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Oeditpus Rex

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22. We missed it by that much

Reply to malaise (Reply #20)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:09 PM

Oct 4

Loma Prieta quake (17 October 1989, 5:04 p.m.); first reported as a 7.1, then downgraded to 7.0 and finally to 6.9.

We were about 30 miles from the epicenter. Now we're right around six.

I do not want to do that again. But, if I live long enough, the Hayward Fault (East SF Bay) quake that's been predicted for about the last 25 years will be significantly worse. It could happen 10 seconds or 10 years from now, but it'll happen.

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Just experienced my first earthquake ever. [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 4 OP

Get accustomed to them malaise Oct 4 #1

I've been through a lot of little shakers & was on the edge of a big one, but never with howler monkeys! Hekate Oct 4 #2

Many folks don't swim on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica because of sea currents as a result malaise Oct 4 #4

. truddy777 Oct 4 #3

I lived in California hen I was a kid, 4-6 yrs MiniMe Oct 4 #5

I managed to sleep through the only PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 4 #6

Good choice. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 4 #12

It was an aftershock of the Northridge earthquake in 1994. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 4 #24

One of the reasons I left California Javaman Oct 4 #7

My sister lived in Northridge at the time and it really did do a lot of damage in her neighborhood. flying_wahini Oct 5 #27

I was working on a movie in el segundo ata drive in thaterin theater Javaman Oct 5 #28

4.3 isn't so bad. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 4 #8

We haven't had many at all this year malaise Oct 4 #13

Our nearest fault line is only about five miles away. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 4 #21

Building codes are different - that helps! moonscape Oct 5 #29

welcome to the club. AllaN01Bear Oct 4 #9

They're amazingly primal haryn Oct 4 #10

I felt one in 1980 in Phila of all places. BigmanPigman Oct 4 #11

We've felt a couple in central Vermont... GiqueCee Oct 4 #14

Keep this handy malaise Oct 4 #15

Thanks so much. sinkingfeeling Oct 4 #18

You've had several small ones today malaise Oct 4 #19

Was in a 7.0 montanacowboy Oct 4 #16

Holy Shit malaise Oct 4 #20

We missed it by that much Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #22

We haven't had a big one in 120 years malaise Oct 5 #25

I've been through so many I can judge the Demobrat Oct 4 #17

We had quake pools Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #23

Living in the PNW from the early 1980's mwmisses4289 Oct 5 #26

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