WHAT'S SHAKIN'? : RECENT TEMBLORS HAVE SOME TOSSING, TURNING.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer It was the weekend that the ground started shaking again. ``Sleeping is just a tad impossible,'' admitted Laura Sheridan, a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident, who spent Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
``It's got me a little unnerved. I didn't like the surprise,'' she said, referring to a series of aftershocks Saturday and Sunday. This time around, Sheridan had a few broken wine glasses, but she lost many precious belongings in the Northridge Quake. She remembers not just Northridge, but the 1971 Sylmar Quake as well. ``My father has rebuilt the home I grew up in twice now,'' she said. As for the estimate from seismologists that there is a 5 percent chance that the weekend aftershocks are actually foreshocks to a larger earthquake, Sheridan said she can't worry about it. ``Mother Nature and God are in charge. I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. what the scientists say,'' she said. The 4.9-magnitude quake Sunday morning was centered six miles west of Newhall and 13 miles north-northwest of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, putting it in the same location as some of Saturday's quakes. Later Sunday, smaller aftershocks also shook the area. None of the weekend aftershocks caused major damage. Saturday's initial aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. was the 10th one of 5.0 magnitude or greater since the Northridge Earthquake, said seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis Kate Hutton Kate Hutton, nicknamed the Earthquake Lady or Dr. Kate, is staff seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Hutton received a B.S. in astronomy from Pennsylvania State University in 1971, and an M.S. (1973) and Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. in Pasadena. The 6.7-magnitude Northridge Earthquake of struck at 4:31 a.m. Jan. 17, 1994, leaving 72 dead and causing $25 billion damage, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. recently updated figures. After three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time memory had just started to fade, and for some, the string of weekend aftershocks was no big deal. But for others it was a wake-up call that the legacy of Northridge lives on. Like all the other 13,000 aftershocks to the Northridge Earthquake, most of which were too small to feel, the tremors this weekend were termed normal. However, even Caltech seismologists were a little surprised by the magnitude of the aftershocks. At the beginning of the year, they figured there was only a 10 percent chance of a 5.0-magnitude or greater aftershock to the Northridge Quake. As for the 5 percent chance that these quakes are precursors to a larger quake, Hutton said residents should not be alarmed. ``It's not enough to lose sleep over, but it's something to be aware of,'' Hutton said. As for having two large aftershocks within a day of one another, that is not unusual. ``If we look at the history of the Northridge Earthquake, aftershocks and the history of earthquakes, we see a lot of clumping,'' Hutton said. She explained aftershocks by saying that a large earthquake like the 1994 one centered in Northridge changes the stress in the crust of the Earth. ``The aftershocks are a continuation of those changes, and it goes on until an equilibrium is reached,'' she said. ``It's typical in all earthquakes. The bigger the main shocks, generally, the more aftershocks you are going to have, and the longer they go on.'' Karen Kurland, 24, moved to Northridge in July 1995, just one month after the last 5.0 aftershock. The weekend tremors were her first experience rocking and rolling Rocking and rolling (also rock and roll; see Rock and roll (disambiguation)) is a name for cueing techniques used in sound recording and video recording, particularly in analog recordings. on the local landscape. ``I'm the Chicago girl who moved to Northridge after the big one. . . . I felt like it was going to get worse,'' Kurland said. ``I thought this is the big one for sure. After the earthquake Saturday morning, all I had was earthquake nightmares.'' Mark Fechtelkoeter of Newhall said he sprained his leg while jumping out of his bed to follow his frightened and screaming pregnant wife, Dianna, who dove under their sturdy table. ``I felt like the ceiling was going to fall,'' she said. But for some earthquake veterans, the aftershocks were no big deal. Gail Thomas of Lake View Terrace said she was a little concerned about the nonchalance with which her family reacted to the quakes. ``I think we're getting used to them,'' Thomas said. ``It could be the big one next time and we could be lying in bed waiting for it to go away.'' CAPTION(S): box, map BOX: THE FACTS MAP: EPICENTERS OF SATURDAY'S 5.0 AND SUNDAY'S 4.9 afterschocks. |
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