# Earthquake in bay area -- anybody feel it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518 "2004-09-28T17:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/1 "2004-09-28T17:22:49Z")
Just like it says - I’m in San Jose and it was a moderately good one, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/2 "2004-09-28T17:24:58Z")
Burlingame reporting in. That was a weird one–you always hear that it was a “rolling motion,” but this seemed smoother and rollier than usual, and it seemed to go on for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/3 "2004-09-28T17:27:20Z")
Yup, I felt it and I’m all the way out in the Central Valley. How big was it? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/4 "2004-09-28T17:28:27Z")
Mr. Pug found a U.S. geological website of some sort, and said that it was reporting it near Parkfield or Paso Robles, and it was a 5. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/5 "2004-09-28T17:29:35Z")
Everyone okay? Check in, CalDopers!! Jeez, with the hurricanes and the floods and now earthquakes, I’m starting to get a week bit concerned. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/6 "2004-09-28T17:31:36Z")
Volcano. Don’t forget about the volcano. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/7 "2004-09-28T17:31:45Z")
Fresno here. Felt both of them pretty good. USGS says they were 5.9 and 4.7 respectively centered in Parkfield which is just north of the Freeway 41/46 interchange (where James Dean died incidentally). ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/8 "2004-09-28T17:33:16Z")
Didn’t feel a thing, but I’m up in Hercules, north bay area. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/9 "2004-09-28T17:34:43Z")
Looks like there were a few [aftershocks](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US2/35.37.-122.-120.html) as well. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/10 "2004-09-28T17:36:28Z")
Whew! Now that was a wild ride. Very rolly over here in the peninsula. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/11 "2004-09-28T17:37:05Z")
My earthquake detectors\* in Santa Clara near the 101 didn’t detect anything. \*free standing ring-wraith figures, when one falls over I usual blame a small quake or passing shield maiden of Gondor. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/12 "2004-09-28T17:44:43Z")
There have been close to 20 aftershocks so far, some of them as large as 4’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/13 "2004-09-28T18:02:02Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > My earthquake detectors\* in Santa Clara near the 101 didn’t detect anything. > > \*free standing ring-wraith figures, when one falls over I usual blame a small quake or passing shield maiden of Gondor. Actually, when people ask me what the numbers on the Richter scale work out to in real life, I tell them that anything up to three feels like a snowplow driving by your house, and at four things start falling over on the shelves. Just thought you’d appreciate the validation for your finely-tuned technical device. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/14 "2004-09-28T18:04:46Z")
I work in Pleasanton and I felt it–just kind of a mild (but long) rolly motion that made the hanging light fixtures sway a bit. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/15 "2004-09-28T18:28:06Z")
Didn’t feel a thing. I’m pretty far north though. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/16 "2004-09-28T20:29:09Z")
Definitely felt it here. My cat was oblivious to it. “Hey you dumb cat, weren’t you supposed to warn me or something??” ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/17 "2004-09-28T20:31:55Z")
On the 5th floor of my building in Pomona, which is approx. 20 miles east of Los Angeles. We swayed for a good 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/18 "2004-09-28T21:11:25Z")
Marin County checking in - didn’t feel a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/19 "2004-09-28T21:52:37Z")
Hurricanes galore, now an earthquake… Jesus, what next? Hope everyone is ok. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/20 "2004-09-28T21:53:02Z")
Here in Sacramento, in a single-story building, we felt absolutely nothing. A coworker in Oakland said they felt a pretty good jolt in their sixth-floor office. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518.md?page=2)