OT: What’s up with all the earthquakes?

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[quote=jpinpb]
How can we go years w/out earthquakes and now we keep having them?[/quote]

Like anything unstable, once it has given way there can be several after-events while the resulting mess continues to settle.

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[quote=CA renter]I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]I seem to remember a series of small quakes/aftershocks during the summer of ’85, but not quite as bad as this. Activity was to the west at that time.

I think things are just prone to wiggle for a while longer ‘cuz that’s how these things work, but what do I know?

[sdcellar]

[quote=CA renter]I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]I seem to remember a series of small quakes/aftershocks during the summer of ’85, but not quite as bad as this. Activity was to the west at that time.

I think things are just prone to wiggle for a while longer ‘cuz that’s how these things work, but what do I know?

[sdcellar]

[quote=CA renter]I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]I seem to remember a series of small quakes/aftershocks during the summer of ’85, but not quite as bad as this. Activity was to the west at that time.

I think things are just prone to wiggle for a while longer ‘cuz that’s how these things work, but what do I know?

[sdcellar]

[quote=CA renter]I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]I seem to remember a series of small quakes/aftershocks during the summer of ’85, but not quite as bad as this. Activity was to the west at that time.

I think things are just prone to wiggle for a while longer ‘cuz that’s how these things work, but what do I know?

[sdcellar]

[quote=CA renter]I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]I seem to remember a series of small quakes/aftershocks during the summer of ’85, but not quite as bad as this. Activity was to the west at that time.

I think things are just prone to wiggle for a while longer ‘cuz that’s how these things work, but what do I know?

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[quote CA renter]
I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]

I lived through the San Fernando/Sylmar earthquake.. so I have seen much worse.

It looks like we are ‘ok’ since the fault(s) near us are moving fairly easily. I would worry about the Los Angeles basin. There have been some quakes north of Los Angeles and quakes in the Imperial valley down to Baja. The only part that is not really moving is LA. That means pressure is building up over there. Topping it off, the fault-line takes a turn (more like S-bend) through LA. This means that it doesn’t want to ‘slip’ as easily as where the faultline is straight.

[ucodegen]

[quote CA renter]
I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]

I lived through the San Fernando/Sylmar earthquake.. so I have seen much worse.

It looks like we are ‘ok’ since the fault(s) near us are moving fairly easily. I would worry about the Los Angeles basin. There have been some quakes north of Los Angeles and quakes in the Imperial valley down to Baja. The only part that is not really moving is LA. That means pressure is building up over there. Topping it off, the fault-line takes a turn (more like S-bend) through LA. This means that it doesn’t want to ‘slip’ as easily as where the faultline is straight.

[ucodegen]

[quote CA renter]
I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]

I lived through the San Fernando/Sylmar earthquake.. so I have seen much worse.

It looks like we are ‘ok’ since the fault(s) near us are moving fairly easily. I would worry about the Los Angeles basin. There have been some quakes north of Los Angeles and quakes in the Imperial valley down to Baja. The only part that is not really moving is LA. That means pressure is building up over there. Topping it off, the fault-line takes a turn (more like S-bend) through LA. This means that it doesn’t want to ‘slip’ as easily as where the faultline is straight.

[ucodegen]

[quote CA renter]
I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]

I lived through the San Fernando/Sylmar earthquake.. so I have seen much worse.

It looks like we are ‘ok’ since the fault(s) near us are moving fairly easily. I would worry about the Los Angeles basin. There have been some quakes north of Los Angeles and quakes in the Imperial valley down to Baja. The only part that is not really moving is LA. That means pressure is building up over there. Topping it off, the fault-line takes a turn (more like S-bend) through LA. This means that it doesn’t want to ‘slip’ as easily as where the faultline is straight.

[ucodegen]

[quote CA renter]
I’ve lived in California all my life (with the exception of a couple of years overseas), and don’t ever remember a series of earthquakes like this. Anyone else?
[/quote]

I lived through the San Fernando/Sylmar earthquake.. so I have seen much worse.

It looks like we are ‘ok’ since the fault(s) near us are moving fairly easily. I would worry about the Los Angeles basin. There have been some quakes north of Los Angeles and quakes in the Imperial valley down to Baja. The only part that is not really moving is LA. That means pressure is building up over there. Topping it off, the fault-line takes a turn (more like S-bend) through LA. This means that it doesn’t want to ‘slip’ as easily as where the faultline is straight.

[Aecetia]

Anyone know what the city of L.A. is built on? Apparently, earthquakes travel rapidly through rock and slowly (doing more damage) through sand. So depending on size of the quake it eventually gets, it could really be devastating. Also, depending on what the quake takes out in the way of infrastructure: freeways, rails and even water, we could be in for a world of hurt because we would not be getting any deliveries unless we start shipping them by boat or flying them in (assuming the runways are not damaged.

[Aecetia]

Anyone know what the city of L.A. is built on? Apparently, earthquakes travel rapidly through rock and slowly (doing more damage) through sand. So depending on size of the quake it eventually gets, it could really be devastating. Also, depending on what the quake takes out in the way of infrastructure: freeways, rails and even water, we could be in for a world of hurt because we would not be getting any deliveries unless we start shipping them by boat or flying them in (assuming the runways are not damaged.

[Aecetia]

Anyone know what the city of L.A. is built on? Apparently, earthquakes travel rapidly through rock and slowly (doing more damage) through sand. So depending on size of the quake it eventually gets, it could really be devastating. Also, depending on what the quake takes out in the way of infrastructure: freeways, rails and even water, we could be in for a world of hurt because we would not be getting any deliveries unless we start shipping them by boat or flying them in (assuming the runways are not damaged.

[Aecetia]

Anyone know what the city of L.A. is built on? Apparently, earthquakes travel rapidly through rock and slowly (doing more damage) through sand. So depending on size of the quake it eventually gets, it could really be devastating. Also, depending on what the quake takes out in the way of infrastructure: freeways, rails and even water, we could be in for a world of hurt because we would not be getting any deliveries unless we start shipping them by boat or flying them in (assuming the runways are not damaged.

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