California Earthquake!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Pretty good shaking!

About 20 seconds...

Time to rock and roll, folks!

On edit: it stopped my pendulum clock! No other "damage."

[The Straight Story]

1. Prelim 5.3:

ABC7 Eyewitness News ?@ABC7 9s

Preliminary report: 5.3-magnitude #EARTHQUAKE struck near La Habra. Did you feel it?

[ucrdem]

6. Yep I felt the earth move.

[Liberal Veteran]

37. But did you feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down? -nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. You bet I felt it!

I don't know where La Habra is...

The magnitude sounds about right.

[calimary]

52. Northwestern Orange County.

Felt nothing here on the Westside this time. We had our turn the other morning.

[JI7]

2. felt it, started off kind of small and increased

lasted a good amount of time also

[temporary311]

3. Yep, that was a good shakearoo.

[procon]

4. local news reporting 5.3

vicinity of La Habra...

[Iggo]

13. I live where Whittier, La Mirada, and La Habra come together

I've been through all the big earthquakes out here. This one felt huuuuuge.

Makes sense it was right under us.

[Initech]

22. I'm in Brea right now.

This was definitely a big one!

[Iggo]

38. I always forget how loud these big earthquakes are!

Yikes!

[flamingdem]

5. That was a really, really loong one!

I had enough time to think 3x "I want this to end now".

Very sinous movement, and um still going on... a bit

[pinboy3niner]

8. My building rocked all the way North in the Antelope Valley. nt

[procon]

66. Me too!

That's where I live. I didn't hear any noise, but the recliner was moving so much I couldn't stand up. The dinning room chandelier was swaying and the ceiling fan was wobbling. Scared my kitty who was snoozing on my lap and he went dashing around the room looking very startled and confused.

[IcyPeas]

9. felt it here in sherman oaks, ca

[WillyT]

10. They've Changed Their Website, But...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci15481681#dyfi



Hope you're all alright.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Not to worry, my dear WillyT!

We're fine!

Just a medium sized roller......no damage, except maybe to some folks' nerves...



Thanks for the link.

[WillyT]

21. My Dear Peggy... If You Are OK... Then I Am Delighted !!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. You are a sweetheart! I am fine!

I've lived in California since I was 13, and now I'm 70--I'm used to these!

[stevil]

11. Felt it in Palm Springs....

About 15 seconds long, rolling, not that strong here but knew it was a quake.

[Gravitycollapse]

12. The depth of focus was *extremely* shallow. Only 1.9 km.

That's very, very shallow.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. That IS shallow.

No wonder I felt it so strongly.

Thanks for that data.

[Gravitycollapse]

23. The aftershock 2 minutes later was only 1/10th of a km deep. Which I've never seen.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci15481681#summary

I don't know if that is a miscalculation or not.

[regnaD kciN]

36. Not if it's the sign of a new volcano about to emerge, like that time in Mexico...

(I kid. Glad everyone seems to have ridden it out down there.)

[haele]

16. Nothing down here in San Diego where I'm at -

But I'm up in the coastal mesas, and sometimes, that can create a shadow zone, depending on the intervening ground types.

Hold on, looks like you've got quite a few aftershocks going on.


Haele

[SoCalDem]

17. My floor lamp rocked..and a wall "creaked"

My kitties never woke up

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Now that you mention it conures slept through

But they have been impossible.

[Initech]

18. Anyone got a change of underwear I can borrow?

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. RLOL. And today we got our helmets and rest of gear for fire season

Crest says media. I am ready.

Bad joke I know. Now let me get off DU and turn the other scanner. East County *is* quiet

[R B Garr]

33. I know what you mean! The roll kept building...and building! When the shaking and creaking

started, I ran out so fast. OMG.

[Initech]

39. I was at the Yardhouse having a couple beers and the whole restaurant started screaming.

Never seen anything like it!

[R B Garr]

42. Really!? That's insane! I can image how frightened people were.

BTW, the Yardhouse at the Triangle right off the 55? That's where my gym is. Parking there sucks in that structure, so I go to some other locations sometimes.

[Initech]

45. No I was at the Yardhouse in Brea.

I wish I had my cell phone record that. It was quite a sight!

[R B Garr]

50. I can imagine! You were right in the center of it pretty much! n/t

[Initech]

65. Yup! It was like not even five miles from the epicenter!

[Anansi1171]

19. north county San Diego had a nice 15-20 second roll -nt

[pinboy3niner]

20. KCAL9 reports another, smaller one (3.4) a few minutes ago near Brea

They're now calling the 3 quakes a swarm.

[flamingdem]

27. Well that's reassuring

NOT

[pinboy3niner]

35. That's 3 quakes within 90 minutes--3.6, 5.1, 3.4

(The big one was just downgraded to 5.1).

KCAL is reporting only a 5% chance that these will be followed by something bigger.

[JI7]

44. how do they calculate the 5 percent ?

there was an earthquake about a week ago but it was early morning. it was short but woke me up . i wonder if that was centered in the same one as this.

[pinboy3niner]

48. 5% of CA quakes are followed by another large one within 3 days according to USGS

They just said that a minute ago in a live press conference from USGS at CalTech (KCAL is carrying it live)--just ended now.

[LumosMaxima]

24. I hope you & everyone stay safe! nt

[R B Garr]

25. I was rocked!! Coastal Orange County, and the building was shaking good.

When some stuff on shelves started moving too much, I ran outside! Yikes!

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Find a good sturdy table and roll and cover

Running out is the worst you can do.

[R B Garr]

34. Thanks, good to know. I didn't realize that.

I thought getting out of the building was the best, but I'm not up on my earthquake preparedness regime. It's been awhile.

[grasswire]

49. under a table or desk

If you run outside, you can get hit by falling debris. Bricks, light poles, windows, whatever

[dixiegrrrrl]

64. What is best is

to think NOW about the best place to go in a strong quake.

for some, outside is best..esp. if you live in a mobile home. and if there is no chance of tall buildings dropping down on you.
for others, being inside under a sturdy covering might be best.
And much depends on how bad the quake is..but of course you have no way of knowing that when one hits.

[Catherina]

26. Stay safe Peggy and all our other California friends! n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. This one was quite shallow

So not quite funny

Looking for damage. We might have some due to the depth. Not even 2 km

[Warren DeMontague]

40. "we may fall off in the ocean, but you'll never make us run..."

[calimary]

53. Oh yeah!

[Warren DeMontague]

58. That was right after Loma Prieta.

, indeed.

[R B Garr]

55. Is that the Pancho's in Manhattan Beach -- with all the plants? LOVE that place!!

I checked your profile to see if you were in SoCal since you posted in this thread, and I saw your Pancho's reference. Is that what you're referencing. That place is so wonderful. Expensive, but excellent.

[Warren DeMontague]

57. No, I don't think I've ever been there.. Have a good friend in Venice, though.

I spent a good chunk of my life in Northern CA.

The "dinner at Pancho's" thing I actually just copied from google calendar, it's like the default text that comes up when you add a date to it. I actually was curious as to why it was there, apparently it is believed to be a sort of "Right Stuff" reference- Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club.

[R B Garr]

60. Oh, that's funny -- the Happy Bottom Riding Club. I'll have to watch that movie again.

And when you're visiting your friend in Venice, you should have him/her take you to Pancho's in Manhattan Beach. Parking is bad like anything in the beach area, but there's valet, and the place is really good. Apparently it's known for celebrities going there, but they say that about a lot of places in the L.A. area.

[Warren DeMontague]

63. Will totally keep that in mind, next time I'm down there.

My buddy has lived there for decades. He likes to go to the place where you can pick up like, 30 tostadas for 5 bucks or something. Forgot the name but it is tasty.

[Raksha]

41. I definitely felt it here in San Bernardino.

I don't have a TV, but I've been through too many of 'em not to know right away. Yeah, I'd say about 20 seconds.

[taught_me_patience]

43. I was in my car at a stoplight in Placentia

I thought someone was trying to tip over the car!

[Initech]

47. I live in the Placentia area.

Yeah I have definitely felt my fair share of earthquakes but none while I was in public!

[Art_from_Ark]

46. All the leaves are green

And the sky's not gray
I went for a walk
On this springtime day
I was shaking hard
'Cause I was in LA
California earthquake
On such a lovely day

[sakabatou]

51. Didn't feel it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. Posting this here too

nadinbrzezinski (131,991 posts)
66. Local news covered the this might be foreshocks

With prof Gregg Abbott of sdsu. He said that this is reminiscent to Whittier in the 1980s and...that there is no way to tell.

Abbott did emphasize the same thing I did after I saw the data...shallow quake.

Turned scanners off...and decided to turn in the actual news channel.
Sacred cows make the best hamburger, pass the relish

[mindwalker_i]

56. Uh, 'scuse me

[JI7]

59. i wonder if CNN has reported on it yet

they were still stuck on the plane thing . local news is all over it though and sounds like it was pretty strong in the la habra area.

[LumosMaxima]

61. I turned CNN on right after people started posting about the quake.

And I haven't heard a word. I suppose they might have mentioned it briefly when I was out of the room, but I don't think so.

[JI7]

62. they kept doing that "breaking news" and i was waiting for them to mention the earthquake

but the "breaking news" was always the lack of news about the plane .