September 5, 2008
Whee!
Well that was fun! Don't forget to call your mom and let her know it was a small one.
Update @ 9:25pm: Apparently it was bigger in the East Bay? It totally felt small in the Richmond. Debrief yourselves in the comments.
Update @ 9:35pm: We were going to do a roundup of what local news stations are reporting, but visiting their websites rendered us blind. Seriously, why are local news sites SO FUCKING UGLY? Here's what's they look like when you put them together, which isn't an objective test of anything but feels somehow gratifying:
Anyway, they're not reporting anything good; just that it happened and everyone's fine. Nice work, journalists.
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A big jolt for a second here at 7th/Folsom
I felt the "oh shit" jolt -- the one that usually precedes the couple seconds of shaking -- but no additional shaking after that. I had to reboot my icemaker, though. I HAVE SUFFERED.
I didn't feel a thing in the Mission.. nor did anyone around me - or at least nobody acted like they did.
Little tiny movement first (fat kitty on the table; I thought he was moving around) and then a jolt.
Western part of Alameda.
it's reported as a 4.o center 10mi deep in Alamo, somewhere in contra costa county.
I was in Van Ness station when it happened, didn't even feel it. But I can report Muni followed procedure and shut the place down for a good 30 minutes.
Didn't feel a thing. Darn.
srsly, i can't wait for the appeal
I felt a little thump, that's all. I didn't even deem it worthy of comment until someone else brought it up. North Beach.
Honey? Did the earth move for you, too?
I was biking back from in-n-out on fishermans wharf and didn't realize anything had happened until SF Bart twittered to say that they were shutting down service for a bit after the earthquake.
My roommate back in oakland didn't feel anything either. *shrugs* only 4.0. nothin'
Mr. Shibi tells me that we felt it in the Haight. I was putting sheets on the bed and didn't feel it personally, though. (It's a rigorous process that involves full-body leaps, putting them sheets on the bed). Damn, I always miss them. I bought some new EQ preparedness goodies, though. Let's quake!
There was a lot of swaying here in downtown oakland. I felt it but my roommate didn't. Earthquakes rule.
Felt rather violent on the 6th floor of 303 2nd Street. It might be the foundation, concrete and rebar construction, my silly Herman Miller chair -- but I've got some backpain now. I'm a FUCKING BABY!
Srsly, building did not do nice things with the quake. Jolty, harsh, jerk jerk! No rolling as per usual.
Felt it in the Richmond but it felt smaller than the one from a few months ago.
I definitely felt it here on Nob Hill, but it was just a short, huge jerk. Just like my ex-boyfriend!
*rimshot*
As the credits to Hamlet 2 rolled at the Metreon AMC Theatre's screen #4, I felt the earth move ... maybe it was all that "Sexy Jesus" singing in the movie. A great flick for a laugh, by the way.
Was in Laurel Village & felt some shaking. I was watching the Giants game and although the center field camera was clearly shaking the announcers Krukow & Kuiper didn't mention a thing. Also, OF COURSE the local news didn't report anything good, their standard earthquake procedure is to take calls on air from people who report that their plants shook and their pets acted weird for an hour before the earthquake. Same thing every earthquake. And does the camera really have to be so tight on Dan Ashley's face? I could see the man's lipstick for chrissake!
Here in the Mission, still consoling my roommate that she missed it b/c she was shaking martinis. Boo hoo.
You guys are all kooks and are obviously not from California. It blows my mind that the media even bothers reporting on anything less than a 6.0 earthquake.
Didn't feel it at all in Oceanview. I think my power may have very briefly flickered however.
This is the best thing I have seen in the last decade.
"Anyway, they're not reporting anything good; just that it happened and everyone's fine. Nice work, journalists."
The climax of the End Days could be unfolding and the press core will be submitting passive observations and congratulating one another on the latest masturbation technique.
Muni seriously shut down the tunnel for 30 minutes?
Definitely felt it at the JCC while watching the Mark Foehringer Dance Project perform. Everyone in the audience gasped and a few people asked if they should get up and move to a doorway, but the dancers kept dancing, so we stayed in our seats.
Nice photo illustration! Captures the cluster-f***ed ness of TV journalism very well.
Out here in the Contra Costa 'burbs we got a big loud sonic boom type effect. As usual after events of this type, all the news wagons showed up at the local starbucks, which is the only thing open after 8 PM out here, and upon finding no broken, dismembered corpses, everyone went home.
I want to debrief mattymatt ;)
Dan Ashley went on and on about it on the channel 20 news. He was obviously underwhelmed by the earthquake, but I guess his producers told him to keep talking about it. I thought it was funny that they felt the need to show the seismograph reading every 30 seconds. One big jolt, that was it.
Felt one jolt in Cole Valley. I thought a truck hit the building.
Was in Macys Walnut Creek. Thought it was an explosion. Did not feeling the shaking. People just stood there and stared at the door. There was no place to take cover so I briskly walked out
for fear the building would blow up next. (My first thought was a bomb or gas explosion) Then many customers ran out after. People in the Broadway Plaza courtyard were buzzing and making cell phone calls to loved ones.
Those little ones are good practice!
felt it at York and 20th. The BAM followed by a second or two of light shaking. Not enough to faze the cat, though.
WTF are you talking about? Mom called me. She was at home and felt it. I was enjoying this city's potholes when it happened.
And yeah, 4.0 is chump change, flippin' amateur hour.
If you live near the Caltrain train tracks, you've probably felt 4.0 equivalents at 2am every night, from the regular freight trains.
@cablecarsam, an explosion? really? Huh. I've often said it would only take two suicide bombers at a McDonalds to bring this country to is quivering knees.
At 9pm, I think we were at intermission on the terrace at the War Memorial, overlooking City Hall with a bottle of Laurent Perrier, so it'd have to take something more than 4.0 to add any grief to our moment. Didn't even notice it.
Alabama/20th, felt like something ran into the house.
@rain: very clever.
Lower Haight. Didn't feel a thing. Chatting on IM with a friend in the Sunset at the time and he told me when it was happening, so i was really trying hard to feel it. Ground floor apartments get less quake love i suppose. Eveyone I know that felt it was on second floor or higher.
In the H-Ash; sitting in my apartment when I noticed the wall kinda decided to get closer to me suddenly. Pretty sure it was the quake; one jolt and nothing more. Nobody on the street seemed to notice but that's only my 2nd since I moved here (I'm such a noob, damn).