here in Fresno, my bed started shaking for about 15 seconds.

These little aftershocks will continue for the next few weeks, but it's nothing to be concerned about ... same ol' same ol' from my lifetime of experience ... I've always wondered why these occur in the fall ... The central valley heats up into the 100+ degrees all summer long and I've assumed maybe something's just gotta give when it all cools off in the fall ...

Remember the Bay Bridge World Series? ... This most recent 5.4 is a good little rattle, but it's nothing until you get up over 7.1 ... now THAT will really rattle your senses ... that one rattled and then rolled ... a real Eticket ride! ...

lived in the Bay Area for 44 years prior, and was there for the 7.1. I was driving home from Oakland after work, and going through Walnut Creek at the time it hit. I remember the damage it did - huge cracks in buildings, like Capwells. Scary, scary time.

2 months before.

with quakes of all sizes and there's about a 20% chance of predicting a shock of any kind ... which is less accuracy than we get with weather prediction ... a 5.0 would have had it's own tiny aftershocks that would have gone on for weeks too ... we're in a state that is in constant motion ...

Again, I wonder if they're also keeping record of the earth's temperature in these areas ... King City, for instance, will have been experiencing 100 plus degrees all summer long and last night was the first time it was cool enough for folks to switch on their heat ... the temperature has dropped more than 50 degrees to 48 degrees last night ... how does that affect the pressure that's building? ... the earth is a living thing that expands and then contracts .. she's gonna burp once in awhile ...

I don't remember offering any specific prediction fore or after ... of any kind ... I've reread what I posted and I don't see what you're protesting to ... having trouble getting your voice heard at home so you need to vent here a bit ... good luck with that, dearie ... xoxo

because there are far fewer 7's than 5's.

that said, your musing about the weather and earthquakes is more than a bit iffy.

"iffy" ... not only iffy but "more than a bit iffy" ...

Quick, call the thought police ... someone is wondering aloud in front of Creekdog ... it must stop! ...

Please, please, forgive us, CreekDog ... how dare we utter an iffy opinion in your presence ... the tragedy of it all ...

Terrifying ... call a moderator! ....

Should we call 911 or something?

You're a real piece of work.

so you may be onto something with your reference to the weather and earthquakes.

He said, "it always rains before an earthquake. sometimes the day before sometimes the year before, but always."

during the day before every quake. Every. Single. Quake.

And what was she doing right before that quake last night? Sleeping. QED.

getting nasty with a good long term DUer.

I suggest you rethink this approach. Otherwise a lot of us might think you need pizza.

and pondered the effects of temperature and weather ...

Sorry to challenge your thinking here ...

long-term DUer.

You owe us all an apology. Barring that, maybe FR is more what you're looking for.

They gave their opinion that a 5.3 earthquake in CA is a regular event (true), and apparently other 'long term' DU posters took issue with his/her lack of concern about the imminence of a larger earthquake to quickly follow ....

There was very little nastiness in his/her postings ..... Quite the opposite; just a benign opinion - The 'long term' DUers are being downright mean ....

I wouldn't be any more concerned about a 5.3 quake leading to a much larger quake either, with my concern matching, more or less, the actual probability of such an event actually occurring ....

Just another harangue of an low post-count DUer


Signed,
Long Term Occasionally Mean DUer Who Lived in CA for nearly 4 Decades and Didn't Even Feel Earthquakes That Didn't Exceed 5.0.

Did a bus just drive by ? (<---- Comment by me after a 5.0 quake in LA in the 1970's)

I pay particular attention to anything that might appear to be unusual activity, especially along the San Andreas fault where a major earthquake is expected in the next few decades. Several years before the Northridge quake I recall feeling a strong 5+ shock in the middle of the night along a related fault in the San Fernando Valley, causing books to fly off of shelves. The "much larger quake" doesn't necessarilly have to "immediately" follow the smaller ones.

Hope all are okay.

It'll shake you up for sure. When those hit, you wait for it to stop while hoping it doesn't get bigger.

Those of us who have lived with earthquakes in CA all of our lives consider over 7.0 significant ... below that there's usually little if any damage ... if you had a lamp sitting on the edge of a coffee table it might move a bit at 5.3 but probably wouldn't fall ... I remember the Loma Prieta shook a third the water out of my fish tank and I was 20 miles away ... the fish rode it out quite nicely, but the rest of us were pretty shaky for quiet awhile ... I remember forcing myself to drive into Monterey and back because I was somehow afraid of the trees and power lines after the quake and I wanted to get over that as quickly as I could ... so I drove along Hwy. 68 and by the time I arrived in Monterey I was feeling well enough to drive down Hwy 1 and back ...

sure, just moderate, but not being a large quake doesn't make it insignificant.

(considering when I questioned you you referred to the "thought police" you shouldn't in the same thread jump on someone for saying a 5.3 earthquake is "significant".)

It's beyond my expectations ... my experience in the state should hold no significance here and only your opinion as a long time member of the clique ...

Can't you find someone else to play with? ... you're coming off as a bit of a bully ... FWIW ... xoxox

and welcome to DU, you catch on quick considering you tagged me as part of a clique --an accusation from 2009!

in Monterey.

HOpe everything is peaceful now.

Thankfully it wasn't any larger then that.

6,000 posts

I lived in Cali briefly. Near Santa Barbara and Vanderburg AFB

Unless it's 6.0 or higher we don't normally even get out of bed.

when they are close, above 5.0 and some of us are looking for cover.

It's just a good belch as far as Native Californians are concerned ...

felt the ground move a few times, but never been close enough to the epicenter of a quake to experience any damage in my area. Lived through a very scary flood in 1955. Experienced a big destructive earthquake in Yellowstone park in Montana in 1962.

I don't even worry about earthquakes.

Pretty significant shaking over what seemed like a long one-- and a very loud rumble sound. Things fell off my cabinet by the bed. I was in SF during the Loma Prieta and this one was the strongest one I remember since then--although I lived out of state for some years in the 90s before returned about 10 years ago. Our house is only a few years old and seismic engineering required us to install many 30 foot long steel rods into bedrock in the foundation work, so I am curious to learn how our house fared to older ones pre-seismic code. We were sitting on the sofa, but definitely considered moving for cover with this one. Didn't though--it always takes a few moments before you process what is really happening.

EARTHQUAKE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2012

An earthquake of M 6.5-6.6 rattled the region of Vanuatu today but there were no reported damages or casualties and not tsunami was observed or expected. The quake hit northwest of Port Vila. An ionospheric anomaly (TEC) had been identified in the general Vanuatu region beginning on October 19 and may have been a precursor to this earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake in northern Vanuatu since an M 7.1 on May 27, 2010. It may be that this earthquake is a regional response to a strong solar flare of M9.0 which occurred about five hours earlier. This is the strongest solar flare since an X1.4 on July 12 more than three months ago. Northern Vanuatu lies 10-15 degrees south of the geomagnetic equator in a region where ionospheric triggering of seismicity is most likely. The only moderate earthquake in the region in the past two months occurred on October 15 with M 5.3. The last strong earthquake to hit northern Vanuatu was an M 6.3 on July 6. This earthquake coincided with one of two X-class solar flares which have occurred in the past six months, the other being the one on July 12. We noted this coincidence in the July 7 summary. Forecast 69607 had expected this area of Vanuatu to be active with a possibly large event around October 19.

http://earthquakesummary.info/

Interesting speculation on a solar flare ...

then post completely unproven theories about weather and solar flares as their cause.

i mean this with all due respect.

Discussing possibilities or a theory is part of having a discussion ...

Unless, of course, one is surrounded by a gang of rabid rats who, having nothing else to eat, begin to eat their own ... this is an absurd survival instinct which seems to have run amok ... perhaps the last gasp of a faux liberal clique ... congratulations, your evolution is complete ...

With all due respect, you are kidding?

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near low angeles....damn oil wells nearby