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wryter2000

(47,940 posts) Sat Oct 2, 2021, 02:30 PM Oct 2021

That was a hell of a shaker [View all]

OMG, 12:22. I was sitting in my house in Oakland, and there was a bang. Before I could think "earthquake" it was followed by another really loud bang, and everything shook for, maybe, 2 seconds. If it had gone on any longer, I would have been under the table.

I went to the USGS site, and all I could find was 2.9 in Southern California. No 2.9 would shake like that, even if the quake was near here. Anyone hear of a closer quake?

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That was a hell of a shaker [View all] wryter2000 Oct 2021 OP

3.5 in San Leandro at 12:22 NullTuples Oct 2021 #1

That could make someone notice in Oakland! vanlassie Oct 2021 #3

Sure got my attention wryter2000 Oct 2021 #6

That's it wryter2000 Oct 2021 #4

Must have been a jolter blm Oct 2021 #17

It was a jolt all right wryter2000 Oct 2021 #18

Stay safe, Wryter & All! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #2

Thanks wryter2000 Oct 2021 #5

Earthquakes scare me more than hurricanes, wild fires and being on Titanic at140 Oct 2021 #7

I lived through the Oakland hills fire wryter2000 Oct 2021 #10

I can get in my car and drive away with warnings of approaching forest fires at140 Oct 2021 #13

Rubble only happens in big quakes wryter2000 Oct 2021 #14

Agreed, Richter scale has meaning! nt at140 Oct 2021 #16

The Nisqually MFM008 Oct 2021 #11

Yeah, that's a bad one wryter2000 Oct 2021 #15

I'll never forget my two biggest quakes. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #8

Hey, we were there for both of those and remember Hortensis Oct 2021 #12

I'll never forget watching the sidewalk roll during an aftershock in 1971. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #19

Yes, that's an awesome experience! A whole different picture Hortensis Oct 2021 #20

I spending the night in Beverly Hills because I needed to go to Spain's Embassy MLAA Oct 2021 #9