Re: [IRCA] Earthquake tonight!

["Donald K. Kaskey" <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Russ Edmunds wrote:

> --- Rob Moore <rmoore5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Well we just had a 5.6 temblor with the epicenter about 2-3 miles
> > from
> > our house.  We live in the Alum Rock area of San Jose.  There was a
> > very
> > abrupt strong shaking for just a few seconds and then it died down
> > over
> > the next five seconds or so.  A Some books fell off of our
> > (overloaded)
> > book shelves but after some inspection outside, I can find no other
> > damage.
> >
> > They've been saying that the Hayward fault was going to let go soon
> > so
> > perhaps I'd better get some earthquake insurance!
> >
> > Lots of news stories on the radio and TV about this.
> >
>
> Just for the record, this was reportedly on the Calaveras fault, not
> the Hayward, which extends closer to the Bay as it goes north.
>
> Russ Edmunds
> Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
> [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
> 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
> AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop
>

-------------True Russ but the two faults are so close together that the seismologists are speculating on how this Calaveras quake will affect the Hayward fault, since a biggie has been
predicted on that fault within the next 30 years (give or take an eon).  Keeps em working and out of the bars I'd say.

Don



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