(OT) 10.5

The trouble with this is there are so many people who now belive that EQ's act like in that movie and they don't. Heck I live within 30 to

35 miles of the S.A. faultline, heck I've walked over it and driven over it to many times to count.

As was told, the biggest major EQ on this side of the world was one down in Chile and it was a 9.X one and the fultline was something like

800 miles long. To have a 10.5 one, the fultline would have to be almost 1,500 miles long.

ST was Sci-Fi.

ROFL!

Ewwww....

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Didn't see the movie, but I'll make a general earthquake comment.

I've lived in southern California all my life, and been through most of the quakes one way or the other. While they are pretty bad when you have a big quake and not at the epicenter (for example, the Simi Valley quake in 1971 (?) almost threw me out of bed in Pasadena), NOTHING compares to being at the epicenter. For the Landers quake in 1992, it was pretty spectacular (it was a 7.4 ?). But then a few hours later, the Big Bear quake hit, and we were right on the epicenter (it was a

6.5?). There was absolutely no comparison to being about 15 miles away from a 7.5 and being on top of a 6.5 -- none at all. We felt we were lucky to make it through the first shock of the Big Bear quake (we were out camping), and there wasn't a brick building left standing for miles around. Further, at the epicenter, the quake DOESN'T STOP for many hours. It is the eeriest feeling you can imagine, as you feel like you are walking on a trampoline for HOURS after the initial shock.

David Erbas-White