Earthquake: "Did You Feel It?"

[sepdet]

By the way, SoCal folks, help the geeks at USEC, by going to the "Did You Feel It?" Shakemap and filling out their survey. (Others may be interested to see the map, which shows what people actually felt, as opposed to what the seismographs see.)

It's interesting to see all the numbers start trickling in within a few moments of the event.

Also, thanks to Trekqueen for reminding me to take a screencap of the USGS Los Angeles Area Seismic Map (it's more dramatic within the first hour, when all the markers are still red):



Looks like UCI felt it more, or else that's just one floor up -- lots of books down in the library.

EDIT: Another wee after shock just now. (5:39 PM). Heh. My upstairs office window seems to be just loose enough to pick up every vibration; I couldn't feel that one but it certainly rattled!

I see on the USGS site that the aftershock I felt at 11:51 was a 3.8.

Comments

[trekqueen.livejournal.com]

I have that website as a favorite and check it often because I'm an amateur geology geek. :p

[sepdet.livejournal.com]

I used to have it bookmarked but seem to have lost the bookmark... and always wind up Googling it instead whenever I feel a bump. (Which isn't that often.)

I can't believe how people are making a huge deal out of this like it was SCARY. I mean, yes, there were some bricks down, a few water main breaks, and a little cracking here and there, but anything below a 6 is probably not going to cause serious structural damage or injury. Excitement, yes. Things falling off shelves and breaking, yeah, maybe. The only thing to worry about is the power going out and/or phones getting clogged, and mainly, just make sure you don't smell gas.