Earthquake II - or "Is the San Andreas ready to go?"

[cal val]

Would anyone like to take a shot at this?

There have been three good sized earthquakes here since Sunday. The first one, 5.5, was in Southern California on the San Jacinto fault zone. Then a big one, 7.something, was in the Pacific just above San Francisco. This third one, 5.3, happened 20 minutes ago right back here in Southern California on the San Andreas fault zone (the big long scary one). If you draw a 'straight' line between the first and the second quakes, the third falls right in there.

What's next? Am I seeing the San Andreas about to blow? Anyone care to ask the Yi?

Thanks.

Love,

Val

 

[wu_000]

19.2 >24

??

 

[cal val]

They're calling the one that just happened a Greater Los Angeles quake... uh that would be me.

19.2 is a group thing... and this has definitely been a swarm of earthquakes. I think it might mean to expect more. So...

If you don't hear from me for awhile, you can pretty much guess why... *grin*

http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/current/world.html Check out the California coast.

Love,

Val

 

[gene]

The ring of fire is firing up.

Val, I would recommend getting out of there. Although I would recommend getting out of where I am too, but for some reason, I don't take my own advice. And don't go to Yellowstone, that place is heating up too. 2012 is just around the corner.

Gene

 

[cal val]

For those of you who are not yet convinced the thunder in 51 is from an earthquake...

This quote from today's earthquake reporting:

"All of a sudden I heard a loud rumbling sound, kind of like thunder," said Nick Brandes, 25, manager of a store in Yucaipa. "At the front, all the customers were in a panic. They were all just in a hurry to get out."

It was only "kind of like thunder" because it was only a 4.9, downgraded from the earlier 5.3. When you start getting around the 6s, it's very loud thunder.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/16/california.quake.ap/index.html

 

[cal val]

And #4 hit (6.6) last night...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/17/calif.quake.ap/index.html

Love,

Val

 

[yly2pg1]

Val,

This is a big assignment here for you on 51.

You may have to go through some or all changing lines of of 51. A great book on IC seismology is in the making!

 

[cal val]

Hi Yly2pg1...

Well this is certainly repeated shocks... but I've never seen anything like this... both Northern and Southern California going off at the same time.

This from the USGS site on earthquake prediction on the San Andreas... the San Andreas is the fault line where the Pacific Plate meets the Continental Plate:

<blockquote>A great earthquake very possibly will not occur unannounced. Such an earthquake may be preceded by an increase in seismicity for several years, possibly including several foreshocks of about magnitude 5 along the fault.</blockquote>Okie dokie then... time for me to buckle up for safety... *grin*

Love,

Val

 

[micheline]

Val,
BUckle up for safety on a major airlines and get the flock outta there.......

arent you scared?

I guess you still have "several years" to decide..but I would be concerned. Is it time to do some serious questioning ?

love, micheline

 

[cal val]

Hi Michaeline...

Thank you. Thank you. I'm not too worried. An 8.0 on the San Andreas won't be as bad as the Northridge 6.9 was. The San Andreas is a strike slip fault, and it will shake laterally north and south. The fault that ruptured in the Northridge quake is called an underground blind thrust fault. Thrust faults are vertical and make everything bounce up and down. The Northridge fault shook both vertically and horizontally, plus the shockwaves reverberated off the mountains surrounding the valley and went back the way they came, so it was a lot like being an ice cube in a martini jigger... I said stirred! NOT shaken!

I survived the Northridge quake, so I suspect I'll survive the great one on the San Andreas. Actually the seismic activity HAS increased in Southern California since the Northridge quake. I suspect that was the beginning of the increase.

The thing about Southern California that makes it so alluring is that it's the best climate in the world. It's the only other place on earth beside the Meditteranean that has a Meditteranean climate. I've tried other climates... I keep coming back.

Love,

Val

 

[lightofdarkness]

There is a relationship of full moon dynamics with large quakes (combined with other planets on closer approaches etc and so working as a trigger etc)

E,g, the Tsunami event correlated with a full moon (indicating a 'pulling' of Moon/Sun gravitational forces of a plate) where the lateral movement was an 8 on the same plate south of Australia, THEN followed by the Tsunami quake at the other end of the plate but with the up/down movement that does all of the damage etc.

Statistically there is a 'cool' period of upto 10 years after a major hit regardless of intensity - which means mapping areas that have been silent for some time can aid in predicting a 'big one'.

The full moon/eclipse dynamic is mapped to appogee issues as well due to the eliptical orbit of the moon... and then there is the Sun's 28-day cycle besides the moons.

This also gets into tidal forces on the magma beneath the plates - IOW the moon forces are detectable in tea cups, our brains (we being 60+% water), the oceans, and all other 'fluids' - and so that which the plates 'float' upon.

Underneath all of the +5 quakes is a continuous expression of minor quakes.

 

[yly2pg1]

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<font size="-2">This also gets into tidal forces on the magma beneath the plates - IOW the moon forces are detectable in tea cups, our brains (we being 60+% water), the oceans, and all other 'fluids' - and so that which the plates 'float' upon.</font>

Today is the 15th day in the lunar calendar - a Full Moon day. I find I am a bit fatigue yesterday and today plus a slight headache in fact. A good cup of coffee can help hopefully.