I heard that some tremors were felt in Sacramento, but I didn’t feel them. Maybe it’s because I went through a couple goodly ones when I lived in Southern California, and I don’t even notice unless I’m in the middle of one.
The epicenter was a few miles south of tiny Parkfield which is almost exactly half-way between LA and SF. On the outskirts of the town is the sign “You have entered the North American Plate.†They also claim to be the earthquake center of the world. In fact, the Geological Survey has a bunch of equipment there to monitor and try to predict when quakes will occur. I think they’re proud of their status. It’s unique, I’ll give them that.
Oh, when I say “tiny,†I mean population of 58 souls.
The Survey is predicting after-tremors of possibly 5.0 over the next several days.
Besides Japan, I might guess that California is pretty high on the list of earthquake-prone places. There have been some pretty bad ones in Turkey, too. But California doesn’t suffer such massive damage as other places, because builders realize that the occurrence of a quake is a given, and so building codes require that structures be at least earthquake-resistant, if not earthquake-proof.
Anyway, Sacramento is at least 100 miles east of the San Andreas fault, and if we feel anything, it’s minor. I think people who live in earthquake prone areas are crazy, but that’s just me.
I also think sky-divers are crazy, too.
Shalom
P.S.
I wrote this last night (Tuesday), but Hami was down, and I finally decided it was time to go to bed—Hami or not.
So, here’s my EARTHQUAKE! entry now. Late, but here it is.
P.S. II
Hmmmpphhhh!! It’s almost noon on Wednesday now. How long is Hami going to take to do whatever Hami is doing????
Well, I’ll just have to try again, I guess.
Finally. 4:00pm Wednesday, and I'm finally able to post Monday's entry.