Major Shake
We just had an earthquake here, and it was one of the strongest I've ever felt. That could mean it was small and very close or large and further away.
It lasted about 15 seconds at a guess, knocking stuff off shelves but no serious damage that I can see.
Edit 1: Medium size and pretty close. 5.6 magnitude right here in San Jose. There were sirens and fire engines going out within a minute after it stopped, and I'm still hearing more sirens. I tried to log onto the USGS site for reporting earthquakes but couldn't get through - the info on strength is from a newsflash on the TV.
Edit 2: Around 15 miles from my house and pretty shallow, thus allowing it to be felt quite strongly. On the Calaveras fault, one that is pretty good about letting things slip periodically and thus avoiding the build buildup. The last significant one in that general area was 1989. I did manage to log onto the USGS site to their "Did you feel it?" section.
It lasted about 15 seconds at a guess, knocking stuff off shelves but no serious damage that I can see.
Edit 1: Medium size and pretty close. 5.6 magnitude right here in San Jose. There were sirens and fire engines going out within a minute after it stopped, and I'm still hearing more sirens. I tried to log onto the USGS site for reporting earthquakes but couldn't get through - the info on strength is from a newsflash on the TV.
Edit 2: Around 15 miles from my house and pretty shallow, thus allowing it to be felt quite strongly. On the Calaveras fault, one that is pretty good about letting things slip periodically and thus avoiding the build buildup. The last significant one in that general area was 1989. I did manage to log onto the USGS site to their "Did you feel it?" section.