Earthquakes up to magnitude 4.9 strike south San Joaquin Valley (CA)

[stopbush]

Earthquakes up to magnitude 4.9 strike south San Joaquin Valley
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Thursday, September 22, 2005

(09-22) 14:05 PDT METTLER, Calif. (AP) --

A series of earthquakes ranging up to magnitude 4.9 shook the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The temblors, located three miles southwest of Mettler and about 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles, began with a magnitude-4.0 jolt that was quickly followed by the 4.9 at 1:24 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena.

Seismologists recorded at least five aftershocks ranging between magnitudes 3 and 3.7.

"The only things we're getting reported is that some items toppled over on shelves, but we've gotten no reports of damages or injuries," said Kern County fire Capt. Doug Johnston.

Johnston said the area contains mostly dairies and farmlands. The nearest populated area is Mettler, essentially a very large truck stop near the junction of Interstate 5 and Highway 99.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/09/22/state/n135601D20.DTL&type=printable

[Dave Reynolds]

1. One of our posters

mentioned feeling one. She said it was not too bad.

[stopbush]

2. I sure didn't feel anything here in Fresno.

[longship]

5. 4.9? Ho-hum.... Yawn!!!

Just kiddin' 4.9 is a fun quake. No damage except maybe a dish or two. Things rattle a bit. These are fairly routine around here.

Over 6.0? Then you've got something to crow about.

Recent Earthquakes in Ca and NV

[Dave Reynolds]

6. I kinda figured you folks were used to the little ones,

I spent about a year in Alaska and then 2 years in Washington. Every little shake, for this midwesterner, was notable.

While in Seattle, I worked with some folks from Japan. When the 6.8 hit, they wondered what the hell we were all so upset about.

[sakabatou]

7. Yep

It's sorta like getting snow in New England...

[TahitiNut]

10. Yep. I thought of those as "party quakes" ... any excuse to party.

When I first moved to Silly Valley, I was leery of quakes. After a year or two, they stopped bothering me. (Loma Prieta was an awesome ride -- tragic for Cypress commuters and some others.) Fires, on the other hand, are nothing to joke about.

[CountAllVotes]

3. quake map indicates 2 quarry explosions

One yesterday and one not long ago south of SF. The one yesterday near Mt. Shasta.

Ummmmm ...... not good.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html

Whole thread under GD re: this same topic btw.

[cliss]

8. Yikes....we're in Portland

just a scenic drive from the Cascade range. You're right: this is Not Good.

Just because they're small ones doesn't mean there won't be a ...........:smoke:

[mark11727]

4. ...mostly dairies and farmlands...

Well, it probably scared the methane out of those cows though, eh?!

[happyslug]

9. Reminds me of the newspaper "Muckrakers" of the early 1900s

One of which said he started at least Two or Three "Crime Waves" by simply starting to cite cases right off the police blotters (i.e. NO Actual increase in crime just increase REPORTS of crime).

The same with natural disasters after katrina, I expect to see a lot more people watching the weather (including Earth movements) and seeing a lot more "problems" just because they are looking (We have to wade through this chaff to get to the real problems, i.e. Global Warming FACTS not people's newly discovered sense of the Weather).

[Maple]

11. Standard blasé responses aside

get your emergency kits ready, and think of what you should do in the event of a biggie.

This is a warning folks, not a joke.

[i have issues]

13. I agree, See below..

thats a hell of a lot of activity.
http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/dbrecenteqs/anza/AZ_W_map.html
http:AZ_W_map.gif

[Mark E. Smith]

12. The Little One

Felt it here in Burbank. Couple of rolls, then it just faded away. With these modest temblors I can never quite tell if what I am feeling is an earthquake, or just a bad reaction to whatever it was I had for lunch.

Usually the screaming down the hall tips me off, tho.

[Carla in Ca]

14. I appreciate the 'little ones'

As long as it relieves pressure so we don't get...you know:hide:

[kestrel91316]

15. Felt this one in the San Fernando Valley, gentle swaying of the ground.