Earthquakes

I could deal with the occasional earthquke...here is so. california.......now tornados seem really scary.
 

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I live in an area which should experience a 8+ quake within the next 30 years.
I live about 400 miles from the New Madrid Fault, in Missouri.
The last time it went, it rang bells in Boston 800 miles away and formed Reel Foot Lake, in 1811-1812.
Studies have shown, it generally happens about every 200 years.
 

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I live in an area which should experience a 8+ quake within the next 30 years.
I live about 400 miles from the New Madrid Fault, in Missouri.
The last time it went, it rang bells in Boston 800 miles away and formed Reel Foot Lake, in 1811-1812.
Studies have shown, it generally happens about every 200 years.
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I studied earthquakes in college. The New Madrid Fault has the distinction of being the only known fault to have experienced a 10.0 quake; and it is used as the cap of the Richter scale.

You guys talking about Southern California is making me homesick. Grew up there. My family moved to Oregon in 1980. I remember growing up everyone kept saying the big one was going to happen. 30+ years later they are still saying that!

Honestly, it is better to have a few 4.0 quakes to release the tension between the plates than to stay locked and have an 8.0 quake.

As for the place to be, I say Southern Oregon. Surrounded by mountains, couple hours from great skiing in the mountains or from the coast. Plus hunting and fishing pretty much in your backyard.
 
The question is why do people live in areas prone to disastrous weather?
I've always wondered that myself.

Here in New England we get blizzards and hurricanes. Nothing scary.
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Don't you get hurricanes in New England? Though I think they often burn out before they get as far north as you.

If you think about it: west = earthquakes and forest fires and droughts, south/southeast/northeast = hurricanes, south/central = tornadoes, north = blizzards, etc etc.
 
I've literally snowboard and surf on the same day. Me and my friends wanted to have bragging rights for doing both on the same day. I'm about 5 miles from the beach and 1 1/2 hours from the mountains.

Its great living in SoCal plus I got to see Christian Bale today ;-)
 

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I've literally snowboard and surf on the same day. Me and my friends wanted to have bragging rights for doing both on the same day. I'm about 5 miles from the beach and 1 1/2 hours from the mountains.

Its great living in SoCal plus I got to see Christian Bale today ;-)
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Christian Bale oooo I'm jealous.
The nearest thing to me is a motorway at least we don't get earthquakes really in England or hurricanes or tornados just lots of rain the occasional flood. Have been having a few thunderstorms of late because the weather is all over the place but looks like the sun is shining so far today
 
If you think about it: west = earthquakes and forest fires and droughts, south/southeast/northeast = hurricanes, south/central = tornadoes, north = blizzards, etc etc.
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OMG, you had to mention forest fires...... when I was young, two friends of mine were killed in a house fire (they had hid in a closet). Since then, I'm very fearful of a fire that could wipe out a house or entire town. We had a divorced women in a nearby town who lost all 3 of her daughters and her parents at Christmas in a house fire. My heart breaks whenever I hear of the people who lose everything and have to start from scratch, but forest fires scare the bejeebers out of me.
 
Don't you get hurricanes in New England? Though I think they often burn out before they get as far north as you.

If you think about it: west = earthquakes and forest fires and droughts, south/southeast/northeast = hurricanes, south/central = tornadoes, north = blizzards, etc etc.
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We once got a Tsunami warning here when the big earthquake hit Japan since the beach is only a couple mile from us. I still remember it, I called off work, had our bags packed, our dog supplies packed and were ready to drive to the Mountains...kind of got carried away, but seeing that Tsunami coverage in Japan....we were a bit feaful.

Christian Bale oooo I'm jealous.
The nearest thing to me is a motorway at least we don't get earthquakes really in England or hurricanes or tornados just lots of rain the occasional flood. Have been having a few thunderstorms of late because the weather is all over the place but looks like the sun is shining so far today
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He was filming something where we were eating. He looks a lot smaller in person.
 
We once got a Tsunami warning here when the big earthquake hit Japan since the beach is only a couple mile from us. I still remember it, I called off work, had our bags packed, our dog supplies packed and were ready to drive to the Mountains...kind of got carried away, but seeing that Tsunami coverage in Japan....we were a bit fearful.
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That's not carried away, that's called being prepared. Kudos!
 
I have lived in CA in Hollywood for 5 yrs and I only felt one EQ the whole time I was there. I live in MA now and felt 3 EQ and was in my car in the June 1,2011 Tornado I will never forget the feeling of my car spinning 680°.
 

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I have lived in CA in Hollywood for 5 yrs and I only felt one EQ the whole time I was there. I live in MA now and felt 3 EQ and was in my car in the June 1,2011 Tornado I will never forget the feeling of my car spinning 680°.
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That is extremely scary!!!

I've only seen a tornado once and I was in my car driving really fast far away from it when I was driving through Texas.
 
Oh no, sorry Lynda That's a terrible story. :console: My parents and grandparents lived in California for a long time, so I'm familiar with the idea, though I don't think anyone ever had to evacuate. My grandparents lived up in the mountains and had a ton of property; they'd always mow the dead grass to about 30 feet away from their house, to minimize the possibility that the house could catch fire, should there be a problem, which fortunately there never was.

JessI that's terrifying!! I would HATE to have that happen to me.

I don't really have any scary weather stories. I've lived in tornado alley all my life, but never actually seen a tornado. There's been reports of ones that passed through nearby towns, but nothing for me. We've had the power go off and have to bucket water out of the sump to prevent the basement from flooding (that was fun to do at 3am) but we've never flooded either. I guess I'm pretty lucky in that regard.
 
Today we had a 6.5 earthquake here in Southern California! Other than a little water slopping over the top the aquarium came through just fine. Has anyone else ever had any problems with earthquake floods or any other rules like that?
 
Was doing a water change on my reef and was looking at my coral when I saw everything swaying back and forth like it would in the ocean with powerful waves my first thought was “are my wave makers really that powerful ?”.until it started shaking a little harder I noticed the earthquake.
 
Welcome. Glad there was no damage. My place is not really subject to any natural hazards except summer thunderstorms and the associated power blackouts.
 
Rare hurricanes ,tornadoes are once a decade maybe and earth quakes maybe twice a century ...
We get WINTER here every year in NY and don't sweat the natural disaster parts of nature..
Always makes 4 seasons seem reasonable even last winter which sucked big !
Glad to hear neither of you had problems ,sounded serious and may still be ?
 
I'm NE of Fresno. Far from Ridgecrest.
I was out cleaning the patio sump.
Never felt a thing here.
 
We get earthquakes down here like every other month(or it feels like it) nothing ever happen
 
I`m not far from Ridgecrest and was sitting my car when it hit. It didn't occur to me it was a earthquake, I thought I somehow broke the car. The way the thing was wobbling around I fully expected to flip over.
 

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I spent some time wiping the water off the floor from my 100gal. Interestingly enough the 50gal upstairs didn't spill a drop. I guess because my living room is over my garage it rolled side to side a little harder.
 
Honestly in the OC it wasn’t much the only reason I knew it happened was because I was near my tank.
 
I'm also in OC was cleaning my cannister filter when it hit. I have my tanks on casters but even they didnt move
 
And another one! 7.1 downgraded to 6.9. This one was freaky! More water spill.
I was watching NBA summer league which is in Vegas, and people started evacuating rather quickly.
 
So 3 of my 5 tanks sloshed over! I just lowered the water level on them a few inches and wrapped the coords in plastic! 20190705_205842.jpg
 
Well yesterday's quake was a foreshock and this 7.1 one was the main event...hopefully! There has been quiet a few aftershocks. Expect to feel some minor shakes for the next few days to few weeks. The aftershocks from the 94 Northridge quake kept us on the edge for a while.
 
I really hope the one that happened today was the main one
 
Yall I'm shook from that. I literally just made a thread lol. I'm hoping that was it but Lucy Jones says 5% it wasn't Mind you, I do have the anxiety equivalent of fear from Inside Out
 

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Well this time the Quake was strong enough to reach us at the edge of the valley Northeast of Fresno. I live in a single story Bungalow so there's no danger of collapse.
But I did see the water sloshing around in my 75 gallon quite vigorously.

I checked all my other tanks but nothing sloshed over. Today I'll go check the stucco on my house for new cracks.

I have fiber reinforced poly stucco which doesn't crack very easily. Nonetheless this house does have a few cracks.
 
I lived near Phoenix in '62~'63. hotest we ever saw was 118F. Desert life is different.
I think the climate changes will bring more rain and a more temperate climate to Arizona.
The Earth will warm as a whole, but localized weather patterns are changing a lot.
 
I saw the news clips of swimming pools sloshing around like it was the ocean.
 

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