Yup, I Felt A Little Earthquake (Las Vegas)

[Irish69]

Just enough to shake things a little bit...LOL! :-)

 

 

 

>>> http://www.8newsnow.com/story/29136481/54-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-las-vegas-valley

 

 

Irish69

RentMen Rick :-)

[sincitymix]

I felt It too! I was thinking.. am I having a seizure or something? nope.. was an earthquake lol

[marylander1940]

Just enough to shake things a little bit...LOL!

 

 

 

>>> http://www.8newsnow.com/story/29136481/54-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-las-vegas-valley

 

 

Irish69

RentMen Rick

 

yes, you sure did....

 

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning. The quake, which hit at 11:47 a.m., was centered about 24 miles south-southwest of Caliente, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

 

The earthquake apparently caused minor freeway damage in Las Vegas. The ramp from southbound U.S. Route 95 to southbound Interstate 15 was closed due to damage, the Nevada Department of Transportation said in a tweet about 12:30 p.m.

 

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office had no immediate reports of any damage in or around Caliente.

 

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/54-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-las-vegas-other-parts-nevada

[+ ursalex]

You sure you weren't having a session with Ace? He's perfectly capable of making the ground, and everything else, shake.

[ZhenXBear]

I felt It too! I was thinking.. am I having a seizure or something? nope.. was an earthquake lol

 

Glad it wasn't a seizure! I experienced my first real one in San Francisco a few months ago. Was the weirdest thing and even after it ended it felt like the land rolled for several minutes afterwards.

 

Get all this stuff calmed down before I arrive on Tuesday, please!

[JDXXX]

Glad it wasn't a seizure! I experienced my first real one in San Francisco a few months ago. Was the weirdest thing and even after it ended it felt like the land rolled for several minutes afterwards.

 

Get all this stuff calmed down before I arrive on Tuesday, please!

 

This is the first I'm hearing of an earthquake happening in Las Vegas. Kinda scary when you come to think of if it as this proves entirely earthquakes can happen anywhere nowadays.

 

At least what you guys got was small compared what's to come on the May 29th. LOL. .

 

The release of the Dwayne Johnson film "San Andreas" comes out in Theatres on May 29th, and being released in 3-D format.

[ZhenXBear]

This is the first I'm hearing of an earthquake happening in Las Vegas. Kinda scary when you come to think of if it as this proves entirely earthquakes can happen anywhere nowadays.

 

At least what you guys got was small compared what's to come on the May 29th. LOL. .

 

The release of the Dwayne Johnson film "San Andreas" comes out in Theatres on May 29th, and being released in 3-D format.

 

I can't wait to see that!! It looks like it's going to be a great flick, if for nothing more than the special effects. Since moving to San Francisco, I always find it humorous to keep track of the number of movies that destroy the Golden Gate bridge. They just can't leave it alone! lol

 

The earthquakes as of late are pretty random. Didn't they have one in the midwest not to long ago as well? bizarre!

[JDXXX]

I can't wait to see that!! It looks like it's going to be a great flick, if for nothing more than the special effects. Since moving to San Francisco, I always find it humorous to keep track of the number of movies that destroy the Golden Gate bridge. They just can't leave it alone! lol

 

The earthquakes as of late are pretty random. Didn't they have one in the midwest not to long ago as well? bizarre!

 

Can't wait to see it either. They're predicting this will be the BIGGEST earthquake movie EVER made, and a Major blockbuster hit. From the looks of the previews and all - it very well could be. What a way to start off the summer movie madness is with a movie like this. Seems like in the movie San Francisco gets the Mega impact as I'm sure you see what happens to SF eventually which is mighty scary as the Golden Gate Bridge isn't the "First" to go.

[ZhenXBear]

Can't wait to see it either. They're predicting this will be the BIGGEST earthquake movie EVER made, and a Major blockbuster hit. From the looks of the previews and all - it very well could be. What a way to start off the summer movie madness is with a movie like this. Seems like in the movie San Francisco gets the Mega impact as I'm sure you see what happens to SF eventually which is mighty scary as the Golden Gate Bridge isn't the "First" to go.

 

Heh, I'd worry more about that new span of the Bay Bridge with all the rusting steel anchor rods that support the central spire. Don't want to be on that thing if the Big One comes. The movie will definitely be one worth seeing in the 3D XD Extreme theater.

[sincitymix]

Can't wait to see it either. They're predicting this will be the BIGGEST earthquake movie EVER made, and a Major blockbuster hit. From the looks of the previews and all - it very well could be. What a way to start off the summer movie madness is with a movie like this. Seems like in the movie San Francisco gets the Mega impact as I'm sure you see what happens to SF eventually which is mighty scary as the Golden Gate Bridge isn't the "First" to go.

 

Well it has The Rock in it. nuff said

[+ Charlie]

Earthquakes happen all over the USA. There have been swarms of them lately in northern Nevada and central Oklahoma. Most of the ones I have experienced have been in southern California, but I have felt one in Pennsylvania and one in Vermont.

[bigvalboy]

Not unheard of in FL...but fingers crossed. It's one of the reasons why I left SoCal....I went through two, and that was enough for a life time. I just got tired of worrying about it.

[Diverdan]

Well, You are correct... no earthquakes to speak of in FL, unless they are in your bed !! But watch out for the hurricanes, especially in Miami and FL... Hope to see you sometime this winter. I am sure there are a few of your favorite haunts that you can share... heck, I will even bring along a wad of ones and fives !!

[bigvalboy]

Well, You are correct... no earthquakes to speak of in FL, unless they are in your bed !! But watch out for the hurricanes, especially in Miami and FL... Hope to see you sometime this winter. I am sure there are a few of your favorite haunts that you can share... heck, I will even bring along a wad of ones and fives !!

 

Hurricanes I can deal with, because I know they are coming...lol...and yes, I would love to sit pool side and break bread with you anytime DD.

[Diverdan]

Consider it a date, BVB, although I don't know when it will be...

[marylander1940]

Hurricanes I can deal with, because I know they are coming...lol...and yes, I would love to sit pool side and break with you anytime DD.

 

What about tornadoes? They give you some warning to go and hide in the basement if available, no need to evacuate.

[marylander1940]

Earthquakes happen all over the USA. There have been swarms of them lately in northern Nevada and central Oklahoma. Most of the ones I have experienced have been in southern California, but I have felt one in Pennsylvania and one in Vermont.

 

We even had one in DC and specially in Northern Virginia in 2011.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake

[Irish69]

Yes, When I was growing up in Vermont, I felt 2 Earthquakes, about the same size or a little larger as this one. So this is my 3rd in my lifetime.

 

Factoid: Nevada is the 3rd most active state for earthquakes, behind California & Alaska.

 

Irish69

RentMen Rick :-)

[+ purplekow]

I lived in NY when there was a sizable earthquake centered about 5 miles from my home. It was 6 AM and it felt like a freight train was rolling through my bedroom. I called the local hospital to ask if the hospital was shaking and I felt a sense of relief when she said yes.

I have experienced one in California and two in Mexico but the one in NY was the one with the most quake.

[Irish69]

I should have been listening to this song, when the quake hit...LOL!

 

 

 

Irish69

RentMen Rick :-)

[+ purplekow]

I should have been listening to this song, when the quake hit...LOL!

 

 

 

Irish69

RentMen Rick

Love that song. I have to sing along when I hear it.

[bigvalboy]

Spoiler alert: Speaking of the devil, this just popped up on Yahoo. I just hope that Dwayne takes his shirt off at some point.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/separating-earthquake-fact-fiction-san-andreas-172708025.html

 

Separating earthquake fact from fiction in 'San Andreas'

 

 

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, left, as Ray, and Carla Gugino as Emma, in a scene from the action thriller, "San Andreas." The movie releases in theaters on May 29, 2015. (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Andreas Fault awakens, unleashing back-to-back jolts that leave a trail of misery from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Skyscrapers crumble. Fires erupt. The letters of the Hollywood Sign topple. Tsunami waves swamp the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

Hollywood's favorite geologic bad guy is back in "San Andreas" — a fantastical look at one of the world's real seismic threats.

 

The San Andreas has long been considered one of the most dangerous earthquake faults because of its length. At nearly 800 miles long, it cuts through California like a scar and is responsible for some of the largest shakers in state history.

 

In the film, opening May 29, a previously unknown fault near the Hoover Dam in Nevada ruptures and jiggles the San Andreas. Southern California is rocked by a powerful magnitude-9.1 quake followed by an even stronger magnitude-9.6 in Northern California.

 

U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough accompanied The Associated Press to an advance screening of the film. Despite the implausible plot, she said the San Andreas will indeed break again, and without warning.

 

"We are at some point going to face a big earthquake," she said.

 

JUST HOW BIG?

 

The San Andreas is notorious for producing big ones, but a magnitude-9 or larger is virtually impossible because the fault is not long or deep enough.

 

The most powerful temblors in recorded history have struck along offshore subduction zones where one massive tectonic plate dives beneath another. The 1960 magnitude-9.5 quake off Chile is the current world record holder.

 

The San Andreas has revealed its awesome power before. In 1906, a magnitude-7.8 reduced parts of San Francisco to fiery rubble. Nearly five decades earlier, a similar-sized quake rattled the southern end.

 

In 2008, the USGS led a team of 300 experts that wrote a script detailing what would happen if a magnitude-7.8 hit the southern San Andreas. They wanted to create a science-based crisis scenario that can be used for preparedness drills.

 

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, left, as Ray, and Carla Gugino as Emma, in a scene from the action thriller, "San Andreas." The movie releases in theaters on May 29, 2015. (Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

 

The lesson: It doesn't take a magnitude-9 or greater to wreak havoc. Researchers calculated a magnitude-7.8 would cause 1,800 deaths and 50,000 injuries. Hundreds of old brick buildings and concrete structures and a few high-rise steel buildings would collapse.

 

Computer models show the San Andreas is capable of producing a magnitude-8.3 quake, but anything larger is dubious.

 

WILL THERE BE A WARNING?

 

In the film, Lawrence Hayes, a fictional seismologist at Caltech (a real university), notices spikes in "magnetic pulses" that light up California like a Christmas tree, heralding a monster quake.

 

Despite a century of research, earthquake prediction remains elusive. Scientists can't predict when a jolt is coming and are generally pessimistic about ever having that ability.

 

Every warning sign scrutinized — animal behavior, weather patterns, electromagnetic signals, atmospheric observations, levels of radon gas in soil or groundwater — has failed.

 

"We wish it were as simple as the movie portrays. It isn't. Researchers have scoured every imaginable signal trying to find reliable precursors, but nothing has panned out," Hough said.

 

The latest focus has been on creating early warning systems that give residents and businesses a few seconds heads up after a quake hits, but before strong shaking is felt.

 

Japan has the most advanced seismic alert system in the world while the U.S. is currently testing a prototype.

 

A TSUNAMI IN SAN FRANCISCO?

 

Unlike the film, the San Andreas can't spawn tsunamis.

 

Most tsunamis are triggered by underwater quakes, but they can also be caused by landslides, volcanoes and even meteor impacts.

 

Giant tsunami waves are formed when the Earth's crust violently shifts, displacing huge amounts of seawater. The larger the magnitude, the more these waves can race across the ocean without losing energy.

 

The San Andreas is strike-slip fault, in which opposing blocks of rocks slide past each other horizontally. A big San Andreas quake can spark fires and other mayhem, but it can't displace water and flood San Francisco.

 

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, left, as Ray, and Carla Gugino as Emma, in a scene from the action thriller, "San Andreas." The movie releases in theaters on May 29, 2015. (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

 

Hough said the movie got one aspect right: The tide suddenly ebbing out signals a tsunami is coming.

 

More than 80 — mostly small— tsunamis have been observed along California's coast in the past, triggered mainly by faraway quakes.

 

WILL THE EAST COAST SHAKE, TOO?

 

In the movie, the scientist warned that shaking would be felt on the East Coast.

 

Even the largest possible San Andreas quake won't rattle the East Coast (Sorry New York).

 

While seismic waves from great quakes can make the Earth reverberate like a bell, the ringing can only be detected by sensitive instruments because it's so low.

 

Historical accounts show shaking from the 1906 San Andreas quake was barely felt in western Nevada and southern Oregon, Hough said.

 

DROP, COVER AND HOLD ON!

 

When the ground starts to shake, the seismologist played by Paul Giamatti makes a public service announcement: "Drop, cover and hold on."

 

Since 2008, millions of people in California and elsewhere have participated in yearly disaster drills in which they practice diving under a table and learn other preparedness tips.

 

If you're outdoors when the ground moves, experts recommend bracing against a wall, similar to what search-and-rescue helicopter pilot Ray Gaines, played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, told scared survivors in the movie.

 

"Having Paul Giamatti shouting, "Drop, cover and hold on!" and The Rock telling people to crouch against a wall if they can is one heck of a PSA," Hough said.

 

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[tanman4u]

Hurricanes I can deal with, because I know they are coming...lol...and yes, I would love to sit pool side and break bread with you anytime DD.

 

Amen. Hurricanes absolutely suck and I've been in the eye of more than I can remember including some major ones like Hugo, but I'll still take a hurricane (and the advance warnings we get) over tornados and earthquakes, and snowstorms, not that snowstorms are especially destructive but they come with cold temperatures and cold temperatures in anything other than beer and cocktails is just wrong.

[JDXXX]

Spoiler alert: Speaking of the devil, this just popped up on Yahoo. I just hope that Dwayne takes his shirt off at some point.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/separating-earthquake-fact-fiction-san-andreas-172708025.html

 

Separating earthquake fact from fiction in 'San Andreas'

 

 

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, left, as Ray, and Carla Gugino as Emma, in a scene from the action thriller, "San Andreas." The movie releases in theaters on May 29, 2015. (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Andreas Fault awakens, unleashing back-to-back jolts that leave a trail of misery from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Skyscrapers crumble. Fires erupt. The letters of the Hollywood Sign topple. Tsunami waves swamp the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

Hollywood's favorite geologic bad guy is back in "San Andreas" — a fantastical look at one of the world's real seismic threats.

 

The San Andreas has long been considered one of the most dangerous earthquake faults because of its length. At nearly 800 miles long, it cuts through California like a scar and is responsible for some of the largest shakers in state history.

 

In the film, opening May 29, a previously unknown fault near the Hoover Dam in Nevada ruptures and jiggles the San Andreas. Southern California is rocked by a powerful magnitude-9.1 quake followed by an even stronger magnitude-9.6 in Northern California.

 

U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough accompanied The Associated Press to an advance screening of the film. Despite the implausible plot, she said the San Andreas will indeed break again, and without warning.

 

"We are at some point going to face a big earthquake," she said.

 

JUST HOW BIG?

 

The San Andreas is notorious for producing big ones, but a magnitude-9 or larger is virtually impossible because the fault is not long or deep enough.

 

The most powerful temblors in recorded history have struck along offshore subduction zones where one massive tectonic plate dives beneath another. The 1960 magnitude-9.5 quake off Chile is the current world record holder.

 

The San Andreas has revealed its awesome power before. In 1906, a magnitude-7.8 reduced parts of San Francisco to fiery rubble. Nearly five decades earlier, a similar-sized quake rattled the southern end.

 

In 2008, the USGS led a team of 300 experts that wrote a script detailing what would happen if a magnitude-7.8 hit the southern San Andreas. They wanted to create a science-based crisis scenario that can be used for preparedness drills.

 

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, left, as Ray, and Carla Gugino as Emma, in a scene from the action thriller, "San Andreas." The movie releases in theaters on May 29, 2015. (Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

 

The lesson: It doesn't take a magnitude-9 or greater to wreak havoc. Researchers calculated a magnitude-7.8 would cause 1,800 deaths and 50,000 injuries. Hundreds of old brick buildings and concrete structures and a few high-rise steel buildings would collapse.

 

Computer models show the San Andreas is capable of producing a magnitude-8.3 quake, but anything larger is dubious.

 

WILL THERE BE A WARNING?

 

In the film, Lawrence Hayes, a fictional seismologist at Caltech (a real university), notices spikes in "magnetic pulses" that light up California like a Christmas tree, heralding a monster quake.

 

Despite a century of research, earthquake prediction remains elusive. Scientists can't predict when a jolt is coming and are generally pessimistic about ever having that ability.

 

Every warning sign scrutinized — animal behavior, weather patterns, electromagnetic signals, atmospheric observations, levels of radon gas in soil or groundwater — has failed.

 

"We wish it were as simple as the movie portrays. It isn't. Researchers have scoured every imaginable signal trying to find reliable precursors, but nothing has panned out," Hough said.

 

The latest focus has been on creating early warning systems that give residents and businesses a few seconds heads up after a quake hits, but before strong shaking is felt.

 

Japan has the most advanced seismic alert system in the world while the U.S. is currently testing a prototype.

 

A TSUNAMI IN SAN FRANCISCO?

 

Unlike the film, the San Andreas can't spawn tsunamis.

 

Most tsunamis are triggered by underwater quakes, but they can also be caused by landslides, volcanoes and even meteor impacts.

 

Giant tsunami waves are formed when the Earth's crust violently shifts, displacing huge amounts of seawater. The larger the magnitude, the more these waves can race across the ocean without losing energy.

 

The San Andreas is strike-slip fault, in which opposing blocks of rocks slide past each other horizontally. A big San Andreas quake can spark fires and other mayhem, but it can't displace water and flood San Francisco.

 

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, left, as Ray, and Carla Gugino as Emma, in a scene from the action thriller, "San Andreas." The movie releases in theaters on May 29, 2015. (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

 

Hough said the movie got one aspect right: The tide suddenly ebbing out signals a tsunami is coming.

 

More than 80 — mostly small— tsunamis have been observed along California's coast in the past, triggered mainly by faraway quakes.

 

WILL THE EAST COAST SHAKE, TOO?

 

In the movie, the scientist warned that shaking would be felt on the East Coast.

 

Even the largest possible San Andreas quake won't rattle the East Coast (Sorry New York).

 

While seismic waves from great quakes can make the Earth reverberate like a bell, the ringing can only be detected by sensitive instruments because it's so low.

 

Historical accounts show shaking from the 1906 San Andreas quake was barely felt in western Nevada and southern Oregon, Hough said.

 

DROP, COVER AND HOLD ON!

 

When the ground starts to shake, the seismologist played by Paul Giamatti makes a public service announcement: "Drop, cover and hold on."

 

Since 2008, millions of people in California and elsewhere have participated in yearly disaster drills in which they practice diving under a table and learn other preparedness tips.

 

If you're outdoors when the ground moves, experts recommend bracing against a wall, similar to what search-and-rescue helicopter pilot Ray Gaines, played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, told scared survivors in the movie.

 

"Having Paul Giamatti shouting, "Drop, cover and hold on!" and The Rock telling people to crouch against a wall if they can is one heck of a PSA," Hough said.

 

___

 

 

 

This is going to be a kick ass movie!!! Can't wait. Scary enough - I will be visiting some clients in San Francisco when this movie is due to be released on May 29th. How scary knowing the movie towards the end is centered in San Francisco.

[sincitymix]

Amen. Hurricanes absolutely suck and I've been in the eye of more than I can remember including some major ones like Hugo, but I'll still take a hurricane (and the advance warnings we get) over tornados and earthquakes, and snowstorms, not that snowstorms are especially destructive but they come with cold temperatures and cold temperatures in anything other than beer and cocktails is just wrong.

 

I used to attempt to fly kites in a typhoon when my dad was stationed at Kadena afb Okinawa.

So much fun.. until my mom got ahold of me