Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake Shakes South Bay

[Ian David]

Source: CBS 5

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook the South Bay late Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblor occured at 10:40 a.m. at a depth of 3.9 miles.

It was centered 11 miles north of Morgan Hill, 12 miles east of Seven Trees, 13 miles southeast of Alum Rock and 16 miles southeast from San Jose.

There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries.


Read more: http://cbs5.com/earthquake/morgan.hill.earthquake.2.971428.html

[villager]

1. What's a little 4.3 between Californians?

(Grew up in the Bay Area, live in El Lay now -- never out of the quake zone!)

[DBoon]

2. It amuses us

We get to watch the tourists panic

[ContinentalOp]

3. Yeah, that's nothing.

I made the same southward trip as you. Experienced the 7.2 up there in 1989 but moved down here just after the northridge quake. 4.3 is like somebody stomping on the floor moderately hard.

[damntexdem]

4. "Shakes South Bay"? A 4.3 can hardly be said to shake anything.

Of course, if it's a precursor to a larger quake ...

[CreekDog]

7. it's strong enough to shake all the ground between Morgan Hill and SF

4.6 is a pretty good little quake.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Ring of Fire rumbling

From Mount Redoubt blowing, to your 6.2ers in both Indonesia and Peru over the weekend, to the Papua volcano and earthquake, to the spectacular underwater eruption at Tonga http://www.pr-inside.com/the-fury-of-erupting-submarine-volcano-r1149153.htm

A shake and blow fest.

Now South Bay USA trembles. Hmmm...What's going on...

May the Ring of Fire expres itself by bringing illumination, rather than suffering. May all be safe. May it be so.

[tekisui]

9. I always appreciate what you bring SpiralHawk!

Thanks!:hi:

[CreekDog]

6. 4.6 actually

they keep adjusting it upwards.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/30/BACN16PF4O.DTL&tsp=1

[Gormy Cuss]

12. But they are calling it a "small quake," although sounds big enough to get the adrenaline flowing

especially since it was two sharp jolts. The first one's usually "Phew! That was fun," but when it's followed by another one we start to wonder, don't we?

Didn't notice it up here in the inner East Bay.

[EFerrari]

15. The chair under me shook nicely but on the beach, we always do. n/t

[CreekDog]

16. you're feeling the P & S waves

the farther away from the epicenter, the more likely you will feel them distinctly (if the earthquake is big enough to be felt from that distance)

[GregW]

8. Pshaw! 4.3 is like "two bottles of ketchup fell off the shelf"

... at a 7-11.

Try standing in line at Fry's on Hamilton Rd during a 5.8 wondering if a fake concrete sarcophagus is going to flatten you!

[CrawlingChaos]

10. Certainly got our attention

Hate it when these things happen far too early in the day for cocktails.

And the scariest thing about earthquakes these days is wondering, in the event of a really big one, whether help will be on the way. I don't think we can count on anything anymore.

[harry_pothead]

11. I thought I felt a small shake for about 1 second this morning

But I wasn't sure.

[cosmicone]

13. 4.3 is not an earthquake - it is a gentle caress here in CA n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

14. There were smaller 'swarms' of quakes down there last week.

Hopefully this is the 'big one' from this set, and not a precursor. Want to see the US in a full-on, no question Depression? A 10-20 foot slip along the San Andreas would do the trick.

There was just a 3.3 up at the other end, near Eureka. That fault is definitely not sleeping.