Well, we just had an earthquake -- first big one in several years. Preliminary measurement says it was a 5.6, centered a few miles south of us, and about 5-1/2 miles deep (pretty shallow). It lasted about 20 seconds and was preceded by a loud rumble. I knew immediately what it was and yelled for Julia to take cover. This was her first quake, and she's still shaking. Gage was pretty worried, but Mila slept through it. Our house is more than 50 years old and has survived numerous quakes, and our tall furniture is secured to the walls. So no obvious damage other than frayed nerves.

Take care and be safe.

I'd say "COOL!!!" but its probably better to say glad everyone is safe and sound.

We're going to be in the area in a few weeks and I know Carol for one would rather just avoid the excitement of an earthquake.

Rick C
www.goldentales.ca

I heard about that. Glad you are safe, even though you are shaken up.
I hate earthquakes. They rattle my nerves !

Glad everyones safe...Californias had enough disaster for a while.

Margaret

I heard about the quake this morning. Poor CAL it's getting it's share of natural disasters. Luckily no-one was hurt and there were no major damages.
I was in the quake in San Diego area in Jan of 94', it's pretty scary.
I'm glad to hear that besided frayed nervers, all are doing well.

Julia was so scared that she slept in my room last night. She's a worrier anyway, so now she's worrying about the next earthquake. The scary part is that the Hayward Fault, which runs through a highly populated area east of SF, has a major quake every 140 years or so. It's now been 139 years since the last big one on that fault line.

Ann, there's a volcano close to us, Panum Crater...blows every 600 years or so...last erupted 1325-1365 so I feel for her!

Tom's Place, about 10 miles away has pretty constant earthquake activity. And to think we dcided against the Bay Area..

Margaret

Ann, poor Julia! It's a rational fear, given the time line, but it would be awful waiting around for the next tremor

Yeah, my pups were a little nervous. I am down in Gilroy area. But after some reassurance they settled down.

I have a memory of an earthquake that should have been scary, but I was too uninformed to be scared.

We were on the train under the water between San Francisco and Oakland and the ride was rather bumpy. Being from Chicago, we were used to bumpy train rides, but noticed that our fellow riders were looking worried.

After getting out, we found that there had been an earthquake while we were underwater. That was scary, but we didn't know until after the event.

I send Julia my sympathy at dealing with earthquakes. I am sure that she will be a trooper soon.

Regards,

PJ