Earthquake!!

[craigster59]

Just felt a good roller here 11:45 a.m.

[Netspeed]

Check the USGS website in about 3 minutes....it should tell you where, when, and how strong.

[Netspeed]

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.6
Date-Time

* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 UTC
* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM at epicenter

Location 33.959°N, 117.752°W
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Region GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances

* 3 km (2 miles) SW (235°) from Chino Hills, CA
* 8 km (5 miles) SE (127°) from Diamond Bar, CA
* 9 km (5 miles) NNE (23°) from Yorba Linda, CA
* 11 km (7 miles) S (178°) from Pomona, CA
* 47 km (29 miles) ESE (103°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Parameters Nph=144, Dmin=8 km, Rmss=0.42 sec, Gp= 18°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source

* California Integrated Seismic Net:
* USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID ci14383980

[BeyGon]

It felt big in Irvine, lasted a few seconds, maybe 10

[dd74]

That was nasty! Shook the ***** out of us in Burbank. Called people on the Westside. Shook there too.

[Netspeed]

Started out small and then got bigger. Really rolling out here in thousand Oaks. There was a 3.1 in San Bernardino this morning...I wonder if it was related.

[sammyg2]

Major rolling near the long beach area, lasted a long time with large swells but fairly gentle.

[dd74]

5.8

[Netspeed]

Yep....revised.
Magnitude 5.8 - local magnitude (ML)
Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM (PDT)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 (UTC)
Distance from Chino Hills, CA - 3 km (2 miles) SW (235 degrees)
Diamond Bar, CA - 8 km (5 miles) SE (127 degrees)
Yorba Linda, CA - 9 km (5 miles) NNE (23 degrees)
Pomona, CA - 11 km (7 miles) S (178 degrees)
Los Angeles Civic Center, CA - 47 km (29 miles) ESE (103 degrees)
Coordinates 33 deg. 57.5 min. N (33.959N), 117 deg. 45.1 min. W (117.752W)
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Location Quality Good
Location Quality Parameters Nst=144, Nph=144, Dmin=8 km, Rmss=0.42 sec, Erho=0.3 km, Erzz=1.3 km, Gp=18 degrees
Event ID# ci14383980
Additional Information map with fault names
Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.)
Waveforms
24-hour Aftershock Forecast Map
CALTECH/USGS AFTERSHOCK PROBABILITY REPORT

[TerryH]

That was weird. First time I experienced a quake sitting at a stop light in my truck. Felt like the back end was being lifted. Seemed like forever because you never know when the big one is coming. Could be a precursor for the biggy.... hang on.

Glad to see my cracked chimney is still only cracked. Wow.. another aftershock as I type this. STOP ALREADY!!

[JavaBrewer]

Got a good shake here on the third floor in UTC. Called home (North = closer to Chino) and the family didn't feel a thing...

[BeyGon]

all those cows in Chino are giving milk shakes.

[Netspeed]

Hard to tell on the USGS site, but it looks like they've had about 5-6 aftershocks already.

[onewhippedpuppy]

It's raining here today.

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

all those cows in Chino are giving milk shakes.

Are those the "happy cows" that you Cali folks are so proud of?

[12own911]

I am on the 7th floor of a 12 story building and it took a couple of minutes for the building to stop shaking near LAX...

[BRPORSCHE]

Originally Posted by Netspeed

Hard to tell on the USGS site, but it looks like they've had about 5-6 aftershocks already.

Thats a good thing. I'd rather take a whole bunch of small ones then a big one. Aftershocks is just the ground settling, right mike?

[TerryH]

The Kids in Newport Beach this week

We can blame cgarr for this one! He wanted his son to experience all of socal.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Moderate. Kinda' interesting.

I thought the Hector Mine quake felt a lot stronger even though it was further away - just something about it made me think right away "that's a nasty one somewhere" and sure enough, it ended up being a 7.something. I figured this one was about a 6 within 50 miles, so that's about right.

Can't wait for the sensationalist media to start going "are you prepared for the big one?" and crap like that for the next two months...

[Netspeed]

Originally Posted by BRPORSCHE

Thats a good thing. I'd rather take a whole bunch of small ones then a big one. Aftershocks is just the ground settling, right mike?

Basically....