KevinM wrote: 
Same here!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: 
Felt it here in Phoenix, too. That's a first - haven't felt one since I left California in '85!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: 
The nooz said 12 seconds but it sure seemed like 30 to me

Did that shake for a looooonnng time!

A big one here!
7+ down in Baja!!!!

 geoff_morphini wrote: 
We had planned a trip up to our son and his family, but postponed it until they could get a temporary traffic control tower set up at the airport.  They had a smaller one this year, too.

 OlderThanDirt wrote: 
That was a good one.  I was working in Portland on the Portland Hills fault at the time with two other geologists.  We were in a field.  None of us felt anything but dogs from houses nearby started howling and barking.  We looked at each other, WTF?  Suddenly, all three of our cell phones went off.  Home offices letting us know that the day was going to get a lot busier...

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 

My grandma Di Pasquo used to drag my sister and I up to Forest Lawn Cemetery with the guise of visiting my grandfather and uncle's graves.  Once she got us up there, she'd find a fresh grave with flowers and vases on them, nab a couple of vases and then put us to work picking olives.  The cemetery was covered in olive trees.  It was embarassing but those olives sure tasted good once she was done with em.  Italians..... 

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
I think grinding together....They get cavities...

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Well, if you break them and fracture them and fault them over 40 or 50 million years at high strain rates (i.e., do it quickly) the rocks become punky.  Have you ever noticed how landslide-prone the Olympics are?  That's because the rocks are really beaten up.  Compare that to rocks of the continental interior where there's little faulting (not near a plate boundary).  The rocks are solid, strong and "ring" like a bell.  So, earthquakes on the west-coast tend to be big, but, the energy gets absorbed quickly by the punky rock.  Earthquakes on the east coast tend to be small but are felt long distances from the source.

Henry's Olives are still going strong, although, they are done in fresh batches so we won't see any until fall.

And for Janis, I don't usually link to wiki articles but this is a start:  Cascadia subduction zone.

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
here, with pretty pictures!
 

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Earthquakes? 

 geoff_morphini wrote: 
I just don't get the "rotten rocks" thing. Rocks is rocks. What rots them?

 JustJanis wrote: 
FEBRUARY 28, 2001 NISQUALLY EARTHQUAKE  Basic Information
Time of Occurrence (GMT): Wednesday February 28, 2001 at 18:54:32.78 Z
Time of Occurrence (PST): Wednesday February 28, 2001 at 10:54:32.78 AM

Depth (km) 52.40
Magnitude (Mw) 6.8 - Moment magnitude from the USGS National Earthquake Information Center.

Location 47.1525N 122.7197W

    17.6 km  NE of Olympia, WA
    23.7 km WSW of Tacoma, WA
    57.5 km SSW of Seattle, WA

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And then there's Mt Ranier, too . . .  

 JustJanis wrote: 
Our friend Morphini has a solid, awesome olive connection.

Earthquakes brewing? I laugh. We worry about that AND tsunamis AND volcanoes.

 geoff_morphini wrote: 

Talk with me, walk with me....what's up???  We need to talk??

And what the heck does Cascadia mean?   Is it an intestinal issue people who live near the Cascades get, because if so, I'm headed to AZ. 

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 

Olive heaven???????  "splain.   OK, what does your geologist neighbor mean here???  Earthquakes a brewin' in the PNW too???  Say it ain't so.....

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Hey!  I meant to respond to your broken vs. unbroken wineglass question, sounds like it might have been answered.  I hated to even mention Cascadia to Janis...

I'm well.  Just finished a) finals, b) grades, and c) commencement.  Now, I've just got a ton of stuff that hasn't gotten done in the past 9 mos on my plate to get finished. 

Looks like you're traveling soon.  Have a great time!

 geoff_morphini wrote: 
Indeed! Our geologist neighbor has explained how not solid the earth is beneath our feet.....

How are you? I'm in olive heaven......

 JustJanis wrote: 
Ahem...if you're headed to the PNW...we need to have a little talk.