[ExI] California 5.1 Earthquake 25 Oct

[spike at rainier66.com]

..> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
Subject: [ExI] California 5.1 Earthquake 25 Oct

 

>.While many people in California felt a moderate earthquake Tuesday, some
smartphone users actually got a heads-up before it happened thanks to
technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley. Axios
reports:

 

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Looks like it was near Spike.

Probably not enough to shake him out of bed though!  :)

 

BillK

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Well, coupla things BillK.  The shake didn't happen until after noon because
we are already taking a lunch break at the time.  That quake happened in
Joseph Grant park east of San Jose.  By sheer coincidence, my bride and I,
along with another friend, had decided to go hiking in Grant Park today.
The photo above shows them heading back down after the quake.  We texted our
son who was in school to see how it went down there.  They made them do duck
and cover, then a few minutes later, made them go out onto the ball field.
He said nothing fell over as far as he could tell.

 

None of us have that Berkeley app.  But all three of us got pings within
about a minute after the quake estimating where the epicenter was, and
estimating accurately the 5.1 magnitude.  The epicenter was about 4 miles
south of where we were hiking.

 

This is cool however, for now I will get that Berkeley app, see if it really
can give me even a few seconds notice.  I don't think it coulda done it from
where we were however, because we were too close: the waves travel at the
speed of sound in rock, so it woulda only taken a coupla seconds to get
there.

 

Adrian was farther away from the epicenter, so he is likely OK.

 

spike 

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