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I Was In An Earthquake Today!


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cmotherofpirl

It was crazy,my first earth quake since Ive lived in California, I was runnin like a girl! :loco:

yep you were.

Magnitude 6.5 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003 December 22 19:15:56 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

A strong earthquake occurred at 19:15:56 (UTC) on Monday, December 22, 2003. The magnitude 6.5 event has been located in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 8 km ( 5 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 6.5

Date-Time Monday, December 22, 2003 at 19:15:56 (UTC)

= Coordinated Universal Time

Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 AM

= local time at epicenter

Location 35.706°N, 121.102°W

Depth 7.6 km (4.7 miles)

Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Distances 11 km (6 miles) NE (49°) from San Simeon, CA

17 km (10 miles) N (356°) from Cambria, CA

20 km (13 miles) W (260°) from Lake Nacimiento, CA

39 km (24 miles) WNW (283°) from Paso Robles, CA

195 km (121 miles) SSE (158°) from San Jose City Hall, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)

Parameters Nst= 46, Nph= 46, Dmin=5.4 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Gp= 83°,

M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3

Source U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Event ID nc40148755

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CatholicAndFanatical

running like a girl :lol:

well I thank the good Lord you are ok foundsheep. I have never been through one, not sure what id do. Prolly run around like a girl too..lol

Id scream so much you'd think it was another one of those beer commercials where they run around saying "I CANT TASTE MY BEER!!"

id be the one on my knees stretching out my arms screaming.

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littleflower+JMJ

im glad your okay foundsheep! ^_^

i too would have been screaming like a girl, but that would be a-okay cuz i am a girl! :P:lol: :D

wow. how scary was it? enough to make you repent right there? :blink: :ph34r: :unsure:

your brave Fs! :ph34r:

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I've been in an earthquake myself! But it was a VERY small one -- caused no damage or anything -- about 3 or so on the Richter scale. I don't know what I'd do in a big earthquake, though!

Foundsheep, I'm really glad you and your family are OK.

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How far is it from Chino? I have a cousin out there and my aunt and another cousin and family went out to visit for Christmas.

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How far is it from Chino? I have a cousin out there and my aunt and another cousin and family went out to visit for Christmas.

Its epicenter was paso robles which is really close to chino, I felt it and its like a hundred miles away.

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