Do people actually live out in Victorville?Crazy 3.0s happening 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.
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 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.
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.9:20pm.
20 chance now?
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...
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.![]()
Why fleeing?
So is there another 1/20 chance of something bigger?
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.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.
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'm surprised people choose to live there en masse.
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....
Yeah agreed. Going to be interesting when the expected 6 point happens in the next day. Stay safe yourself - thank you.![]()