What are the chances that Pinole, California will have a large earthquake anytime soon?
Feb 06, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
I have been SO incredibly paranoid about an earthquake that can occur in the Bay Area, especially with all the other damaging and fatal earthquakes that have been happening. What are the chances that a big earthquake can hit this area soon? Thanks in advance.
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2 comments
Sattamander on February 6, 2010 at 11:05 am
Were you born in Ca? Regretfully last I read we are over due for a big one but when and where in CA it hits can not yet be predicted. I wouldn’t let it worry you tell you feel the ground moving under your feet. Best thing you can do is be prepared. Check out this site:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/prepare/
Told you we were over due……….Hope you are okay
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Updated 5:15 p.m.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake erupted beneath the seafloor at 12:20 p.m., 47 miles west-southwest of Eureka, shaking a large area of northern California and parts of the central coast, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The temblor comes less than one month after a 6.5 quake beneath the ocean in a nearby area.
USGS issued a statement saying, “The probability of a strong and possibly damaging aftershock in the next 7 days in approximately 53 percent.” The prediction is based on seismic patterns from previous quakes, and scientist’s understanding of the Mendocino fault zone.
Energy from today’s quake traveled to southern Oregon. And there have been isolated reports that the quake, which started 7 miles deep on the Mendocino fault, was felt in Huntington Beach, Stanton, Laguna Hills, Ladera Ranch, and Anaheim, as well as in Los Angeles, Venice, Running Springs, Yucaipa, Claremont and Ventura. (Source material.) But Bob Dollar, a USGS seismologist, says, “I don’t think the quake was felt way down here. People probably felt a passing truck or something, heard about the quake and thought that’s what they felt. This is a bizarre phenomenon; every time we have a big quake at one end of the state, people at the other end say they felt it. Usually, they didn’t.”
There were also artillery exercises at Camp Pendleton today. As we noted in an earlier post, vibrations for artillery fire can cause doors and windows to jiggle, movement that’s often mistaken for an earthquake.
Today’s quake adds to the North Coast’s reputation as being one of the most seismically active regions in the western hemisphere. The Jan. 9 quake caused $40 million in damage, says sfgate.com. Jim Goltz of the California Emergency Management Agency told the Eureka Times-Standard that today’s event might have been an aftershock to the Jan. 9 quake.
Emerld on February 6, 2010 at 11:05 am
not much there have to be a very bad movement in the core of the earth