janeLLe
02-03-2003, 01:46 PM
they woke me up twice & scurred the shiet outta me.
Minor quakes hit near San Francisco
Monday, February 3, 2003 Posted: 10:09 AM EST (1509 GMT)
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SAN RAMON, California (AP) -- More than two dozen minor earthquakes shook the tony suburbs east of San Francisco on Sunday, but they caused no injuries or damage and served as little more than a reminder of California's unstable geology.
The quakes, which seismologists call a "swarm," began about 8:20 a.m. and continued throughout the day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Centered near the upscale suburbs of Dublin and San Ramon, about 25 miles east of San Francisco, the swarm included at least 28 quakes by nightfall.
"This is certainly another reminder that we're in earthquake country," said David Schwartz, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "These are the faults that we're most concerned about for big earthquakes in the region."
The strongest quake struck at midmorning and could be felt as far away as Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco, about 15 miles from the epicenter. That shaker had a magnitude of 4.2.
The quakes occurred near an area close to a similar cluster that shook the region late last year. But Sunday's shakers were probably caused by a different section of the Calaveras fault system, according to Schwartz.
The quakes are the largest to occur this close to the Calaveras fault in the 40 years that the U.S. Geological Survey has been monitoring it, Schwartz said.
In November, there was a cluster of least seven temblors of a magnitude 3.0 or higher in San Ramon, about five miles south of Danville, and there were at least 113 quakes of all magnitudes in that swarm.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/02/03/minor.quakes.ap/index.html
Minor quakes hit near San Francisco
Monday, February 3, 2003 Posted: 10:09 AM EST (1509 GMT)
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SAN RAMON, California (AP) -- More than two dozen minor earthquakes shook the tony suburbs east of San Francisco on Sunday, but they caused no injuries or damage and served as little more than a reminder of California's unstable geology.
The quakes, which seismologists call a "swarm," began about 8:20 a.m. and continued throughout the day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Centered near the upscale suburbs of Dublin and San Ramon, about 25 miles east of San Francisco, the swarm included at least 28 quakes by nightfall.
"This is certainly another reminder that we're in earthquake country," said David Schwartz, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "These are the faults that we're most concerned about for big earthquakes in the region."
The strongest quake struck at midmorning and could be felt as far away as Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco, about 15 miles from the epicenter. That shaker had a magnitude of 4.2.
The quakes occurred near an area close to a similar cluster that shook the region late last year. But Sunday's shakers were probably caused by a different section of the Calaveras fault system, according to Schwartz.
The quakes are the largest to occur this close to the Calaveras fault in the 40 years that the U.S. Geological Survey has been monitoring it, Schwartz said.
In November, there was a cluster of least seven temblors of a magnitude 3.0 or higher in San Ramon, about five miles south of Danville, and there were at least 113 quakes of all magnitudes in that swarm.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/02/03/minor.quakes.ap/index.html