California Quake!

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• 1 - mike

  Jun 15, 2005 at 1:03 am

  We live in Jacksonville about 150 miles from the epicenter and did not feel a thing. The most expensive real estate in Oregon still standing!
  
  

• 2 - Joe Silva

  Jun 15, 2005 at 1:10 am

  Hey folks, the Tsunami warning was canceled over an hour ago. Jeez, and no news services have reported it canceled.

• 3 - Aaman

  Jun 15, 2005 at 1:31 am

  From Bloomberg,
  

  A tsunami warning was canceled for the U.S. West Coast after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of California, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in an e-mailed alert.
  
  A tsunami warning was previously issued for the coastal areas of the California-Mexico border to the northern tip of Vancouver, British Columbia, the West Coast Tsunami Warning Center said on its Web site. A warning indicated that coastal locations in the warned area should be prepared for flooding, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  
  The first earthquake, measuring a 7.4 on the Richter scale, struck at 6:50 p.m. San Francisco time, centering 90 miles northwest of Eureka, California. A second earthquake measuring a 5.1 hit over land at 7:57 p.m. 92 miles northeast of San Francisco.
  
  No tsunami waves had been reported on the Northern California coast as of 8:45 p.m. local time, according to Tsunami Center geophysicist Bruce Turner. If a tsunami was created, the first waves would have hit Crescent City, California at 8:29 p.m. local time, according to a Tsunami Center bulletin estimate.
  
  There was no threat of a tsunami at other areas of the Pacific Basin, the center said.

• 4 - Brooke Lee

  Jun 15, 2005 at 3:46 am

  Nope, it was cancelled. Turns out it's common procedure to issue a tsumani warning for a 7.0 or higher. I find it curious that just a few hours earlier there was 6.9 located near the islands of Alaska, and yesterday there was a 7.9 in Chile.

• 5 - Evan

  Jun 15, 2005 at 12:04 pm

  The end days are here!

• 6 - Aaman

  Jun 15, 2005 at 12:09 pm

  again!

• 7 - Brooke Lee

  Jun 15, 2005 at 12:10 pm

  Oh good, then I can go back to bed.

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