yeeks! We had an earthquake!

[jobob]

Just now. The house is still shaking a bit. Whee!

(It wasn't bad here, but I always hold my breath some when one comes along)

[salsabike]

SF Gate website (I have it bookmarked. Kind of a news geek, I am) says 4.0, centered near Danville. Are you near there?

Ugh. We get them here, although not nearly as much. My cats usually react much quicker and smarter than I do.

Hope your heart rate's slowing back down now...

[Bike Goddess]

Didn't feel a thing and we're north of Danville!

[jobob]

It's amazing how soon it came up on the USGS site. I'm about 20 miles away from the epicenter.

Bikerz & Trek420 live much closer to it and aka_kim and dachshund were nearly on top of it. V was fairly close to it as well. But from the intensity map it seems it wasn't bad near the epicenter (tho their hearts must have been in their throats).

Here's the intensity map - people answer a short survey and from that a numerical intensity score is generated. I was one of the first to post to it and it's been kind of neat watching it evolve.

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca...m_display.html

(My area was a III, btw)

[snapdragen]

I felt it - super mild here in SJ. It felt like a gentle shake. Chloe didn't even react, stronger one usually set of her bark alarm.

[snapdragen]

Hmmm, USGS says 4.0

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.0
Date-Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 04:00:15 UTC
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:00:15 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 37.866°N, 121.996°W
Depth 16.2 km (10.1 miles)
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances 3 km (2 miles) ENE (77°) from Alamo, CA
5 km (3 miles) NW (315°) from Diablo, CA
6 km (4 miles) NNW (343°) from Danville, CA
11 km (7 miles) S (172°) from Concord, CA
22 km (14 miles) ENE (69°) from Oakland, CA

[sundial]

The house is still shaking a bit.

Did anything break?

Our earthquakes here sound like an explosion. Weird.

[jobob]

Nope. Just a bit of rattling.

[Aggie_Ama]

My husband and I fell in love with the Bay Area but the earthquakes scare me! Our fault line close to home (Balcones Fault) is way dormant. You got to go way back for any activity, like thousands of years. But tornados, thunderstorms and hail storms- WHEEEEEEE.

Glad you are ok, no broken plates or anything.

[vinbek]

We live in San Ramon right along the Danville/San Ramon border at Crow Canyon Road. We had a huge jolt. My kids were in their rooms and came running out. They had trophies and books that popped off shelves, but no damage. I have felt rolling ones and kinda jolts, but last night's was the biggest I have ever felt. It scared the kids. My dog was totally oblivious, but that may have been due to the fact that he had a brand new chew bone he was working on! We live along the Calaveras fault. It definitely got my attention.

[aka_kim]

I'm on the north side of the mountain, so the shaking wasn't too bad here (a IV according to the map). My cats did not seem to be aware that a quake was coming, so they're pretty useless as an early warning system. I was afraid , as I seem to be with earthquakes the last few years -- I'm always certain that the big one has arrived.

[wildhawk]

The house where I grew up in central Virginia was located near a rock quarry - you could almost set your alarms by the blasts that would shake our whole house, knocking pictures askew, rattling things off of shelves, etc. That is the closest I came to an earthquake, so I cannot imagine what you are going through. Hope everything is o.k. You have the earthquakes there and we have the hurricanes here - we are looking at big old nasty Ike to affect us this week and I am going back to work on Monday (night“shaft”) so I am sure I will be scheduled overtime. Hope we do not have to evacuate. Best of luck to you with your quakes - sounds scary.

[vinbek]

I was raised in Mississippi. We had tornadoes and bad thunder storms all the time - in addition to the high winds of the hurricanes. The earthquakes here (at least so far) are mild compared to the storms I've been through. Although, I won't be saying that if and when the big one comes.....

[andtckrtoo]

I was in Los Gatos at the time, and did not feel a thing. Of course, I was sitting outside by a fairly busy road, so I might have assumed that a big truck had driven by. Glad no one was hurt!

I'm a transplant too, and I honestly thought the idea of an earthquake would really bother me, but as time goes on, I'm finding myself less stressed. I agree with those who say that will probably change after a big quake, but so far the biggest I've felt was a 5.3 and that felt more like an amusment park ride than anything. Although my poor DD15 was on the john upstairs when it hit, and she got a bigger ride.

[Dogmama]

If we had earthquakes here (southern Arizona) would we shake 'n' bake?