Big Earthquake @ Cali, sometime the next 30 years Options

[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.

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 ): ): ): ): ):

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

[dustbunny]

sally you live next to it? I f**kING LIVE ON THE FAULT. when it hits, I'm gonna get eaten by the earth.

[Tung]

i'll be in davis.

[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]

sally you live next to it? I f**kING LIVE ON THE FAULT. when it hits, I'm gonna get eaten by the earth.

Oh em gee!

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.

[illriginal]

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]

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.

[Luna5]

California is going to fall off into the Pacific Ocean.

[tokyo-rose]

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.

[illriginal]

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

[synatribe]

global warming
I think

[illriginal]

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

[sugarrcube]

it aint a threat i think lol. the US should be worryin bout other stuffs!!!!! like cali floatin away hehehe.

[illriginal]

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.

[iDecay]

My school had an earthquake drill yesterday because of this, hah. It's been in the news more often now..

[Elba]

California is going to fall off into the Pacific Ocean.

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.