I’m on the 39th floor and the building is rocking back and forth…
Dude, I felt it. Where are you.
century city
i was told it was a 5.6
Just hit CNN. 5.8
wow…sign off of analystforum and duck under your desk before you lose your head
Way to go down with the AF LA ship guys…
lol! yeah, screw safety. keep us posted.
The news just superceded the “1 out of 2 with HIV in US is black” headline on CNN’s webpage.
Hopefully it will scare some people away and housing prices will plummet (so I can afford to buy). Well, I guess that could make a bad situation, or it could spark some interest by people currently on the sidelines.
Richter Magnitudes Description Earthquake Effects Frequency of Occurrence Less than 2.0 Micro Microearthquakes, not felt. About 8,000 per day 2.0-2.9 Minor Generally not felt, but recorded. About 1,000 per day 3.0-3.9 Minor Often felt, but rarely causes damage. 49,000 per year (est.) 4.0-4.9 Light Noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises. Significant damage unlikely. 6,200 per year (est.) 5.0-5.9 Moderate Can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. At most slight damage to well-designed buildings. 800 per year 6.0-6.9 Strong Can be destructive in areas up to about 160 kilometres (100 mi) across in populated areas. 120 per year 7.0-7.9 Major Can cause serious damage over larger areas. 18 per year 8.0-8.9 Great Can cause serious damage in areas several hundred miles across. 1 per year 9.0-9.9 Great Devastating in areas several thousand miles across. 1 per 20 years 10.0+ Epic Never recorded; see below for equivalent seismic energy yield. Extremely rare (Unknown) – it is estimated that the impact that supposedly wiped out the Dinosaurs had an equivalent magnitude of around 16-17
When was the last 9.0-9.9 ?
http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/eq/faq/world.htm "The biggest earthquake known in historical times occurred on 22 May 1960 in Chile, with a magnitude Mw of 9.5. It occurred because of a rupture in the Earth’s crust that extended horizontally about 1000 km along the coast of South America; in some places this quake caused vertical uplifts as large as six meters. The second biggest earthquake known, with a magnitude of 9.2, occurred in Alaska on 27 March 1964; it had a rupture length of 800 km, and caused as much as 11 meters of uplift. " “The 27 July 1976 earthquake in Tangshan, China (MS = 7.9) caused the greatest number of deaths of any recent quake known; the most reliable estimates are that about 242,000 lives were lost. Tangshan had a pre-quake population of about a million people; the main industry is mining. One reason the death toll was so high is because most of the structures in Tangshan were multiple-story, unreinforced brick and concrete buildings. Estimates of loss of life from the worst earthquake disasters are very unreliable; understandably, when tens of thousands of people are dead and most buildings are in ruins, there are more important things to do than to count bodies. However, there have been about five quakes in the twentieth century where reports of lives lost exceeded 100,000. Most experts accept that the most deadly earthquake in historical times occurred in Shanxi Province, China in 1556; about 830,000 lives were lost.”
why are we bringing up all these stats for the poor LA folks to read?
Man, I hope Vancouver doesnt get hit with a big one.
storko you in van?
storko you in van?
Yup. You in downtown ?
this is what it looked like in texas: http://www.ig.utexas.edu/texseis/Helicorder_GIFS/nc.JCT_BHZ_US.2008072900.gif pretty cool how it can be measured even here
Man, topher kills the exam with >70 across the board and then gets squashed by an earhquake. Some serious vol there. Think I need some topher options.