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Relentless
In the bay area of California, a mini earthquake strike but it felt strong. (A couple months ago) Somewhere around a 3.7-4.1 I believe? I forgot.

According to the article, it says there is a chance that it might hit 6.7 magnitude sometime the next 30 years. That's pretty damn scary.

Especially the fact that it had killed people in the past.

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The 1994 Northridge earthquake under Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was magnitude 6.7. It killed 72 people, injured more than 9,000 and caused $25 billion in damage in the metropolitan area.


SOURCE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_...lifornia_quakes
salcha4u
Yeah I definitely felt that earthquake back in October(?). And uhhh, a 6.7? Time to move to Asia ):
Plus I live right next to the Hayward fault (Calaveras!!!). More ): ): ): ): ):

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The odds of such an event are higher in Southern California than Northern California, 97 percent versus 93 percent. "It basically guarantees it's going to happen," said Ned Field...

SCARY
doiink
sally you live next to it? I f**kING LIVE ON THE FAULT. when it hits, I'm gonna get eaten by the earth. stubborn.gif
Tung
i'll be in davis. cool.gif
salcha4u
In 30 years? Have fun.
Tung
oh whoops. i'll probably be socal or studying abroad somewhere in asia doing research as an asa anthropology researcher. keke.
sugarrcube
wow!! lol. last tym there was an earthquake in hawaii, it woke me up and i was thinkin the neighbors upstairs was oofing real hard (apartment building), then it got stronger and i was thinkin "damn they must be havin a lot of fun", i finally realized it was an earthquake and it felt like 2 minutes but it was probably less lol. there was power outage, then we were driving around and the road was empty. we was all like "omg this is like a zombie movie!!"
S-Majere
QUOTE(doiink @ Apr 15 2008, 04:04 AM) *
sally you live next to it? I f**kING LIVE ON THE FAULT. when it hits, I'm gonna get eaten by the earth. stubborn.gif


Oh em gee! blink.gif

I did a case study on California's tectonic activity back in college and they're pretty overdue for a biggie. That's a scary thought.

Still, what with that massive volcano beneath Yellowstone overdue for erruption by 60,000 or so years...
Reidar
I remember that, from a few months ago. I'm right on the fault. Anything less would be letting geology win.

If something big strikes, hopefully I get something cool out of it, like a volcano sprouting through my room or something.
illmortal
yeah i heard about this just about 5 mintues ago. 99.97% chance in the next 30 years southern california is gonna get rocked. While 97% chance in northern california.
Spirited Away
QUOTE(Relentless @ Apr 15 2008, 01:56 AM) *
In the bay area of California, a mini earthquake strike but it felt strong. (A couple months ago) Somewhere around a 3.7-4.1 I believe? I forgot.

According to the article, it says there is a chance that it might hit 6.7 magnitude sometime the next 30 years. That's pretty damn scary.

Especially the fact that it had killed people in the past.
SOURCE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_...lifornia_quakes


Yea, I was living near LA in '94 so I remember that. Scary shit when you're a kid.
Rachie84
California is going to fall off into the Pacific Ocean. tongue.gif
jaeminnie
I was pretty surprised by this when I read it in the paper.. I have friends who live in SoCal and NoCal. >_< Make sure you move out of California by 2038.
sugarrcube
cali is gonna float next to hawaii!!!! lmao.
illmortal
QUOTE(sugarrcube @ Apr 16 2008, 01:47 AM) *
cali is gonna float next to hawaii!!!! lmao.

oh god please don't say that... we dont need any more Americans on Hawaiian soil.
sugarrcube
it aint hawaiian soil, it's still cali soil since it juss floated here lol. it's gonna hav it's own flag and it's gonna be called Caliwaiian!!! =b

then it's gonna hav lots of military bases too like hawaii lol
Aberisk
global warming stubborn.gif
I think biggrin.gif
illmortal
QUOTE(sugarrcube @ Apr 17 2008, 01:39 AM) *
it aint hawaiian soil, it's still cali soil since it juss floated here lol. it's gonna hav it's own flag and it's gonna be called Caliwaiian!!! =b

then it's gonna hav lots of military bases too like hawaii lol

yeah, you're right since Japan is still a threat to the U.S. some how blink.gif
sugarrcube
it aint a threat i think lol. the US should be worryin bout other stuffs!!!!! like cali floatin away hehehe.
illmortal
QUOTE(sugarrcube @ Apr 18 2008, 04:02 AM) *
it aint a threat i think lol. the US should be worryin bout other stuffs!!!!! like cali floatin away hehehe.

yeah I was being sarcastic lol.
karmakiller
Cali isn't going to float away. The whole world is going to hell, but it's been going to hell for thousands of years.

Kinda related to this topic, there was a quake last night/this morning and I guess people around here felt it. I didn't though, I was busy sleeping.
tininja
My school had an earthquake drill yesterday because of this, hah. It's been in the news more often now..
Spencer
QUOTE(BunkyWhiteGirl @ Apr 15 2008, 10:07 AM) *
California is going to fall off into the Pacific Ocean. tongue.gif

Actually, California is going to be next to Alaska in a few million years since it is moving north west on the Pacific plate.
Smarmosaur
right, so, we all heard about the earthquakes friday, correct?
well i was watching the news, and i only caught a bit of it, but they were talking about increased activity here means increased activity in the california area. they said, and i quote, "the california area will begin to see activity shortly after the new madrid activity".
kinda dumb, IMO.
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