Earthquake felt. All is well

[Anita F. Henck]

We were eating a late breakfast with our visiting daughter and son-in-law when the tremors started at 11:42 am. It took a few seconds to realize what was going on and to understand that the shaking was more strong than we've felt before. We went to the backyard to wait a few minutes, to see if there was an aftershock. None was felt.

Online, we learned it was a 5.8 magniture earthquake, centered about 20 miles from us. It seems there was no substantial damage anyplace. Honestly, it didn't feel any worse than being in a building near a train track when a large train would pass (I'm thinking of the LEAD building at ENC, near the train tracks).

We have one crooked picture, one tray that slipped off its holder, and no damage. We're grateful for earthquake and fire safety measures that are now required in SoCal construction!

Reporting from the front lines!
==anita==

[Betty Bolerjack]

Glad you are OK and there was no damage. I experienced the one in '71 when I was in the dorms at Pasadena. That one literally shook everyone out of bed at about 6 AM! We ALL showed up for breakfast that morning! :laughing

I don't remember the magnitude off-hand, but 6.something, I think. It did some significant damage. There were also numerous aftershocks. Interesting to experience, but kinda scary, too. I've felt a few small earthquakes here in Oklahoma and the one thing I don't regret about moving from Missouri is getting away from the New Madrid fault, which they say is overdue for a big one.

[Amanda Marble]

After reading Anita's post, I figured I'd give a report from the front lines of Malibu, CA where I work at Pepperdine.

We too, felt the quake and it "shook" a few of us non-California natives. The natives told us to relax and told us "don't worry, this is mild." I'm not sure if that was meant to be comforting or not. Either way, my colleagues and I survived this latest rumble in SoCal.

Until next time,

Amanda

[Mike Schutz]

Heard from a friend in Glendora (Diane Ward Briggs) that she felt the quake there and that her husband Howie was at church and was knocked against the wall. Since Howie is 6'7", he is not easily moved!

[Jan Hart]

Having live in So. Cal. for many years, I'm glad to have moved to Arizona. I experienced too many of those "mild' earthquakes. Glad all is well.

[John Kennedy]

Didn't get in on this one. Was sitting in the San Francisco airport waiting to fly to Ontario (the last leg of a SoCal to Boston to Niagara Falls to Philadelphia to Boston to
SF and home). Heard people mention something about it but didn't get any details 'til landing in Ontario.

So Cal's day is coming. From where I sit (on the Pacific plate side of the San Andreas fault), at some point in the future we're gonna' have a LOT more beach front property. I feel a whole lot better about the whole thing since moving into a single story house. I can remember being awakened by one of the things in the middle of the night and feeling that upper story gently sway - there's a marked difference if you're upstairs or downstairs.

To really set you up, psychologically, my understanding is that each point on the Richter (sp?) scale has 10 times the magnitude of the preceeding one. (It is my aim and purpose to bring comfort and cheer whenever I can.)

[John Kennedy]

Glad you are OK and there was no damage. I experienced the one in '71 when I was in the dorms at Pasadena. That one literally shook everyone out of bed at about 6 AM! We ALL showed up for breakfast that morning! :laughing

I don't remember the magnitude off-hand, but 6.something, I think. It did some significant damage. There were also numerous aftershocks. Interesting to experience, but kinda scary, too. I've felt a few small earthquakes here in Oklahoma and the one thing I don't regret about moving from Missouri is getting away from the New Madrid fault, which they say is overdue for a big one.


Your mentioning the '71 shaker brought back memories. We were living in a mobile home in Redlands, CA when that hit. Mobile homes, even the permanently parked ones, are, indeed, mobile. Fortunately the duration and distance were tiny.

Years later (in '92) we had one early on a Sunday morning. By this time we were living in a two story house. Actually we had two. I had just finished getting several hundred gallons of water back in the pool when the second one hit and sloshed a lot of the water right back out of it.

Went to church. The pastor and associate discussed whether or not to have service - decided, since people were arriving, to go ahead. The senior pastor, who had been pastoring near the epicenter of the '71 quake, announced, before beginning the service that, in view of the circumstances, the congregation should, in the event of an aftershock, remember:
"You've already heard the benediction." and, pointing to the exit nearest
the pulpit, "That door over there is mine!"

[James Riggsby]

My step daughter is visiting her "grammy" just outside of LA for a couple of weeks and lived through her first quake. She called us, pretty scared but nothing in thier house was hurt or anything. Then she called us back last night and told us how fun it was...12 year olds...lol

James

[Glenn Harris]

Didn't get in on this one. Was sitting in the San Francisco airport waiting to fly to Ontario (the last leg of a SoCal to Boston to Niagara Falls to Philadelphia to Boston to
SF and home). Heard people mention something about it but didn't get any details 'til landing in Ontario.

So Cal's day is coming. From where I sit (on the Pacific plate side of the San Andreas fault), at some point in the future we're gonna' have a LOT more beach front property. I feel a whole lot better about the whole thing since moving into a single story house. I can remember being awakened by one of the things in the middle of the night and feeling that upper story gently sway - there's a marked difference if you're upstairs or downstairs.

To really set you up, psychologically, my understanding is that each point on the Richter (sp?) scale has 10 times the magnitude of the preceeding one. (It is my aim and purpose to bring comfort and cheer whenever I can.)

John:

You've never heard of the San Andreas Addendum to Murphy's Law?

That everything East of the San Andreas Fault is going to fall in the ocean.:fav01

I'm glad everyone is alright.