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4.0 Earthquake Near Concord, California

Posted by timothy on from the live-from-the-scene dept.

craighansen writes: Just felt a small earthquake, which I confirmed at USGS was a magnitude 4.0 at 2015-05-03 22:13:19 UTC, followed by a magnitude 2.7 a minute later, both located near Concord, California.

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  1. A story for those who by justthinkit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A story for those who don't understand orders of magnitude?

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  2. Seriously? by Malenx · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Michigan had a 4.2 earthquake over the weekend and all we posted were memes like http://i.imgur.com/bExOngH.png. You'd think California of all places would be less surprised.

  3. Oh shit by sootman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I take it no one on Slashdot's esteemed editorial team has every lived in an earthquake area? As a former northern CA resident, I'm here to agree with the others that anything less than a 5.0 is not news. Seriously, if I felt a 4.0 at night, I probably wouldn't even mention it to friends the next day. If they're going to start posting about every 4.0 earthquake, I'll have to leave. There are a lot of those. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ear...

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