All depends where you are at. If you are right over the epicenter, it will just shake you from the start. Big jolt. No warning.
I am 10 miles away. You feel it coming... slight jolt.. rolling for a few seconds, then the shockwave hits... big a$$ jolt and more intense shaking. Then is dies down. I had probably 10 seconds of warning. You knew it was an earthquake coming when you first felt it. Whole thing lasts about 30 seconds. -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:31 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: EARTHQUAKE so i guess you can just tell from experience whether to run or not... do they BUILD? crescendo-like? or do they start at a magnitude and just rumble for a time? -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same here... unless it is big, I hardly move. > > Now.. jan 17, 2004.. at 430am.. the 7.0 in Northridge.. my butt ran to the > dining room table in a heartbeat. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: EARTHQUAKE > > Not much unless they are unreinforced brick. 5.6 is a moderate earthquake. > > > Northridge in 1994 was 6.7. > Sylmar in 1971 was 6.6 > > If you hear the reference in California to 1971 earthquake standards, its > referring to standards created after the Sylmar earthquake. > > I went through both of them. For a 5.6, if I'm in bed, I usually just threw > the covers over my head. If I was up, I'd go under a doorway. For a 6+ I'd > be under the doorway no matter what. (I think for Northridge, I was up and > under a doorway in under 5 seconds). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: EARTHQUAKE > > and yes i knonw the richter scale, and how it goes up exponentially > and 5.6 and 6.7 are REALLY largely spaced due to this... but > what does 5.6 do to buildings etc? > > -- tony > > Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. > -- siddhartha gautama > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> not that ive been through one, but is 5.6 THAT big? or is it kinda >> normal hum drum? >> >> -- tony >> >> Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. >> -- siddhartha gautama >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14383980.php >>> >>> 5.6.. about 10 miles from me. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:45 AM >>> To: CF-Community >>> Subject: EARTHQUAKE >>> >>> Just had an good earthquake.. 2 minutes ago... >>> >>> So cal >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
