Western Railroad Discussion > earthquake in CA

Whoa.....just felt the earthquake here in Elk Grove CA. Don't get to many of these around here. Watching Sharks hockey, almost got rolled off the couch. Hope everyone is OK.

I felt it in Davis. A light rolling motion.


http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California



Version #5: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

A moderate earthquake occurred at 8:47:07 PM (PDT) on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
The magnitude 5.7 event occurred 11 km (7 miles) WNW of Greenville, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 0 km (0.0 miles).



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Yep, there's a BNSF freight on the Gateway Sub talking with the Dispatcher, they felt it and are following protocol, as in walking the track.

The USGS site is the source that the news folks go to.

Didn't notice anything in Dunsmuir, didn't even spill my beer (Lost Coast Downtown Brown btw).



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BNSF freight stopped, rocks in tracks.

Looks like reroute time.UP over Donner.BNSF over Shasta.Maybe?

Yee...Haw......Jumping in Greenville....5.7 AT Canyon Dam.

no damage here....friends on top of it dropped pictures off wall and stuff off shelves.....

DaveL



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Are your feet getting wet?

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> Yee...Haw......Jumping in Greenville....5.7 AT
> Canyon Dam.
>

Very "nice" shaking in Chico.

Adam

TCnR Wrote:
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(Lost Coast Downtown Brown btw).


Well it is Dunsmuir. At least Manfredi's carries a few good beers...

BNSF has 2 trains in Almanor siding, one north and one south.

The NB was "on the hill" during the quake.....just pulled in now.

DS has told them to wait for track inspection.

Dave.....feet are still dry !!

Yep, little roller here in Sacramento, just stirred my Rum n" Coke a little

Still getting aftershocks around magnitude 3+

Good shake in Greenville! One of my employees lives just northeast of Canyon Dam (High Line is up behind his house). He has some crumbling on a chimney and all kinds of stuff that fell off shelves onto the floor.

Lake Almanor Country Club has no power and a cracked water tank that is leaking.

Tom Y



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Excellent choice of beverages!

Martin Young
AH, CA

TCnR Wrote:
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> Yep, there's a BNSF freight on the Gateway Sub
> talking with the Dispatcher, they felt it and are
> following protocol, as in walking the track.
>
> The USGS site is the source that the news folks go
> to.
>
> Didn't notice anything in Dunsmuir, didn't even
> spill my beer (Lost Coast Downtown Brown btw).

Lake Almanor Dam is a hydraulic fill, which is susceptible to liquefaction, and the ongoing aftershocks aren't helping any. Lets hope North Fork Feather River, Lake Oroville and Oroville City don't see a sudden rise in water levels tonight.

boltmansacto Wrote:
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> Whoa.....just felt the earthquake here in Elk
> Grove CA. Don't get to many of these around here.
> Watching Sharks hockey, almost got rolled off the
> couch. Hope everyone is OK.


I think that was a Kings goal you felt! :>)

KC

Yeah, no doubt there. Kings shook the Sharks pretty good tonite.

I lived in Grass Valley, CA, during the early 1970's. We really felt earthquakes there because the ground beneath us was riddled with gold mines that were filled with water.

In the same way, anyone who lives on a big aquifer, such as the Central Valley, is in for a roll when the earth begins to move.

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Fred Harrison
Central Point, OR
CORPpower/JSS/EORS

Just Mount Lassen letting off some tension

My earthquake app shows the epicenter of this 5.7 quake to be almost directly below Almanor siding. And a large aftershock was centered almost directly below the dam. I doubt the dam is in any danger since there has been substantial work to buttress the dam's upstream and downstream sides. But the outlet tower and outlet tunnel might have suffered some damage. I'm sure PG&E will be doing an extensive investigation.

The location of this quake is in an area that rarely experiences earthquakes.