Initial reports scored it a magnitude 5.4. It has since been upgraded to a 6.0, though as the map above [
source
] states, the data has yet to be reviewed by human. [Update: It was dowgraded ever so slightly to a 5.9.]
This map
suggests the temblor occurred along the Mendocino fault zone. The USGS recorded it at a depth of 6.8 miles. Lots more data
here
.
This article appears in Tree Cop.
Nothing like an earthquake hitting when you’re in the shower…
Hey in Haiti a girl was showering and got trapped but she lived for 15 days because she had access to water!
On Don Garlick’s ‘Sophie Smells a Shaker’ in your Feb. 4 issue, thanks much for an informative article. I just would like to add that in my opinion, animals are given too much credit for such things. Study the video carefully, and not far behind the dog, a swivel chair is rotating with the help of the temblor. The chair moves and rotates a couple times BEFORE the dog takes off. The animal saw and felt and reacted to the quake in the same way us humans do. It doesn’t appear that the dog had any foreknowledge of the quake’s coming.