So This Is What A 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Feels Like!

Kevin Boer, Broker Owner, 3 Oceans Real Estate, Inc. (650.387.2860)

October 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments

As a relative newcomer to California (six years and counting) I’ve only experienced mild earthquakes so far. A few minutes ago our whole house started shaking for about 10-12 seconds. The news reports it as a 5.6 magnitude quake, with the epicenter some 5 miles north of San Jose.

I guess that counts as a real quake, right?

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3 responses so far ↓

1 Anonymous // Oct 30, 2007 at 7:44 pm

Yes! That’s a “real” one!
2 Todd Carpenter // Oct 30, 2007 at 9:20 pm

I’m jealous. I lived in the Bay Area for a year and really wanted to experience a real, (but not serious) earthquake. Never happened. I slept through the few minor tremors that occurred.
3 Vicki Lloyd // Oct 30, 2007 at 9:27 pm

Congratulations! Pretty soon you’ll learn to yawn when they happen, and after 30 years or so, you can even sleep through them! (I tried to sleep through the ‘71 quake, (Silmar 7.2) when I was a student at USC, but my out-of-state dorm roommate jumped in bed with me and woke me up!)

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Menlo Park, CA
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