Our first SF earthquake
That blue box just below Santa Rosa in the picture represents our first SF earthquake. The epicenter was about 40 miles north of SF, but we felt it clearly in our apartment. It was 8:08 pm and we were hanging out on the floor in the boy's room, in his post-bath, pre-sleep partying slot.
The floor just started swaying back and forth like a big truck or train was going by (except we were in the back of the apt, so it'd have to have been a big truck in our backyard). It lasted maybe 5 seconds.
The USGS says it was between 4.4 and 4.6. That's moderate, with little or no damage.
Still, the only earthquake I'd experienced before was in Maine. There was a 3.0 quake during my sophomore year at Colby. I think b/c we were built on bedrock there, that one just felt like a single bang, with no shaking or swaying.
So, less than two months in and our first tremor. I'm just glad it wasn't a giant, carnivorous earthworm tremor.
posted by Torgo @ 8:41 AM
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My senior year in high school, we had about 4 small ones. It freaked out the French exchange student.
i think i was standing in your doorway during that Colby quake!
... which was right next door to me!
Wow, that's kinda weird.
i think i just had a moment.
ok, ok. I don't remember any of that. I just remember the Colby earthquake, the ground opening up, the holy grail falling, some German woman almost reaching it, Sean Connery saying "Let it go, Torgo, let it go."
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