OK... I live roughly 8 miles NW of the epicenter...
Worst shaking I've felt in this house in at least 15 years. Better to happen at 1142 am instead of the usual wake up call at 3 am! Oddly enough, I lived in Whittier during the '87 quake, but was in Brea when it struck... This one felt WAY worse!
I first felt a sharp jolt, then some shaking. First thought of course it's "just a tremor." Then all hell broke loose. Violent shaking that lasted for about
10-15 seconds. I was on the second story of my home and the place was shaking HARD from left to right.
As I was hearing **** fall off the walls, & Lots of glass crashing in the kitchen, I seriously thought this might be the big one!
Every picture in the house was knocked off the wall. 3 of my kitchen cabinets opened up & everything fell off. Everything that was glass broke,
obviously! A very expensive bottle of single malt scotch fell out of the liquor cabinet. Instead of the bottle breaking, it put a nice chip
and crack in the ******* tile floor. No windows broke, but I now have 3 good sized stress cracks in interior walls that will need fixing... Upon exterior inspection, I have some serious cracks in one of my exterior walls... Furthermore, it appears that my fireplace has separated from my house...
Sounds like I got the worst of it in my family. My brother, who lives 2 miles away, just had a few things fall off the walls, but nothing broken.
My Mom, who lives 1 mile away, lost a few wine glasses, but nothing else...
Neither Mom or I lost power though.. My brother lost power for about 2 hours.
Watching the news, looks like old part of Pomona & Chino suffered the worst structural damage. Fortunately, I'm off work again for a few weeks, as I had more surgery last week. My work site is about 2 miles from ground zero. No fun being there (Prison) after an earthquake & power outage! Been there done that...
