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I've often wondered why anyone would settle in a place like that. I mean, life is tough enough without having to endure killer storms too. I guess I shouldn't talk though, I live only 30 miles from the San Andreas fault and have no idea how I ended up here. There are several earthquakes here in Hemet every day. We had a 3.6 the other night about 1:30 AM that sat me upright in the bed. I live in a large all-wood house on the side of a mountain of granite and the timbers react violently to quakes. This one sounded like a shotgun went off right next to my head.

Of the quakes 1.5 and larger here in Hemet.......
7 earthquakes yesterday
23 earthquakes in the past 7 days
73 earthquakes in the past month
772 earthquakes in the past year
California is way past due for a 10.0 or larger. It's going to be very, very ugly.

Here are the results of the quake that hit Northridge, California in 1994.....
The quake hit at 4:30am, 6.7 Magnitude

Faults Involved: Northridge Thrust (also known as Pico Thrust) and several other faults experienced minor rupture
Epicenter: 20 miles west-northwest of Los Angeles, 1 mile south-southwest of Northridge
Type of Fault: Blind Thrust
Duration: While the actual rupture of the fault only lasted about 8 seconds, but because of amplification and reverberation of the seismic waves most people felt shaking for 20 to 30 seconds.
The quake was felt from Orange to Ventura Counties, with impacted areas covering more than 2,500 square miles and 50 cities.

Caltech says the earthquake produced the "strongest ground motions ever instrumentally recorded in an urban setting in North America."

DEATHS/DAMAGE/DOLLARS
57 deaths directly attributed to the quake.
Approximately 12,000 injuries.
Up to 114,000 people left homeless.
100 major alarm fires.
Approximately 449,000 homes/apartments damaged or destroyed
Nearly 9,000 public and commercial buildings damaged or destroyed
More than $20 billion in damage, According to FEMA, this was the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history at that time.

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