# Earthquake! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611 "2019-07-06T03:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/21 "2019-07-06T10:30:04Z")
10% chance of another 7+ happening in the next week or so. “Approaching certainty” of another 5+. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/22 "2019-07-06T10:53:48Z")
I just found a video from last night of Lucy Jones saying 5% chance that a BIGGER quake hits in the next week. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/guKhOf5ILkQ/maxresdefault.jpg "6.4 earthquake hits California near Ridgecrest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guKhOf5ILkQ) “Certain that this area is going to be shaken A LOT today,” she says, with many exceeding 5.0 so expect damages. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/23 "2019-07-06T11:25:51Z")
The NBA Summer League plays here in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center. [Last night’s game between the Knicks and the Pelicans was stopped because of the quake.](https://apnews.com/c5771eb15f2642b39108e23157f5064f) > [@](#): > > Zion Williamson made the rim shake, which is what fans wanted. > > And then the scoreboard started to shake, which nobody wanted. > > It was a night unlike any other in NBA Summer League history — with a frenzied crowd at the start, disappointment when Williamson’s night was cut short by a knee issue and then confusion when the game was halted by an earthquake. > > Such was how the newest No. 1 pick began his professional career Friday night, when his New Orleans Pelicans beat the New York Knicks 80-74 in a game that was cut short by 7 minutes, 53 seconds because of an earthquake that struck 150 miles from Los Angeles and was felt in Las Vegas. No one will remember the outcome, not on this night. > > “Seismic,” is how Summer League executive director Warren LeGarie described it all. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/24 "2019-07-06T12:27:46Z")
…in Sensurround! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/25 "2019-07-06T12:53:10Z")
Cripes, another one? I’m a bit too far away to have felt it. News says it was 7.1. That’s bigger than the Sylmar one in 1971, and the Northridge one in 1994. Stay safe, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/26 "2019-07-06T13:26:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > …in Sensurround! Back in 1974 I was in the Army. Another gal in the barracks had been through the 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska. When that movie came out with Sensurround she said it really did sound a lot like that, except in real life the sound would go up and down, rather than a steady level. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/27 "2019-07-06T15:49:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’m now seeing this listed as 6.9, which is the same as the quake that ripped up San Francisco, Santa Cruz, etc. back in 1989. > > ETA: Aftershocks rolling thru here just now. I lived in San Francisco when the Loma Prieta quake hit but there is no way it lasted as long as this one. I don’t think it was even 30 seconds. I did _exactly_ the wrong thing at the time. I lived in a wood frame apartment building and it shook like crazy, so I ran downstairs and out the front door. Standing in a door frame or getting under a table seemed ridiculous. Just before it started, my cat ran into the kitchen, leapt on top of the fridge and dove down the back. I said ‘Kitty, what the hell is…’ and then brggaa bragga blam. If you live in Southern California now, go camping. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/28 "2019-07-06T16:00:36Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > I was just watching the USGS press conference at Caltech and one of the reporters said something like “I’m hearing some people are saying it was an above ground earthquake.” And the USGS seismologist was like, “Well, that probably wasn’t a scientist whoever said that.” She guessed the depth data accidentally registered as a negative initially. > > Or, you know, could be a fakequake. The initial data shown on the USGS site had the earthquake centered .9 km in the air. It would have been a momentary blip but that’s also when the site froze, so that data was displayed for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/29 "2019-07-06T16:02:38Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I lived in San Francisco when the Loma Prieta quake hit but there is no way it lasted as long as this one. I don’t think it was even 30 seconds. > > I did _exactly_ the wrong thing at the time. I lived in a wood frame apartment building and it shook like crazy, so I ran downstairs and out the front door. Standing in a door frame or getting under a table seemed ridiculous. **Just before it started, my cat ran into the kitchen, leapt on top of the fridge and dove down the back. I said ‘Kitty, what the hell is…’ and then brggaa bragga blam**. > > If you live in Southern California now, go camping. After the San Simeon quake (m. 6.6, 2003), I learned to keep an eye on my cats. Whenever an aftershock was coming, they would drop to their bellies and creep for the nearest exit. I followed their lead. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/30 "2019-07-06T16:11:10Z")
I’ve just realized that I am regularly unconsciously looking at hanging things to see if they are swinging. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/31 "2019-07-06T17:38:22Z")
My daughter in Orange CA texted me to say that they got to experience a movie in 4D with the shaking action. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/32 "2019-07-06T17:43:30Z")
No extra charge for those D-Box seats! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/33 "2019-07-06T18:28:45Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > After the San Simeon quake (m. 6.6, 2003), I learned to keep an eye on my cats. Whenever an aftershock was coming, they would drop to their bellies and creep for the nearest exit. I followed their lead. Our cats didn’t even move. They just sorta came alert. Nobody ran, nobody freaked. Maybe because they saw that I wasn’t running and freaking. But a quake that lasts that long is very nervous-making. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/34 "2019-07-06T18:59:43Z")
hey if you were affected or just experienced the quake you can help the USGS by filling out a Felt Report at [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38457511/tellus](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38457511/tellus) **friedo** posted the link in the other thread; I’m just continuing his good work. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/35 "2019-07-06T19:35:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’ve just realized that I am regularly unconsciously looking at hanging things to see if they are swinging. Ha! I do that, too. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/36 "2019-07-06T20:10:21Z")
as i said in the other thread …i felt a 15-second aftershock about 5-10 minutes before the second quake and then another one between 12-1 am lol aunt was on the toilet or that one … ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/37 "2019-07-06T20:21:35Z")
A swimming pool [appears to be a good indicator](https://twitter.com/dearjessikahhhh/status/1147352910914654209) to determine whether an earthquake is happening. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/38 "2019-07-07T00:14:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Back in 1974 I was in the Army. Another gal in the barracks had been through the 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska. When that movie came out with Sensurround she said it really did sound a lot like that, except in real life the sound would go up and down, rather than a steady level. Sidebar: I saw _Midway_ in the theater (in Sensurround), thinking it would be a neat experience. It didn’t “work” for me–the bombs sounded like they were frying instead of exploding. Much later, it occurred to me that maybe the decrepit theater I saw it in wasn’t equipped, speaker-wise, to handle those low frequencies. A shame. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/39 "2019-07-07T00:58:42Z")
Fairly big one, but no one was seriously hurt, damage was quite light. It hit in a sparsely inhabited region out by Bakersfield. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611/40 "2019-07-07T08:58:42Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I found [this video taken during a kid’s 4th of July performance yesterday](Yari Mower, a mother whose three children were performing “Our Country Tis of Thee” at Burroughs High School Performing Arts Center in Ridgecrest, Calif., captured the Thursday quake on camera.). 20 seconds in is the EQ. Link seems to broken, like you accidentally pasted in text rather than a URL. [This Yahoo article](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-records-shocking-video-of-earthquake-during-childrens-performance-224045519.html) appears to have the video, as well as a link to the Facebook post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake/836611.md?page=3)