Big quake off the coast up near Eureka about an hour ago registering 7.0 with a tsunami warning for most of the Pacific Ocean coastlines. The warning has now expired with no sighting of a tsunami wave. Didn't feel the quake here in Sacramento but I'm sure mom's friends in Eureka felt it if it was anything in comparison to the Loma Prieta quake I felt.

Funny thing was I had just checked the USGS quake website this afternoon to see if there was anymore evidence to bolster my suspicion that we were going to have a big quake in California very soon. After seeing the info about the big quake in Chile, I filled the birdbath on my balcony with water up to the brim so I'd have it to use as a pretty good indicator of a quake should we have one close enough to be felt. I don't think this is the last of them. We had a small one in San Diego and the big one in Eureka. There's a lot of stress on the faults between and it seems obvious to me that the earth's plates are still readjusting themselves. The Hayward fault is way overdue and probably will be the one to go. Glad I'm no longer living in the area. I still have fears and nightmares from my experiences in the Loma Prieta quake.