Tuesday, July 29, 2008

A Response from Todays California Quake

While at work today, news came over the radio about the 5.8 magnitude quake that hit southern California today.

The company that I work for has a production facility just outside of Anaheim and late this afternoon we received the following communication from the plant, which I thought might be of interest to some of the readers of this blog. Particularly if they have friends or family in the area:

Incident Level: Incident - With Serious Potential

Description: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8, centered 20 miles northwest of the plant struck
at 11:42 AM PST. Ten aftershocks occurred in the next dozen minutes, including three
estimated at 3.8. The quake was about 8 miles below the earth's surface.

There were no injuries and the site was evacuated for a short time. There is minor damage
to ceiling tiles but no major structural damage or other process lines such as natural
gas lines. The site is resuming production although a number employees are nervous about
returning to work.


It was good news to hear that none of our friends were hurt in the quake and I hope that if anyone of you reading about the earthquake had friends or relatives in the area that they too are safe and sound.

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