Earthquake!!

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

still rolling.

nostatic · nostatic's Garage

on the 4th floor in marina del rey. Long quake. Looks like 5.9 near Borrego Springs

JavaBrewer · JavaBrewer's Garage

San Marcos - BOOM (sound) then moderate shaking for ~ 5 seconds trailing off to distant rumble.

126coupe · 126coupe's Garage

Felt it the OC, Coto de Caza, a slower roller

JR Indy · 07-07-2010, 04:08 PM

Nice roller felt in San Clemente

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

Zeke · 07-07-2010, 04:12 PM

Wow, I was in the kitchen at the sink and felt nothing. Looked for things swaying, nothing.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

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Originally Posted by widebody911

That's funny!

Three other posts already!

Targa Me · Targa Me's Garage

i didn't feel a thing.

VaSteve · 07-07-2010, 04:29 PM

For those that have never experienced one can you please describe what it's like? I have felt the building shake when the subway passes underneath or a loud bus, how does it compare?

TRE Cup · TRE Cup's Garage

long lasting 20 seconds or so gentle roller, kept the wall art bobbing

felt like a ride on waterbed

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by VaSteve

For those that have never experienced one can you please describe what it's like? I have felt the building shake when the subway passes underneath or a loud bus, how does it compare?

Me either

James Brown · James Brown's Garage

Didn't feel a thing, a little warm...

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

Sometimes it's like being stopped on a bridge with a couple of semis moving on it and sometimes it's like being in a small boat when another boat goes by.
Every once in a while it is like standing still while a big bulldozer passes close to you.

rnln · 07-07-2010, 04:54 PM

Felt a short one came first and a long one after.

Zeke · 07-07-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by crustychief

Sometimes it's like being stopped on a bridge with a couple of semis moving on it and sometimes it's like being in a small boat when another boat goes by.
Every once in a while it is like standing still while a big bulldozer passes close to you.

The last good rattler (February??) had the ground go straight up and fall. Then shook back and forth for 10 long seconds with a pretty fast rhythm or cadence dying down as it went. Dying down is pretty normal after the initial shock. But, they can increase in intensity. They never seem to shake hard all the way to the end.

nostatic · nostatic's Garage

How it feels depends on a lot of factors including magnitude, distance from the epicenter, soil type, building, etc. I've been in a lot of them. For this one I was on the 4th (top) floor of a new office building in Playa del Rey. Being built on what was/is essentially a swamp, it isn't rock solid. This one, being large but a long ways away was a long roller, where the building swayed back and forth, with the intensity varying over time. Went on for at least 20 seconds.

In the '94 Sylmar quake, I was in a single story house in Pasadena, and it felt like someone picked up the house and dropped it 10'. Then the building shook, furniture swayed, things fell off shelves, and things skittered across the floor.

Rather surreal experience, as you have no control over what is happening. Kinda like being on a boat, though it can be more sharp jolts. But at least with a boat you understand how/why you're moving. When you're on solid ground, a little more disconcerting.

Worst for me was an aftershock of the '88 Whitter Narrows quake. I was in a 2nd floor apartment building in Pasadena, and the aftershock hit at like 2am. Pitch black, building is shaking side to side and up and down. I'm in bed watching my clock dance across the chest of drawers. Getting woken up by one in darkness is not fun...

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I've only been in one and it was in Germany. The epicenter was in Holland. I was in a wooden bed and it bucked up and down like it was possessed. I had no idea what had just happened, flipped on the US Armed Forces radio and heard them say, "Yes, that was an earthquake you just felt." I was terrified. Never want to experience that again, especially not in a highrise in a place where they don't build building to withstand earthquakes.

mikester · 07-07-2010, 06:11 PM

I was on the 2nd floor of my building (15) - it was a long roller - felt almost like being sea sick..

Evans, Marv · 07-07-2010, 09:51 PM

I felt pretty mild in eastern S.D. County. But, I could hear it coming. At first I thought they were having artillery practice at Pendleton, but then it seemed different. After that the ground started to move. Since we are in an area where the bedrock isn't very deep below the surface, it doesn't get magnified like it does in sedimentary basins. But, like I said in the other thread, we seem to be having one to several a week.