Hi Don:

Your predicted Lon/Lat is about 17Km due west from my house. This is getting a little personal!

Your predictions are in the neighborhood of a couple of memorable quakes for me.

On Friday night/Saturday morning, April 26th 1997, at 3:37 AM, I was awoken out of a sound sleep by a 5.0 mainshock and a 4.0 aftershock that occured in your current prediction area. It was a good hard shake that made everything creak and rattle in the dead of the night. After checking the water heater and to see if my slump block wall in the backyard (which is weak from the Northridge quake) was still standing, I went back to bed.

Then the very next night ....

On Saturday night/Sunday morning, in the very same bed, in the very same house, at almost the same time of 4:09 AM, and from almost the same epicenter, we got rocked by a 4.9. This one actually felt a little stronger and was a touch closer than the previous night's quake. Many more car alarms were set this night over the previous night. After checking the water heater and to see if my slump block wall in the backyard was still standing, I went back to bed.

Then the very next night ...

Nothing happened. I stayed up late expecting another quake at about 4AM, but nothing happened.

Then the very next night ...

I finally got a good nights' rest !!!!

Your current prediction is in the same area as those two memorable EQs. Good luck! I'll be the first to know if it happens ......

Michael

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