# Earthquake San Jose **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161 "2023-04-04T22:24:56Z")\ **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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/1 "2023-04-04T22:24:56Z")
Scary. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/2 "2023-04-04T22:29:00Z")
The soccer team or a seismic event? If it’s the latter … I don’t see any bigguns happening recently: > **[Earthquakes in San Jose, California, United States - Most Recent](https://earthquaketrack.com/us-ca-san-jose/recent)** > > Quakes Near San Jose, California, United States Now, Today, and Recently. See if there was there an earthquake just now in San Jose, California, United States But you felt one? ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/3 "2023-04-04T22:29:39Z")
What magnitude? When? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/4 "2023-04-04T22:29:52Z")
Yep. USGS says it was quite a ways south of here, 4.6 near Tres Pinos. But it was an abrupt jolt in downtown San Jose, amplified by our being in a skyscraper. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/5 "2023-04-04T22:31:47Z")
> > **[4.5 magnitude earthquake near Ridgemark, California, United States and San...](https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2023-04-04-22-23-17-utc-4-5-9)** > > 2km N of Tres Pinos, CA - 4.5 EARTHQUAKE - Salinas, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Modesto, Fremont, Hayward, Stockton, Fresno, Oakland, Antioch, Daly City, Concord, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Richmond - 2023-04-04 22:23:17 UTC ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/6 "2023-04-04T22:33:07Z")
Ha! I thought I felt one! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/7 "2023-04-04T22:43:37Z")
I think I got to that website before the data did. Hope everybody’s okay! –Former San Diegan BTDT ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/8 "2023-04-04T22:51:51Z")
Lasted just long enough for me to consider if I should head out the door. Random trivia: there used to be a pretty decent Los Gatos-area bluegrass band called Earthquake Country. Great name. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/9 "2023-04-04T22:57:13Z")
I always find these little jolts comforting. A nice reminder that we live on an active planet. This one freaked out my cat a bit. But I’ve had bigger bumps from my neighbors slamming their doors. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/10 "2023-04-04T22:57:47Z")
I felt mild rocking. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/11 "2023-04-04T22:59:41Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Lasted just long enough for me to consider if I should head out the door. I loudly said jesus christ and dove under my desk. Which must have looked comical, as I’m 66 and chubby. I’m still on edge because we had a larger one a few months back, and I started running down the hall like an idiot before someone grabbed me and made me stand in a doorway. That one was much scarier, and the building swayed and rocked for a minute or two while I clung to the doorjamb and whimpered. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/12 "2023-04-04T23:02:59Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Lasted just long enough for me to consider if I should head out the door. > > Random trivia: there used to be a pretty decent Los Gatos-area bluegrass band called Earthquake Country. Great name. When I lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains my mailing address was Los Gatos and my kids went to Loma Prieta elementary school. To remind, Loma Prieta is the name of the October 1989 earthquake. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/13 "2023-04-04T23:04:49Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I always find these little jolts comforting. A nice reminder that we live on an active planet. > > This one freaked out my cat a bit. But I’ve had bigger bumps from my neighbors slamming their doors. Those little bolts are also comforting because they relieve pressure along the fault lines. It’s when I _haven’t_ felt any jolts in years, that’s when I’m more concerned because the pressure is building. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/14 "2023-04-04T23:06:46Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Yep. USGS says it was quite a ways south of here, 4.6 near Tres Pinos. But it was an abrupt jolt in downtown San Jose, amplified by our being in a skyscraper. When you’re up several floors in a skyscraper, that can’t be much fun as the building whips back and forth. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/15 "2023-04-04T23:12:26Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > > [@blondebear](#): > > > > Lasted just long enough for me to consider if I should head out the door. > > I loudly said jesus christ and dove under my desk. Which must have looked comical, as I’m 66 and chubby. > > I’m still on edge because we had a larger one a few months back, and I started running down the hall like an idiot before someone grabbed me and made me stand in a doorway. That one was much scarier, and the building swayed and rocked for a minute or two while I clung to the doorjamb and whimpered. I hope this helps — try to be reassured because we live and work in an area that has buildings and structures designed and built to absorb the shocks of most earthquakes. It’s when you’re in or near structures not designed that way that is more risky. The new Bay Bridge, for example, will absorb shocks from a pretty big quake. When I first moved to the Bay Area from the northeast, when I felt the first quakes it freaked me out. Now that I’ve been here for decades I’m more used to it. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/16 "2023-04-05T00:14:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > When I lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains my mailing address was Los Gatos and my kids went to Loma Prieta elementary school. To remind, Loma Prieta is the name of the October 1989 earthquake. There’s a trail to the Loma Prieta epicenter in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. The spot itself isn’t all that exciting but it’s a pleasant hike through second and third-growth redwoods. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/17 "2023-04-05T00:18:25Z")
Didn’t feel it in Northern Fremont. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/18 "2023-04-05T01:13:26Z")
Fair amount of rattling in Santa Clara. My MyShake app didn’t alarm though… It seemed as big as the previous one (back in October?) when I did get a MyShake warning, just as the shaking was subsiding. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/19 "2023-04-05T01:38:38Z")
At what o’clock? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161/20 "2023-04-05T02:29:16Z")
I was in Palo Alto and didn’t feel anything. There was one last week near Pacifica that I felt in Half Moon Bay. > [@Bullitt](#): > > Those little bolts are also comforting because they relieve pressure along the fault lines. Unfortunately that’s not really true in any meaningful way. To relieve the stress equivalent to a magnitude 7 quake, you’d need [hundreds of magnitude 4 quakes](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Are-the-Bay-Area-s-small-earthquakes-useful-in-17444798.php). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-san-jose/982161.md?page=2)