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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)
Old 07-16-2009, 09:04 PM
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