[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;90456]Are you joking or was what he meant lost in translation? I believe he meant he's been in 10 seperate ~5 magnitude earthquakes.:wink:[/QUOTE]That is correct and the 2 that are 6+ are 6.7 and 6.6, and the other was 5.9, not 5.7 :bounce wave:
I have had college class cancelled because of one quake and significant issues at work that shut down the facility because of another.

I have seen where, there was a noticable quake and the locals kept walking and started to guess the size and epicenter, while the visitors froze like statues. It was an aftershock of a 7.3

Some of the ones that I said were 5's were a 7.3, 7.1 (both at a distance), and one that I didn't realize was a 5.8

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;90448]One data point? If you lived in New Zealand, Japan, the western US and Canada, parts of South America, etc. and this happen 25% of the time, then you have my interest.

Forgive me if I seem jaded, but I have personally experienced 2 6+, 1 5.7, and about another 10 5+.[/QUOTE]

It has been the only quake I've been in (iirc it was about magnitude 2 or 3, I just noticed being shaked in my bed)

But it sure was a fact that the bird acted VERY strange :)
For me, it was enough evidence, but surely, one data-point hardly suffice for scientific proof...

Just had a 2.6 quake Sunday night at 9:34 pm Pacific time centered within the city limits of Portland, Oregon.
Almost right under my neighborhood.

2.6 isn't much, but I felt it. It was a really strange 2.6:[LIST][*]one second of faint shivering, [*]a very sharp vertical jolt shook the floor, [*]then a very sharp sideways jolt rattled the windows and shook the walls.[*]About 5 seconds total.[/LIST]:maybeso:

4.0 to 4.3 earthquake expected in NE Los Angeles Area Nov 13-15
 

4.0 to 4.3 earthquake expected in NE Los Angeles Area Nov 13-15

Within 50 mile radius of Mt. Baldy in NE Los Angeles area.

Earthquake most likely on the 13th or 14th of November.

More info at [url]http://www.quakeprediction.com[/url]

[QUOTE=lukethomas;91198]4.0 to 4.3 earthquake expected in NE Los Angeles Area Nov 13-15

Within 50 mile radius of Mt. Baldy in NE Los Angeles area.

Earthquake most likely on the 13th or 14th of November. [/QUOTE]

Whoop-dee-flipping-doo. Who cares?

[quote=rogue;91211]Whoop-dee-flipping-doo. Who cares?[/quote][i]Predicting[/i] earthquakes is a major advance in our planetary knowledge. :wink:

[QUOTE=cheesehead;91260][i]Predicting[/i] earthquakes is a major advance in our planetary knowledge. :wink:[/QUOTE]

I agree with that, but people are always predicting earthquakes in California. Many earthquakes occur there every day, but most are too small to be felt by humans. I'm just not that impressed.

BTW, why does this person only post about earthquake predictions? Is he promoting this website?

I should have written that [i]demonstrably accurate, reliable, repeatable[/i] earthquake prediction is a major advance (in progress) in our planetary knowledge.