sittin on the epicenter
 

Just felt an earthquake a little while ago, but it was different. Two very large very loud bangs and that was it. No rocking, no swaying. Lasted only a couple of seconds but it felt like a truck running into the wall.

I checked the USGS and it was only a 2.9 which I normally wouldn't have noticed but the epicenter is within a mile from here and it was only 6/10ths of a mile deep.
Never been sitting on top of one like that before.

Magnitude 2.9 - local magnitude (ML)

Time Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 8:51:17 PM (PDT)

Distance from Yorba Linda, CA - 3 km (2 miles) SSW (203 degrees)
Placentia, CA - 5 km (3 miles) ESE (117 degrees)
Villa Park, CA - 5 km (3 miles) N (9 degrees)
Orange, CA - 7 km (4 miles) NNE (24 degrees)
Los Angeles Civic Center, CA - 46 km (29 miles) ESE (118 degrees)
Coordinates 33 deg. 51.6 min. N (33.860N), 117 deg. 48.1 min. W (117.802W)
Depth 0.9 km (0.6 miles)

Wow, that was pretty shallow for most quakes. Hope is wasn't a prelude to something more.

I thought you were in Coto, no? If so, you're a long way from North County

Nopers, I live in north Orange, near the 55 and 91 fwys.

Coto is a very nice place, I don't think they'd have me ;)

I felt one of those a few years back. Epicenter < 5 mi from my house

Best I remember is was classified as a ledge quake…
Alot of noise, one big thump (like a jet broke the sound barrier except the house moved vertically)

No damage and no aftershocks in my case.

Mother Nature knows where you live, Sammy! Better be nice or...





;)

They're all preludes to something more, Marv.

I wish it would hurry and get it over with...

You know, at least I get a couple of days warning before the hurricane hits.

It might have been an echo from our one. We had 7.9 :D