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WE are having a BIG FRICKING LONG EARTHQUAKE IN EAST BAY!!!

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A moderate earthquake occurred at 8:04:54 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. The magnitude 5.6 event occurred 8 km (5 miles) NNE of Alum Rock, CA. The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 6 miles).

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.htm

Here the waveform map - it's very cool.  You can see that it lasted about a minute.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/waveforms/wavesshk/nc40204628.rsec0.html