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Yup, that was an earthquake outside SF

by ricberw on 10/28/23, 1:43 AM with 62 comments

• by shasheene on 10/28/23, 3:05 AM

  The entirety of SoMa and Mission Bay are liquefaction zones [1], expected to face major damage during the next major earthquake.

  I wonder if "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" really is good advice for liquefaction zones for a very big earthquake.

  [1] https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/b70a766a60ad4c0688babdd4749...

• by Aeolun on 10/28/23, 3:18 AM

  3.7 barely qualifies as an earthquake though.

• by jandrewrogers on 10/28/23, 2:20 AM

  That’s a pretty small earthquake for California. You’ll feel a 5.x but it doesn’t get much more than a passing blurb in the local news when it happens. Everything there is built for earthquakes, the damage doesn’t start until you get to the 6.x range.

• by silenced_trope on 10/28/23, 2:57 AM

  I was lying down and felt it. Wasn't enough to get me up though as these small ones aren't uncommon.

  I suppose I should earthquake proof my apartment though, you know those twist tie things that come with some furniture that are meant to be anchored into the wall? I've never used 'em.

  At some point with a big one I'll have some shelving and what not fall over. But I've been over a decade here and I haven't needed them yet.

• by _kst_ on 10/28/23, 3:48 AM

  Looks like the epicenter was 13.1 kilometers directly below SFO (San Francisco International Airport, which is south of San Francisco).

  Updated magnitude is 3.7.

• by shekispeaks on 10/28/23, 3:24 AM

  In Oakland, I felt it more significantly than any other earthquake in a while.

• by MongoTheMad on 10/28/23, 5:02 AM

  Oh? I thought it was the implosion of X, formerly known as Twitter.

• by 29athrowaway on 10/28/23, 4:00 AM

  3.7 does not do anything.