[QUOTE=chalsall;325236]During a major earthquake, should you climb under furniture to try protect yourself, or immediately adjacent to same?[/QUOTE]Under something like a desk or table (the sturdier the better) [U][B]and hold on[/B][/U]. If it moves you move with it. If you are in bed, stay in bed, roll face down and cover yourself with blankets and your head and neck with a pillow. Laying next to a bed or couch is ok. Doorways are myth (it came about because the wooden doorframes survived where the unreinforced masonry or adobe collapsed), the swing door is likely to injure you.

[B][URL="http://news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake-hits-japans-northern-island-hokkaido-no-154756189.html"][SIZE=3]Strong earthquake hits Japan's northern island of Hokkaido; no injuries or danger of tsunami[/SIZE][/URL][/B]



[QUOTE]Japan's Meteorological Agency says the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and hit at 11:17 p.m. (1417 GMT) Saturday in the Tokachi region in southern Hokkaido, at a depth of 120 kilometre (75 miles).[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake's magnitude was 6.9.[/QUOTE]

8.0 Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands.
[url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f1s0#summary[/url]
There has been a bunch of 4+ in that area in the last week.
Tsunami Warning in effect [url]http://www.tsunami.gov/product.php?id=TSUPAC.20130206.0316.006[/url]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;327982]8.0 Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands.
[URL]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f1s0#summary[/URL]
There has been a bunch of 4+ in that area in the last week.
Tsunami Warning in effect [URL]http://www.tsunami.gov/product.php?id=TSUPAC.20130206.0316.006[/URL][/QUOTE]

yeah and apparently some aftershocks as big as 6.6 ( still in tsunami possibility range) have been reported, seems awfully active this year to me.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;327982]8.0 Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands.
[url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f1s0#summary[/url]
There has been a bunch of 4+ in that area in the last week.
Tsunami Warning in effect [url]http://www.tsunami.gov/product.php?id=TSUPAC.20130206.0316.006[/url][/QUOTE]Tsunamis have killed at least five people: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21347496[/url]

A little 'heads up' might help.
[url]http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/03/earthquake-early-warning-system-successful-during-monday-quake.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;333253]A little 'heads up' might help.
[URL]http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/03/earthquake-early-warning-system-successful-during-monday-quake.html[/URL][/QUOTE]


it can indeed at 100 kmph you could get from Geneva Ave and Mission St to about Geneva Ave and Munich St. in San Francisco in that amount of time by my math. of course the problem is that's assuming it's instantaneous, still a good amount of time.

[URL="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g7x7#pager"]7.8 Iran - Pakistan border region[/URL]

This is probably well known to those who track such things. It is a cool little app which grabs earthquake data from USGS and maps it to the globe.

EQuake3D:
[url]http://www.wolton.net/quake.html[/url]

7:52 pm local time
M 3.2 - Greater Los Angeles area, California - 2013 April 27 02:52:18 UTC

Recent earthquakes
earthquake.usgs.gov


3.2 Greater Los Angeles area, California

20 hours ago
6.2 Kermadec Islands region

3 days ago
6.5 New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea

[QUOTE=only_human;338476]7:52 pm local time
M 3.2 - Greater Los Angeles area, California - 2013 April 27 02:52:18 UTC
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Here is another local earthquake that I just felt.
M 3.0 2013/05/09 14:08:03 33.959N 118.425W 13.0 2 km ( 1 mi) NE of Los Angeles Airport, CA