# Was that an earthquake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-an-earthquake/90680 "2001-10-31T07:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-an-earthquake/90680/21 "2001-10-31T20:52:26Z")
Here’s a good source when you want to know if there’s been an earthquake. Not surprisingly it’s named [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/) There was a 6.9 quake near Papua New Guinea today (Oct. 31). There was a 5.1 near Anza, and some smaller ones in LA (3.7 in Compton) on Sunday. Southern California’s own version is the not as obviously named : [http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/](http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/) Northern California got the easy name [http://quake.usgs.gov](http://quake.usgs.gov) (The 5.1 one you’re talking about was big enough to be a headline on this page). And the Northern California Earthquake Data Center at Berkeley ( website: [http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/](http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/) ) is collecting data on quake experiences, but that’s for Northern California. I just checked, and they have a link to the Southern California center – website is [http://www.scecdc.scec.org/](http://www.scecdc.scec.org/) . If it’s like the Berkeley one, you can leave a response on what you felt, when you felt it, where you were and what it felt like so they can develop a better feel for fitting rating systems to experiences. ---
**Author:** ![sandpiper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@sandpiper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandpiper)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-an-earthquake/90680/22 "2001-10-31T21:49:00Z")
_Originally posted by Grimace_ > [@](#): > > Whew, I’m glad i’m not the only one that feels like that. Moved out to the midwest from the San Berdo area back in '85, and darnit, I miss the earthquakes and smog! Wow, Grimace! A kindred soul 🙂 (I moved from the Mojave Desert) ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-an-earthquake/90680/23 "2001-11-01T01:12:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*What? Earthquake? When? Where? DAMMIT! ☹ > > I finally move to California, to a place where earthquakes aren’t nearly as frequent (San Diego), and we actually get one, and I’m too busy having se… er, I mean, sleeping to notice! (Well, I _did_ feel the earth move, but I attibuted that to something else… 😉 ) > > Esprix \*\* I know the feeling…I moved out to the Bay Area from Dayton, Ohio in 97, expecting earthquakes. What did I get? The bay area experienced its first tornado in a long time, AND the Dayton area exeperienced a small tremor in a long time… Damn things had to reverse themselves on me… ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-an-earthquake/90680/24 "2001-11-01T01:31:43Z")
My bed was a-shakin’ last night. Ohyeah, BTW, we felt the earthquake here in Palm Springs as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-an-earthquake/90680.md?page=1)