Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 10984334)

somebody oughta git down there and lube those plates

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv (Post 10984136)

In the earthquake we went through in 1952, I was awakened in the beginning light of morning by what sounded like a freight train bearing down. My bed started moving, & I jumped out & looked out the window. A big tree outside had a large, horizontal limb that started moving violently up & down & I realized what was going on,even though I'd never experienced one. I ran to my sisters' bunk beds & woke up my sister on the top, who jumped down to the floor from the top. We had to struggle to wake up our little sister on the bottom bumk. As we ran into the hallway, we could see our parents (one bare bulb in the center) running toward us from the other end, but none of us were making any headway. It was really loud and supposedly lasted 40+ seconds. Finally as we were all running through the front room toward the front door, one of my sisters sat down on the couch & we had to pull her up & outside. Ouside on the front porch, my dad wanted to go in for jackets, but every time he tried there was an aftershock. Eventually he just went inside & got jackets for us. My cat disappeared for three days before and came nonchalently walking in a couple of hours afterwards. I remember seeing horses rearing and neighing in their pens (sort like they were panicked) for a few days before as we drove by & asked my mother what was wrong with them. We had a long, side yard with some fruit trees lined up. I remember sitting on the yard days later when a "rolling" aftershock came and could see the ground slightly undulatiing.

Originally Posted by tabs (Post 10983066)

Last year they had a 7 in Lone Pine which I felt here in LV..then there were literally hundreds of after shocks which I could feel a slight swaying in the house.

Go directly west of Lone Pine and see that that fault zone intersects the San Andreas just south of San Louis Obispo in the Coastal mountain range.

Originally Posted by ckelly78z (Post 10984946)

Fracking actually causes minor movements....maybe we should ask what viscosity to use on an automotive forum !

Originally Posted by vash (Post 10984284)

i was once drinking a beer. and found myself next to a geology professor.

i remember him telling me that there are those that think the rock found on the west coast is not that strong. so an earthquake transmitting the energy into our buildings will be lessened. he said the theory is that we have a limited "max" earthquake with respect to the Richtor scale. he said on the East Coast the rock has much more shear stress capacity.

i dont know if this makes me feel any better. the fault still displaces stuff. and it's just a theory anyways.