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6.4 Earthquake in Searles Valley, CA 7/4/19 & 7.1 7/5/2019
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We were having some Spanish wine outside when this one hit. At first I thought my head was spinning because I'd had a light lunch and hadn't eaten anything since and when the kids started crying I realized it was an earthquake or an aftershock to yesterday's. Nothing some organic ice lollies didn't cure real fast. Today's was an oscillating one compared to yesterday's gentle roll. It took a good 10 minutes for the water in the pool to stop waving about.
Hopefully this is the last one for a long time.
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Hopefully this is the last one for a long time.
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Do people actually live out in Victorville?
Dr. Lucy Jones is on TV. Another 6 point is expected as an aftershock to this 7.1. The 6 point yesterday is now changed to a foreshock.
Looks like it was re-designated to 7.1.
@Zenithal LOL yes. I lived in Apple Valley for quite a few years. It's a desert town, but yes, lol.
Can't imagine people living in Ridgecrest.
Dr. Lucy Jones says we'll have aftershocks in this area for years.
Looks like it was re-designated to 7.1.
@Zenithal LOL yes. I lived in Apple Valley for quite a few years. It's a desert town, but yes, lol.
Can't imagine people living in Ridgecrest.
Dr. Lucy Jones says we'll have aftershocks in this area for years.
Can you make that into simpler English? My earthquake knowledge is very dated at this point.
No I just meant it's odd because those high desert places outside of Palm Springs and La Quinta tend to be golfing towns with vacation or weekend houses. I'm surprised people choose to live there en masse.
Ah, they thought the earthquake 6.4 yesterday was an earthquake. They changed that to a foreshock (an earthquake that precedes a larger earthquake) when the 7.1 happened tonight. Just writing down what I'm hearing from the news.
I've been watching the CalTech's site for decades. Earthquakes are a hobby of mine - but I'm no expert.
Yeah, Apple Valley and Victorville are flooded with people who can't afford to live closer to LA. My rent here in Upland is almost 3x what it was in Apple Valley. That's why the 15 freeway is gridlocked going south in the morning, and north in the evening.
That's what they said about Palmdale and that place exploded in less than a decade. Victorville is on the rise, too. Once Silicon Beach gets bigger, it'll be worse.
Anyway, so this new 7.1 tonight is THE earthquake or will be there another one and then aftershocks so whatever the good doctor said might be wrong? There was a minor tremor a few minutes ago.
Good question. That's my question as well. We're feeling anything over a 4.8 here in Upland. Relatives in Apple Valley feel anything over a 4.0. I don't think they know. She did say there was a 1 in 20 chance that there would be a bigger earthquake to the 6.4 (yesterday).
She just said on the news now (9:18pm) - We hit the 20 chance now.
[doublepost=1562386834][/doublepost]LOL Dr. Lucy live on TV when the early warning system went off - and they felt it. We felt it too.
9:20pm.20 chance now?Good question. That's my question as well. We're feeling anything over a 4.8 here in Upland. Relatives in Apple Valley feel anything over a 4.0. I don't think they know. She did say there was a 1 in 20 chance that there would be a bigger earthquake to the 6.4 (yesterday).
She just said on the news now (9:18pm) - We hit the 20 chance now.
[doublepost=1562386834][/doublepost]LOL Dr. Lucy live on TV when the early warning system went off - and they felt it. We felt it too.
I felt a minor rolling tremor for about 2 minutes. What's that mean? I knew there had to be something up when it turned out to be the most mild summer in years...
Yesterday there was a 1/20 chance of a larger earthquake to the 6.4. We hit that 1/20 chance with this 7.1 today.
Yeah, we've felt 3+ aftershocks here in Upland. Enough to be very noticeable.
They say the freeways are packed with people fleeing Ridgecrest.
Why fleeing?Yesterday there was a 1/20 chance of a larger earthquake to the 6.4. We hit that 1/20 chance with this 7.1 today.
Yeah, we've felt 3+ aftershocks here in Upland. Enough to be very noticeable.
They say the freeways are packed with people fleeing Ridgecrest.
So is there another 1/20 chance of something bigger?
I think people are just freaking out. News says the aftershocks happening are rattling peoples nerves. 5% chance of a bigger one from Dr. Lucy Jones a few mins ago.
I can't blame them. High desert all the way to Vegas would be stronger than whatever we felt here. Hopefully any aftershock is very, very mild and this and the last one from yesterday isn't some foreshock or whatever it's called. Thanks for breaking it down for me. You have a safe night.
Yeah agreed. Going to be interesting when the expected 6 point happens in the next day. Stay safe yourself - thank you.
Felt pretty strong all the way down to Dana Point. Something feels cooking these days
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I always wondered how the 210 freeway would do in the event of an earthquake as it sits below in certain areas from like Fontana to Claremont. Upland area in particular for 210 freeway sits low
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Yesterday there was a 1/20 chance of a larger earthquake to the 6.4. We hit that 1/20 chance with this 7.1 today.
Yeah, we've felt 3+ aftershocks here in Upland. Enough to be very noticeable.
They say the freeways are packed with people fleeing Ridgecrest.
I always wondered how the 210 freeway would do in the event of an earthquake as it sits below in certain areas from like Fontana to Claremont. Upland area in particular for 210 freeway sits low
I felt that quake. The table moved and the hanging light fixture swung back and forth for a minute afterwards.
When we had our 7.1 late last year at first things seemed okay. Sure we had some damaged roads, broken glass and some obvious structural damage of some buildings. However afterwards when the inspectors finally started looking at buildings they found a lot of damage that wasn’t obvious immediately.
Stay safe everyone.
Stay safe everyone.
I slept through it in the TC. But saw the text in the middle of the night.
The driveways and sidewalks roll out in Sept then retract again in May. It’s all on a timer.
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That was my first thought in 1989. I though I was about to pass out then realized what was happening.
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Be safe, my friend.
But saw the text in the middle of the night. The driveways and sidewalks roll out in Sept then retract again in May. It’s all on a timer.
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That was my first thought in 1989. I though I was about to pass out then realized what was happening.
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Yeah agreed. Going to be interesting when the expected 6 point happens in the next day. Stay safe yourself - thank you.
Be safe, my friend.
Either my memory of Loma Prieta is shot or I simply don't recall feeling anything way down here. Anyway, lots of small tremors throughout the night. There was some light sway around 2 local time and a very gentle sway oh about 20 minutes ago. I had a glass of water set next to my side of the bed which confirmed what was happening.
Very strange times. I do wonder whether to deploy bungee cord or not. I would hope that any serious quake in a more populated county is going to do minimal damage in the grand scheme of things due to how anal earthquake code became after the rocky 80s and 90s, finishing off in '94.
You had to have been on watch in '89, right, @Gutwrench? There's a video floating around from yesterday's Dodgers game where no one, not even the fans, batted an eye while the game cams jiggled around.
Edit: Speaking of; Trona, Searles, and Ridgecrest keep giving off small aftershocks. All three gave one just over a minute ago and I felt the waves as I was finishing up my original post. If there wasn't a glass of water on my desk I'd thought I'd gone mental thinking I was feeling something that wasn't there.
Very strange times. I do wonder whether to deploy bungee cord or not. I would hope that any serious quake in a more populated county is going to do minimal damage in the grand scheme of things due to how anal earthquake code became after the rocky 80s and 90s, finishing off in '94.
You had to have been on watch in '89, right, @Gutwrench? There's a video floating around from yesterday's Dodgers game where no one, not even the fans, batted an eye while the game cams jiggled around.
Edit: Speaking of; Trona, Searles, and Ridgecrest keep giving off small aftershocks. All three gave one just over a minute ago and I felt the waves as I was finishing up my original post. If there wasn't a glass of water on my desk I'd thought I'd gone mental thinking I was feeling something that wasn't there.
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Seeing an uptick in the number of small shocks closer to the coast and Mexico.
Wonder of the stress will trigger others?
Wonder of the stress will trigger others?
Saw this on the news over the past couple of days. Thankfully, they happened away from large population areas.
I heard that there is an over 70% chance that there will be another California earthquake, magnitude 6 or higher, as followup to yesterday's quake.
Also as a followup, the city of Los Angeles is going to make a software change. This year they released an app named Shake Alert LA that notifies residents if a quake is starting and is likely to cause damage in Los Angeles county. But people are complaining that it didn't alert anyone to this week's 6.4 earthquake. The reason is that the quake in central California was estimated to register as 4.5 in L.A. county, below the app's "likely to cause damage" threshold of 5.0. Since the quake did in fact cause damage, the city has announced that it will lower the notification threshold.
Also as a followup, the city of Los Angeles is going to make a software change. This year they released an app named Shake Alert LA that notifies residents if a quake is starting and is likely to cause damage in Los Angeles county. But people are complaining that it didn't alert anyone to this week's 6.4 earthquake. The reason is that the quake in central California was estimated to register as 4.5 in L.A. county, below the app's "likely to cause damage" threshold of 5.0. Since the quake did in fact cause damage, the city has announced that it will lower the notification threshold.