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<blockquote data-quote="Pkgrunner" data-source="post: 329979" data-attributes="member: 7207"><p>I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley near Pasadena and lived there from '64 until '96. I was a young boy during the Sylmar quake and remember my mom grabbing me and my sister and covering underneath the central beam in our house. The shaking went on for an eternity. </p><p>The Whittier quake in the late 80s felt alot more violent but lasted only a few seconds. I happened to be on a road at the time and will never forget what a trip it was to literally feel like I was in a boat on the water with a big wave passing underneath me. I saw the road move as if it were a rug someone snapped. Needless to say, I continued on to my Chem. class at CSULA only to see smoke coming from the building that day. </p><p>I was living in a different house at the time of the Northrige quake in the early 90's. Our TV fell over and that was about it. I still got ready for work, called in to see if we were working and got no answer. So I of course drove into work just in case the phone lines were down(I was well trained). It was one of the eeriest feelings to drive through a deserted downtown LA with no-one else on the road and no traffic lights functioning whatsoever. Needless to say, the good ol OLY building had no damage and was back up and running the next day. I have since moved to a more seismically preferable area to the south of LA county; the earthquakes are more frequent but undetectable verses the 6 - 7 magnitudes every 10 years or so in the LA, San Fernando area. </p><p>My sister lives pretty close to where the Lander's quakes epicenters were. There were 2 big ones in the 7 range out there within a couple years of each other, but pretty much no damage out there to anyone or any thing. </p><p>The Alaskan quake in '64 emptied the bay of Anchorage, the ships hit the seabed floor. More people died from the resulting tsunamis in other states than in the actual earthquake. </p><p>The type of fault, the type of land, and also the location and type of structures near the epicenters make a big difference in damage done. </p><p>That New Madrid fault in the midwest I believe had an magnitude 8 or so a few hundred years ago. Imagine the damage an 8 there would cause today. Thats 300 times stronger than the 5.2, or is it 3000 times I can't remember anymore I just know its exponentially greater.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pkgrunner, post: 329979, member: 7207"] I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley near Pasadena and lived there from '64 until '96. I was a young boy during the Sylmar quake and remember my mom grabbing me and my sister and covering underneath the central beam in our house. The shaking went on for an eternity. The Whittier quake in the late 80s felt alot more violent but lasted only a few seconds. I happened to be on a road at the time and will never forget what a trip it was to literally feel like I was in a boat on the water with a big wave passing underneath me. I saw the road move as if it were a rug someone snapped. Needless to say, I continued on to my Chem. class at CSULA only to see smoke coming from the building that day. I was living in a different house at the time of the Northrige quake in the early 90's. Our TV fell over and that was about it. I still got ready for work, called in to see if we were working and got no answer. So I of course drove into work just in case the phone lines were down(I was well trained). It was one of the eeriest feelings to drive through a deserted downtown LA with no-one else on the road and no traffic lights functioning whatsoever. Needless to say, the good ol OLY building had no damage and was back up and running the next day. I have since moved to a more seismically preferable area to the south of LA county; the earthquakes are more frequent but undetectable verses the 6 - 7 magnitudes every 10 years or so in the LA, San Fernando area. My sister lives pretty close to where the Lander's quakes epicenters were. There were 2 big ones in the 7 range out there within a couple years of each other, but pretty much no damage out there to anyone or any thing. The Alaskan quake in '64 emptied the bay of Anchorage, the ships hit the seabed floor. More people died from the resulting tsunamis in other states than in the actual earthquake. The type of fault, the type of land, and also the location and type of structures near the epicenters make a big difference in damage done. That New Madrid fault in the midwest I believe had an magnitude 8 or so a few hundred years ago. Imagine the damage an 8 there would cause today. Thats 300 times stronger than the 5.2, or is it 3000 times I can't remember anymore I just know its exponentially greater. [/QUOTE]
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