Light quake rattles south Bay Area

[Dr. Jack]

Light quake rattles south Bay Area
No injuries or damage reported

Thursday, June 15, 2006; Posted: 10:33 a.m. EDT (14:33 GMT)

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- A magnitude 4.7 earthquake and multiple aftershocks shook the south San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday morning.

The effects were felt in a 28-mile radius.

The earthquake, which the U.S. Geological Survey deemed "light," happened at 5:24 a.m. PT.

Its epicenter was six miles east of San Martin and eight miles northeast of Gilroy, a town about 30 miles southeast of San Jose.

"You won't have much damage from a quake this size," said Bob Johnson, a geographer with the U.S. Geological Survey.

No one was hurt, and there were no reports of damage, according to police officers in nearby Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.

Aftershocks of up to magnitude 2.0 followed.

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.1, caused widespread damage and more than 60 deaths in the Bay Area.

[Hoosiercatdaddy]

my girl is in San Fran right now looking for a place to live. Maybe this will scare her to not go.

[dhunter]

Originally Posted by Hoosiercatdaddy

my girl is in San Fran right now looking for a place to live. Maybe this will scare her to not go.

I'd rather put up with earthquakes that happen once in 5yrs, instead of tornados in the midwest or hurricanes in the south that happen every year.

[Hoosiercatdaddy]

Originally Posted by dhunter

I'd rather put up with earthquakes that happen once in 5yrs, instead of tornados in the midwest or hurricanes in the south that happen every year.

pretty sure tornados never have the chance to wipe the whole city off the map. Besides you only get hit by tornados if you live in a trailer park

[dhunter]

Originally Posted by Hoosiercatdaddy

Besides you only get hit by tornados if you live in a trailer park

LMAO. very true