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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) |
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07-16-2009, 08:04 PM
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Wow, that was pretty shallow for most quakes. Hope is wasn't a prelude to something more.
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I thought you were in Coto, no? If so, you're a long way from North County
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07-16-2009, 08:25 PM
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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.
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Mother Nature knows where you live, Sammy! Better be nice or...
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07-17-2009, 11:40 AM
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canna change law physics
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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.
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It might have been an echo from our one. We had 7.9
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