6.9 Earthquake, Baja

[villager]

Source: KNX

Long shaking here in L.A. -- listening to KNX now... more soon...


No link yet.

[msongs]

1. very smooth n swinging in riverside....very different than most nt

[Warpy]

2. Wow, that's seriously getting up there

If you felt it in LA, San Diego must've been seriously rattled.

[Zorro]

3. Pretty good rattle in San Diego County

[xxqqqzme]

5. it built slowly here in OC, then suddenly turned into

a real roller. Some stuff fell off shelves but nothing serous.


After shock now

[kestrel91316]

4. It literally made me seasick here, it rolled so long and hard I got dizzy and mildly queasy

Reporting from the San Fernando Valley

[villager]

6. Really long time rolling back and forth -- felt like being on a skateboard... in my living room!

n/t

[kestrel91316]

10. Yeah, I could tell it was far, just really major rolling, the worst rollinq quake

waves I've ever felt, and the longest. My heart hasn't settled down just yet, lol.

[bananas]

12. Reminded me of North Ridge

When you can feel an earthquake that far away, it's bad.

[whatchamacallit]

18. I was about 2 miles from the epicenter of that one

The house was shaking like a toy in a giant's hand and transformers were exploding on the telephone poles outside. Woke up from a dead sleep sure we were being nuked.

[kestrel91316]

25. Yeah, the exploding transformers!! Blue!!!

And then the flames far away up on Balboa Bl!!!

[kestrel91316]

24. Not for me, lol, but then I was only 3 miles from the Northridge epicenter.

That was heart-attack-inducing, very destructive, violent shaking.

[whatchamacallit]

26. me too

definitely the most violent experience I ever had.

[onager]

56. I was 2 miles away from the Northridge epicenter

And still live in the same place.

[BuddhaGirl]

72. my former in-laws were living in Northridge then

their fridge bounced clear across the kitchen to the other side!

The ex and I lived in Costa Mesa, yet it was unbelievably strong there. Thank god it happened really early in the morning and on a holiday. I'm sure that saved a lot of people.

[niceypoo]

36. You should have done an ollie

[Bette Noir]

43. Same location, I could have sworn it lasted a whole minute.

No damage, here.

[rumpel]

7. My heart is still beating pretty fast...

in Orange County..

and it was soo long..

[kestrel91316]

8. 100 miles or so SE of Tijuana

[bananas]

9. KOGO radio is talking about it, live audio stream

people are calling in
http://www.kogo.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes

[bananas]

16. They're feeling aftershocks in Lakeside. nt

[AlGore-08.com]

11. I felt it in North Hollywood

Long, slow rocking... definitely over a minute long...

I think my cat felt it too. She was acting weird and complaining all day. I let her out at about 3. She came back about ten minutes after the quake ended.

I've noticed in the past my cats (at least) don't notice a quake unless it's 4.0 or over.

[mecherosegarden]

13. Long... felt dizzy.

From Rancho Cucamonga, CA

[soleiri]

21. Same here

In fontana.

:hi: neighbor.

[whatchamacallit]

14. No shaking just long rolling here in LA

If it weren't for all the swinging plants and lamps, I would have assumed what I was feeling was due to my over-imbibing last night.

[goclark]

69. We are in LA not far from the airport

The only thing that I noticed were the chimes for my doorbell.
They just kept chiming.
I walked over and held them thinking I would call someone to fix them tomorrow :shrug:

Then we left and went to dinner at the neighbors directly in back of us. They said their house was shaking.They definitely knew it was an earthquake. We didn't feel it at all.

Our house is retrofitted but we should have felt it more that that ~

Just talked to my cousin five blocks away. He said he felt like he was in a rocking chair. Rolling back and forth. He said they were all dizzy.

I have been in many earthquakes but I have never been dizzy.

[ThisThreadIsSatire]

15. Was on the phone with brother in L.A.

as it happened -- he described it as a 'long, slow roll' and observed that the length of it could make it very serious depending upon how far away it was centered.

[Ozymanithrax]

17. Rolling in San Diego, with books knocked off the shelves...

And we heard a distinct rumbling.

[Kind of Blue]

37. Definitely heard rumbling, too. But

everything stayed intact.

[Raine]

19. Lots of rolling in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County

along the coast, lasted a long time.

[Kind of Blue]

47. Finally, the local news is covering it. Hopefully, they'll get

Baja/Tijuana soon.

[haele]

20. Nice roller, though Laz started getting worried about the big screen TV...

The fish are now starting to settle down, lucky thing that there was a lid on the tank.
And of course, the cats and the bird only started freaking out after the tremor started. Nothing fell, just did a little dancing and made some noise. This house is sooo laid back.

Haele

[jus_the_facts]

57. HEY! Long time no see...glad all is well with ya'll....

Tell Laz hello too! :hi:

[Kablooie]

22. you can report your experience on earthquake.usgs.gov site.

they have a form you fill out and it gives them data to help research.

[KarenS]

23. Hey,,,, we felt it in Casa Grande AZ

sheesh,,, 5 seconds of a subtle rolling then a pause then 5 more seconds,,,,

Looked at the sleeping doggies (who didn't budge), looked at my Husband who was looking at me,,,,

I don't ever want to feel an earthquake any closer.

I hope folks are ok.

[thelordofhell]

27. Felt it here in Phoenix, Arizona

Hanging stuff was swaying and stuff was shaking.

[elleng]

67. Waiting to hear from friend visiting family in LA,

for wedding; had been in Phoenix first. Family from Pakistan! Wonder what they all have to say!

[grassfed]

28. Voyeur Club OK

praise the lord

[Joanie Baloney]

32. ROFLMAO!

Was on the 5th floor of the Barona Resort hotel - it was awesome! I sat on the bed and watched the ducks, coots and magpies freak.


Ooohh - aftershock!! Just this minute!!

5.1 !! Holy shit!

[MindPilot]

33. the ladies are on swings.

for that very reason...

[dipsydoodle]

29. Ticker news in UK too.

Stay safe people.

[kestrel91316]

30. Now being reported on KOGO as a 7.3.

[villager]

59. It inches up! Last I heard was a 7.2!

How is there not glass all over downtown San Diego!?

[cosmicone]

68. Do I hear a 7.4? n/t

[MindPilot]

31. "I thought Hillary was chasing Rush down my street!"

Comment from the local newspaper website... :rofl:

[kestrel91316]

34. Reports from Mesa, AZ that water has been sloshed out swimming pools there...

[slackmaster]

35. Clear distinction between P- and S-wave here in San Diego

I felt two aftershocks, and so did my mom.

No damage in my area.

[Hatchling]

40. 1 aftershock I felt wasn't an aftershock.

About 4:15 in San Diego I felt a 5.1 in El Centro. I am extremly nervous.

There was also a 4.5, 3.8 and a 3.6 in east San Diego County in the last hour.

Seems like things are beig shaken loose here.

[Odin2005]

38. That's a biggun...!

[kestrel91316]

39. Water shooting up from pavement at some locations in SD from broken water mains.

[MindPilot]

41. Hell, that's a regular occurrence around here without quakes!

[Joe Bacon]

42. Twisted for 60 seconds here in Mid Wilshire Los Angeles

And I felt two aftershocks too. Anyone else feel the aftershocks?

[kestrel91316]

49. Well, I felt intermittently dizzy for at least 15 minutes, presumably from more rolling.

[Liberty Belle]

44. Editor seeks photos, stories of damage. San Diego area,

Huge here -- very scary one -- and 3 more have struck centered north of border, ranging up to 5.1 in magnitude in east San Diego County and Imperial County. www.EastCountyMAgazine.org. Email [e-mail] please!

[Fleshdancer]

45. BREAKING: Upgraded to a 7.2!!!!

:wow:

Source: CNN. I'll post a link when I come across one.

[Hatchling]

46. Just upgraded to a 7.2!

Yikes!

[kestrel91316]

48. USGS officially upgraded it to 7.2

[Joanne98]

50. Here's a map

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/27.37.-120.-110.php

[tomm2thumbs]

51. it felt a tad like being drunk, swaying and light-headed motion

sort of like being on a subway train going around a corner slowly, everyone lifting and shifting back and forth

[villager]

60. Yes it did.

Or so I've heard. ;-)

[starroute]

52. Damage picture already up at Twitpic

http://twitpic.com/1daewu

On edit: And somebody's posted a YouTube of him and his friends -- and his cat -- freaking out as it happens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjeVzrqPykA&feature=player_embedded

Edit #2; Here's an earth fissure in Mexicali: http://tweetphoto.com/17203656

[pipoman]

53. I was talking to my son

on Camp Pendleton (around 20 miles north of SD) when this quake hit. He has been there for over a year and this is the first he felt.

[FarCenter]

54. Any damage to the All-American Canal?

Or any of the other Southern California aquaducts that bring in Colorado River water?

[inna]

55. 7.2, they just said on MSNBC.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

63. take a look on this!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/27.37.-120.-110.php

whoa!

[SDuderstadt]

58. Is everybody okay??

6.9 is a number to worry about. Has anyone not checked in?

[gleaner]

61. Felt it in LA ....

Where I was it was a wide rolling sensation. I could hardly tell what I was feeling except that things were swinging and my husband felt it more strongly because he was in his hospital bed. If you are standing you sometimes do not feel as much shaking. I went and stood by him until it passed. It lasted a long time, comparatively.

For us, it was not like the Northridge quake which was like being pounded, hard from beneath. I understand they have upgraded it to a 7.2, epicenter in Mexico. Fortunately the epicenter was in a place that was not heavily inhabited so the damage was not as bad as it could have been. It was like the Northridge quake in the sense that some areas felt severe shaking and some did not. Some sustained damages, and some, like us just suddenly became wide awake.;)

The last time I felt a quake that moved like this, it was a big one way out at sea in the 80s. Let us hope that other than the inevitable small aftershocks it will remain still. My cats barely signified on it, but they blame us for them anyway and if we don't show fear, they generally don't get scared. Just annoyed with us.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

62. seems like the 'faults' are a little active in the past few weeks?

this one is a bit stronger than usual!

[slackmaster]

71. The vicinity of Guadalupe Victoria has been crackling with small quakes for years

They've been getting hit with small ones every day for a long time.

[jennied]

64. Felt it in Beaumont... I started getting "seasick" - It seriously felt like being on

a smooth boat. You could feel it slightly but my senses couldn't take it and I started getting sick.

[villager]

66. Beaumont!? Well then, how the heck is Banning!?

;-)

[jazzhound]

65. Pretty strong rock n roll in North San Diego County n/t

[PurityOfEssence]

70. First time I've ever felt one while standing in an open field...

Very long and rolling in North Orange County.