48 PM - 23 May 2013

[silverweb]

12. A pretty big 'un!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Up near Lassen Volcanic National Park. Speculation runs amok in my mind.

[itsrobert]

16. Yup, that area of California doesn't seem to be a hotbed for quake activity

So 5.9 was surprising to me. Volcanic activity?

[silverweb]

17. Volcanic area.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Very good Wiki article, still an active area:

"The source of heat for volcanism in the Lassen area is subduction off the Northern California coast of the Gorda Plate diving below the North American Plate.[5] The area surrounding Lassen Peak is still active with boiling mud pots, stinking fumaroles, and churning hot springs.[6] Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the few areas in the world where all four types of volcano can be found (plug dome, shield, cinder cone, and strato)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassen_Volcanic_National_Park

[blueamy66]

15. Felt it here in West Sac

Felt like the dinner table was rolling....took me 46 years to experience one...

[silverweb]

18. 46 years? Seriously?

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And you've been in California all that time?

West Sac is nice.

[blueamy66]

24. No, have only been here for 2 months.

We're right near the river...quite awesome.

It was weird. I never thought an earthquake would feel like that!!

[silverweb]

35. Welcome to Sacramento.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Okay, West Sac, but still.... lol

I've been in California since '81, mostly in SoCal, just up here for a year now. There are 3 kinds: the shakers, the jolts, and the rollers. This felt like a roller to me. You're not from earthquake country originally, I take it?

[blueamy66]

54. From AZ

It was definitely a roller!

Some of my friends up here are already calling it the Rage on the River.

I love downtown. Am going to spend another entire day down there again next week.

[Silver Gaia]

53. We're in West Sac, too!

We're out near Jefferson & Stone. Where are you?

[blueamy66]

55. Near Sand Cove Beach

Off of El Camino and El Centro....maybe I'm in NW Sac.

[Silver Gaia]

62. Yeah, you're on the outskirts of NW Sacramento, west of Natomas

You'd have to cross the Sacramento River south of you to be in the city of West Sacramento

[blueamy66]

68. I tried....I told you I was new!

Thinking about a bonfire down at the beach tonite

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. dont send it down here

[tru2sandy]

20. earthquake in sacramento

I felt in in Citrus Heights. It just rocked back and forth for a few seconds.

[silverweb]

21. Hi, neighbor!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Welcome to DU.

That's what I felt, too -- just a rocking for a few seconds. But it was kind of intense and my measuring spoons hanging in the kitchen were swinging back and forth.

[hrmjustin]

56. Welcome to DU my friend!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. I think it was way north.

My family up in Chico had their pant shook off them. Lol. They're saying it was north west of them, Greenville or Susanaville. That's unusual!

[silverweb]

23. USGS says 11 miles northwest of Greenville.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]That's about 150+ miles northeast of Sacramento, up near the Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is still an active area. We might be in for more activity, so make sure your family has their emergency supplies in order.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

26. Thank you!

I will. We're not really used to earthquakes up this way. The whole family moved from L.A. because of all the quakes.

[silverweb]

28. You'll be fine.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Being prepared is the most important thing. When you know where to shelter, and that you have emergency supplies and communications available, it really helps your peace of mind.

My son does a lot of work with the Red Cross and has taught me a lot. Here's a good place to start: http://chapters.redcross.org/ca/mtyco/ds/emgcheck.html

[Lone_Star_Dem]

34. Thank you.

That's an excellent resource!

[silverweb]

36. You're welcome!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I hope you use it and share it.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. I'm kind of disaster aware.

Been there done that, and now I'm a bit of a neurotic in that area. I shared it with my mom and sister, who both tend to stick their heads in the sand. It actually seems to be helping to drive home some of what I've been preaching to them.

I can't thank you enough for that!

[silverweb]

41. Awareness is critical.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Good luck preparing/calming your mom and sister!

[Brother Buzz]

27. North east of Chico

[Lone_Star_Dem]

33. That's what my sister is saying.

I've been through big earthquakes before, buy she's the baby and this is her first one you could really feel. Poor thing!

[jodi916]

25. earthquake

Yep i felt it in south sacramento the walls were shaking.

[silverweb]

29. Another neighbor!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Welcome to DU!

[hrmjustin]

57. Welcome to DU my friend!

[joesdaughter]

30. Swarm

My earthquake app. indicates a 5.7 quake approx. 7 mi NWN of Greenville about 45 mins. ago and a swarm of smaller quakes ranging from 1.8 to 3.7 as I type.

[silverweb]

31. Wow.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]It'll be interesting to hear the analysis in the next day or so, find out if there's increasing volcanic activity in the area.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Remember, duck and cover!!!!

[silverweb]

37. I know YOU know the drill, Nadin!

[byronius]

38. That was a little scary.

But fun.

A lot of memes circulating about how minor it was, and how freaked out we were.

Nothing ever happens in Sacramento but serial killers.

[silverweb]

42. A bit of an adrenalin rush.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I seem to have missed the serial killers, which I don't mind in the least. Give me earthquakes any old day instead.

[NYC_SKP]

40. Felt it.

My friend did:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/nc/71996906/us/index.html

[silverweb]

43. Okay, back to work.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]That was a fun break.

[namaste2]

44. There was also a 5.7 quake a few hours ago at Lake Almanor in Plumas County

Swarm?

[silverweb]

46. Very possibly.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Lake Almanor is between Lessen and Greenville.

[rollin74]

47. that is the same quake. it happened at 8:47

and every few minutes there have been quakes ranging from about 1.5 to 3.6 since it happened

(I have only felt the initial one where I am though)

[XemaSab]

45. Felt it in Redding

LOOOOOOOOOOOONG and rolling.

[Tumbulu]

48. felt it in Davis

it felt like a wave, not jolty at all, smooth.

[silverweb]

50. Yup, same here in midtown Sac.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]It was a roller.

[Beaverhausen]

49. Wow!! I'm visiting Sacramento. Didn't feel it

5.9 is pretty big. I think I was driving when it happened.

[silverweb]

51. It didn't last long.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Just a few seconds, and it was about 150 miles away.

Enjoy your visit!

[XemaSab]

52. There have been 18 aftershocks

o_O

[warrior1]

58. We Will Rebuild

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[NYC_SKP]

59. !

[MineralMan]

60. I love that picture!

I lived in California for most of my life, until I moved to Minnesota in 2004. I'm 68 now. Earthquakes. I felt so many of them there. The first was when I was like 5 years old, and it rolled me out of bed. Over the years, I sort of grew used to them. Things would start shaking and I'd say to myself, "Ah, another earthquake." Then I'd wonder where it was centered and how large it was, and go turn on the news in the years before the Internet.

It's part of life in California.

[warrior1]

61. I've live here for most of my life

First one I've felt.

[silverweb]

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