Author Topic: Earthquake in California (Read 244 times)

alembic76407 · « **on:** September 28, 2004, 10:50:34 AM »

Mica or Val
I just heard a Earthquake mag 6 just hit around S.F, did you feel it, is everything Ok at Alembic?

David T

kenbass4 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2004, 11:14:22 AM »

Hey, All!!

I'm in the SF bay area, and I didn't feel anything, but people in the building I was in felt some movement. I think the actual quake was a couple of hundred miles south, in Parkfield. I doubt Alembic is affected, and the area isn't densely populated. (mostly ranches and open space)

Back to your regularly scheduled discussion...

Ken (TEO)

mica · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2004, 11:25:11 AM »

Didn't feel it at all up here. Parkfield is the earthquake capital of California. They get a 6.0 every 20 years or so. Good thing the population is below 40 people.

kenbass4 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2004, 12:03:35 PM »

Actually, if you're going to have an earthquake, Parkfield is definately the place. The USGS has all kinds of monitoring devices set up there for seismic study. The lab folks are probably crowded around their monitors as we speak watching the data roll in...

Ken (TEO)

kmh364 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2004, 12:23:37 PM »

That wasn't a natural earthquake: that was just Ron the Wizard calibrating Barry's Dark Custom on the Test Bench in Santa Rosa...he just got a little carried away with the volume is all, LOL!

flaxattack · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2004, 02:48:12 PM »

just spoke to alembic- all that wood they have dampened the effect of the earthquake on a 25 mile radius
lol
ron is now figuring out how to add the rumble to his electronics

wideload · « **Reply #6 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:12:11 PM »

I want that sound!!!

Larry

kenbass4 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:34:10 PM »

Sounds of an earthquake:

1.Lean against a bookshelf or dresser, facing the bookshelf with your hands level with your shoulders and feet at shoulder width.

2.Quickly push and release above object against the wall as hard as you can.

(Bonus points for books/objects/plaster falling around you)

3. Repeat at random intervals.

That should be pretty close to the sound of an earthquake. The sound is more the structure moving than the earth.

Ken (TEO)