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Earthquake off Northern California

Posted by timothy on from the news-to-shake-you-up dept.

merger writes "A 7.0 earthquake (7.4 according to NOAA) occured off of the northern California coast occured at 7:50 p.m. PST triggering a tsunami warning (which was then downgraded to a tsunami bulletin). While searching Google News for information I learned about an earthquake preparedness study for the area which was just published today."

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  1. Anyone know how many hurt? by HG2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone?!?!?! I have family that live there... I am going to call them now.

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    1. Re:Anyone know how many hurt? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Damn, even the earthquakes go offshore now.

  2. Re:Undersea Cables? by helioquake · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, probably someone spilled the bottle of beer on console and short-circuited it.

  3. timely article by fearanddread · · Score: 4, Funny

    Interesting that this happened. Here is an article that was published just yesterday talking about exactly this topic. I guess the subduction zone reads the Chronicle.

  4. your family will be very appreciative by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    that you had to post to slashdot before calling them to see if they were ok.

    1. Re:your family will be very appreciative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You'd think just giving a shout upstairs would be enough anyway.

  5. Sarge is out?! Someone pinch me. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 5, Funny

    The earthquake was caused by the impact of the news that Sarge is finally out. (It took several days before that news truly sank in.)

  6. Hollywood Check In by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well it was pretty intense here. It felt like the whole world was shaking. There were all kinds of noises and objects flying around. Everything turned different colors too. And there were naked women everywhere....

    What's that? the quake was up north you say?

    That's it. No more LSD on weeknights.

  7. Cowabunga! by chillmost · · Score: 3, Funny
    which was then downgraded to a tsunami bulletin

    Surf's Up, Dude!!

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  8. MJ! by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 5, Funny

    God is angry over the Michael Jackson verdict!

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  9. South West UK check in by rjshields · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing felt here. Roger.

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  10. Re:Slashdot should not be my primary news source : by Ilgaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't go panic tomorrow if you read a "new" tsunami warning here.

  11. Timing by vyrus128 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot's getting better at posting news while it's new... this one's only about 3 or 4 hours out of date. Meanwhile Fark, a comedy site, had the newsflash up while the tsunami warning was still in effect. I know where I'm going for my news...

  12. Re: This wasn't anything major. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


    > Shook my bed a bit, that was more of an event than this.

    Most slashdotters have never had their beds shaken, so you might want to explain what it's like.

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  13. South Central UK check in by aug24 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi Roger!

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