BIG EARTHQUAKE - southern california... 4.8

[Demovictory9]

well...felt big to me.

[RandySF]

1. Everything ok?

[Demovictory9]

3. yes. long slow shake

[Demovictory9]

5. amazing... my phone dinged as the earth shook. "Google shake alert"

[Iliyah]

14. My phone did the same thing . . .

[JI7]

2. I knew we were going to have one with the way things are going this year

[sfstaxprep]

4. The End Is Nigh nt

[regnaD kciN]

6. What part of SoCal...?

Not seeing anything yet on KTLA's website.

[Demovictory9]

7. google earthquake... says centered san gabriel... it was pretty strong

[JI7]

8. It hit Los Angeles

[IcyPeas]

13. On KCAL 9 right now talking with Lucy Jones

[tinrobot]

15. El Monte, about 10-15 miles east of downtown LA.

[Hobo]

9. Nice small waves

Felt it here in Long Beach. Closest one to me since I moved here.


Hobo

[Demovictory9]

10. ,,

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[IcyPeas]

11. I'm still shaking

That was a surprise. No wave first, just BOOM

[Raine]

12. I felt it too here along the coast. nt

[tinrobot]

16. Yep, it got violent there for a second.

Then it stopped

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. 4.8 is a big earthquake?

Heck, I once slept through an aftershock of that magnitude.

Okay, so once I'm asleep I sleep through anything, including earthquakes, but still, 4.8 is hardly a BIG EARTHQUAKE. Really. A little perspective is nice.

[Demovictory9]

18. i typed that as the earth still shook... in hindsight. you are right

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. The Good Friday earthquake in Alaska

had a magnitude of 9.2. And the shaking lasted nearly five full minutes. Now that's a BIG EARTHQUAKE.

While I've only ever been in the one earthquake/aftershock that I slept through, I've long been fascinated by them. The book On Shaky Ground by John Nance is an excellent place to start.

[Cha]

20. Glad you're OK! I can imagine how scary

it could be because you don't know how far it's or when it's going to end.

[BigmanPigman]

21. Didn't feel it in San Diego.

[dogknob]

22. Tustin. Damn thing woke me up.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

23. Like it noted...

That when I wrote the line in that one post, "Her torch is a blase, the mountains are shacking with her pain.", I didn't know about the earthquake.
And it's not my fault that Mother Nature decided to echo my writing.