Been a week off the farm, spending time in Eureka with Russ. Now I\’m in Arcata couch-hopping to find my next pathway. I\’m at a friend-of-a-friend\’s house, kickin\’ it on the couch with my laptop (internet! yum.) & a movie. Suddenly there is a rumble that moves the couch forward & back a couple of times as if someone were pushing from the wall behind me. I wonder, \’Is dude moving furniture over there?\’ WHAT IS UP? Maybe a car crashed into the house… nah – but maybe… My friend comes out and goes, \”Wasn\’t that cool? An earthquake!\” And his roommate opens the door from the porch and goes, \”I just watched the walls of the neighbor\’s house quiver!\” SO I JUST EXPERIENCED MY FIRST EARTHQUAKE – AND I DIDN\’T EVEN KNOW IT!
Registered 4.5 (see comments)!
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Earthquake DetailsMagnitude 4.6Date-Time * Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 05:56:59 UTC * Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:56:59 PM at epicenter * Time of Earthquake in other Time ZonesLocation 41.183°N, 124.197°WDepth 17 km (10.6 miles)Region OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIADistances * 14 km (9 miles) NNW (341°) from Trinidad, CA * 17 km (11 miles) NNW (336°) from Westhaven-Moonstone, CA * 27 km (17 miles) NNW (343°) from McKinleyville, CA * 44 km (27 miles) N (356°) from Eureka, CA * 374 km (232 miles) NW (322°) from Sacramento, CALocation Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)Parameters NST=101, Nph=101, Dmin=15 km, Rmss=0.2 sec, Gp=169°,M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3Source * California Integrated Seismic Net: * USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNREvent ID nc51207076
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