CA - Earthquake - 6.4 foreshock; 7.1 main shock, 4 July, 2019 - Largest since 1999

[LaborDayRN]

What should I do DURING an earthquake?

• If you are INDOORS -- STAY THERE! Get under a desk or table and hang on to it (Drop, Cover, and Hold on!) or move into a hallway or against an inside wall. STAY CLEAR of windows, fireplaces, and heavy furniture or appliances. GET OUT of the kitchen, which is a dangerous place (things can fall on you). DON'T run downstairs or rush outside while the building is shaking or while there is danger of falling and hurting yourself or being hit by falling glass or debris.
• If you are OUTSIDE -- get into the OPEN, away from buildings, power lines, chimneys, and anything else that might fall on you.
• If you are DRIVING -- stop, but carefully. Move your car as far out of traffic as possible. DO NOT stop on or under a bridge or overpass or under trees, light posts, power lines, or signs. STAY INSIDE your car until the shaking stops. When you RESUME driving, watch for breaks in the pavement, fallen rocks, and bumps in the road at bridge approaches.
• If you are in a MOUNTAINOUS AREA -- watch out for falling rock, landslides, trees, and other debris that could be loosened by quakes.
• If you are near the OCEAN - see these safety rules from NOAA's Tsunami Warning Center.

What should I do DURING an earthquake?

 

[LaborDayRN]

That sounds about right. A 7 is ten times as much as a 6. So, since they revised this up to a 7.1–it’s even stronger.

And then, a lot depends on the type of soil you’ve built on, fill dirt and sandy soil being worse. And the direction of the force of the earthquake comes into play, too. So, a lot of variables.

Dr Lucy Jones said it was approximately 10x stronger than the 6.4 during the news conference. I'll see if I can find a link.

 

[SuziQ]

I am watching ktla live feed here

Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Follows July 4th Ridgecrest Quake, Becoming the ‘Mainshock’

 

[Dawookie]

Hello neighbor. It was much stronger and longer tonight! In my location, yesterdays for-shock felt like a few jolts and then a rolling motion. Tonight's was mostly strong jolts and lasted longer, maybe 30 seconds. I'm about 70ish miles from the epicenter. My poor pups. Between the earthquakes and the firecrackers, they're a wreck! Praying for the folks in Ridgecrest and surrounding area's. I hear the little town of Trona got hit pretty hard too.

Ridgecrest has some damage, waiting to hear from a friend in Trona on how bad the damage is there from tonight. I know the Spires got some damage from yesterday as well

 

[Skittles]

USGS calculator to compare the size and strength of two earthquakes:

"How Much Bigger…?" Calculator

 

[pocketaccent]

I'm about 170 miles south of Ridgecrest (LA county). With tonight's quake, I felt as if I was being rocked from side to side. Scary. For next few weeks, we won't be wearing pajamas to bed. We will be donning on regular street clothes to bed. In case we must run out.
(my internet is really slow now. I cannot 'like' posts. I don't know if the problem is the internet/earthquake or Websleuths)

 

[LaborDayRN]

I'm about 170 miles south of Ridgecrest (LA county). With tonight's quake, I felt as if I was being rocked from side to side. Scary. For next few weeks, we won't be wearing pajamas to bed. We will be donning on regular street clothes to bed. In case we must run out.
(my internet is really slow now. I cannot 'like' posts. I don't know if the problem is the internet/earthquake or Websleuths)

My internet is super slow too. I also can't "like" posts.

 

[Gardenista]

Rex Emerson‏ @Rex_Emerson
Highway 178 between Bakersfield and Lake Isabella is closed due to rocks in the roadway, a result of the 7.1 #Ridgecrest #Earthquake

12:45 AM - 6 Jul 2019

 

[Gardenista]

CRAZY video

Jeff Paul on Twitter

 

[SuziQ]

Per presser 1 in 10 chance of a 7. Or higher????

 

[wary]

USGS calculator to compare the size and strength of two earthquakes:

"How Much Bigger…?" Calculator

So, the calculator says that a 7.1 is 5 times stronger than a 6.4, but released eleven times as much energy. Hmmm.

And then, besides the fill dirt vs bedrock issue, there’s also the ‘how deep is it,’ issue. This one was quite near the surface, which makes it more violent. Yesterday’s was several miles deep, I believe.

 

[Dawookie]

Rex Emerson‏ @Rex_Emerson
Highway 178 between Bakersfield and Lake Isabella is closed due to rocks in the roadway, a result of the 7.1 #Ridgecrest #Earthquake

12:45 AM - 6 Jul 2019

Was just coming to post this.

 

[SuziQ]

CRAZY video

Jeff Paul on Twitter

I wonder how many people were injured/trampled running outside? Why do people do this?

 

[Dawookie]

Per presser 1 in 10 chance of a 7. Or higher????

I think it's 1 in 20 but there's a slight chance of a bigger one. Going to be an interesting night

 

[wary]

I think it's 1 in 20 but there's a slight chance of a bigger one. Going to be an interesting night

What’s the time frame for that one in twenty? Now this one was about 33 hours after the 6.4 one. Call it a day and a half.

 

[Deleted member 39678]

I wonder how many people were injured/trampled running outside? Why do people do this?

Probably because they were afraid and don't know any better.

 

[katydid23]

I grew up in L.A. I was always taught to never run outside. A wall could fall on you as the walls fall outwards. Air conditioners fall off roofs. In the 1971 quake, I remember cars bounced around and ended up blocking the road.

I know. I grew up in Cali. My hubby is from Boston so I don't know why he was giving us directions...

We didn't go out until it had already stopped. There was no damage at all anyway.

 

[BeachSky]

Rex Emerson‏ @Rex_Emerson
Highway 178 between Bakersfield and Lake Isabella is closed due to rocks in the roadway, a result of the 7.1 #Ridgecrest #Earthquake

12:45 AM - 6 Jul 2019

Looks like the X Files!

 

[MsFacetious]

I think it's 1 in 20 but there's a slight chance of a bigger one. Going to be an interesting night

Yeah I think it's 1 in 20, not 1 in 10.

 

[Dawookie]

What’s the time frame for that one in twenty? Now this one was about 33 hours after the 6.4 one. Call it a day and a half.

I believe the next few days is what they said. It's like that with every quake. I think with this series it's so hard to say what will happen because it's happening across multiple faults in the area that run different directions