I felt that!

[compilerbitch]

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

Region: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF.
Geographic coordinates: 37.901N, 122.098W
Magnitude: 4.4 Ml
Depth: 16 km
Universal Time (UTC): 2 Mar 2007 04:40:00
Time near the Epicenter: 1 Mar 2007 20:40:00
Local time in your area: 1 Mar 2007 20:40:00
Location with respect to nearby cities: 2 km (1 miles) NE (48 degrees) of Lafayette, CA 5 km (3 miles) WSW (257 degrees) of Walnut Creek, CA 6 km (4 miles) SSW (202 degrees) of Pleasant Hill, CA 10 km (6 miles) SW (224 degrees) of Concord, CA 31 km (20 miles) ENE (63 degrees) of San Francisco City Hall, CA

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : NC 40194055
version : 2
number of phases : 250
rms misfit : 0.14 seconds
horizontal location error : 0.2 km
vertical location error : 0.3 km
maximum azimuthal gap : 43 degrees
distance to nearest station : 3.0 km
Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 39

Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Having only lived in very stable parts of the world, I haven't witnessed an earthquake. I think it would be fascinating to witness one, as long as it's safe, i.e. nothing can fall on my head or collapse from under me.

[sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com]

You may have witnessed an earthquake and not realised it. There was a fair-sized earthquake when my sister was at Keele (which is near the main UK fault line). She'd been in earthquakes before and knew what it was; she was puzzled that other people didn't seem to have noticed it (floor shaking - too much to drink the night before; walls quivering - rub eyes and it goes away; mugs etc falling off shelves - obviously brownies). Next day it was reported in the news and the same people suddenly remembered it happening.

That said, they're nothing like the serious earthquakes where compilerbitch is now, and I too would like to experience a big one but I doubt it could be made completely safe!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure there have been minor quakes where I've been but I meant something with a little more oomph. ;o)