Quaaaaaaakkkkkeee! Duck and Cover Rover & Fluffy!!!!

[CreekDog]

actually it wasn't that big. :P

[graywarrior]

1. !

[TZ]

2. And this is why...

I will STAY on the East Coast..:scared:
And what is "not that big" anyway?

[CreekDog]

3. 4.4

since it was in San Jose, didn't feel it much up here, most people didn't realize it was an earthquake --in San Jose (45 miles away) I'm sure everyone felt it pretty good.

[KitchenWitch]

5. It was fun sized. Or at least that is the terminology the natives use.

We did not feel it in SoCal.

As far as I can estimate, fun sized is in the range of 3.0 - 5.5, but last year's 5.4 that we experienced nearly had me in a rubber room with a very long sleeved jacket.

[CreekDog]

8. our 5.6 in San Jose a year and half ago lasted 30 seconds

now that was scary. i actually stood in two different doorways it lasted so long (i noticed a lot of glass near me in the first doorway). now, to have time to do that is saying something.

[KitchenWitch]

9. Yikes

I think our 5.4 last summer was about 20-25 seconds. Felt like an eternity.

[hedgehog]

4. There seem to be a lot of threads about this earthquake. Are people getting nervous out there

because of the volcano in Alaska?

[CreekDog]

6. we have quakes in the 4 range occasionally

at least a few times per year, so a 4 is news because people feel it, but not because people think it's a precursor.

[hedgehog]

7. Just watch out for those earthquakes that chase things. I saw one

on a sci-fi movie (10.5?) that ate an entire passenger train and didn't even burp!

[skygazer]

10. I felt it in Los Gatos but no one else in the store did

I think it was because I was upstairs. It just felt like someone walking across the floor of a creaky building - just a small roll.

Move along - nothing to see. :)