# Earthquake in bay area -- anybody feel it?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/41 "2004-09-29T14:37:06Z")

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A couple of years ago I went to a conference in Palo Alto and spent a few days in San Francisco. As I was leaving the area to return home, I made a comment to a fellow passenger on the airplane (a native Californian) that “it was good I hadn’t experienced an earthquake” while I was there. (Honestly, I was praying that the entire coast wouldn’t drop off into the ocean, at least not while I was there.) He replied that there were earthquakes happening _ALL THE TIME_, but that we just couldn’t feel them. :eek:

I really did have a great time in SF and hope that it doesn’t drop off into the ocean, but not just 'cause I’d like to return one day.

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**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 29, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/42 "2004-09-29T17:11:34Z")

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Oop! Just had an aftershock big enough to feel in San Jose. 10:12 a.m. I’m off to the USGS website to see how big that one was.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-bay-area-anybody-feel-it/266518/43 "2004-09-29T20:33:41Z")

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It was also felt yesterday at the SF Main Library and on the fifth floor at Geary & Masonic.

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