I think they are so used to them that they deal with the shakes and then move on.
Yes and no. Yes, we're desensitized, but these quakes were certainly more noticeable than most. Although there were a few people who said they didn't feel the quakes on Thursday, I don't know anyone who didn't feel the quakes on Friday. However, they weren't big deals because (1) they were rollers, as opposed to jarring quakes (sort of like being on a raft in a not quite completely still lake); and (2) there was little or no damage in the heavily populated areas. Keep in mind that, since last Thursday, there have been literally hundreds of quakes/aftershocks (almost 100 in the last 24 hours in excess of 2.5 per the USGS), but most people didn't feel them. I guess this is NOT information that TAC should give Mrs. TAC.
If you feel like ditching your family for an hour or two, PM me and I'll come find you and buy you a beer.
Thanks for the offer. Not sure ditching the family while on vacation is going to happen though.
Didn't figure, but I wanted to offer nonetheless.
What I found humorous about these earthquakes was that there's a clip somewhere out there of a Dodgers game that's happening at Dodgers stadium at the time the Friday Earthquake happened and the teams were still playing on like of importance is not happening and you can see the cameras shaking during the play.
I was watching the game when it happened. There was virtually no reaction from the players on the field or the umpires. The announcers were flabbergasted about that.
Must've been the distance, cause my brothers were at Candlestick at the World Series game during 89, and there was no way baseball was going to continue being played during that one, and that quake was weaker than friday's.
6.9 versus 7.1 (although the surface wave magnitude was the same). Loma Prieta was also a different type of quake, and there was major damage in populated areas (e.g., the collapse of a portion of the Nimitz Freeway).