# Earthquake in San Jose - 5.1 (10/25/22) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771 "2022-10-25T18:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/1 "2022-10-25T18:59:23Z")
Shit. I’m in a skyscraper and it was no fun at all. Just as I was taking my first bite of lunch too. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/2 "2022-10-25T19:04:19Z")
I felt it(sorta) out here in the Central Valley. My phone went off with a Google Alert and just as I got the screen open, my lamp tapped the wall a couple of times and I felt a moment of wooziness. Didn’t actually feel any shaking, though. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/3 "2022-10-25T19:09:21Z")
I didn’t notice anything in Sacramento, and my pets are all calm. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/4 "2022-10-25T19:11:49Z")
Report from my daughter, who works at Happy Hollow (near downtown SJ): “My trailer office at work is rickety already, so we just thought a big truck was passing by 🤣 Definitely felt it, but it was pretty short and not strong enough to do any damage” ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/5 "2022-10-25T19:20:15Z")
I tend to panic in earthquakes, no doubt originating from a big one that happened in southern California when I was 12 years old. For this one, I ran down the hallway to I don’t know where until someone grabbed me and stood me in a doorway. I clung for dear life and took deep slow breaths while the (16 story) building swayed for several minutes. It wasn’t a huge one, true, but skyscrapers tend to amplify and prolong the shaking and swaying. Me no like. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/6 "2022-10-25T19:24:20Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I tend to panic in earthquakes… You in the wrong place, T! ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/7 "2022-10-25T19:26:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You in the wrong place, T! Yep, but I can’t quit the Pacific Rim. I’ll just have to hope that a 9 pointer doesn’t strike between now and when I check out. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/8 "2022-10-25T19:49:08Z")
It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had a fairly substantial quake (one where you can really feel the shaking). Actually, I’ve been thinking one is overdue. I was putting my clothes on after a dermatology appointment on the 4th floor at Kaiser on Cottle Rd. The shaking definitely got my attention, by the time I wondered if I should be worried it was over. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/9 "2022-10-25T19:56:36Z")
I’m way up in the northern part of San Fran and I felt this one just fine. If you had told me it was all the way down in San Jose I would have guessed it was more like a 6.0. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/10 "2022-10-25T20:21:52Z")
I’m in Sunnyvale but was asleep (I was awake all night), so I didn’t feel it at all. I’ll have to ask my wife about it. I hope everyone is okay. @teelabrown I hope you weren’t too frightened. Being high up in a building would not be a fun place to be. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/11 "2022-10-25T23:44:52Z")
I didn’t notice it at all (I’m in North San Jose), but my seismometer did: [![](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/data/trigs/J055_NC_01.20221025.184128.TRG.gif) ](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/data/trigs/J055_NC_01.20221025.184128.TRG.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/12 "2022-10-26T03:24:04Z")
Pretty cool, that seismometer! My wife works on the 5th floor on a 6-floor building and she said the rocking was mild but it lasted a looooong time. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/13 "2022-10-26T07:58:06Z")
_Technically_ it’s the property of the USGS. But it _is_ in my garage, and possession is nine-tenths of the law, so… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/14 "2022-10-26T08:07:27Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I’ll just have to hope that a 9 pointer doesn’t strike between now and when I check out. With your luck, I wouldn’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/15 "2022-10-26T19:39:08Z")
The MyShake app stayed silent and I didn’t feel a thing in Vallejo. How does one wind up with a USGS seismometer in their garage? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/16 "2022-10-26T20:29:27Z")
It’s part of their NetQuakes program: > **[NetQuakes](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes)** > > USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards They were looking for volunteers several years ago to host them, and my area had a bit of a dead zone, so I put in the request. Looks like their funding sorta dried up, but I can still see the events show up on their web site. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/17 "2022-10-26T20:35:35Z")
That’s pretty cool, doc. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/18 "2022-10-26T21:25:38Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I tend to panic in earthquakes I’m glad you are okay. If you need a break, come to Minnesota for a blizzard. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/19 "2022-10-27T04:12:04Z")
I was at home in Aptos (near Santa Cruz). It went on a while. Most of the pictures on my walls upstairs were cockeyed after. Definitely got my attention. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/20 "2022-12-21T04:36:42Z")
Anyone feel the 6.4 in Humboldt County? > **[2 people are dead, 12 injured after 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Northern...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/us/humboldt-county-california-earthquake/index.html)** > > A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Northern California's Eureka area early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, leaving at least two people dead, drawing reports of damage to roads and homes, shaking residents from their sleep and leaving tens of... I didn’t, but my phone did give me the alert seconds after it happened: [![](https://i.imgur.com/zGfnOUc.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/zGfnOUc.png) Would be nice if it had given an estimation for the travel time. At any rate, good to see the alerts in action. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771.md?page=2)