my first earthquake since moving to the Bay Area a year ago. Since I am currently about 140-150 miles north of the epicenter, the effects here were pretty minor. The building felt like it was all of a sudden floating on the ocean, and at first I thought it was just my imagination, since nothing was rattling or falling off shelves. I figured it out soon enough, though. Since no one got hurt and nothing got damaged, I can say this without feeling guilty: neat-o!
UPDATE: It appears that there was some damage near the epicenter (Parkfield), but it was pretty minor.
eri said:
neat-o is right!although i didn’t feel anything here.i remember my first earthquake in SF..it was back when we lived at 2000 Post.i heard the refrigerator shaking then i felt like I was, like you said, floating on the ocean.
September 28th, 2004 at 10:57 pm
The Emotional Pumpkin » At 8:08 PM PST, said:
[...] a 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit 5 miles west of Glen Ellen, CA, about 51 miles north of where I live in San Francisco. We happened to be sitting around our living room talking with a friend who had dropped in, when one of my roommates said, “Is that an earthquake?” We all said we didn’t think so, but 10 seconds later the whole room shook. The temblor was not strong enough to dislodge anything on the bookshelves, but it was disconcerting all the same. It felt much stronger than the only other earthquake I’ve experienced since moving here. Thus far, no damage or injuries have been reported. Filed under Current Events , Science/Medicine [] [...]
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:10 pm