Earthquake in San Jose
Jan 7th 2010, 5:32 pm
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Earthquake in San Jose
Did anyone feel it?
Hubbie just phoned from the city to see if i felt it, but felt nothing here, I guess as he is 5 floors up he noticed it more
Hope everyone is ok
Hubbie just phoned from the city to see if i felt it, but felt nothing here, I guess as he is 5 floors up he noticed it more
Hope everyone is ok
Jan 7th 2010, 6:05 pm
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Jan 7th 2010, 7:07 pm
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
It was pretty minor - only a 4.1 - bit of window rattling and lights swaying. We're still waiting for the "Big One" :-)
Jan 7th 2010, 10:53 pm
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
Didn't feel a thing I was in the Bay area this morning but I think I don't feel any of them when I'm driving.
Jan 7th 2010, 11:24 pm
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
I live in downtown San Jose on the top floor (5th floor) of a low rise and felt them both. This mornings quake shook the building pretty well but pretty minor compared to many other quakes in the bay area.
Jan 7th 2010, 11:43 pm
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
We normally feel any of the tremors very slightly over the altamont, but I have been at home all day and not felt a thing!!
The last biggy last year or was it 08
anyways I nearly took of the bed 
The last biggy last year or was it 08
anyways I nearly took of the bed
its only a question of time!
Jan 8th 2010, 7:24 am
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
colleagues and I felt it on the ground floor of an office in Cupertino. Compared with quakes in places in Tokyo and Indonesia, this one was over quickly but quite violent: the building seemed to groan. We actually went out of the building for a minute or so...
Jan 8th 2010, 2:48 pm
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Jan 8th 2010, 2:54 pm
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Jan 8th 2010, 6:57 pm
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
Another 3.7 earthquake hit near the same place on the Calavares fault a few minutes ago.
Jan 8th 2010, 7:06 pm
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Re: Earthquake in San Jose
If you ever feel an earthquake, the following site records the tremor within a couple of minutes.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...uakes_all.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...uakes_all.html