Earthquake off Northern California

merger writes "A 7.0 earthquake (7.4 according to NOAA) occured off of the northern California coast occured at 7:50 p.m. PST triggering a tsunami warning (which was then downgraded to a tsunami bulletin). While searching Google News for information I learned about an earthquake preparedness study for the area which was just published today."

Anyone know how many hurt?

[HG2]

Anyone?!?!?! I have family that live there... I am going to call them now.

Re:Undersea Cables?

[helioquake]

Nah, probably someone spilled the bottle of beer on console and short-circuited it.

Re:Anyone know how many hurt?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, go ahead and tie up the phone system.

timely article

[fearanddread]

Interesting that this happened. Here is an article [sfgate.com] that was published just yesterday talking about exactly this topic. I guess the subduction zone reads the Chronicle.

Slashdot should not be my primary news source :(.

[saurik]

So earlier, when this was first breaking news, my roommate got a phone call from her friend Erin about a possible tsunami warning. My first thought? "I'll check slashdot; if it's actually going to kill us (especially as we're in Southern California) slashdot will have an article on it".

your family will be very appreciative

[commodoresloat]

that you had to post to slashdot before calling them to see if they were ok.

Sarge is out?! Someone pinch me.

[rice_burners_suck]

The earthquake was caused by the impact of the news that Sarge is finally out. (It took several days before that news truly sank in.)

Hollywood Check In

[commodoresloat]

Well it was pretty intense here. It felt like the whole world was shaking. There were all kinds of noises and objects flying around. Everything turned different colors too. And there were naked women everywhere....

What's that? the quake was up north you say?

That's it. No more LSD on weeknights.

Cowabunga!

[chillmost]

which was then downgraded to a tsunami bulletin

Surf's Up, Dude!!

I was distracted by my masturbating

[macslut]

I was distracted by my masturbating when it happened, so I didn't notice the earthquake. Damn, why does this always happen...oh wait, never mind.

MJ!

[Zork the Almighty]

God is angry over the Michael Jackson verdict!

South West UK check in

[rjshields]

Nothing felt here. Roger.

Re:your family will be very appreciative

[Anonymous Coward]

You'd think just giving a shout upstairs would be enough anyway.

Re:Slashdot should not be my primary news source :

[Ilgaz]

Don't go panic tomorrow if you read a "new" tsunami warning here.

Re:MJ!

[ZeroExistenZ]

Now that's insightful.

Timing

[vyrus128]

Slashdot's getting better at posting news while it's new... this one's only about 3 or 4 hours out of date. Meanwhile Fark, a comedy site, had the newsflash up while the tsunami warning was still in effect. I know where I'm going for my news...

Re:You're an idiot for not knowing CAPE.

[welsh git]

> Pedantics. I am not up for it.

That's PEDANTS

HTH

Re:earthquake/tsunami insurance?

[HyperBlazer]

Move to New Zealand: we're built on a plate boundary, and our government kindly provides us with natural disaster insurance for earthquakes.

Right. So I'm going to move somewhere because after the quake hits and destroys all my stuff, I'll be able to collect insurance (if I didn't killed killed in the disaster).

No thanks, I think I'll stick with my original plan, and move somewhere where I'll be safe from earthquakes altogether. That's why I'm starting grad school next year at Berkeley.

Oh shit. You got any good schools down there in NZ?

Re: This wasn't anything major.

[Black Parrot]

> Shook my bed a bit, that was more of an event than this.

Most slashdotters have never had their beds shaken, so you might want to explain what it's like.

Re:Anyone know how many hurt?

[Anonymous Coward]

Damn, even the earthquakes go offshore now.

Re:Slashdot should not be my primary news source :

[dnaboy]

I wouldn't bank on it unless Steve Jobs issues the tsunami warning himself.

Re:This wasn't anything major.

[3waygeek]

Actually, the epicenter is a baseball stadium [rcquakes.com].

South Central UK check in

[aug24]

Hi Roger!

Re:Newsflash!

[Shakrai]

But one in captivity somewhere appearently has internet access and learned english.

But he disappeared after sending an e-mail to the human race that only contained one line: "So long, and Thanks for All the Fish."

Unfortunately due to the number of recipients his message was almost universally classified as SPAM and never received by most of the human race who now only had hours to live....