# Earthquake in Northern California **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295 "2008-09-06T04:18:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/1 "2008-09-06T04:18:23Z")
[It was a 4.0.](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/nc51207740.php) Did you feel it? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/2 "2008-09-06T04:19:09Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [It was a 4.0.](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/nc51207740.php) > > Did you feel it? That was probably me getting rear-ended again on the freeway. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/3 "2008-09-06T04:26:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That was probably me getting rear-ended again on the freeway. Oh my! I hope you’re OK! Man, that’s gotta suck!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/4 "2008-09-06T04:36:06Z")
I have some friends in Oakland. This thread reminded me I needed to send them an email to say hello. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/5 "2008-09-06T04:44:23Z")
Nope. Not felt by anyone in this house. But a friend of mine in Alameda felt it. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/6 "2008-09-06T04:48:09Z")
I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/7 "2008-09-06T05:15:40Z")
South San Francisco reporting in. Definitely felt it. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/8 "2008-09-06T05:21:13Z")
Sacramento- I didn’t feel a thing. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/9 "2008-09-06T05:38:12Z")
Nothing in Chico, of course. (Hey, I used to work for a bakery based in Alamo! I hope all the wedding cakes for tomorrow didn’t fall down.) ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/10 "2008-09-06T06:23:36Z")
Little jolt in Alameda. I was thinking about earthquakes lately and was wondering when we were going to have one, I haven’t felt any since the 5 point something we had last October. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/11 "2008-09-06T06:32:04Z")
> [@JimmyFlair](#): > > Little jolt in Alameda. > I was thinking about earthquakes lately and was wondering when we were going to have one, I haven’t felt any since the 5 point something we had last October. That’s the last one I felt too. We’re in Los Gatos. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/12 "2008-09-06T06:41:53Z")
I have a brother in Walnut Creek; he’s lived in CA since 1978 and he says this was the sharpest one he’s ever felt. Heh, I wonder if he’s remembering the Santa Cruz one?! At any rate, he said it seemed to be centered in the Walnut Creek area :eek: It was enough of a jolt that things were knocked over and off of shelves and a picture in a glass frame fell off the wall breaking the frame. I hope to hear more from him in the morning, but he said he’d probably have trouble getting to sleep Friday night - the quake was about 9 PM PST. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/13 "2008-09-06T08:13:07Z")
I felt it, most definitely, but even so it wasn’t enough to get me off the couch. Just a quick little jolt, then a couple of shakes, then nothing. Easy. Almost immediately, I couldn’t help thinking about the fact that we’ve been having what is often called “earthquake weather” around here (it was about 100º today here in Lafayette; I’m barely 5 miles away from Alamo). I don’t know if there’s anything to that–how could there be?–but I’m sure I’ll hear someone mention it within the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/14 "2008-09-06T19:33:58Z")
el cerrito. felt it. nothing big. ---
**Author:** ![Galena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Galena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galena)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/15 "2008-09-06T21:25:59Z")
We had a quick little jerk and a small “boom”. I felt it, as did one of the cats, who was walking on the top edge of the couch at the time, lost his balance, and fell off. The hubby and the other cat didn’t even notice. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/16 "2008-09-06T21:28:43Z")
> [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](#): > > el cerrito. felt it. nothing big. Also EC, felt one bump then nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/17 "2008-09-06T22:22:50Z")
A good jolt but nothing to get excited about. I’m in central San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/18 "2008-09-06T22:24:46Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > felt one bump then nothing. That’s what she said! ---
**Author:** ![Hawkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@Hawkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkins)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/19 "2008-09-06T23:25:08Z")
I was taking a nap, so I didn’t feel a thing. Also I’m in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295/20 "2008-09-07T05:39:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That’s what she said! And here I was responding to somebody named **poker in the rear** … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-northern-california/462295.md?page=2)