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Fifth quake in week hits off California coast

Sun Jun 19,10:50 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5 earthquake struck off Northern California's coast on Sunday, the fifth moderate or strong tremor to hit the state in a week, the

"It was just another aftershock 125 miles off the coast. Nobody that I'm aware of felt it," John Minsch, a geophysicist at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, to Reuters.

The quake struck at 2:27 a.m. PDT (0927 GMT) and its epicenter was 282 miles northwest of San Francisco, the USGS said.

The strongest of the recent California quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and hit just north of Sunday's epicenter on Tuesday. It was followed by a quake of magnitude 6.6 on Thursday in the same area.

"Ordinarily, aftershocks get smaller in magnitude and decrease in frequency over time," Minsch said.

Tuesday's quake prompted a brief tsunami warning for the entire U.S. West Coast and part of Canada.

A patchwork of faults crisscrosses California, and the Southern California Earthquake Center recently estimated a major earthquake beneath Los Angeles, the state's largest city, could cause up to 18,000 deaths and $250 billion in damage.

Two other quakes in the past week had inland epicenters in Southern California.

On Thursday, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake shattered glass and jostled shelves in the immediate vicinity of its epicenter near Yucaipa, 79 miles east of Los Angeles.

A 5.2 quake shook the Anza area of Riverside County on June 12.

This quake off-shore was considered an aftershock of the 7.2 quake below. 

The smaller quake in Eureka was a 4.5

Another quake rumbles off California

Friday, June 17, 2005 Posted: 3:20 AM EDT (0720 GMT)

(CNN) -- For the second time in three days, a strong earthquake rumbled Thursday night off the coast of northern California, about 300 miles northwest of San Francisco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site.

The magnitude 6.4 quake struck at 11:21 p.m. (2:21 a.m. EDT) and was located roughly 125 miles west of Eureka, California, about 90 miles south of the California-Oregon state line.

No tsunami warning was issued.

A magnitude 7.2 quake rattled offshore about 80 miles to the north-northeast on Tuesday night.

Third earthquake in a week hits California
6.56AM, Fri Jun 17 2005

A moderate earthquake has hit the Southern California desert, just days after two other seismic events hit the US state.

The magnitude 5.3 earthquake was centered around Yucaipa, California, 79 miles east of Los Angeles, but state emergency officials said there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

It was the third significant seismic event in California this week and came two days after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of northern California briefly triggered tsunami warnings.

Four days later, a 5.2 quake shook the desert near Palm Springs in southern California.

Witnesses said building in downtown Los Angeles swayed during the quake, but there were no visible signs of damages.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department said: "We have had no reports of any injuries or loss of life in the greater Los Angeles area. The city is intact and operational. All is well."

The Alaska Tsunami Center said the quake was not big enough to generate a tsunami, but a 5.3 magnitude earthquake could cause considerable damage. 

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF
   VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
   THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK...

...AT THIS TIME THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY FOR
   OTHER AREAS OF ALASKA...

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
LOCATION -  41.3N  125.7W -  90 MILES NW OF EUREKA-CA.
                             300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO-CA.
TIME     - 1851 ADT 06/14/2005
            1951 PDT 06/14/2005
            0251 UTC 06/15/2005

A major earthquake occurred at 7:50:56 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, June 14, 2005.
The magnitude 7.4 event occurred 134 km (83 miles) W of Trinidad, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 40 km (25 miles).

Magnitude7.4 - moment magnitude (Mw)
TimeTuesday, June 14, 2005 at 7:50:56 PM (PDT)
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 2:50:56 (UTC)
Distance fromTrinidad, CA - 134 km (83 miles) W (281 degrees)
Crescent City, CA - 136 km (84 miles) WSW (248 degrees)
Westhaven-Moonstone, CA - 137 km (85 miles) WNW (282 degrees)
Bertsch-Oceanview, CA - 139 km (86 miles) WSW (249 degrees)
Sacramento, CA - 472 km (293 miles) NW (311 degrees)

Coordinates41 deg. 17.3 min. N (41.288N), 125 deg. 42.6 min. W (125.710W)
Depth40 km (24.9 miles)
Location QualityPoor
Location Quality ParametersNst=036, Nph=036, Dmin=160.5 km, Rmss=1.05 sec,
Erho=0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=198 degrees
Event ID#at00000363
map 3.1 2005/06/15 13:00:37 51.589 -177.390 60.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA 
map 2.7 2005/06/15 11:13:12 53.787 -164.184 1.0 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA 
MAP 5.9 2005/06/15 10:13:59 -4.602 153.119 76.2 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
map 2.5 2005/06/15 08:20:11 53.058 -169.312 1.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA 
MAP 5.0 2005/06/15 07:14:44 25.737 141.405 103.3 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION 
map 4.6 2005/06/15 07:14:12 40.905 -126.392 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
map 3.0 2005/06/15 06:28:11 37.381 -122.327 22.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
map 4.5 2005/06/15 06:27:06 40.823 -126.489 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
 map 3.5 2005/06/15 04:37:10 40.837 -125.825 23.5 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
 map 3.7 2005/06/15 04:17:17 40.974 -125.978 2.5 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
map 3.9 2005/06/15 02:57:01 38.848 -122.823 3.6 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
map 1.5 2005/06/14 22:23:35 33.508N 116.528W 14.6 14 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Anza, CA
 map 1.1 2005/06/14 21:43:52 37.618N 118.732W 2.5 8 km ( 5 mi) NW of Toms Place, CA 
MAP 3.5 2005/06/14 21:37:10 40.837N 125.825W 23.5 135 km (84 mi) WNW of Ferndale, CA
map 1.4 2005/06/14 21:25:19 36.583N 121.189W 7.6 7 km ( 4 mi) NW of Pinnacles, CA
 map 1.9 2005/06/14 21:19:08 38.803N 122.814W 2.9 1 km ( 1 mi) NW of The Geysers, CA 
MAP 3.7 2005/06/14 21:17:16 40.974N 125.978W 2.5 151 km (94 mi) WNW of Ferndale, CA 
map 2.4 2005/06/14 21:03:09 33.515N 116.517W 11.2 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Anza, CA 
MAP 3.9 2005/06/14 19:57:00 38.848N 122.823W 3.6 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 
MAP 7.0 2005/06/14 19:50:54 41.329N 125.863W 10.0 146 km (91 mi) WSW of Crescent City, CA map 1.6 2005/06/14 19:00:18 35.041N 117.676W 0.0 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Boron, CA 
map 1.7 2005/06/14 18:46:08 38.832N 122.799W 1.3 4 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 
map 1.7 2005/06/14 18:40:53 33.507N 116.507W 12.8 16 km (10 mi) ESE of Anza, CA 
map 1.8 2005/06/14 18:38:41 33.499N 116.522W 13.4 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Anza, CA 
map 1.6 2005/06/14 18:14:17 34.043N 116.726W 0.4 11 km ( 7 mi) SE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA 
map 1.3 2005/06/14 17:12:59 35.684N 117.562W 4.8 12 km ( 8 mi) NE of Ridgecrest, CA

IM from woman in the warning zone: 
9:12 p.m.

Sstoth0:  Dee,  our next door neighbor just left -- we decided to stay here for now.  He has lived here all his life and went thru the first one -- beer floating in the water.
Sstoth0:  you could hear people driving crazy and honking horns and squealing brakes.  now everything is quiet

“I’d be surprised if we see a ripple from this,” said Stuart Weinstein, geophysicist at the center.

However, Hawaii may see small sea level changes between 10 and 20 centimeters and strong or unusual currents lasting several hours, Weinstein said. These conditions could begin as early as 9:29 tonight on any shore of Hawaii.

The quake struck off the northern California coastal community of Crescent City, at 6:50 p.m. (4:50 p.m. Hawaii time). The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a regional tsunami warning for the West Coast, from the California-Mexico border north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but called it off about an hour after the quake hit.

Witnesses felt buildings shaking along the California coast but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Crescent City was the site of the only known tsunami to kill people in the continental United States. Eleven people died and 29 city blocks were washed away when a tsunami hit Crescent City in 1964.

Calif. Quake Prompts Brief Tsunami Warning

SAN FRANCISCO - A powerful earthquake roiled the waters off the northern California coast, triggering a brief tsunami warning and the evacuation of thousands of residents from a community with a history of battling killer waves.

The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday about 90 miles southwest of the coastal community of Crescent City and 300 miles northwest of San Francisco, according to the USGS  A tsunami warning was briefly in effect from the California-Mexico border north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but was called off about an hour after the quake hit. There were no reports of significant damages or injuries.

"It appears from the mechanism of the earthquake that this was a strike-slip event so the motion was horizontal, not the vertical displacement that typically leads to a tsunami," said Ved Lekic, a seismologist at the University of California Seismographic Station in Berkeley.

The tsunami siren system in Crescent City was activated at 8:14 p.m. and continued for about 40 minutes, Del Norte County Sheriff Dean Wilson said. About 4,000 people — mostly from Crescent City — were evacuated. Wilson reported some minor traffic accidents but no injuries.

Xiojin Yuan, the owner of the beachfront Hampton Inn and Suites in Crescent City, said police quickly told him to evacuate the guests at the 53-room hotel. He stayed alone at the hotel to make sure no one was left behind.

"My car was the only one in the parking lot," he said.

Crescent City was hit by the only known tsunami to cause deaths in the continental United States. Eleven people died and 29 city blocks were washed away there in 1964 by a tsunami spawned by a quake. Four people who were camping on a beach in Newport, Ore., also died in that tsunami.

Some of the evacuees Tuesday were tenants at the Surf Apartments, a senior housing complex that once was a hotel badly damaged by the 1964 tsunami. At least one resident, however, chose not to leave.

"I told them I'd stay with the ship," Jack Wheeldon, 77, told The Daily Triplicate of Crescent City in Wednesday's editions. "I stayed right in my room and watched my movie."

Witnesses felt buildings shaking along the northern California coast.

"It was just a rolling sensation," said Jim Andresen, a fire captain in Humboldt County who is stationed just outside Eureka. "I've felt worse in the past. It didn't seem like it was that bad, lasted probably 15 seconds."

The area hit is where the North American, Pacific Ocean and Juan de Fuca plates converge and has earthquakes of this magnitude about once a decade, said Lucy Jones, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey office in Pasadena.

"This is a relatively common event," Jones said. "It's what is called a triple junction where three plates come together."

The USGS reported many aftershocks in northern California in the hours after the initial quake but none were significant.

Even though this earthquake did not lead to a tsunami, Jones warned that one similar to the devastating tsunami that hit Asia last December could happen in California.

The latest quake was similar in strength to the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake of 1989 that killed 40 people and caused about $6 billion dollars in structural damage in the Bay Area.

"But unlike Loma Prieta, this was located off shore so the damages were not heavy," Lekic said.

June 14, 2005

Aftershocks in California Numbering In the Hundreds as Massive Energy Bursts Continue Hitting Earth and Sun; Giant 7.9 Earthquake Occurs in the Americas and Shakes Entire Globe

Russian scientists are reporting today that the massive space blast that occurred on June 12th causing a near simultaneous Solar Eruption and an earthquake in the United States California Region has been followed by an even larger blast causing a giant earthquake in the South American country of Chile, and as we can read as reported by the BBC News Service in their article titled “Chile rocked by major earthquake" and which says;

"At least eight people have been killed in a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake which struck northern Chile. Three people died as buildings collapsed and another five were killed when their vehicle was hit by a falling boulder, officials said. In the coastal town of Iquique, hundreds of people ran into the streets fearing collapses and even a tsunami."

Also following this massive space blast, and major earthquake, have been earthquakes in the areas of Turkey, Aleutian Islands, Japan, Brazil, Siberia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Vanuatu Islands, Jordon, Syria, Italy, Greece, Austria, Spain, Tonga Islands, Bolivia, Afghanistan, Australia and the United States New Madrid Fault Zone.

Reports from the United States are also showing that the aftershocks from their 5.2 California Region earthquake on June 12th are now in the hundreds, and as we can read as reported by the Desert Sun News Service in their article titled "Aftershocks detected in the hundreds" and which says, "For most people, the earthquake that rattled the Coachella Valley on Sunday morning was over seconds after it started. But for the people charged with watching seismic monitors posted near the quake's epicenter about 20 miles south of Palm Springs, aftershocks from the Sunday temblor are still rolling in by the hundreds. By Monday evening, sensors near Anza, the epicenter of the Sunday-morning quake, had registered 339 quakes, although they were mostly well below a magnitude that would be
felt on the surface."

Of particular note to Russian scientists was the occurrence of this major earthquake at the depth of 100km, and its significance as we can read as reported by the United States Earlham College’s researchers who have stated, "Earthquakes occur at many different depths along Chile’s subduction zone. The largest earthquakes occur at shallow depths due to the shearing of the Nazca plate along the South American plate. Other earthquakes occur in what is called the Wadati-Benioff zone. These earthquakes occur along the Nazca plate as it moves into the asthenosphere (the layer of the mantle 100-350 km below the earth’s surface). These deeper earthquakes occur due to both the pull of the deepest part of the plate on the higher portions as well as due to shear of the subducting plate with the mantle."

Not known to many Westerners is that this region in Chile has been the object of much scientific research due to a strange electrical anomaly discovered there, and as we can read from the German scientist Dr. Heinrich Brasse research paper titled "The mantle wedge in the Bolivian orocline in the view of deep electromagnetic soundings" and which says;

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has occurred at:
33.53N 116.57W  Depth  14km  Sun Jun 12 15:41:46 2005 UTC

5.5 earthquake rattles Southern California
Moderate shaker felt from Los Angeles to San Diego
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:22 p.m. ET June 12, 2005

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A moderate earthquake shook most of Southern California early Sunday, rattling nerves along with homes and businesses. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage, authorities said.

The magnitude-5.5 quake struck about 8:40 a.m. and was centered 20 miles south of Palm Springs, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Nadege Gelayen, assistant manager of Cafe des Beaux-Arts, a restaurant in nearby Palm Desert, said the quake lasted six to seven seconds and shook doors and plates.

"Nothing was broken. But it was pretty scary. It was a big one," Gelayen said.

Charlotte Callahan, who owns the Calla Lily Inn in Palm Springs, said the quake had a rolling sensation that startled some out-of-town guests.

"I walked outside and we did have some guests outside, talking about the quake," she said. "They said, 'I didn't know you had those here!"'

The quake was felt as far west as Los Angeles and as far south as San Diego, 75 miles southwest of Palm Springs.

A dispatcher with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said she received dozens of calls about the quake but hadn't received any word about injuries or damage. In Los Angeles County, there also were no reports of damage.

© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2004/nat093004.shtm

National Situation Update: Thursday, September 30, 2004
Earthquake Activity in Parkfield, California

The Parkfield, California area (approximately 135 miles southeast of San Jose) experienced a 5.0 trembler at 6:54 pm on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, following the 6.0 earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 1:15 p.m. EDT.

This earthquake occurred to southeast Parkfield, California and may not be directly related to the Parkfield earthquake and its resulting aftershocks. The State Office of Emergency Services indicates there are no reported damages or injuries.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA has occurred at:

35.39N 118.62W  Depth   1km  Wed Sep 29 22:54:53 2004 UTC

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA has occurred at:

35.95N 120.49W  Depth  10km  Wed Sep 29 17:12:06 2004 UTC

Third 5.0 quake hits Parkfield  -Up to 10 aftershocks of that magnitude possible.

By Denny Boyles
The Fresno Bee

(Updated Friday, October 1, 2004, 6:20 AM)
The ground near Parkfield continued to shake as a magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck Thursday, the third aftershock of that strength to rattle the area since Tuesday's magnitude-6.0 quake.

Hundreds of small aftershocks, many too small to be felt, have occurred in and around the tiny southeastern Monterey County community, and residents should expect more of the same, according to Doug Given, a U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist.

Strong Earthquake Strikes Central California
Magnitude 5.9 Quake Centered 9 Miles South of Parkfield; No Injuries Reported
PARKFIELD, Calif. (Sept. 28) - A strong earthquake struck Central California
on Tuesday, and it was felt from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was no immediate report of injuries.
The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT, had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9
and was centered 9 miles south of Parkfield. The area is 17 miles northeast
of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two people in December 2003.
An aftershock of 5.0 magnitude struck four minutes later.
Paso Robles police said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
''It rattled everything hanging on the walls and the chandelier was swinging.
It didn't do any damage to our house. There were two shakers, one right after
the other,'' said Ben Brown, who lives in Paso Robles.
The quake was felt along a 350-mile stretch, as far north as San Francisco
and as far south as Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles, the geological survey said.
Parkfield, located on the San Andreas fault, is known as the earthquake capital of California.
A magnitude 5 quake can cause considerable damage and a magnitude 6 quake
severe damage, though problems are generally far less severe in remote areas and
areas with strong building codes.
09/28/04 13:55 EDT

    MAG    DATE     UTC-TIME    LAT     LON    DEPTH    LOCATION
           y/m/d     h:m:s      deg     deg     km
   

map 2.8  2004/09/28 17:57:43  35.783 -120.329   9.2   15 km (  9 mi) NNE of Shandon, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:56:33  35.977 -120.495   8.8   10 km (  6 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.5  2004/09/28 17:56:11  35.873 -120.416   4.6    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.7  2004/09/28 17:55:02  35.861 -120.407   4.8    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.4  2004/09/28 17:54:32  35.986 -120.551   5.0   14 km (  9 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.3  2004/09/28 17:54:23  35.916 -120.476   4.9    4 km (  3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 1.5  2004/09/28 17:52:41  35.853 -120.400   4.8    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.3  2004/09/28 17:51:37  35.973 -120.525   7.4   12 km (  7 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:51:06  35.900 -120.508   5.2    7 km (  4 mi) W   of Parkfield, CA
map 2.2  2004/09/28 17:51:01  46.200 -122.188   1.3   39 km ( 24 mi) NNE of Amboy, WA
map 2.2  2004/09/28 17:50:22  36.051 -120.552   9.0   20 km ( 12 mi) NNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.1  2004/09/28 17:49:44  35.880 -120.430   5.5    2 km (  1 mi) S   of Parkfield, CA
map 2.7  2004/09/28 17:49:03  35.857 -120.403   5.2    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:48:57  35.870 -120.424   4.8    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.4  2004/09/28 17:48:27  35.859 -120.411   4.3    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.1  2004/09/28 17:47:55  35.895 -120.398  10.5    3 km (  2 mi) E   of Parkfield, CA
map 1.8  2004/09/28 17:46:40  35.941 -120.492  10.1    7 km (  4 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.7  2004/09/28 17:46:19  35.926 -120.482   3.6    5 km (  3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:45:35  35.877 -120.419   5.2    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.2  2004/09/28 17:45:17  35.860 -120.406   5.6    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.4  2004/09/28 17:44:43  35.928 -120.476   4.8    5 km (  3 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:44:06  35.860 -120.401   5.1    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.4  2004/09/28 17:43:40  35.867 -120.412   9.2    4 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:43:06  35.858 -120.401   5.1    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.2  2004/09/28 17:42:52  35.924 -120.471   5.6    4 km (  3 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.3  2004/09/28 17:42:24  35.873 -120.407   5.3    4 km (  2 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.9  2004/09/28 17:41:09  35.912 -120.457   6.4    3 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:40:17  35.872 -120.419   5.2    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.6  2004/09/28 17:39:13  35.935 -120.487  10.1    6 km (  4 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:38:38  35.851 -120.369   0.0    8 km (  5 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:37:40  35.911 -120.461   5.5    3 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:37:16  35.818 -120.337   4.6   12 km (  8 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.6  2004/09/28 17:35:17  35.947 -120.489  10.2    7 km (  5 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.7  2004/09/28 17:33:55  35.817 -120.359   7.1   11 km (  7 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.7  2004/09/28 17:33:22  35.916 -120.474   4.9    4 km (  3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.6  2004/09/28 17:32:23  35.852 -120.392   5.1    6 km (  4 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:31:26  35.962 -120.484   7.5    8 km (  5 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.2  2004/09/28 17:29:41  35.829 -120.369   9.4   10 km (  6 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.3  2004/09/28 17:29:22  35.836 -120.380   9.0    8 km (  5 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.4  2004/09/28 17:29:15  35.852 -120.401   5.3    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:28:55  36.002 -120.555   5.0   16 km ( 10 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:28:22  35.903 -120.446   5.7    1 km (  1 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.1  2004/09/28 17:27:30  35.862 -120.412   4.5    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.3  2004/09/28 17:26:20  35.914 -120.472   5.8    4 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
MAP 4.7  2004/09/28 17:24:15  35.806 -120.349   6.7   13 km (  8 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 4.5  2004/09/28 17:23:49  35.855 -120.396   5.1    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.8  2004/09/28 17:22:55  35.994 -120.566   4.9   16 km ( 10 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.0  2004/09/28 17:22:22  35.910 -120.458   6.6    3 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
MAP 4.1  2004/09/28 17:22:18  35.840 -120.388   5.6    8 km (  5 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:22:02  35.853 -120.402   5.5    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
MAP 5.0  2004/09/28 17:19:07  35.826 -120.453   2.5    8 km (  5 mi) SSW of Parkfield, CA
MAP 5.9  2004/09/28 17:15:24  35.815 -120.374   7.9   11 km (  7 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 

http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml

3/12/22 21:31:36 35.71N 121.07W 3.7     4.3      CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:41:46 35.52N 121.25W 23.9     4.4       OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:41:09 35.59N 120.89W 0.0    4.3     CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:06:14 35.69N 121.11W 6.5    4.1    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:01:32 35.54N 120.94W 0.0    4.0    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:53:30 35.58N 121.12W 5.0     4.6       OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:30:10 35.60N 120.98W 0.0    4.4    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:26:07 35.63N 121.02W 0.0    4.7    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:15:56 35.71N 121.10W 7.6     6.5    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Sulfur Smell Easing After Earthquake

6.5 Magnitude Quake Hits Area

POSTED: 6:38 AM PST January 7, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- A sulfur smell coming from a mud spring opened by the 6.5 magnitude earthquake the shook Paso Robles, Calif., last month is getting better.

Workers have begun piping the mud from the spring into the city sewer causing the stink to subside.

The mud spring spews out about 500,000 gallons of 111-degree mud daily. City Manager Jim App says the city is conducting thermal monitoring at the site.

Costs for the project are expected to top $2 million.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2004/nat010704.shtm

Minor Earthquake In Central California

A 3.9 earthquake struck eight miles northeast of San Simeon, California on January 6. The quake is consistent with aftershock predictions from the

December 22, 2003 earthquake. Federal assistance is not anticipated at this time. (FEMA Region XI)

Last Updated: Wednesday, 07-Jan-2004 09:36:17 EST

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Two Dead As Quake Hits Central Calif.

Dec 22, 5:00 PM (ET)

(AP) An earthquake rocked the remote central coast Monday, knocking out power in the area and sending...

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (AP) - A powerful earthquake rocked California from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Monday, collapsing downtown buildings in this coastal town, killing at least two people and knocking out power to tens of thousands, authorities said.

The quake struck at 11:16 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and said it was centered north of the small coastal town of Cambria.

It was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles, about 185 miles to the southeast. In San Francisco, about an equal distance to the north, the quake rocked the 20-story federal courthouse and sent its upper floors swaying for about 30 seconds.

The bodies of two people were pulled from the rubble of a building in downtown Paso Robles, said Terry Minshull of the Paso Robles Fire Department. He said the victims were people missing from a nearby store.

Firefighters searched debris along a block of collapsed buildings in the town of 25,000 about 20 miles east of the epicenter. Cars were crushed by the debris.

Several people were also reported hurt by falling barrels at a winery, San Luis Obispo County authorities said.

"Everything else seems to be little things, like medical aid and some gas leaking," said fire information spokesman Gilbert Portillo.

The main shock was immediately followed by at least five aftershocks of magnitude larger than 3.3. The biggest was estimated at 4.7.

Cambria is in San Luis Obispo County, which has a population of around 250,000.

"It was pretty sharp," said Sharyn Conn, receptionist at the oceanside Cypress Cove Inn in Cambria. "It really went on and on. I just got everyone under the door frames and rode it out."

The site is only a few miles from San Simeon, William Randolph Hearst's castle. The popular tourist attraction was evacuated as a precaution but reported no major damage.

In Paso Robles, TV images showed the buildings slumped but still standing amid debris.

The quake struck on a series of faults that run parallel to the San Andreas Fault, said Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey office in Pasadena. The quake probably ruptured along roughly 20 miles of a yet-unknown fault, Jones said.

"It's luckily on the coast - there is not very much nearby. That's a good thing," she said.

The last one of a similar size in the area was in 1952, said Ross Stein of the USGS in Menlo Park.

San Luis Obispo County sheriff's Sgt. Pete Hodgkin said damage reports were trickling in.

"It's the usual stuff, broken glass and stuff. Haven't heard anything serious," Hodgkin said. "Some people are hurt at the Wild Horse Winery, some wine barrels fell over. I don't know anything more.

"It's kind of hectic," he said. "It felt like a big one, like the San Francisco earthquake years ago. The lights went out. We're on emergency power here."

John Nelson, a spokesman for Pacific Gas and Electric, said about 10,000 homes and businesses were without power in the San Luis Obispo area.

The utility reported no major damage at its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant; it was being checked for minor damage. Another utility, Duke Energy, said there was no substantial damage at its two coastal power plants, Morro Bay and Moss Landing.

Hearst Castle reported no obvious damage and no injuries, said Roy Stearns, spokesman for the state Department of Parks and Recreation. A crew was to go over its 150 rooms in detail; the only damage found immediately was a blown transformer at a campground, Stearns said.

The castle is particularly popular this time of year because it is decorated with the Hearst Christmas ornaments.

"People come from far and wide to see that, because it's pretty spectacular," Stearns said.

According to callers on local news radio in Fresno, the earthquake also was felt throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

Superintendent Pamela Martens of the Coast Unified School District in Cambria said school had been closed for the holidays, but there are "things off the shelf and all over the place. Computers are down."

A magnitude-6 quake can cause severe damage under a populated area, though damage is often much less in places with strong building codes.

USGS issues aftershock warning forecast following

Earthquake shakes central California coast; preliminary magnitude of 6.5

Monday, December 22, 2003

(12-22) 12:00 PST CAMBRIA, Calif. (AP) --

An earthquake rocked the remote central coast Monday, knocking out power in the area and sending tremors across a wide swath of Southern California. Initial reports indicated minor damage and some workers injured at a winery.

The quake, which struck at 11:16 a.m. local time, was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles.

The U.S. Geological Survey gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and said it was centered north of the coastal town of Cambria. Cambria is in San Luis Obispo County, about 185 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The county has a population of around 250,000.

The site is only a few miles from San Simeon, William Randolph Hearst's castle. Calls to the castle did not immediately go through.

The quake struck just before 11:16 a.m. on a series of faults that run parallel to the San Andreas Fault, said Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey office in Pasadena.

The quake likely ruptured along roughly 20 miles of a yet-unknown fault, Jones said.

"It's luckily on the coast -- there is not very much nearby. That's a good thing," Jones said.

The USGS listed several smaller quakes in the same area in the minutes following, the largest magnitude 4.7.

San Luis Obispo County sheriff's Sgt. Pete Hodgkin said damage reports were trickling in.

"It's the usual stuff, broken glass and stuff. Haven't heard anything serious," Hodgkin said. "Some people are hurt at the Wildhorse Winery, some wine barrels fell over. I don't know anything more.

"It's kind of hectic," he said. "It felt like a big one, like the San Francisco earthquake years ago. The lights went out. We're on emergency power here. We felt some small ones earlier but nobody believed us."

Superintendent Pamela Martens of the Coast Unified School District in Cambria said school had been closed for the holidays, but there are "things off the shelf and all over the place. Computers are down."

Tad Weber, managing editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, about 30 miles southeast of Cambria, said he was in a meeting when "all of a sudden there was a jolting and we look up and see the building swaying. I dove under a desk to wait it out."

A magnitude 6 quake can cause severe damage under a populated area, though damage is often much less in places with strong building codes.

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On the Net:

Quake map: www.trinet.org/shake/

California Geological Survey: www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/index.htm

USGS Quake Map: quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

National Earthquake Information Center: wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/

Region's fourth small quake since Saturday does little damage

Monday, May 26, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 gave the Bay City a "quick jolt" Monday afternoon but caused little apparent damage, a CNN producer said.

The quake struck at 2:15 p.m. [5:15 p.m. EDT], and was centered eight miles west of San Francisco, in the ocean, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The magnitude 3.4 temblor is considered a "minor" earthquake, the USGS said.

Several such minor quakes have shaken the region in recent days. Early Monday, a magnitude 3.8 quake struck 11 miles east of San Jose, and a magnitude 3.7 struck 25 miles northwest of Fresno. Saturday night, an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit in Santa Rosa, just north of San Francisco.

Bill Smith, a geophysicist with the USGS in Golden, Colorado, said the Bay Area often has earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and lower. He could not say for certain whether the earthquakes Monday were part of the same fault, but they all occurred on the larger San Andreas Fault system.

"People should remember these are wake-up calls," said Stephanie Hahn, a spokeswoman for the USGS Western Region. She urged residents to take the proper precautions for earthquakes.

Such precautions include learning how to shut off gas, electric and water mains in case of damage; locating the nearest fire, police and medical facilities; and establishing a family meeting place for after an earthquake, according to the USGS Web site.

-- CNN producer Susan Richter contributed to this article.

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Quake shakes California wine country

Sunday, May 25, 2003

SANTA ROSA, California (AP) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 shook this wine-country town in the heart of Sonoma County early Sunday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The temblor hit at 12:09 a.m. and was centered one mile northeast of the city, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed minutes later by two smaller aftershocks.

Although Santa Rosa Police said they were fielding telephone calls and responding to automatic alarms, there were no immediate reports of damage.

The temblor surprised some visitors.

"The chandelier did its sway thing in the lobby," said Vicky Cumbow, night auditor at the Flaming Resort Hotel in Santa Rosa.

"Everybody seems to be OK, but it was very scary. We have a lot of out-of-town people who are not used to California earthquakes."

Santa Rosa is located about 55 miles north of San Francisco.

Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

             3.5 at 11:02 p.m.  2-2-03

Northern California Management Center

Dublin Swarm

Information from the CISN

Date & Time (Local): 2003/02/02  10:22:58 (PST)

Date & Time (UTC): 2003/02/02   18:22:58 (UTC)

Location: 4 km (3 miles) N of Dublin, CA

37.7400 -121.9370   Depth (km): 16.5   ML: 4.2

Details

February 2, 14:00 PST: Happy Groundhog Day! The residents of the Dublin-San Ramon area awakened to a small sequence of earthquakes.
This earthquake sequence is located within the Calaveras fault zone and immediately to the south of the November 2002 swarm. Preliminary
locations reveal a trend parallel to the Calaveras fault. In contrast, the November sequence showed a trend that was oriented perpendicular
to the Calaveras and northeast of the fault. The current sequence locates less than a mile to the east of the Calaveras fault. Given the
uncertainty in hypocenter locations, it suggests that the quakes are occurring on the Calaveras. The various focal mechanisms, which reveal
the fault orientation and sense of motion on the fault are also consistent with this interpretation.

However, the computed fault planes dip slightly to the southwest, rather than the northeast as would be expected for locations that are
northeast of the fault. At present, we believe the discrepancy can be accounted for by computed uncertainties in earthquake locations and
mechanisms.

As of this time, the largest event in this sequence is an M4.2 which ocurred at 10:22 local time. Like the events in November, this sequence
shows the characteristics of a swarm - it includes an M3.6 at 8:22, M3.0 at 08:45, M4.2 at 10:22, M4.0 at 10:47, and M3.5 at 11:02.
Past swarms of earthquakes in this vicinity have persisted for weeks. During the last 30 years the maximum magnitudes of other swarms in
the region have not exceed M5. However, since these quakes appear to be on the Calaveras fault, we remind the public that the Calaveras
fault has the capability to rupture in a M7. The probability that the northern Calaveras will rupture in an earthquake of magnitude greater or
equal to M6.7 is 18% over the next 30 years.

David Oppenheimer, Lind Gee, and Bill Ellsworth

M4.2 Earthquake Report from USGS & UCB

Many earthquakes in this swarm have been widely felt in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the links below, you can see the maps illustrating
the reported intensities.

Series of Small Quakes Hits Northern California

Sun Feb 2, 2:54 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A series of 22 mostly small earthquakes struck northern California on Sunday, according
to the U.S. Geological Survey , though two registered at magnitude 4.0 or higher on the open-ended Richter scale.

The series of quakes, which started at about 8:19 a.m. local time, were largely centered about two miles north of the city
of Dublin, according to a USGS earthquake tracking Web site for northern California.

A USGS spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment. Dublin is about 34 miles east of San Francisco.

The swarm started small, registering temblors mostly of magnitudes 1 and 2, with two quakes of 3.6 and 3.0.

At 10:22 a.m. PST, though, a quake of magnitude 4.0 struck, followed by three more small events and then a 4.0 at
10:47 a.m. A quake of 3.5 magnitude was also recorded at 11:02 a.m.

Earthquakes between magnitudes 4.0 and 4.9 can be felt mostly indoors, can disturb dishes and windows and can
make cars rock, according to the USGS. Quakes between 3.0 and 3.9 are most noticeable to people on upper floors
of buildings and may be mistaken as vibrations caused by a passing truck.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

From National Earthquake Information Center, (Universal Time)

03/02/02 16:19:09 37.74N 121.94W 16.2 2.9M SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
03/02/02 16:22:52 37.75N 121.94W 16.6 3.6M SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
03/02/02 16:45:18 37.74N 121.94W 15.2 3.0M SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
03/02/02 18:22:58 37.74N 121.94W 16.5 4.2M SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
03/02/02 18:47:39 37.75N 121.94W 16.7 4.0M SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA

From the California Site (local time)

3.5 2003/02/02 11:02:43 37.754N 121.945W 16.6 4 km ( 2 mi) SE of San Ramon, CA
1.8 2003/02/02 11:00:54 37.746N 121.945W 14.0 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of San Ramon, CA
2.7 2003/02/02 10:51:01 37.748N 121.948W 15.7 4 km ( 3 mi) SE of San Ramon, CA
2.1 2003/02/02 10:49:58 37.745N 121.939W 12.9 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Dublin, CA
4.0 2003/02/02 10:47:38 37.748N 121.942W 16.7 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of San Ramon, CA
1.3 2003/02/02 10:30:36 37.724N 121.947W 11.4 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Dublin, CA
1.6 2003/02/02 10:26:01 37.727N 121.936W 11.6 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.6 2003/02/02 10:25:01 37.739N 121.918W 15.1 4 km ( 3 mi) NNE of Dublin, CA
4.2 2003/02/02 10:22:58 37.740N 121.937W 16.5 4 km ( 3 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.6 2003/02/02 09:41:58 37.566N 121.424W 7.3 19 km (12 mi) S of Tracy, CA
1.7 2003/02/02 09:37:08 37.735N 121.932W 12.9 4 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
2.2 2003/02/02 09:33:04 36.732N 121.383W 3.0 9 km ( 5 mi) SW of Tres Pinos, CA
1.1 2003/02/02 09:25:32 37.725N 121.946W 13.6 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Dublin, CA
1.1 2003/02/02 09:21:48 37.728N 121.941W 12.7 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.8 2003/02/02 09:07:57 37.738N 121.941W 14.2 4 km ( 3 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.6 2003/02/02 09:04:13 37.736N 121.941W 14.6 4 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
2.7 2003/02/02 08:50:47 37.741N 121.947W 16.4 4 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Dublin, CA
3.0 2003/02/02 08:45:18 37.735N 121.941W 15.2 4 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.9 2003/02/02 08:43:01 37.733N 121.944W 14.4 4 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Dublin, CA
1.6 2003/02/02 08:42:16 37.736N 121.933W 12.3 4 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.7 2003/02/02 08:33:32 37.732N 121.938W 14.2 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
2.0 2003/02/02 08:25:52 37.735N 121.942W 14.5 4 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
3.6 2003/02/02 08:22:52 37.746N 121.943W 16.6 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of San Ramon, CA
2.9 2003/02/02 08:19:09 37.742N 121.945W 16.2 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.9 2003/02/02 02:47:39 37.732N 121.942W 14.9 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Dublin, CA
1.5 2003/02/01 13:13:47 37.731N 121.945W 14.8 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Dublin, CA

10 miles (20 km) WNW of Livermore, California

15 miles (20 km) S of Clayton, California

15 miles (25 km) N of Fremont, California

60 miles (100 km) SSW of SACRAMENTO, California

Posted on Mon, Nov. 25, 2002

Earthquake rattles nerves, little else

Sunday's temblor and aftershock were 3.9 and 3.8; car alarms went off, but no damage or injuries were reported

SAN RAMON - A small earthquake shook San Ramon on Sunday morning, and an aftershock almost the same size checked in 13 hours later, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

The 3.9 quake struck at 6:54 a.m., just as many residents were waking. It was centered in central San Ramon, south of Bollinger Canyon and east of Interstate 680. The initial jolt was followed by a series of smaller aftershocks.

The strongest aftershock measured 3.8 and hit at 7:58 p.m., two miles southeast of San Ramon, "pretty darn close" to the first quake, said Bill Smith of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado. It was followed by a 2.6 temblor.

Smith would not say whether a string of small quakes was a portent of greater things.

"We don't get into predictions," he said.

Both the San Ramon fire department and sheriff's office reported receiving several calls from people jostled by the early morning quake, but no one reported losses caused by the temblor.

In the evening, a spokesman for the San Ramon Police Department said the shaking set off car alarms, but no one had called to report damage or injuries.

A dispatcher for San Ramon Fire Department hadn't received any reports of losses, either. When asked if the fire department was getting calls about the quake, she cheerfully replied, "Just from the media."

Earthquakes in California are caused by the constant scraping of the North American and Pacific continental plates past each other. The ground gets stuck, then jerks loose in sudden bursts.

The last big earthquake in the Bay Area was the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, which killed 63 people and caused $10 billion in damage. Recent studies have concluded that there is a 70 percent chance that the Bay Area will experience another earthquake as large as Loma Prieta within the next three decades.

For more information on quakes, look at the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site at www.earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews.

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East Bay quakes perplex scientists

Cluster of tremors near San Ramon occurred on unnamed fault

David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Tuesday, November 26, 2002

A puzzling swarm of nearly 50 small earthquakes shook the ground near San Ramon on Sunday and Monday. Although some residents in the area felt the larger tremors, none caused any significant damage.

At first, the quakes raised the concerns of scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, because they appeared to be centered on a segment of the Calaveras Fault where scientists have calculated a major temblor may be coming in the next two decades.

But by midafternoon Monday, the experts determined that the swarm of 47 miniquakes had occurred on a tiny unnamed fault that trends eastward away from the Calaveras for about a mile and a half, according to survey seismologist David H. Oppenheimer.

The swarm began at 6:54 a.m. Sunday with a single magnitude 3.9 quake, the largest of the series, centered 2 miles east of San Ramon. Another, with a magnitude of 3.8, followed at 7:59 p.m. Sunday, and still another, with a magnitude of 3.5, came at 10:22 a.m. Monday. About 45 others with magnitudes of 1 or 2 jiggled seismograph needles a bit during the two days.

All the quakes were centered at relatively shallow depths -- ranging from less than a mile to about a dozen miles underground, according to seismologist Oppenheimer, who monitored the Geological Survey's instruments recording the swarm.

The swarm appeared at first to be centered directly beneath a segment of the Calaveras fault, which is considered "locked" because strain on the fault has been building up with little movement since a magnitude 6 temblor struck in 1861, according to geophysicist David P. Schwartz.

Earthquake swarms are by no means unusual throughout the San Andreas zone's many branches -- of which the Calaveras is only one -- because the faults mark the boundaries between two vast moving slabs of the earth's crust, known as tectonic plates.

The Pacific plate is moving steadily northward against the North American continental plate. As the two slabs grind against each other, they rupture the crust underground, causing smaller breaks like the cracks in a dinner plate.

"It's a very complex area geologically," Schwartz said. "It's all highly fractured and still poorly understood."

In Alameda County, San Ramon Police Sergeant Bryan Reynolds said Monday that although the larger quakes triggered a few alarm bells in stores and businesses, there were no reports of damage or injuries anywhere.

At San Ramon Floral Fantasy, a flower shop, owner Vinny Juneja said the largest of the quakes Sunday morning had felt merely like a single bump. The only damage in the shop occurred when a decorative bear fell of a shelf and ruined a $75 Phalaenopsis orchid, Juneja said.

Chronicle staff writer Erin Hallissy contributed to this report. / E-mail David Perlman at dperlman@sfchronicle.com.

1.9     2001/09/10   09:04:46           34.065N 118.394W 6.8 1 km   ( 1 mi) SE of Beverly Hills, CA

1.6     2001/09/10   02:10:06           34.062N 118.435W 14.7 1 km ( 1 mi) E of Westwood Village, CA

1.5     2001/09/10   00:45:11           34.067N 118.418W 11.9 1 km ( 1 mi) N of Century City, CA

1.4     2001/09/10   00:19:25           34.173N 118.504W 2.4 1 km   ( 1 mi) NNW of Encino, CA

1.6     2001/09/09   23:55:02           34.049N 118.426W 16.8 1 km ( 1 mi) SW of Century City, CA

1.4     2001/09/09   22:37:35           34.085N 118.392W 3.5 1 km   ( 0 mi) E of West Hollywood, CA

1.8     2001/09/09   22:09:11           34.063N 118.398W 9.2 1 km   ( 1 mi) SSE of Beverly Hills, CA

1.7     2001/09/09   20:04:27           34.050N 118.442W 17.0 1 km  ( 1 mi) SSE of Westwood Village, CA

1.2     2001/09/09  18:05:57            34.314N 118.528W 0.0 5 km    ( 3 mi) NNW of Granada Hills, CA

1.8     2001/09/09  17:25:27            34.047N 118.391W 11.5 3 km  ( 2 mi) ESE of Century City, CA

2.0     2001/09/09   17:06:22           34.084N 118.390W 6.3 1 km    ( 1 mi) E of West Hollywood, CA

2.8     2001/09/09   17:01:01           34.078N 118.396W 3.1 1 km    ( 0 mi) SSE of West Hollywood, CA

4.2     2001/09/09   16:59:17           34.075N 118.379W 3.7 2 km    ( 1 mi) ESE of West Hollywood, CA

Monday September 10 10:11 AM EDT

4.2 Temblor Jolts Nerves in Southland

By GEOFFREY MOHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck Los Angeles Sunday, breaking windows, tossing bottles from store shelves and rattling nerves, but causing little serious material damage.

The tremor struck shortly after 4:59 p.m. and was centered a mile northwest of the La Brea tar pits in the La Cienega-Beverly area, said Lucy Jones, chief scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey in Southern California.

Though weak in scale, the quake's shallow depth of 2.5 miles below the surface made residents' sensations of ground motion much stronger and more widespread, Jones said. It also made it difficult to identify with a specific fault, except to say the motion occurred along a strike-slip fault south of the well-known Santa Monica-Hollywood thrust fault, Jones said. "This is particularly shallow," Jones said.

"When you have a jolt of this depth, just 2 1/2 miles down, it can really be felt on the surface. As you get into downtown Los Angeles, it's the combination of the soft soil and the shallow depth that led people to feel the shaking."

Reports of shaking and subsequent aftershocks came from as far south as Orange County and as far north as the Antelope Valley. City and county fire departments went into earthquake emergency modes, pulling their equipment outside of buildings and sending helicopters aloft to scout damage.

The Los Angeles County sheriff's and Los Angeles Police departments reported no serious injuries.

The most graphic sign of damage occurred at a building on Kelton Avenue in Westwood, where a wall of glass blocks shattered, leaving someone's home office visible from the street.

At the Beverly Center, where the tremor was strong enough to set clothing swaying on the racks, pandemonium ensued as shoppers fled the mall's parking garage.

Bloomingdale's salesclerk Zhanna Nalbandyan said she left the floor and ran for cover as the building began shaking. "I was helping a customer when it happened and I ran," she said. "We have nowhere to hide. I don't want to die in Bloomingdale's."

Plenty of patrons had the same thoughts, grabbing their cell phones and car keys and dashing for the garage.

"The entire mall left in a parade. Women were crying all over the place," said actress Laurie Bailey, who was shopping with her friend and fellow actress, Diane Farr.

"It was such a jolt that we were trying to figure out if it was an earthquake or a bomb in the parking lot," Farr said. "We were in such a panic to get out that we forgot the one thing that we came to get, which is a hair dryer."

Bobby Nunn, 28, a cashier at Whole Foods Market in West Hollywood, was ringing up a customer's order when her survival instinct kicked in and she vaulted over a counter.

"You hear stories about mothers who pick up cars when their babies are under them," she said. "Something just happens inside you. It's not superhuman powers, it's just survival instincts," she said.

About 30 customers joined Nunn in the parking lot before returning to the store, where a few bottles had fallen to the floor and smashed. "Some customers told me they would pay me a million dollars to see me do it again," she joked. "People asked me, 'How can your body react faster than mine?' But I was not going to get caved in."

Times staff writers Erika Hayasaki, Charles Ornstein, Richard Winton and Valli Herman-Cohen contributed to this story.

Waveform pic

Magnitude 5.1 - local magnitude (Ml)

Time Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 1:05:05 PM (PST)

Distance from town of Big Bear Lake, CA - 6 km (4 miles) NNW (332 degrees)

Big Bear City, CA - 9 km (5 miles) WNW (290 degrees)

Lucerne Valley, CA - 17 km (11 miles) S (179 degrees)

San Bernardino, CA - 39 km (24 miles) ENE (58 degrees)

Coordinates 34 deg. 17.5 min. N (34.291N), 116 deg. 56.4 min. W (116.940W)

Depth 5.9 km (3.7 miles)

Quality Good

Location Quality Parameters Nst=111, Nph=111, Dmin=7 km, Rmss=0.25 sec, Erho=0.1 km, Erzz=0.7 km, Gp=21.6 degrees

Event ID# ci09627721

Saturday February 10, 2001 9:09 PM

Quake Rattles Southern California

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) - A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattled a wide swath of Southern California on Saturday afternoon. No major damage or injuries were reported.

The quake struck at 1:05 p.m. and was centered 4 miles northwest of this San Bernardino County ski resort, according to Joe Franck, a seismologist at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

The quake was felt as far away as downtown Los Angeles, about 90 miles west, and San Diego, 100 miles south.

``It was a good rolling earthquake,'' said David Delay, a Big Bear City fire engineer. ``Everybody was doing the typical duck and roll.''

``I heard the ground moan. I had never heard it so loud. The condos swayed and the cars bounced back and forth on their tires,'' furniture store owner Deanna Pacuilli said.

Damages were slight.

``We lost a couple things upstairs, mostly glassware,'' said Susan Botenhagen, owner of Big Bear Mercantile.

``I was in the bathroom cleaning and I fell on my knees. No damages except (to) myself,'' said Arshak Ebrahimi, who works at the Big Bear Lodge. ``Everybody ran out of the cabins.''

More than two dozen aftershocks hit throughout the afternoon. The largest was a magnitude-4.2, Franck said. The area sees frequent seismic activity because it is just 15 miles north of a bend in the San Andreas Fault.

The temblor was not connected to a magnitude-3.9 earthquake that rattled the desert southeast of Los Angeles about three hours earlier, Franck said.

No damage or injuries were reported as a result of that temblor, which occurred at 9:50 a.m. and was centered 9 miles northeast of Indio, about 130 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION

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2.5   2001/02/11  06:12:27  34.849N 116.338W   2.6   22 km  (13 mi)   NW of Ludlow, CA

3.1   2001/02/11  02:41:15  34.301N 116.932W   6.4   7 km    ( 4 mi)    NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

3.2   2001/02/10  23:14:39  34.298N 116.933W   6.6   6 km    ( 4 mi)    NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.6   2001/02/10  18:17:40  34.284N 116.951W   7.6   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.9   2001/02/10  17:06:32  34.294N 116.939W   6.9   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.0   2001/02/10  16:52:07  34.291N 116.949W   4.8   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

4.2   2001/02/10  16:39:15  34.292N 116.942W   2.8   6 km   ( 4 mi)    NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.2   2001/02/10  15:39:49  34.287N 116.952W   8.5   6 km   ( 4 mi)    NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

3.2   2001/02/10  15:34:15  34.284N 116.946W   2.4   6 km   ( 4 mi)   NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.0   2001/02/10  15:11:57  34.286N 116.948W   8.7   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.1   2001/02/10  14:06:29  34.288N 116.945W   7.1   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.2   2001/02/10  14:05:42  34.291N 116.947W   8.2   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

2.3   2001/02/10  13:46:55  34.288N 116.948W   3.3   6 km    ( 4 mi)   NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

3.1   2001/02/10  13:35:08  34.300N 116.934W   6.4   7 km   ( 4 mi)   NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

5.1   2001/02/10  13:05:05  34.291N  116.940W  5.9   6 km   ( 4 mi)   NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA

3.9  2001/02/10   09:50:22 33.815N    116.149W 6.7  13 km   ( 8 mi)  NNE of Indio, CA

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Earthquake Rocks California

Magnitude 7.0 Temblor Strikes Los Angeles

Amtrak Train Derailed With 155 Passengers

Few Reports Of Injuries Or Damage

LOS ANGELES

CBS A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Los Angeles area at 2:46 a.m. Saturday, reports CBS Station KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. An Amtrak train was reportedly derailed. Few other injuries or damages have been reported.

Caltech says a 5.8 aftershock struck at 5:57 a.m. It was the largest aftershock since the main shock.

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7.0 Tremor Reportedly Caused No Serious Injuries

Talkback Discussion: Did You Feel That?

Derailed Passengers React

LOS ANGELES, Updated 4:10 p.m. October 16, 1999 -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 7.0 and centered in the Mojave Desert more than 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles awakened millions of people before dawn today and derailed an Amtrak train.

Lucy Jones, of the U.S. Geological Survey, told reporters the quake was not an aftershock of the 1992 Landers quake, as previously reported. Caltech has named the shaker Hector Mine, after the old mine and small town where it was centered.

The quake's epicenter was 32 miles north of Joshua Tree, near the unpopulated Bullion Mountains and Mesquite Dry Lake. That's about 100 miles east of Los Angeles.

The strong, rolling temblor, which began at 2:46 a.m., lasted as long as 30 seconds in Los Angeles, causing skyscrapers to sway.

The quake was felt in San Diego, Yuma, Ariz., Bullhead City, Ariz., and Las Vegas. The shaking was strong enough to break a fish tank in a Las Vegas home, CBS 2 News reported.

The top two floors of the Bonita Tower at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim were evacuated after the first event. Nearly three hours later, sleepy-looking tourists -- some gathering themselves in blankets -- were milling around outside the hotel, and others were said to be sleeping on the floor of the lobby.

The earthquake was the strongest in the area since the magnitude-7.3 temblor in Landers on June 28, 1992. Like this quake, the epicenter of that one was in a sparsely populated area in the desert.

Quakes of a magnitude-7.0 have caused catastrophic damage in some countries, where populations are densely packed and some construction techniques are less than state-of-the-art.

There have been 15 aftershocks with a magnitude-4.0 and greater and two aftershocks with a magnitude-5.0 and greater, Jones told CBS 2 News. Experts also say there was a foreshock Friday night at about 7:40 p.m. That pre-cursor quake registered with a magnitude 3.8.

Train Derailment

Twenty-two cars of Amtrak's Southwest Chief, en route from Chicago and due in to Los Angeles at 8:40 a.m., derailed about 10 miles west of Ludlow, along Interstate 40.

The television station reported that four passengers have been transported from the train with minor injuries. One woman in her 50s, fell out of her seat and dislocated her shoulder. A second person also was taken to the hospital for treatment of a back injury.

Four Greyhound buses were rounded up to get the 155 uninjured passengers to their final destination. They had been sitting in their cars for seven hours.

Some of the passengers started to arrive at Union Station in downtown LA at about 1:30 p.m. -- appearing dazed and tired. Many told reporters they had been asleep when the quake hit.

Side-to-side Movement

Jones briefed news crews at Caltech, saying the earthquake caused side-to-side ground motion of about half the force that gravity pulls people down. Despite the intensity of the ground movement, most of the damage reported across a wide swath of the Southwest was minor, and virtually none of it was in Los Angeles.

The California Earthquake Authority, which insures homes against earthquakes said it received reports of damage for homes in the Hector area and are working with local authorities to assess the situation.

The damage in one of the nation's most populated areas was more to the nerves of Southern Californians who don't need much to remind them of the fear they experienced with the magnitude-6.7 Northridge temblor on Jan. 17, 1994.

Power Outages

Many people reported seeing bolts of electricity from swaying power lines, and as many as 82,000 people were without service around sunup. "At the height of this event, we had approximately 80,000 customers who were affected," SCE spokesperson Steve Conroy told a local news service. The outages "ranged from 30 second interruptions to total outages," he said. As of 10 a.m., SCE estimated that 2,800 customers in Orange County and 600 in the South Bay were still without power.

One overpass on the I-40 has been closed by CHP to study the damage, which as of now, appears as a large crack. There were no reports of any serious structural damage to freeway overpasses. Traffic has not been affected.

County Fire Capt. Steve Valenzuela said the quake was a Level 1 temblor locally, with Level 5 being the strongest. Water breaks were reported in Santa Ana, at Santa Clara and Tustin avenues, and in the 300 block of North Euclid Avenue.

Aside from the train, no reports of serious injury have been reported, but viwers have told of minor property damage from places as far away as Big Bear, Thousand Oaks, Long Beach, Palm Springs and San Diego.

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7.0 Tremor Reportedly Caused No Serious Injuries

Updated 12:15 p.m. October 16, 1999 -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 7.0 and centered in the Mojave Desert more than 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles awakened millions of people before dawn today and derailed an Amtrak train.

Lucy Jones, of the U.S. Geological Survey, told reporters the quake was not an aftershock of the 1992 Landers quake, as previously reported. Caltech has named the shaker Hector Mine, after the old mine and small town where it was centered.

The quake's epicenter was 32 miles north of Joshua Tree, near the unpopulated Bullion Mountains and Mesquite Dry Lake. That's about 100 miles east of Los Angeles.

The strong, rolling temblor, which began at 2:46 a.m., lasted as long as 30 seconds in Los Angeles, causing skyscrapers to sway.

The quake was felt in San Diego, Yuma, Ariz., Bullhead City, Ariz., and Las Vegas. The shaking was strong enough to break a fish tank in a Las Vegas home, CBS 2 News reported.

The top two floors of the Bonita Tower at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim were evacuated after the first event. Nearly three hours later, sleepy-looking tourists -- some gathering themselves in blankets -- were milling around outside the hotel, and others were said to be sleeping on the floor of the lobby.

The earthquake was the strongest in the area since the magnitude-7.3 temblor in Landers on June 28, 1992. Like this quake, the epicenter of that one was in a sparsely populated area in the desert.

Quakes of a magnitude-7.0 have caused catastrophic damage in some countries, where populations are densely packed and some construction techniques are less than state-of-the-art.

There have been 15 aftershocks with a magnitude-4.0 and greater and two aftershocks with a magnitude-5.0 and greater, Jones told CBS 2 News.

Train Derailment

Twenty-two cars of Amtrak's Southwest Chief, en route from Chicago and due in to Los Angeles at 8:40 a.m., derailed about 10 miles west of Ludlow, along Interstate 40.

The television station reported that four passengers have been transported from the train with minor injuries. One woman in her 50s, fell out of her seat and dislocated her shoulder. A second person also was taken to the hospital for treatment of a back injury.

Buses were rounded up to get the 150-155 passengers to their final destination. They had been sitting in their cars for seven hours.

Experts say the passengers were probably the people closest to the epicenter -- which occured in a sparsely populated area.

Side-to-side movement

Jones briefed news crews at Caltech, saying the earthquake caused side-to-side ground motion of about half the force that gravity pulls people down. Despite the intensity of the ground movement, most of the damage reported across a wide swath of the Southwest was minor, and virtually none of it was in Los Angeles.

The damage in one of the nation's most populated areas was more to the nerves of Southern Californians who don't need much to remind them of the fear they experienced with the magnitude-6.7 Northridge temblor on Jan. 17, 1994.

Chemical spill

However, there was a spill of an estimated 2,000 gallons of naptha at an Ultramar refinery operation at Berth 164 in the Port of Los Angeles.

Bob Collis of the Los Angeles Fire Department said the petroleum-based product, which is extremely flammable, was covered with foam as a precaution.

Power outages

Many people reported seeing bolts of electricity from swaying power lines, and as many as 82,000 people were without service around sunup. "At the height of this event, we had approximately 80,000 customers who were affected," SCE spokesperson Steve Conroy told a local news service.

The outages "ranged from 30 second interruptions to total outages," he said. By 7 a.m., SCE estimated 8,000 to 10,000 customers were without service.

"I cannot pinpoint the locations," he said. "The outages range from San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange and some small pockets in Los Angeles County," Conroy said.

Some SCE outages were reported as far away as Ventura County. "Our crews are currently conducting damage assessments. Our goal is to return service to all customers sometime today," he said.

One overpass on the I-40 has been closed by CHP to study the damage, which as of now, appears as a large crack. There were no reports of any serious structural damage to freeway overpasses. Traffic has not been affected.

County Fire Capt. Steve Valenzuela said the quake was a Level 1 temblor locally, with Level 5 being the strongest. Water breaks were reported in Santa Ana, at Santa Clara and Tustin avenues, and in the 300 block of North Euclid Avenue.

Aside from the train, no reports of serious injury have been reported, but viwers have told of minor property damage from places as far away as Big Bear, Thousand Oaks, Long Beach, Palm Springs and San Diego.

More on the epicenter

Initial reports were that the majority of the force of the quake was directed to the east -- away from the Los Angeles basin.

The quake occurred almost 10 years to the day after the big Loma Prieta quake that did serious damage to the Bay area, and 12 years after the Oct. 17, 1987, Whittier Narrows quake that caused substantial damage and took the life of one Cal State L.A. student.

At first, seismologists indicated the quake was an aftershock to the June 28, 1992, Landers earthquake, which registered a magnitude-7.3. But that was not the case: the fault that triggered today's temblor is east of the Landers fault, Jones said.

Jones said the epicenter was near the San Andreas Fault, but not on it.

Most callers said ceiling lights swayed. Some said their lawn sprinklers were triggered. Pools across the area reportedly cracked and sloshed water.

A woman in the Moreno Valley told reporters it felt like the strongest quake since the 1971 Sylmar quake, which was a magnitude-7.1.

Most reports say the quake felt long and rumbling. Police and firefighters continue to check for injuries and damages.

The quake that caused severe damage in Mexico this June was magnitude 6.7; the one that struck Turkey this August was magnitude 7.4; and the September Taiwan rattler was 7.6. Experts say the reason this SoCal temblor has reportedly caused much less damage is because its epicenter was in a rural area.

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Earthquake Rocks the Southwest

By ANTHONY BREZNICAN

.c The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 16, 99) - A magnitude-7.0 earthquake centered in the Southern California desert shook buildings from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Phoenix early today and knocked an Amtrak train off its tracks. There were no reports of serious injuries or major damage.

Up to 90,000 utility customers lost power, 20 mobile homes were knocked off pilings in a desert community and a highway bridge was cracked, but the 2:46 a.m. earthquake caused little more than incidental damage in the huge population centers to the west and south.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief en route from Chicago to Los Angeles derailed in the Mojave Desert near Ludlow, more than 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The passenger cars remained upright.

Four of the 155 passengers on the 25-car train suffered minor injuries.

''I was sleeping. It felt like the train jumped off the track ... and I fell out of bed,'' said Colleen Broome, who suffered a separated shoulder when the train derailed.

''Our saving grace was, we were following a freight train,'' said Glenn Morton, the train's conductor. ''We were going 60 mph instead of the 80 mph we normally would do through here.''

All the homes in a Ludlow mobile home park were shoved off their foundations.

''I just laid there and covered my head until it was over,'' said gas station clerk Mary Vintes.

The quake was centered 32 miles north of Joshua Tree, 100 miles east of Los Angeles, according to the California Institute of Technology. Aftershocks rolled through the region for hours, including a 5.8 and a 5.3 among more than a dozen of magnitude-4 or greater.

The earthquake was felt across hundreds of miles of Southern California and at least as far away as Phoenix. With a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, it was more than strong enough to cause major destruction but was centered in a remote area with few structures or residents.

''That was a bad one. Things are bouncing around all over. But we are all right,'' Lucille Manning said from her home in Chino, east of downtown Los Angeles.

The earthquake woke up tourists in Las Vegas, more than 150 miles from the epicenter.

''I wasn't sure what it was,'' said John Fabian, who was staying on the 18th floor of the Mirage Hotel. ''My wife hit me and said we've got to get ... out of here.''

Fabian's wife, Michele, added: ''The whole place was shaking like crazy.''

Authorities in Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area said there were no reports of serious damage or injuries. Authorities received a few calls from frightened people who were curious about damage.

''Most people just slept right through it,'' said Lt. Rich Paddock of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. ''It shook everything pretty good, but that was about it.''

The effects of the earthquake were more pronounced near the epicenter.

California Highway Patrol dispatcher Joe Serrano in Barstow said a bridge on Interstate 40 was heavily damaged but the freeway remained open.

Jacob Naylor, night manager at the Joshua Tree Inn, said the structure lost power but there was no sign of damage.

''Twelve guests, all definitely awake. A couple in from Holland, definitely shocked. A couple in from the U.K. asked me, 'Is this normal?''' Naylor said. ''They're all taking it rather well, kind of excited. Vacationers, new experiences, what can I say?''

The Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree was relying on emergency power, as was the San Bernardino County Sheriff's station.

Gerri Hagman, owner of the Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, near the epicenter, said she had a lot of broken dishes and things thrown off shelves. She couldn't see any structural damage.

''I'm a native Californian and I've been in a lot of them; this was a whopper,'' Hagman said.

A Twentynine Palms supermarket had structural and water damage, a tree fell on a trailer home and there were several natural gas leaks, said Fire Chief Wayne Eder.

Water and gas lines broke at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, but no injuries or major damage were reported, said Gunnery Sgt. Leah Gonzalez.

''I live in town, and my house was rocking and rolling,'' Gonzalez said. ''We were diving for the door frames.''

In Ridgecrest, a small community about 250 miles north of Los Angeles, groceries toppled from shelves and awoke residents, but officials said there were no reports of damage or injuries.

''I was asleep and shaken out of bed,'' said Rachel Holden, an editor at the Ridgecrest Daily Independent.

On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7-magnitude quake struck the Northridge area of Los Angeles, killing 72 people and causing an estimated $40 billion in damage.

''The level of shaking is comparable to what was experienced in Northridge,'' said Lucy Jones, a seismologist with U.S. Geological Survey at Caltech. ''The good news is that there are fewer people out there.''

AP-NY-10-16-99 1200EDT

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LOS ANGELES, Updated 5:23 a.m. October 16, 1999 -- A preliminary magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Los Angeles area at 2:46 a.m. Saturday reportedly derailing an Amtrak train. Few other injuries or damages have been reported.

Lucy Jones, of the U.S. Geological Survey, told reporters the quake was not an aftershock of the 1992 Landers quake, as previously reported. Caltech has named the shaker Hector, after the old mine and small town where it was centered.

The quake's epicenter was 32 miles north of Joshua Tree, near the unpopulated Bullion Mountains and Mesquite Dry Lake. That's about 100 miles east of Los Angeles.

Aside from the train, no reports of serious injury have been reported, but callers to KNX Radio have told of minor property damage from places as far away as Big Bear, Thousand Oaks, Long Beach, Palm Springs and San Diego.

Most callers said ceiling lights swayed. Some said their lawn sprinklers were triggered. Pools across the area reportedly cracked and sloshed water.

The rattler reportedly derailed an Amtrak train, causing injuries and shaking 22 cars off the tracks. This is the most serious report of damage so far.

According to news reports, the train was a few miles north of the epicenter, about 10 miles west of Ludlow, parallel to Interstate 40. CBS 2 News said all the cars remained upright. There is no word on the severity of the injuries but they are not believed to be serious.

Peter Hidalgo of Metrolink, which handles dispatching for some Amtrak trains, told reporters the Southwest Chief, originating in Chicago and en route to Union Station in Los Angeles, derailed about 3:10 a.m. About 150 people were onboard.

Areas of Orange County experienced power outages.

A woman in the Moreno Valley told reporters it felt like the strongest quake since the 1971 Sylmar quake, which was a magnitude-7.1.

Most reports say the quake felt long and rumbling. It shook buildings from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Parts of Arizona also reportedly felt the temblor.

County Fire Capt. Steve Valenzuela says the quake is considered a Level 1 temblor, with Level 5 being the strongest.

Several smaller aftershocks have already been reported. They can be expected to continue. CBS 2 News said three of the aftershocks registered magnitude 3.0.

Police and firefighters continue to check for injuries and damages.

The quake that caused severe damage in Mexico this June was magnitude 6.7; the one that struck Turkey this August was magnitude 7.4; and the September Taiwan rattler was 7.6. Experts say the reason this SoCal temblor has reportedly caused much less damage is because its epicenter was in a rural area.

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Earthquake Rocks the Southwest

By ANTHONY BREZNICAN

.c The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 16, 99) - A magnitude-7.0 earthquake centered in the Southern California desert shook buildings from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas early today and knocked an Amtrak train off its tracks. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage.

Amtrak said its Southwest Chief en route from Chicago to Los Angeles derailed in the Mojave Desert near Ludlow, a community more than 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The passenger cars remained upright.

There were 155 passengers on the 25-car train. Passenger Sharon Kososinski said there was no panic on board.

''Most people were sound asleep,'' she told CNN. ''It was rocking and rolling, back at the sleeper cars ... That's the part of the train that's completely off the tracks.''

She said one passenger dislocated her shoulder. Amtrak said it planned to take the passengers to Los Angeles by bus.

Karen Kahler, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology, said the quake hit at 2:46 a.m. and was centered 32 miles north of Joshua Tree, 100 miles east of Los Angeles. There were multiple aftershocks.

The earthquake was felt across hundreds of miles of Southern California and at least as far away as Yuma, Ariz. With a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, it was more than strong enough to cause major destruction but was centered in a remote area with few structures or residents.

Between 5,000 and 10,000 people lost power in Los Angeles and there were scattered transformer explosions. Downed power lines started small brush fires near Palm Springs.

''That was a bad one. Things are bouncing around all over. But we are all right. I have to go and call the kids,'' Lucille Manning said from her home in Chino, east of downtown Los Angeles.

The earthquake woke up tourists in Las Vegas, more than 150 miles from the epicenter.

''I wasn't sure what it was,'' said John Fabian, who was staying on the 18th floor of the Mirage Hotel. ''My wife hit me and said we've got to get ... out of here.''

Fabian's wife, Michele, added: ''The whole place was shaking like crazy.''

Authorities in Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area said there were no reports of serious damage or injuries. Authorities received a few calls from frightened people who were curious about damage.

''Most people just slept right through it,'' said Lt. Rich Paddock of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. ''It shook everything pretty good, but that was about it.''

The effects of the earthquake were more pronounced near the epicenter.

California Highway Patrol dispatcher Joe Serrano in Barstow said a bridge on Interstate 40 was heavily damaged but the freeway remained open.

Jacob Naylor, night manager at the Joshua Tree Inn in Joshua Tree, said the structure lost power but there was no sign of damage.

''Twelve guests, all definitely awake. A couple in from Holland, definitely shocked. A couple in from the U.K. asked me, 'Is this normal?''' Naylor said. ''They're all taking it rather well, kind of excited. Vacationers, new experiences, what can I say?''

In Yucca Valley, the Hi-Desert Medical Center was relying on emergency power, as was the San Bernardino County Sheriff's station in Joshua Tree.

Gerri Hagman, owner of the Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, near the epicenter, said she had a lot of broken dishes and things thrown off shelves. She couldn't see any structural damage.

''I'm a native Californian and I've been in a lot of them; this was a whopper,'' Hagman said.

''I live in town, and my house was rocking and rolling,'' Gunnery Sgt. Leah Gonzalez said from the Twentynine Palms Marine base. ''We were diving for the door frames.''

She paused as an aftershock hit at about 6 a.m., then said:

''That was a strong one.''

In Ridgecrest, a small community about 250 miles north of Los Angeles, groceries toppled from shelves and awoke residents, but officials said there were no reports of damage or injuries.

''I was asleep and shaken out of bed,'' said Rachel Holden, an editor at the Ridgecrest Daily Independent.

On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7-magnitude quake struck Northridge, near Los Angeles, killing 72 people and causing an estimated $40 billion in damage.

''The level of shaking is comparable to what was experienced in Northridge,'' said Lucy Jones, a seismologist with U.S. Geological Survey at Caltech. ''The good news is that there are fewer people out there.''

AP-NY-10-16-99 0957EDT

Just felt the 5.8 roll through. This one had a north-south feel to it while the 7.0 had an east-west movement.

(Don't think it was the 5.8 I felt but this just showing up on the list, but not being reported on the news yet: 5.0 99/10/16 05:57:54 35.75N 118.84W 0.6 15 mi ESE of RICHGROVE.

See:http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Have a bad feeling about the 7.0. Had no RB PR in critical, so made a fast back track and only found two PRs which would have now as the critical window, but neither was long enough in duration to match a 7.0. Two days ago, this site was sent showing an a circle covering the CA/Nev boarder region, which the sender of the site was pointing out.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/2733/page8.html

Last night, I saw the circle again, but on checking a few ago, it was no longer showing up on:

http://weather.yahoo.com/graphics/radar/US_loop.html

Haven't wanted to think that we can make a quake, but this one has me wondering. Nadia, keyed to the area of the quake, was fine last night, but now is getting close to me just before the felt aftershocks. I did have two right ear tones go through yesterday at 1130 and 1132, but they did not sound close or normal in respect to the ones I've had before.

Haven't been able to find the post sent saying something big was going to happen on 10/15 if other forces didn't agree to cease and desist in trying to make the new world order a reality. I read this stuff with a suspecious eye, but the timing is now bothering me. I will post the message when I find it in my trash and you all can judge for yourself. It said the Stock Market would go down and that did happen. So, I'm really wondering....

Whatever, the quake is reported 40 miles from the closest town and very little damage is being reported given the size of the quake. No one killed. So, the quake couldn't have been placed better...whoever caused it. Question is; has this one lessened the stress or has it added to it? Normally, I would expect to be getting spikes for aftershocks down the road and haven't had a one. But I do now have back of the head pressure and my ears, while quiet and normal, have been feeling a pressure off and on.

Stay alert now. Something is up and it just doesn't feel right. Also, Nadia is bugging me again.

Diane

99/03/23 19:34:53 36.68N 121.31W 5.7 3.4Ml CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Hollister

99/03/23 20:12:20 36.68N 121.30W 6.7 2.8Md CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Hollister

Magnitude : 2.4 ML Time : 08 Mar 1999 09:41:49 AM PST
: 08 Mar 1999 17:41:49 UTC
Location : 4 mi. SE of Newhall, CA
: 24 mi. NW of Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
: 9 mi. SW of SOLEDAD (quarry)
: 1 mi. N of the SANTA SUSANA FAULT
Coordinates : 34 deg. 20.44 min. N, 118 deg. 28.35 min. W
Depth : 5.6 miles ( 9.0 km) Quality : Fair
Event ID : 9080083

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Magnitude : 3.0 MLG Time : 08 Mar 1999 04:09:20 AM PST
: 08 Mar 1999 12:09:20 UTC
Location : 4 mi. NNW of San Fernando, CA
: 23 mi. NNW of Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
: 8 mi. SW of SOLEDAD (quarry)
: 0 mi. NNW of the Santa Susana Fault
Coordinates : 34 deg. 20.25 min. N, 118 deg. 27.23 min. W
Depth : 6.3 miles ( 10.2 km) Quality : Good
Event ID : 9080073

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Magnitude : 2.1 MC Time : 03 Mar 1999 09:16:51 AM PST
: 03 Mar 1999 17:16:51 UTC
Location : 6 mi. NE of Simi Valley, CA
: 31 mi. NW of Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
: 17 mi. WSW of SOLEDAD (quarry)
: 1 mi. N of the SANTA SUSANA FAULT
Coordinates : 34 deg. 20.78 min. N, 118 deg. 38.21 min. W
Depth : 11.2 miles ( 18.0 km) Quality : Excellent
Event ID : 9079683

OTHER L.A. AREA QUAKES THIS DATE

MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION

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MAP 3.0 99/03/08 04:09:20 34.34N 118.45W 1.4 4 mi NNW of SAN FERNANDO

map 2.0 99/03/08 04:03:55 34.33N 118.46W 16.0 4 mi NNW of SAN FERNANDO

map 1.7 99/03/08 03:27:29 34.32N 118.45W 6.0 2 mi NNW of SAN FERNANDO

map 2.1 99/03/08 03:26:15 34.33N 118.47W 22.3 4 mi NW of SAN FERNANDO

map 2.7 99/03/08 02:52:35 34.34N 118.46W 11.1 4 mi NNW of SAN FERNANDO

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URGENT UPDATE

Vision - I saw a woman coming toward me.
She was staggering side to side with wide steps.
She said, " Heavier eathquakes coming!  2 - 2 -2

I could feel myself rocking back and forth
sideways strongly. It was a bad feeling.

The 2 - 2 - 2 could be the number of days from now
which would fit right into the previous prophecy of
the dates of Mar. 5th, 8th and 10th.