Oak trees during earthquake

[RodrigoMJ32]

I detest Earthquakes, I felt a big one back when I was living in my country El Salvador in 1986, like 7.8, It was horrible, I have been living in California for the past 22 years, and damn I can't get away from them, I felt that 1994 one in Northridge, we live close to it, nerve wrecking..

[rabidpensfan]

The San Andreas Fault is one of the coolest things I've seen. I love how it deforms the landscape. Driving around it in some places is a chore with all of the twists and turns. Definitely a beautiful and unique landscape, though.

[TheBassguy1]

So is the fault going left to right? Or off into the distance. I'm assuming it's along the poles...

[ObamaIsMaBabyDaddy]

Wow what a horrible video.

[4SCARECROWS]

Thats pretty cool to see a video from that location that records the fault movement or shows the movement. I would see pics of it in geology books or text books for years in chapters talking about earthquakes.

[TheBassguy1]

Holy crap i think i remember this quake. I was in 4th grade. Im near Long Beach and i was sitting at my desk and it just started moving up and down and side to side quickly and if i remember, violently.

[UtahMike41]

Trees took it pretty well.

[loonmaniac]

You friggin' suck.

[sirMAXX77]

that is an awesome setup.

[james9322000]

FAKE.... the camera didn't move.

[sirMAXX77]

@james9322000 yeah you're right some guy hidden out of the frame was shaking all those oak trees at the same time and made the ground move.

[CallieTorres]

@sirMAXX77 well, duh. Isn't that obvious?

[auronlu]

Use your brain, kiddo. An earthquake camera would be utterly useless as an instrument if it DID move. It's isolated like the needle of a seismograph, so that it can measure ground shake.

[quantumbits]

@james9322000 Yes it did James it moved with the ground.

[gogtjgog]

@james9322000 uh yeh it did

[nightwing354]

I loved watching the shadows move with the time of day! and those trees are crazy they look as if they were dancing! Wow, imagine how hard the ground must have been shaking those few seconds for the whole tree to move.

[auronlu]

It's kind of fun, actually, as long as you're in a house you're sure will stay up.

I'm insane... I loved it when I could actually see the walls of my home flexing, and hear all the wood creaking!

Of course, I think that was a 5.4. Once it gets up into the 6 range it stops being "Wheeee!" and starts being, "Uh oh."

[TheBassguy1]

I was in 4th grade when that hit! I remember! I was in class lol! What was the magnitude for this?

[MrKooldude6]

2004. Man I can't believe that's been almost six years ago.

[drakeneyez]

wow you can count! ::clap clap clap::

[jsaulgodoy]

how does the camera not shake?????

[gogtjgog]

@jsaulgodoy it does, u can see it sorta move, it was placed there bolted or something to see the motion of the ground but it does move a little u can see that little ruler thing infront of it movea bit, its attached to it,

[MICHELLE152009]

seems a good place

[panos6662000]

why we dont make the foundations like the roots of the trees? theory of flexibility and strenght of materials!!!!

[99waterlife]

even in bad earthquakes you can see massive damage of buildings and some power lines and the trees are all standing for some reason trees can resist earthquakes very well

2 reasons the roots and the flexibility

[TululaTheNinjaWolf]

annoying =.="

[mistroDrew]

Wooow most boring video ever

[MyspacHor911]

What happened?

[sweetfa09]

0.46 i think it starts?

[CardBoardPimp420]

about 3minutes and 50 seconds of boring footage could have been taken out

[8394147]

More 4:11 of boring footage could've been taken out. Oh wait...

[puncheex]

Even better - three boring comments could be removed.

[bapyou]

In what direction is the camera looking?

And what's that black thing in the upper left corner?

I like watching the shadows of the trees change throughout the day. You can tell time that way of you know the look direction of the camera and the height of the trees casting the shadows. Fascinating. 5*****

[wwwNooBcom]

Lmao best video on youtube by far

NOT

[evoteck]

the suspense was killing me!!

[MrTomMasterVideos]

me too -.- xD

[crazyeye1]

What flew on the right hand side of the frame. to big for a bird. Maybe a bug but I'm not sure.

[Setsaku]

That would be a bird

[ancientofdays12]

If you want to fast forward, the shaking begins at around 0:47

[traemaxwell]

This was the 6 pointer that the seismologists had predicted would happen back in 1985. Parkfield is known for the San Andreas Fault running through the town and the USGS have said that about every 22 years a 6 pointer is probable here.

But yea this was on the news that night. interesting that we are able to see it as it happens right at the epicenter.

Amazing

[926531]

nothing happend O.o

[lifeisalive]

:O!

MY BIRTHDAY IS THE 28th of SEPTEMBER D:!!!

[BOYKOILIEV2008]

Your earthquakes in the future are here. See more than 2500 world forecasts.

[candr]

If it took a snap shot every 5 minutes, why did it stay on while the quake was happening? Was there an override to film if there was a disturbance. This isn't a smart ass question, just wondering about the shot. very interesting, and scary.

[FatLane]

I believe you are correct about the override.

This is a USGS camera at Parkfield. Parkfield is the most heavily monitored earthquake site in the world.

I'm sure the camera is rigged to switch to 30fps at the arrival of the first P waves. (does this last paragraph sound to geeky?)

[candr]

LOL no it didn't and thanks, it would make sense wouldn't it.

[mystfire]

oh-my-goosh

[omgamibig]

I like how the tree on the left is shaking. The one on the right is just an idiot!

[SnowVixen89]

Oh my gosh! That is so awsome! I would love to stand right there for a day. I would dodge a few limbs, but it would be far safer than in a city or inside a building.

[hazelhybrid]

shit!

[disgruntldtoad]

Alright then, whos the lazy bastard that couldnt cut out the 4 minutes and 2 seconds of NOTHING HAPPENING!?

[puncheex]

make that 5.

[pokesomi]

@disgruntldtoad better questions is whose idea to put the tape on the lens? lol

[Berserkatiel]

Oak trees are strong!! I am sticking to them from now on!

[mike2526]

so boring!!!

[EarthGirl1019]

that didn't look like a 6.0 magnitude..

[warclassics]

i'm sure it felt worse than it looked.

[whateverbitchesXXX]

that is some crazy shit kids right there!!

[WarriorOfChrist777]

it looked like a four winged creature

[krissycat24]

bird at 9:53:20

[Berserkatiel]

My cousin Swallow or Blue Jay probably. Looked almost like two of them.

Buk buk! Squawk!

[krissycat24]

watch at 9:53am. Thats when the quake hits! pretty cool!!! I saw the bird seconds after...

[rapidr111]

the camera is linked to seismograph stations in the area, and recording is triggered when strong shaking is detected on them

[zackam1306]

ok.. this showed a videeo of nothing complete waste of time

[foodafokkarez]

Great(well not that great it's an earthquake and nobody likes it)but shorten your vid at least before posting it.I could see that it was all happening during the first minute of it but the rest,nothing.

[Riceratt]

After watching this vid a couple times i can see why some didn't see the quake. I came here looking for the "mysterious bird" and it seemed like the trees moved due to wind but really it was the earth itself scaring away the birds, and btw there's no mystery bird!

[spiller1975]

ok wait it was two birds flying together

[spiller1975]

what the hell kinda bird is that..holy shit I'm scared

[CharismaKudos]

What kind of bird flies across the screen from left to right at 50.5 seconds. It looks huge and weird!

[Stefnir94]

An earthquake just struck Iceland, it was creepy, had to brace myself in a doorway :l

[Mikelikes2rock]

Wait, I saw it

[Mikelikes2rock]

I didn't see anything???

[mrslinarcos]

I had never seen this happen before. I just moved back into the New Madrid/Wabash Valley Fault Zones. I experienced my first real quakes since the '68 quake. Great footage.

[hazelhybrid]

damn!

[petertorksgal37]

I remember that one, I live and work in Morro Bay not too far from that and the ground swayed a bit from that.

[13luvgreendayAlex]

FLIPPIN SWEET! its still.. and then BAM! there is a huge shake! lol i love it cuz trees do so much for us

[disgruntldtoad]

The best part of this video was when the trees shook. Fuckin epic.

[drakeneyez]

duh, really? what a fucking mofo.

[GeorgePQuittlesack]

The 1857 "Fort Tejon" earthquake rupture the SAF from near Parkfield, southward to the San Bernardino area. The duration of shaking for this temblor was approximately 3 minutes. It is the model for the "Big One" in southern California.

In 1857, southern California was sparsely populated, and only a few people died. But the disruption of the landforms can still be seen today. The quake was preceded by two foreshocks of the same magnitude as this video.

[kioisursktitoeiru]

99 % of the time even in severe earthquakes trees are still standing they almost never fall in an earthquake

[DaveDrumstick]

Trees motherfuking rule

[voanidd35]

woo go trees

[rockfilmers]

Is this right on the fault?

[earthquakeboy]

Yes, the camera's stationed here to capture the fault as it ruptures. No substantial rupture appeared during this quake, although a few days afterward the ground had cracked.

[jujumediazone]

@earthquakeboy quake was way too small to generate any surface rupture. You need something along the order of at least a M7.2 or so... I believe the captured quake was M6 or M5.9..

[hebneh]

i think this is a fantastic video, to see everything within sight suddenly get jolted all at once. Imagine a really huge earthquake where you can see actual wave motions in the ground itself - that would be true fear.

[abedgrand]

where is the earthquake i didnt see ant earthquakes

i waited for 4 mints to see nothing

[Jaanfo]

Boy, I guess you didn' READ THE DESCRIPTION then. Earthquake occurs at 9:53, about 44 seconds into the video, at that point the video becomes live action (although no sound)

[betyboop419]

omfg

thats scary... i've experienced an earthquake but when i was like 4 yrs old. lol

i just rememerb my brother holding on to a pole

[clayj9]

wow thats quite scary

[jonbgud77]

its amazing how the faults move, see the bird flew out of tree when it shakes? see the TREE branches fell down in front OF camera

[adjerry91]

there is an earth quake at 47 second of the video not a really big one but one you can still tell.

[trinidadcontreras]

u blind bitch u didnt see the trees shaking?

[150133]

i didnt see any earthquake

[chibikawaiichris]

Me neither 150133, It wz a waist of my time

[amgv8400]

This video is video is awesome, its on the USGS website as well. Do you work for them.

[goldy07]

I was in the 89 quake in Nor Cali and It wasn't just shaking back and forth motion, the ground felt like water. Like standing on a fishing boat when a speedboat comes flying by and getting caught in the wake of it. Lots of rolling motion. cool vid.

[tedtug]

it depends on the type of soil you were standing on.

[sharonnnnnx]

day after my birthday how nice x_O

[martouk]

short and sweet

[matiblogh]

wow!

[timefilm]

strangely amazing

[Jujubunnie]

Interesting, thanks for sharing this!