MetaFilter posts tagged with California and earthquake

Operation Arizona Bay

Curry — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:06:34 -0800

This morning millions of Southern Californians dropped, covered, and held on as part of The Great ShakeOut. The largest earthquake preparedness exercise in U.S. history simulates a 7.8 quake rocking the southland. At 10 a.m. PST participants were instructed via pre-recorded broadcast (English transcript) to imagine "sudden and intense back and forth motions of up to six feet per second." This drill is part of Golden Guardian 2008, a series of emergency exercises under the direction of Gov. Schwarzenegger and the California office of Homeland Security. Preparing for The Big One is not a matter of if, but when. As sometimes happens during simulated disaster scenarios, the Big Fake One was followed shortly by real tremors.

Thanks for the new living room, neighbor!

Ogre Lawless — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:46:57 -0800

Thanks for the new living room, neighbor! In case you needed any further news about the earth moving, residents in Berkeley, CA have found themselves embroiled in a property-line quagmire as the result of the shifting earth. Small quakes and unstable ground have caused real property to slide as much as 20 feet in the last century, though property lines remain firmly fixed, in some cases causing bitter disputes between neighbors who find themselves with new and sometimes unwanted "improvements" relocated across into their survey area. Even in California where the earth moves all the time, the law still hasn't quite caught up to these trickle events.

Quake in CA

effugas — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:31:44 -0800

6.5 Quake Hits Central California. Felt for over a minute in San Jose, about 50 miles south of San Francisco. Interesting time to discover the oft-defunded USGS's instant earthquake news page. Talk about dynamically generating your pages your pages from the ground up...

SpecialK — Thu, 23 May 2002 09:43:42 -0800

CA Earthquake forecast... Apparently, the earthquake that Matt felt recently had been forecast by a group of scientists with a new predictive modelling method. That particular earthquake was just on the edge of their confidence interval, but four other recent earthquakes fell well within the predicted boundaries.

emptyage — Mon, 13 May 2002 22:28:37 -0800

Californians, did you feel the quake? This 5.2 quake was near the surface which, according to the San Francisco local news, allowed it to travel farther than usual. Did you feel it? If so, where? Did it create any problems? Was anyone at the Sharks game?

Davezilla — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:49:23 -0800

Southern California just had a good shake up An earthquake measuring 5.2 just hit there. Anybody have anymore details?

mathowie — Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:05:55 -0800

If you've never lived in California, you really ought to give this site a try. We haven't had a big one in a few years, so I guess we're due for a devastating one any day now...