5.6 Magnitude Earthquake in San Jose Area [Mobile/Archive]

RonnieWrecked

10-31-2007, 12:15 AM

yup, first reaction was to cover my ears cause i thought something loud was going to happen.

2nd was me saying "earthquake"

3rd was my brother saying "run" so i did

4th something almost fell on me so i had to jump out of the way [ QTA ]

edit - i am in san jose btw

judyjudyjudy

10-31-2007, 12:19 AM

Yeah, that was freaky. I hesitated a bit also, thinking, "Is that an earthquake?" and then it got a lot stronger and ran to a doorway... instead of going underneath the desk I was sitting at. A lot of good all those duck & cover drills in elementary school did me.

VipFREAK

10-31-2007, 12:22 AM

I've been dreading the day the big one came and I thought that this was it. Then I completely froze.

I'm right near the alum rock hills.

MusicNoteLess

10-31-2007, 12:22 AM

I was in the bathroom. I was running towards the door as well with my pants down.

MusicNoteLess

10-31-2007, 12:30 AM

update via Kron 4 news

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.htm

Duke Vandal

10-31-2007, 12:33 AM

Yep, I felt it. Funny thing is that before I ran out of my room, I felt it was important to pause the music I was listening to. Thank heavens it wasn't bigger, I feel like a moron now.

MusicNoteLess

10-31-2007, 12:50 AM

mercury news

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_7325191?nclick_check=1?source=sb-digg

martin8me

10-31-2007, 01:11 AM

I felt it. I too thought it was going to be the big one. California is way overdue

for a major earthquake, it can happen any day now...

pacifickarma

10-31-2007, 01:15 AM

I felt it in Stockton. I thought I had gotten dizzy until I noticed some water swaying back and forth in a glass next to me. I figured it was either an earthquake or a T-Rex was outside my window.

Rusty Ghia

10-31-2007, 01:34 AM

Felt it in Pleasanton. I thought that the mealworms that I feed my gecko were making noises, but then I felt the back-and-forth motion of the earthquake. I paused the movie that I was watching and got into my doorway.

On that note, don't bother watching 28 Weeks Later, it is a terrible film.

humidore

10-31-2007, 01:38 AM

there was a what now? i didn't notice it at all...first time for me to be "in an earthquake" during normal hours. northridge and istanbul were waaaay too early.

62t

10-31-2007, 02:11 AM

I didnt even remembered to move. Didnt think it was that strong

topnotch97

10-31-2007, 02:58 AM

didn't felt it. i was up in redwood city doing my usual video game hunt, and some TRU associate just mentioned it to me.

Oktoberfest

10-31-2007, 03:14 AM

RonnieWrecked

10-31-2007, 03:36 AM

the doorway is a suitable place to stand to gain/get your balance and to prevent anything from falling on your head.

from what i remember, houses are coded to endure pretty big earthquakes. so don't worry about your house falling apart.

but your best bet is to go outside and stay away from anything that could fall on you [ light posts, trees, etc ].

Redeema

10-31-2007, 03:50 AM

Apparently it was felt as far away as Los Banos where my house is because my girl called and asked if I felt it not realizing I was in my car driving. LB is roughly 70 miles from San Jose.

CouRageouS

10-31-2007, 05:17 AM

I felt it in Stockton. I thought I had gotten dizzy until I noticed some water swaying back and forth in a glass next to me. I figured it was either an earthquake or a T-Rex was outside my window.
Thats where my other place is. I'm surprised it reached all the way out in Stockton.

I felt it in Alameda, not a big deal. I would have just thought a big truck drove by if it didn't last so long. Apparently since it wasn't the Hayward fault we don't have much to worry about. There is a 72 hour alert for aftershocks though, so we still could be shaken up a bit.

Theres a whole bunch of tiny ones still happening within the past hour
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html

VipFREAK

10-31-2007, 05:27 AM

Oh that's good. I'm not going insane now, every creak/noise I hear really is some movement. xD

imascrub

10-31-2007, 06:49 AM

I didn't remember to move either lol. I was sittin in class and just kinda sat there for a second while I saw everybody scramble to get under the desks. After a couple seconds it finally hit me that maybe I should get under there too. I didn't think it was that strong, but after most of the aftershocks were over I saw the projector screen swayin left and right pretty good.

After everything was over all I could think of was "I hope my HDTV is ok" lol

Whomeam

10-31-2007, 08:05 AM

Yeah, I live in San Jose too, right next to Del Mar High/ Bascom Ave. It was pretty big, put it only knocked a bottle of lotion down in the living room. My uncle in Sacramento felt it, so I guess it was a pretty gnarley one, if it reached 4 hours away from here. It was a 5.6, and htye said there's chances of there being an even bigger one in the next 72 hours. Yaaayyy.

Also, is this really in the right section?

VipFREAK

10-31-2007, 11:28 AM

Maybe I'm freaking out but I haven't slept a wink but I am really tired. I'm afraid of stuff really falling on me while I sleep. I have a bunk bed and I sleep on the bottom while all my accumulating junk is on top. That's gonna have to change now...

Lastly, I'm afraid the big one is right around the corner now.

CouRageouS

10-31-2007, 02:56 PM

Yeah, I live in San Jose too, right next to Del Mar High/ Bascom Ave. It was pretty big, put it only knocked a bottle of lotion down in the living room. My uncle in Sacramento felt it, so I guess it was a pretty gnarley one, if it reached 4 hours away from here.
:lol: San Jose and Sac are not 4 hours apart. You could almost get to Tahoe in 4 hours. I would say more like 2 hours. If your uncle in Sac felt it, then he just barely felt it cause thats kind of a stretch from where it hit if you look at the map here
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html

You guys in the South Bay be safe the next couple days, even in the past hour there was a couple tiny ones. You'd probably have to be in the right place at the right time to feel'em, but all news is reporting a 72 hour alert.

TheRock88

10-31-2007, 04:01 PM

I live about 20 min away from Alum Rock and it scared the shit out of me. As soon as my room started to shake, i bolted out of my house and stood outside til it stopped.

Mr. Beef

10-31-2007, 04:20 PM

I was at home in Daly City, and I felt it pretty good. Me and my roommate were sitting, and then we felt our apartment actually move.

Alcedes

10-31-2007, 05:54 PM

As soon as we felt it we headed out, then took like a minute to get the damn door open. Pretty freaky. I also read the last there was a similar magnitude before the big one hit. I'll be on my toes for a few months...

TahoeMax

10-31-2007, 07:11 PM

I was in organic chem lecture. Our professor didn't even feel it, even though the whole building was shaking. He just kept lecturing until he realized that some of the kids had panicked looks on their faces. Then he stopped, cracked a couple jokes, then went along with lecture. Pretty cool little diversion, though.

judyjudyjudy

10-31-2007, 08:06 PM

TheRock88

10-31-2007, 08:07 PM

Did anyone just feel that 3.7 one? I thought it might have been a truck passing by, since no one at my office felt it (I'm working from home today). But some friends in Fremont felt it:
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc51189819.html

Yea, I felt it too. Luckly, it only lasted about 5-10 seconds cause I was ready to run out of my house again.

RonnieWrecked

10-31-2007, 09:09 PM

i also felt it... was in class drawing when someone said "earthquake" but didn't feel anything, than the ground shook again.

Whomeam

10-31-2007, 09:13 PM

:lol: San Jose and Sac are not 4 hours apart. You could almost get to Tahoe in 4 hours. I would say more like 2 hours. If your uncle in Sac felt it, then he just barely felt it cause thats kind of a stretch from where it hit if you look at the map here
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html

You guys in the South Bay be safe the next couple days, even in the past hour there was a couple tiny ones. You'd probably have to be in the right place at the right time to feel'em, but all news is reporting a 72 hour alert.

Haha yeah, I just realized my mistake. It's 2 hours away, but whenever I go I make a round trip so it's 4 hours. Whoops.