5.2 Earthquake Shakes Up SF Bay Area

Posted by chrisd on Monday May 13, 2002 @05:42PM from the thankfully-it's-not-really-a-big-deal dept.

Joe Kaz wrote in (along with a number of other concerned folks): "There was a 5.2 Earthquake in Gilroy, CA, 70 miles south of San Francisco. The epicenter was 4.7 miles below surface. It lasted for about 10 seconds, and it did seem like a long time. Everything shook for a while, and it was a little scary. No reports of damage yet. Hope everyone is ok." I've got a report from my sisters father-in-law in gilroy (the epicenter) and he barely noticed it. Nate Oostendorp noted that "My stereo shook a little" in Walnut Creek. The SF Gate story on the quake notes that there are some phones out in some small parts of San Jose. The usgs has an event monitoring page if you are interested.

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woo - hoo - first post by mergy · 2002-05-13 17:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I felt it too
Re:Two separate quakes? by leviramsey · 2002-05-14 01:26 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I'd rather have earthquakes, though, than tornados, blizzards, or hurricanes.

What's wrong with blizzards? (apart from their DMCA stuff...) Blizzards rock, period. Start a fire, be snowed in, playing games all day. It's the life, man.
Strangelet! by Jburkholder · 2002-05-14 01:34 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Any cases of *Spontaneous Human Combustion reported yet?

*sorry, couldn't resist!
Re:Parochial Rant Approaching! by ozbird · 2002-05-14 02:41 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Pick your poison.

That about sums up Australia - deadly poisonous snakes, spiders, jellyfish etc. (Unfortunately, not deadly enough to rid us of "The Crocodile Hunter"...)