We just had a 5.9 earthquake with a 5.0 aftershock. Everything is standing around the homestead, not sure about the rest of town...

Just saw that on the news :^( Hope no damage......

Eathquakes, Hurricanes, Wars... must be the end of the world right? :-

Nuclear explosions, wars, drying earth from its natural lubricant - oil, global pollution etc etc. Some consequences are bound to be shown sooner or later... :( We had a 5.0 here last week, and we extremely seldom have quakes in sweden.

Nukeboy: Where are you? We're heading for a polar-flip...head for the hills!

Here in fresno,felt a tiny shake...nothing too serious.

Attached Link: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/120-36.htm

Don't forget Nukeboy, Mt. St. Helens is said to be expected to be putting on a show soon up in Washington State on the west coast. Maybe you're getting the precursors of that eruption. Stay safe!

Used to live in San Fran, but the most I ever experienced while I was there was a 4.8. The Richter Scale is geometric, so a 5.8 is an order of magnitude greater than I've ever felt. Soyez prudent mon ami...

I felt it bigtime! My school was in chaos. I ended up sheltering myself under my Jazz instructor's desk and observed the hysteria.

Ive just heard on cable news some geologist talking about the quake, apparently centered around Parkfield California and they say it was a 6.0 on the Richter. Not to scare anyone, he also said that it might (operative word here) be the precursor of something much bigger that might strike sometime within the next 7 days. Whether or not hes correct, please be extra careful out there.

Oh! California! I guess Arnie farted then?

All Californians remember the '94 7.4 northridge quake, which is a mere 15 miles away from me. I remember it with undescribable horror. As in too horrable to describe.

er...indescribable ?

I live in Vancouver,WA, where all the St. Helens data and news goes through. I have felt a minor tremor or two.

they said about 100 small quakes on st helens in the last 24 hours I think...and I live in Portland, which is not far south of St Helens. Dont live quite as close to it as Danamo (so stay safe there bud), but close enough that if it blew again, we'd be up to our ankles in ash.

Should it blow, could you please bottle some ash for us. Well if people can stand outside in the hurricane with a jar collecting wind and rain and then sell it on ebay as "Part of Hurricane Frances" then a volcano is bound to be profitable.

Bryster, come on now, the "i" and the "U" are but a key away from each other, what do you expect during a quake? ;D

Attached Link: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

Thanks for letting us know, Nukeboy. I just called my sister and son who live in Calif. Both said they knew nothing of a quake. Sis lives in Lincoln (too far north) and son lives in Orange County ( too far south) to feel anything. I still remember the '94 quake. I was living in Huntington Beach, CA. at the time in a mobile home. Pretty scary indeed, but everything held up just fine. Nukeboy...you take care now, hear?

I didn't even know an ertaquake happened until I saw the news on Yahoo, lol. (I live in los angeles) AS

Scary! Take care, pple. It feels like the whole world is turning up and down. earthquakes, the hurricanes, etc. Even here.. the monsoon is supposed to have ended..but we still get huge thunderstorms every evening. Last nite was terrible. Anyone thinks it has somethng to do with that asteroid Toutatis that's gonna be coming in real close to us on Wednesday? Supposed to be as close as 1,549, 719 KM .. pretty close by space standards.

Nah, nothing to do with it. It's too small and too far away to affect any gravitational push/pull with us. AS

Just another day, in L.A.

@Innovator-Thanks, you stay safe too pal! :-)

I live in Wa and have only experienced one earthquake and it was enough for me to not want to go thru another one! And Mt St Helens too?? Geez, I live near Mt Rainier and just found out not too long ago it is a "live' mountain! Any one want to buy a 2 bedroom house on the water??? LOL

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A strong earthquake and over 200 aftershocks have struck central California, rattling a large chunk of the state along the San Andreas Fault, but causing little significant damage. The quake, registering magnitude 6.0, was centred near Parkfield, a tiny town of about three dozen people known to geologists as the earthquake capital of California. The quake was felt across much of the state, from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The tembler was the largest to hit California in 10 months, jangling nerves and prompting school evacuations, though there were no reports of injuries or significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded about 220 aftershocks and said there was a 5 percent to 10 percent chance of another large quake in the next two days." Nukeboy.. you better run..and anyone in that are..AS..we love you..so you getter get out too..i still dunno how you didn't feel anything after this! Onew of my friends in SF smsed me..her sis felt it at work...dove for cover under her desk....

Lots of geological upheaval occurring, hurricanes, cyclones, tornados, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, asteroids and glaziers melting its time to go hide under my shoebox.

Now watch the scientists screw up that Toutanis asteroid flyby... Decimal point? What decimal point? BOOM! Not like they could evacuate a large enough area if it did that... If that happened, then any survivors should figure out a way to build some underground greenhouses with artificial lighting/heating.

quote Ardiva ** still remember the '94 quake. I was living in Huntington Beach, CA. at the time in a mobile home.** Hafta say....in an earthquake I'd feel a lot safer in a mobile home than in a solid house - at least a mobile home is designed for bouncing round a bit.

Quote - All Californians remember the '94 7.4 northridge quake, which is a mere 15 miles away from me. I remember it with undescribable horror.

As in too horrable to describe.

That one was a 6.7 :) I was in the LA earthquake in 1971, and I've found that everyone exaggerates the size of the quakes. I was going to say the one in '71 was 7.5, haha.

I felt the quake here in central CA Kinda reminded me of the way the Loma prieta earthquake felt in '89, like a wave going by. Didn't feel any aftershocks though. Hope every one is ok in the Parkfield area.

Another one just a few minutes ago,just a smallie 4.5 It was pretty deep though,6.3 miles under.

I have a humorous earthquake story (most earthquakes are not funny I realize). About 2 yrs ago we had an earthquake in upstate NY. A small one and the first I'd ever felt. I was lying in bed back to back with my husband that morning and the bed began to shake slightly and I was thinking "what is that" then it shook harder and now I'm wondering "what the hell is my husband doing!&*! He's never done that before. Then the mirror began banging on the wall and it clicked that it was an earthquake and not my husband being horny with himself. So far thats been my only experience with an earthquake and hopefully will stay that way. LOL, the husband was shocked that I would think such a thing as I did. Took him a while to find it humorous.

I've lived in So. Calif the better part of my life and I have to say that the '94 quake was indeed the longest I've ever experienced. I moved to Alaska in '98 and was greeting by another one that rocked my car back and forth in the driveway. Now I live in tornado country. lol

Ya'll should move to Arizona. Only natural disasters we have are dust storms and flash floods.

LOLJasonmite, and then theres the heat, scorpions, tarantulas and rattlesnakes. ;)

Quest: Moongoat did ask....;p

@MoonGoat-Sure, I'd be glad to send you some ash if she blows! The only trouble is, the Postal inspectors tend to frown on anyone shipping or mailing volcanic ash through the US mail system. It seems the last time St. Helens blew folks were sending ash in sealed envelopes and the ash spilled into the very sensitive equipment and caused major damage,lol.

Bryster, I'm talking about indescribable as opposed to undescribable. "i", "u" get it? :)

LOL...Danamo, I wasn't rightly too sure what you meant in your first sentance there: "I'd be glad to send you some ash if she blows!"

Quest: 1. It's a dry heat. 2. I haven't seen a scorpion in 25 years. 3. Tarantulas are relatively harmless. 4. Rattlesnakes? Mmm. Tastes like chicken.

Hey Moongoat, where are you in CA? Believe it or not, I just spoke to my in-laws in Pennsylvania and they are seriously looking to buy property in Florida! At least it'll be cheap, what's left of it...