Kelly-the first century: Shaking, but not Baking!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Magnitude	4.5
Date-Time	Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 08:51:03 UTC Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 12:51:03 AM at epicenter
Location	36.770°N, 121.499°W
Depth	8.4 km (5.2 miles)
Region	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances	9 km (6 miles) SSE (157°) from San Juan Bautista, CA 12 km (8 miles) SW (226°) from Hollister, CA 15 km (10 miles) ESE (102°) from Prunedale, CA 72 km (45 miles) SSE (151°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters	Nph= 71, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.2 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5
Source	California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID	nc71508850

GRANDMA SPEAKING said...: Good thing the Aunt wasn't in surgery at that time. Hope the after shocks are done by then:); January 12, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Anonymous said...: It practically knocked me out of the bed! Kelly, meanwhile, unaware anything happened remained sound asleep. Robert; January 12, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Life Looms Large said...: Wow....talk about a rude awakening!!

One of the maps that your link points to shows the quakes within the past week. It's a little scary to see how many there are.....at least scary to those of us who live in the land of snow, not earthquakes!

Sue; January 12, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Anonymous said...: Like Kelly I slept unaware!; January 12, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Kelly said...: Hearing all the news about the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake yesterday, I feel fortunate that I haven't had a really frightening or devastating earthquake experience. Having lived near faults my whole life, I felt my first earthquake while in high school. I guess I live an oblivious life! Loma Prieta was scary and did damage nearby--but none of the damage directly affected me. I guess that makes it easy to be cavalier about earthquakes. Tornadoes and hurricanes--now those I would definitely not like to experience!; January 13, 2011 at 7:41 AM