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

[Jax49]

Second, stronger quake Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage

Scientists said it the fault causing the quakes appears to be growing.

There were reports of Friday night’s quake causing some fires and other damage in Ridgecrest. On Twitter, people reported the shaking was felt in Bakersfield and as far away as Las Vegas, Merced and San Jose.

ETA

The Friday quake occurred on the same fault system as the 6.4 temblor. It was farther away from Los Angeles, though still in the Owens Valley.

“This happened at the end of the zone that moved previously,” Jones said, adding that the fault is now likely to be 25 to 30 miles long.

“The fault is growing,” she said.

bbm

 

[gitana1]

As a lifelong Southern Californian, I was trained the same way—walls collapse outward, glass shatters—don’t go outside until the shaking stops.

(I’m on a granite hillside in San Diego County, and I think I felt just a tiny twitch.) I hope you guys are all safe.

(For anyone who’s not in earthquake country—the scale goes up sharply, so a 6.9 is a LOT more violent than a 6.4.

Yup that's what I always learned but I have often ran outside and frankly in big quakes most of the deaths occur in structures. Not outside of them.

 

[MsFacetious]

Trona needs bottled water. Check on your neighbors. Press release in about 30 minutes.

Ridgecrest Police Department

 

[Dawookie]

Route 178 in Trona

 

[MsFacetious]

Okay I stand corrected, I'm watching ABC7 live and Dr Jones just said the 1 in 10 statistic. She said technically a 7.0 would be an aftershock. With so many after shocks the odds of a larger one increase. The 1 in 20 is a standard statistic.

She also said that the quake was 7.1 and the intensity was a 3 or 4 in the LA area.

She also said a 55% chance of a 6.0 or bigger and an 11% chance of a quake bigger than this 7.1.

 

[gitana1]

You have a pet hyena?

Ha ha! Pretty much. She's a rescue dog. Australian Kelpie Shepherd mix and acts like a hyena to me. It's been a challenge to say the least. I talk about her on here and call her my hyena.

Love her to death but it's been hard. She needs copious amounts of exercise and it's breaking my body down.

Interestingly we were exercising both times there were earthquakes. I didn't feel either but it's funny. I just realized something. We were playing ball during the first one in an empty school yard. I heard some distant fireworks and she started to act strange. Wasn't laser focused on the ball anymore. I thought she got scared of the fireworks so I asked her if she wanted to go home (and this dog will play for hours). The minute I asked she grabbed her ball and went trotting toward the fence to leave.

Now I'm wondering if it was the first quake because that's around when it hit.

My dog walker's dog just ate the frame of her bathroom door. Right before this second one hit. She left him alone for five minutes and bam!

I told her I think he was anxious because he sensed it coming. It's been a stressful couple days for dogs in So. Cal.

 

[Dawookie]

Now reports of small slides on the 2 between Pasadena and Palmdale.

 

[wary]

Route 178 in Trona

Ick. You’d sure have wrecked if you’d been running along at the speed limit when that hit.

 

[kkdj]

Ha ha! Pretty much. She's a rescue dog. Australian Kelpie Shepherd mix and acts like a hyena to me. It's been a challenge to say the least. I talk about her on here and call her my hyena.

Love her to death but it's been hard. She needs copious amounts of exercise and it's breaking my body down.

Interestingly we were exercising both times there were earthquakes. I didn't feel either but it's funny. I just realized something. We were playing ball during the first one in an empty school yard. I heard some distant fireworks and she started to act strange. Wasn't laser focused on the ball anymore. I thought she got scared of the fireworks so I asked her if she wanted to go home (and this dog will play for hours). The minute I asked she grabbed her ball and went trotting toward the fence to leave.

Now I'm wondering if it was the first quake because that's around when it hit.

My dog walker's dog just ate the frame of her bathroom door. Right before this second one hit. She left him alone for five minutes and bam!

I told her I think he was anxious because he sensed it coming. It's been a stressful couple days for dogs in So. Cal.

Your dog is just beautiful!

 

[Dawookie]

Ick. You’d sure have wrecked if you’d been running along at the speed limit when that hit.

Yeah, saw something in a group about a 5 foot crack but not sure where that is. Could be this

 

[kkdj]

So these earthquakes scare my dogs. Fireworks scare my dogs too. Poor doggies have been thru a lot the last couple of days.
So right after the bigger one today, one of my neighbors let off some more fireworks! I was so mad!

 

[MsFacetious]

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital will remain closed for at least the next two days as it is inspected for earthquake damage, San Bernardino County Supervisor Robert Lovingood said. The hospital in the Kern County city evacuated its 25 patients Thursday after the quake struck at 10:33 a.m. It was centered southwest of Searles Valley in San Bernardino County.

Cleanup from 6.4 quake in Ridgecrest continues, while scientists say aftershocks could last for years – San Bernardino Sun

Now with 178 closed...

 

[kkdj]

Man....I'd be doing whatever it took to get out of there! Hubby said he'd stay. I said "bye bye"!

 

[kkdj]

I just am so afraid with earthquakes. So much can happen. Gas lines getting disrupted start fires, windows shatter, water lines burst, buildings fall, electricity goes out, etc. And they are so sudden. It's not like we have a minute to figure out what to do, collect our people, etc. It's just sudden. And I've lived in SoCal all my life and I'll never get used to them.

 

[kkdj]

I have my dogs with me so they feel more comfortable. These last 2 days have been terrible for them.

 

[wary]

I just am so afraid with earthquakes. So much can happen. Gas lines getting disrupted start fires, windows shatter, water lines burst, buildings fall, electricity goes out, etc. And they are so sudden. It's not like we have a minute to figure out what to do, collect our people, etc. It's just sudden. And I've lived in SoCal all my life and I'll never get used to them.

So have I, and I know what you mean. Tornadoes have a season, and hurricanes have days of warning.

 

[kkdj]

So have I, and I know what you mean. Tornadoes have a season, and hurricanes have days of warning.

Right? They have warning! These earthquakes and the anxiety of never knowing when freak me out! Maybe I should move to AZ. Oh no! That's fricking miserably hot!

 

[MsFacetious]

Do it, move to Arizona. It was the best year of my life! Dust storms. Monsoon rain. It was BLISS! You get used to the heat. I find the dry heat so much easier to tolerate than humid heat. You get pest control for the scorpions. You always have air conditioning. I miss Arizona so much, my anxiety was non existent there... it was AMAZING.

I have lived in earthquake country my whole life too. However, we aren't built as well as California is. So our buildings aren't going to stay standing in a 7.0. I'd actually be fairly comfortable if I lived in a newer house in California!

Earthquakes scare me more because of the total lack of warning. If anything you might get seconds. SECONDS! That isn't even long enough to process the warning.

I wouldn't love a tornado but at least I'd have time to get my people and critters under cover. With a hurricane at least I'd have the option to evacuate (and YES I would take that option!)

I just never manage to feel prepared enough. So of course, now I'm working on that at 2am. I go over every single possibility from likely to completely outrageous.

What if we are outside with the pets and the kids are inside?
What if I'm gone with one kid and everyone else is home?
What if we are all gone and the pets are home?

What if I put supplies in the pantry (because it's cinder block and the strongest room in the house) and even it doesn't hold up and then I can't get to them?
What if I get killed and the kids are left to fend for themselves?
What if we are gone when it hits and I can't get to the supplies in the house?

The smaller things like what if something falls off the wall and kills my kid, I've solved by not having heavy things on the walls.
Or what if the loft bed collapses on the child sleeping below it and kills them. Nobody sleeps below the loft bed.
Nobody sleeps below ceiling fans, windows or picture frames.
Our walls are decorated with lightweight canvas prints and poster prints.
I get gas when I hit 3/4 of a tank. I always have enough food for a week, a case of water and a pack of diapers in the car. I'm going to just put an entire kit in the car because I always worry about clothes and meds not being there.

I could go on and on and on for pages. I just completely panic when these happen. My normal coping is to find an answer for each possibility. But I can't do that in this situation with the big things! So, I panic... especially since our "safe haven" we were to retreat to in the event of a big quake has been taken away now.

It's just too much to handle it all at once. I'd like an adult who's better at adulting to take over for me.

 

[coastal]

Don't forget to breathe! Slowly. Deeply. And again. In with the good, out with the bad...repeat. Now, read what you just wrote ^. You are ready! You are prepared! You have food, gas, batteries, water, paperwork, medicine, shoes, crates for the pets, phone, charger, money, and a flashlight, all in a backpack by the door. You have a plan, and your family knows it. You are awake, alert, and smart. You are strong.

I would trust you. You can handle what may come. I believe in you.

 

[gitana1]

Okay I stand corrected, I'm watching ABC7 live and Dr Jones just said the 1 in 10 statistic. She said technically a 7.0 would be an aftershock. With so many after shocks the odds of a larger one increase. The 1 in 20 is a standard statistic.

She also said that the quake was 7.1 and the intensity was a 3 or 4 in the LA area.

She also said a 55% chance of a 6.0 or bigger and an 11% chance of a quake bigger than this 7.1.

The afternoon before the second one hit I was listenting to her on NPR and she said the likliehood of an aftershock stronger than the first one was about 6% at that point. Then - bam!