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There was a small 3.2 quake that occurred in the East Bay at 3:30 p.m. today, one kilometer Northeast of El Cerrito. We at SFist felt it in the Tendernob area (the first one we've felt in our eight years in SF), as did many Twitter users. It was quick and felt like a large truck driving by. There have been no immediate reports of injury or damage. Apparently, there was also a 5.2 earthquake in Southern Alaska early this morning and a small quake in Wales last night. Occurrences like these are always good reminders to prepare for the Big One.
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I found it interesting that I felt this one in the "mid-Richmond."
1 "kilo... meter"? I thought we fought a whole war with England so we wouldn't use SI units!?
I think it's funny that it also lists "0 miles". The geeky side of me is wondering if this is because they floor(0.62 miles), or the actual measured distance was
(hmm so I can't use <? finishing my comment here...)
less than 800m, and you get round(0.8km) = 1km and round(0.49mi) = 0mi
Insult the French for the metric system, not the English (who often enough still use the same backward system we inherited from them). Then insult science, which has abandoned good ol' American values for things like the metric system and evolution.
And you forget that if the miles are rounded, so are the kilometers:
.49 miles == 788 metres (for example)
Round the numbers ... 0 miles, 1 kilometre.
no no, I meant, assuming the measured value was:
0.49 mi ~= 0.788 km
round these to the nearest integer (not floor or ceil), and you get:
0 mi, 1 km
And there was a 6.0 magnitude one 2157 km ENE of Puerto Rico too.
Geeks never need anyone to out them, they just engage in discussions about true metric measurement and historical rational behind their creation on public forums.
Can somebody please, for the love of Zeus, make a dick joke already?
robinsf - how about:
It was only a 3.2 but I felt it.
That's what SHE said!
I felt it in the Haight! (I can't think of any dick jokes right now, sorry RobinSF).
The earthquake was so severe that it even made my web browser display SFist all fucked up and wrong for an entire day.
(There, RobIn... that was kind of a "dick joke" for me to make, right?)