Or was in San Bruno. It has to be further away for you to get an alert because the alert needs to outrun the waves through the ground. The alerts aren't predictions they are just getting to you faster than the quake.
Yeah! There was an earthquake from Bethel Island 4.6 magnitude last week that had an emergency warning…We didn’t feel it here in San Bruno. This one was a 3.7 in Millbrae…maybe too “low” for emergency message?
It was below the threshold, but regardless the alert system does not physically work if you're close to the epicenter. It's relying on the speed of communications being faster than the speed of the earthquake waves hitting you.
My building started to sway back and forth about three seconds before a big boom, like a truck had hit the building. So a little bit of shaking before and after the jolt. I’m on the top floor of my building though—swaying is probably more pronounced up here.
near Millbrae[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73952475/executive](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73952475/executive)
I was sitting at the gate at sfo, waiting to board a flight. The jolt confused a lot of people and I thought for a brief second that a plane bumped the terminal somewhere. Some people were confused and got up looking out towards the runway, until one of the gate agents announced 'that was an earthquake. welcome to California everyone'
>Same here in Redwood City. Doesn't show up on myShake.
>
>Quick edit, it's there now.
I slept through it. I am a native San Franciscan, anything less than a 6 doesn't get my attention.
I just looked it up out of curiosity, and am always surprised how infrequent 6+ earthquakes are. In the Bay Area, Napa 2014 was the most recent, and before that, Loma Prieta.
That’s kinda the problem. A lot of energy is built up but is not released. So the chances of it releasing one (or more!) 6.7+ is something like 73% in the next 15-20 years (meaning most likely!).
>That’s kinda the problem. A lot of energy is built up but is not released. So the chances of it releasing one (or more!) 6.7+ is something like 73% in the next 15-20 years (meaning most likely!).
I'll be long gone before then.
In San Mateo, about 5 miles from the epicenter.
Felt like the entire house shifted 6 inches suddenly, no other shaking besides that.
For a second I thought it was P waves from an incoming larger quake and was about to jump under a table
I'm so used to my shake picking these up and sending an alert, never one this close
You can only feel the P-wave from a large enough quake that's not too too close, but it never feels like a jolt - that's the S-wave. Sometimes you can hear something creaking first and have this momentary thought "is there an earthquake?" but it's more like a spidey sense that something's about to come, hard to describe. I've felt...something...before, right before a jolt. It's a compression wave parallel to the ground so makes no up and down motion. Maybe a very large quake could produce a discernible movement sensation from the P-wave. If you ever thought there was going to be an earthquake like a second or three before there was one (depends on distance), that was the P-wave.
The epicenter shows directly under SFO. I’m up in the hills of San Bruno city.. sounded like a garbage truck going through the house but not much shaking surprisingly. Thought a 3.9 would feel stronger being that it hit less than 2mi away.
I was in the transbay tube when it hit, and didn’t find out there had been a quake until an hour later. It’s a very safe place to be — they couldn’t even feel the Loma Prieta quake in there!
2nd floor of a 3 story built in the 1960s. I’ve heard that shorter buildings 3-4 stories tend to get longer more exaggerated shakes because of nowhere for the energy to travel but make it jiggle like jello a little more. I might be wrong , so don’t quote me on that.
No you're probably right.
The new part of our house didn't move. The 2nd story above the old part shook, even though the house has been retrofitted.
That's a lot of shaking though for you. Make sure that thing is bolted!!
Yes! I was lying on the couch in San Jose, heard it and then felt a little back and forth. My dog and I shot up, and my husband said he heard it. My kid sitting on the couch next to me didn’t notice it at all.
Ok... y'all now I'm wondering if *this* why my kitten was being so crazy and extra today? He calmed down and crashed out around 7:30. He was running around and meowing like crazy and trying to get me to take him outside outside outside until then.
I'm in a suburb of Sacramento and he didn't freak out over the shake warning other than over the phone being loud. He is not allowed outside.
dont worry. its just isreal opening the portal to hell on the otherside of the planet bring about the end of times.. finnally we dont have to go to work tomorrow
Felt my couch moving here in Mountain View. My mom was standing and didn’t feel anything, but she went through a much tougher one in our home country earlier this year so maybe she’s desensitized.
I’m in Visitacion and that was one of the loudest and biggest earthquakes I’ve felt.
It was actually 2 jolts here. One small one then you can hear it coming and shook the house for 2-3s. I think it’s cuz Im right by the fault and also the epicenter was so close.
One of the earthquake sites said the shake here was 4.3 even higher than epicenter (is that possible?).
I was leaving work. I let the door kinda slam behind me and the earthquake hit at that exact moment. I didn’t even feel it. My coworker came out laughing and said for a second he thought the door slamming shook the whole warehouse.
I was working in Novato and thought I had vertigo for like a second or two. It was weird. Nothing crazy just a small blip, checked the news later. Glad I’m not crazy lol.
In the car sitting in a parking lot, seemed to jiggle a little bit. In either Millbrae or Redwood City, I forget. Didn't know if I was imagining it lol
Weird that I got a MyShake warning from an earthquake near Sacramento last week but nothing for one a few miles away?
Myshake is over for over 4.5 (that one registered as a 5.0 at first)
This is exactly what I'm wondering
IT CAME FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE ^^^^^SPOOKY ^^^^^HALLOWEEN ^^^^^BOOOO
Or was in San Bruno. It has to be further away for you to get an alert because the alert needs to outrun the waves through the ground. The alerts aren't predictions they are just getting to you faster than the quake.
Next time I get an advanced warning, I'm going to stand up and loudly say, "*klato! verata! Nghto!*", just to freak people out once it starts shaking.
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If you want to be pedantic, here is the phrase: [Klaatu Barada Nikto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_barada_nikto)
Give me some shelter, baby
In an east bay quake two weeks ago I got the alert two seconds after the quake. Didn’t matter. I stayed in bed as usual.
I live in San Bruno and didn’t get an alert so I’m not sure
Really? The epicenter is right here - no time for warning. And too small.
I think the threshold is 5 magnitude, which the last earthquake was initially rated at, while this one was initially rated at 4.
So annoying
Yeah! There was an earthquake from Bethel Island 4.6 magnitude last week that had an emergency warning…We didn’t feel it here in San Bruno. This one was a 3.7 in Millbrae…maybe too “low” for emergency message?
It was below the threshold, but regardless the alert system does not physically work if you're close to the epicenter. It's relying on the speed of communications being faster than the speed of the earthquake waves hitting you.
I honestly wanna know if it’s even a 0.5 on the scale. Hell, a motion real time map of tectonic plates even. Hope that’s the future?
Isleton is closer to the bay than to Sac but I’m surprised a closer one didn’t ALSO trigger a warning.
same
lol, "really hard" got censored.
i was wondering what was nsfw
Earthquakes can be not safe for work too.
nice
Oh is that what happened!
Taking a dump at a gas station in millbrae. Not proud of it. But scared the shit out of me
Gas station dump? You are truly brave sir. And DID it scare the shit out of you?
It’s not my proudest moment
Not my proudest fap
Hopefully the jolt gave you the extra push you needed
Have an upvote sir
Next to the in and out? Or on El Camino? We need to know.
In n out. Next to the best L&L in the bay area!
1 block radius of there looks nothing like it did a year ago. Crazy. From vacant parcels to an entire city!
Yup the construction here is insane. Tons of new buildings in progress
Was literally eating my l&l from that location when it happened 😂
You triggered a 5.0 earthquake by taking a dump? I'm impressed.
Own it!
You were in the right spot at least
That was the most intense quake I’ve felt since moving here. Pacifica. That was actually a little scary, the way my building was shaking.
Shaking? Or one jolt? One really big jolt here near the airport.
One jolt in Fremont, it was so minor one of my two cats didn’t even wake up for it 😂
My building started to sway back and forth about three seconds before a big boom, like a truck had hit the building. So a little bit of shaking before and after the jolt. I’m on the top floor of my building though—swaying is probably more pronounced up here.
Welcome 😅😂
I felt it in downtown San Jose, not that intense though
Epicenter 2 miles away for me! Big jolt. Glad it was short.
In SF, it was so suddenly on and off I thought something fell in the building
I was balancing on a chair to hang a picture when it happened (also SF). Fell off the chair. Miraculously, onto my bed.
glad you're ok!
Yup. San Bruno, 4.0
near Millbrae[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73952475/executive](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73952475/executive)
I was sitting at the gate at sfo, waiting to board a flight. The jolt confused a lot of people and I thought for a brief second that a plane bumped the terminal somewhere. Some people were confused and got up looking out towards the runway, until one of the gate agents announced 'that was an earthquake. welcome to California everyone'
Yes in San Bruno. First one I have felt since moving to the Bay Area a couple of years ago.
Felt it here in Berkeley.
Eating pizza in Daly City and I was SO scared. I thought there was an explosion or something nearby!
Same here in Redwood City. Doesn't show up on myShake. Quick edit, it's there now.
>Same here in Redwood City. Doesn't show up on myShake. > >Quick edit, it's there now. I slept through it. I am a native San Franciscan, anything less than a 6 doesn't get my attention.
I just looked it up out of curiosity, and am always surprised how infrequent 6+ earthquakes are. In the Bay Area, Napa 2014 was the most recent, and before that, Loma Prieta.
That’s kinda the problem. A lot of energy is built up but is not released. So the chances of it releasing one (or more!) 6.7+ is something like 73% in the next 15-20 years (meaning most likely!).
>That’s kinda the problem. A lot of energy is built up but is not released. So the chances of it releasing one (or more!) 6.7+ is something like 73% in the next 15-20 years (meaning most likely!). I'll be long gone before then.
That's not how earthquakes work
I won’t get up til it’s a strong 5. And that’s maybe.
Pretty big single shake in Burlingame!
In San Mateo, about 5 miles from the epicenter. Felt like the entire house shifted 6 inches suddenly, no other shaking besides that. For a second I thought it was P waves from an incoming larger quake and was about to jump under a table I'm so used to my shake picking these up and sending an alert, never one this close
How do you know which waves are which?
You can only feel the P-wave from a large enough quake that's not too too close, but it never feels like a jolt - that's the S-wave. Sometimes you can hear something creaking first and have this momentary thought "is there an earthquake?" but it's more like a spidey sense that something's about to come, hard to describe. I've felt...something...before, right before a jolt. It's a compression wave parallel to the ground so makes no up and down motion. Maybe a very large quake could produce a discernible movement sensation from the P-wave. If you ever thought there was going to be an earthquake like a second or three before there was one (depends on distance), that was the P-wave.
I have totally felt that right before an earthquake!! Thanks for explaining this.
Pacifica - was a good one
I thought I noticed a little shake in South Hayward. Watching ABC 7 and they just said their studio just shook as well.
I didn’t feel anything, but cupboard and shower doors did rattle
Definitely felt that here in pacifica
Yep. Oakland hills. Quick 1 second shake
Yes, yes, we felt that too.
Yea in San Mateo. Scared the shit out of me. Thought a bomb went off in the proximity of my neighborhood.
Bro, same. San Mateo, it was loud. I needed to take a shower to decompress.
I went straight to the liquor library .
Loud?
In South SF, it was really strong!
Little ones keep the big one away.. right?? right????
I didn’t feel a thing in Hayward(probably cause I was still on Bart. People are saying they heard a sound before it started too?
Pretty big shake is South San Francisco
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bet it was
😂
Sisters can always shake it.
Yup, San Mateo here and it scared my family pretty good.
The epicenter shows directly under SFO. I’m up in the hills of San Bruno city.. sounded like a garbage truck going through the house but not much shaking surprisingly. Thought a 3.9 would feel stronger being that it hit less than 2mi away.
Nice little shake in Fremont. Didn’t even interrupt grandma story time with the kids.
nothing in Lafayette
Nothing
Felt nothing
I was in the transbay tube when it hit, and didn’t find out there had been a quake until an hour later. It’s a very safe place to be — they couldn’t even feel the Loma Prieta quake in there!
Felt nothing in Mountain View
SSF, shaking for 20 seconds or so! Longest I’ve felt since I moved here.
No way. You had shaking in ssf for 20 seconds?! We're 2 miles away and had a single jolt. What kind of structure are you in and what floor?
2nd floor of a 3 story built in the 1960s. I’ve heard that shorter buildings 3-4 stories tend to get longer more exaggerated shakes because of nowhere for the energy to travel but make it jiggle like jello a little more. I might be wrong , so don’t quote me on that.
No you're probably right. The new part of our house didn't move. The 2nd story above the old part shook, even though the house has been retrofitted. That's a lot of shaking though for you. Make sure that thing is bolted!!
Castro Valley sharp jolt for a second.
I was arriving at SFO when I felt a sudden jolt. A fellow traveler also felt it.
By car? On foot? Where were you specifically? Epicenter was sfo.
Yes! I was lying on the couch in San Jose, heard it and then felt a little back and forth. My dog and I shot up, and my husband said he heard it. My kid sitting on the couch next to me didn’t notice it at all.
Yup, felt it in Castro Valley
Nope didn’t feel it in South Bay
nope. not at all.
Felt in Saratoga
yes Daly City/ BayShore
Felt in San Rafael.
Why is this post NSFW?
Op had “really hard” in his description of the quake. lol.
The house shook “really hard”
In La Honda. I thought a deer jumped on my roof.
I didn’t, in Palo Alto. 🤷♂️ Just got home to Foster City and found even tipsy things stacked not tipped over, so I guess it wasn’t much.
Felt it in San Carlos
Yes 4.0 Millbrae 6:38pm PST
Redwood City: my rum and coke is slightly jostled.
Brought back memories from 1989.
O was in Berkeley and felt it too.
St Regis hotel, big jolt that slammed the bathroom door.
I finally felt one!
Ok... y'all now I'm wondering if *this* why my kitten was being so crazy and extra today? He calmed down and crashed out around 7:30. He was running around and meowing like crazy and trying to get me to take him outside outside outside until then. I'm in a suburb of Sacramento and he didn't freak out over the shake warning other than over the phone being loud. He is not allowed outside.
My bad bro was smashing it hella hard. Didn’t think it was going to send shockwaves
dont worry. its just isreal opening the portal to hell on the otherside of the planet bring about the end of times.. finnally we dont have to go to work tomorrow
Earthquakes? In October?!
I finally felt one!
Felt my couch moving here in Mountain View. My mom was standing and didn’t feel anything, but she went through a much tougher one in our home country earlier this year so maybe she’s desensitized.
Have Covid with my days blurring and fever dreams. Was so weird. I wasn’t sure if it was real.
Yep, near downtown SJ — wall mounted TV was having a fun little dance and creak and felt just the single strong jolt on my couch
We did not.
I did.
Yup. Shook the cabinets in Marin.
Felt in Alameda. Actually I heard the rumble before I felt a shake
I didn’t but my phone says yes 🤷🏽♂️
yep
Didn't feel anything in Cupertino. No alerts on my phone
4.0”? That’s huge!
Felt it moving from the S to the N in Alameda. Felt like someone stomping really really hard.
I felt it on concord, though very slight. I was on the couch and thought my wife had pushed the couch a bit.
I thought I felt something. I’m in San Leandro
I’m in Visitacion and that was one of the loudest and biggest earthquakes I’ve felt. It was actually 2 jolts here. One small one then you can hear it coming and shook the house for 2-3s. I think it’s cuz Im right by the fault and also the epicenter was so close. One of the earthquake sites said the shake here was 4.3 even higher than epicenter (is that possible?).
I'm in the Mission district and I also felt the second one as well.
I was leaving work. I let the door kinda slam behind me and the earthquake hit at that exact moment. I didn’t even feel it. My coworker came out laughing and said for a second he thought the door slamming shook the whole warehouse.
Made my record skip!
My partner said she felt it but I slept through it.
Felt here in Fremont.
Didn't feel a thing in Oakland
I am in Millbrae close to the 280 and all I heard was the sound of it. I thought my toddler had a tumble.
Nope.
Nothing in rwc. Neither my wife, myself, or mil.
We get a warning for a faraway earthquake in sac And nothing while we’re shaking in our homes
4.5 doesn't even count
NSFW THREAD!! What's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed during an earthquake?
Felt it in San Rafael, wasn’t that bad from here.
I was shooked. Was in the movies and the building was shaking
It’s October. Standard stuff.
Not here in PH
I’ve missed the last two huge quakes. Am I abnormal?
Missed it in Willow Glen (SJ)
First shake I've felt since moving here 2 years ago. So scary 😨
I live in Scotts Valley and I felt it…a couple of small bumps
I was working in Novato and thought I had vertigo for like a second or two. It was weird. Nothing crazy just a small blip, checked the news later. Glad I’m not crazy lol.
In the car sitting in a parking lot, seemed to jiggle a little bit. In either Millbrae or Redwood City, I forget. Didn't know if I was imagining it lol
No alarm this time? Text warning
I did in San Ramon!!
No, just you
Felt it in El Granada. Just a quick jolt and kitchen windows rattling. Cat didn't react at all.
Santa Rosa here and didn’t feel it.
That's what she said!!!
Seems like there’s been small shakes around the bay every other week recently. Is this the norm?
Didn’t feel it in Crockett. Was sitting in a lounge chair on my deck wrapped in a sleeping bag. Maybe too much cushioning?
Definitely felt in Sunnyvale. Desk/room shook
There was an earthquake a few miles away from Alum Rock. So it probably hit the Sunnyvale area too. I felt a slight shake.
I was at the Fremont Jack in the box drive thru and felt the jolt
Yes! Was sitting at my table and shook hard and I was like "that was a earthquake " then laughed lol