Just keep them away from me. I'm Central Coast, CA. We had a nasty one in
Dec 03. Did major damage to our downtown. (They call it the San Simeon
Quake.)

We live only 45 or so miles from the good old San Andreas and get little (1s
and 2s) all the time; and 3s every month.

The 5.6 got me out of bed Sunday, and almost knocked Ranger off the
bedroom curtains (she was scaling them at the time).

Make that hemisphere.  Both North and South America.

Add  a 7.0 off Northern California this evening

Jo

And then last night's 7.4 80 miles out to sea from the California Coast. No
shaking yet at the middle of California. But it is a wee tad nervous making.
=o\ The Loma Prieta Quake shook me up pretty thoroughly at the time.
Hopefully there won't be a Tsunami from the Crescent City Quake. I compile
the yearly Index for the Seismological Society of America, and in the
May/June Issue, there are several articles concerning the devastation caused
by the Banda Aceh/Andaman Islands Tsunami back in December....  All our
already financially strapped state needs is a Tsunami. Especially right
before the main Travel/tourist season.

Melissa

[[It seems like there's been an awful lot of seismic activity on the
west coast of the continent this week-- all of it.  There was:
-  a 7.9 quake in Chile yesterday;
- a 4.1 near Quito in Ecuador;
- a 5.6 along the San Jacinto fault near San DIego;
- And a 6.9 off the coast of Alaska earlier today.

The one in Chile seems to be the only one that has done serious
damage.]]

7.9! Good grief! Purrs to anyone affected by that one!

As for the other, smaller ones: ditto on purrs for anyone affected by
them.