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Updated: 9:32 PM Jul 9, 2009
Residents React to Rockslide, Wonder About Earthquake
Which Came First? Slide or Quake? Debbie Burnett's morning coffee was cut short by a sudden shockwave. "Its like a wave went through the house you could almost feel the house lift up," says, Burnett.
Posted: 5:47 PM Jul 9, 2009Reporter: Aaron Luna Email Address: aaron.luna@nbc11news.com |
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Debbie Burnett's morning coffee was cut short by a sudden shockwave. "Its like a wave went through the house you could almost feel the house lift up," says, Burnett.
Just before 6 a.m. a massive piece of rock fell off the side of the Bookcliffs, just east of Mount Garfield. Burnett, who owns the Just Peachy orchard in Palisade, says the shock took her by surprise. Burnett says, "Well at first I thought it was an earthquake." Neighbor Becky Davis also felt something strange.
"I felt an unusual shaking back and forth of the bed and it went for several seconds," says, Davis.
Already up for the day, her husband Lance watched the whole thing from the window. "Just happened to see the whole face of that mountain side just was tipping and coming down," says, Davis.
About the same time rocks were making their way down the mountain the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.6 magnitude earthquake just six miles south of Palisade. The USGS won't say whether the slide caused the seismic readings but right now they say data points to an earthquake.
However falling rocks in Yosemite this March triggered seismic readings of 2.4. While a chicken or egg analogy might be appropriate here neighbors say it’s not something they'll soon forget.
The Bureau of Land Management says as of right now the Mount Garfield trail is still open.
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