Earthquake!!

[Champion Jack]

here in the san fernando valley just now.
Rolling, not sharp

[flamingyouth]

1. Hope you're all okay!

Keep us posted, all.

[devilgrrl]

2. Yeah, I felt it over in Pasadena!

It was a roller... :scared:

[Snow]

17. Huh! Did you really? I didn't notice it.

but am all occupied with an interesting statistical problem, so maybe it just rolled right past my consciousness. (I'm at Los Robles & Green).

[Demobrat]

3. Yikes.

It must be a biggie, because we felt it up here in SF too.

[pmbryant]

5. Wow!

Sounds like a big one.

In my experience in SoCal in the 90s, earthquakes that felt like 'rollers' were big ones a long way away.

:scared:

--Peter

[VeniceBeat]

4. I was wondering why our tree ornaments were swaying!

And the cat woke up from his nap!

Everyone OK?

All's well in Venice Beach.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. 6.4 Sam Simeon

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40148755.html

[pmbryant]

9. That's pretty big all right

:scared:

[Character Assassin]

10. Calling friends in Big Sur now about possible damage

Lots of houses on slopes down there.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

22. Upgraded to 6.5!!!

[arcane1]

7. 6.4!!!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. That HAD to rock a couple Du'ers I know in the area!

There are two Du'ers I know that are in very close proximity to the epicenter but I don't know if they have posted their general vicinity in the past.

Hope they check in on this thread.

It rolled for quite a while softly in Orange County so it covered a wide area.

[arcane1]

16. I was in the elevator, en route to the 6th floor

and I didn't feel a damned thing. My coworkers were all freaked out and I had no idea what was going on :silly:

[Cleita]

25. Hi NSMA.

We are isolated without cell or phone. I was able to get on the internet because I have a battery on my laptop and the modem is working??? The dog and other cats are missing. Benny is under the bed. I have to go and try to get in touch with someone and I have to find the dog. I will post later. It was centered in San Simeon and is a 6.2 from what the neighbors said.

My house is still up on it's piers but I don't know for how long if we have after shocks. I don't know about El Diablo. I'm am scared!!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. Damn I just tried calling you and got worried cause I couldn't get through

thanks for posting..I can't reach you on the cell or the land line...fast busy signal.

On edit ..I am SO bummed out that I wasn't up there..YOU KNOW how much I LOVE earthquakes! :D

[pmbryant]

29. Our thoughts are with you, Cleita

:grouphug:

--Peter

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[L.A.dweller]

14. How do you get your message deleted

about an earthquake? too funny.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. Freepers

They love to attack California when we have quakes.

Won't laugh too much when a tornader blows his trailer away.

[Bertha Venation]

28. you're not gonna believe this, ronny, but

this makes me homesick :cry:

[ronnykmarshall]

32. Ahhh

Come back and shake it up with us!

[Bertha Venation]

37. it's not in the cards for today...

but you can bet Mrs. Venation is pretty happy we didn't go home for Xmas. She's never been in one.

[ronnykmarshall]

11. I didn't feel it.

I'm in Monterey Park at work.

I bet my cats went nuts.

[Bertha Venation]

13. my sister felt it in Santa Ana

she wrote me,

"WOW! we just had a cool earthquake..."

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Trying call my step mom

She's in Atascadero.

[VeniceBeat]

18. I knew I should have visited Hearst Castle again!

Is it a pile of dusty rubble now?

Finally! Comeuppance for starting the Spanish American War! :)

[ronnykmarshall]

23. How nice.

[catzies]

19. Felt it GOOD here in Oxnard

Building shook for a long time.

Damage reports, anyone?

[ohiosmith]

20. Felt it here in Vegas....sorry just a little gas!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. 5 good size ones all in the last hour!!!

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html

[ElementaryPenguin]

26. Rolled a helluva long time here in Los Angeles!

Everyone started freaking here in Century City - we're on the 22nd floor! Terror Shmerror, ChimpCo - Mother Nature kicks total ass whenever she wants to!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

33. I love being in bldgs on rollers when they hit

you get seasick...reminds me of the restaurant at the top of the WTC...where your water glass jiggled all through the meal.

[catzies]

35. NSMA, you woulda loved it here in Oxnard, then! I'm 16 floors up

In a 22-story tower on rollers. We ROLLED for a good, long while. I'm sure the ground had stopped before we did.

I always forget to start timing these things, but it was long enough for me to close all my open programs, shut down my computer, and hang out in the only available doorway left (all my co-workers jumped up right away), and tell everyone to stay calm and take deep breaths until it was over.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

40. You're right. I would have

HEY! I never knew you were in Oxnard! I was just up that way a week ago! I'm probably gonna go visit Cleita over the next week or so if it stay sunny (shhh....she doesn't know yet...it will be her first clue when she opens this thread again...sometime closer to the first, unless I go to arizona instead...)

[Jack_Dawson]

30. Felt Nothing Here

in San Diego...maybe next time.

[damnraddem]

31. When someone e-mails to say they felt an earthquake, ...

they are generally OK. Anything that would hurt them, such as the ceilign collapsing on their head, would likely prevent the e-mail. When I lived in California, I was talking on the phone to someone on the East Coast when a little roller hit: I casually noted 'oh, we're having an earthquake here' and went on with the prior conversation. He said I blew his mind.

Hey, I'll sell you an earthquake detector cheap, only $19.95!

[Bertha Venation]

34. that's a pretty expensive rubber band & piece of tape

;)

[Champion Jack]

38. I always look at my fish tank first

it gives me an idea how severe it was.

[Bertha Venation]

36. LOL my sister cracks me up

I asked her (tongue-in-cheek) "are you scared?"

She wrote back:

"HA, no. Jennifer is. She really freaked. Grabbed her purse as if she was gonna leave. Teary eyes.

"Dude. Elevator? I don't think so. Shaking, swaying stairwell? Hell no. Just calm down and stay put. We're fine!! No broken windows, nothing. RELAXX!!!"

[ronnykmarshall]

39. Just talked to my step-mom

She was shopping in Pismo Beach when it hit. Things were knocked off the shelves and broken. There is no power in San Luis Obispo right now. I don't know of any major damage.

[Cleita]

41. So far it was magnitude 6.5.

Buildings in the historic area of Paso Robles came down. Some people are buried in the rubble. We have no electricity nor phone. I am listening to a battery operated radio so we have no reports from Morro Bay where another DU'er lives or the city of San Luis Obispo that are closer to the epicenter than I am.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. Wow..I heard barrels came down from the wall at Wildhorse Winery

one of the great wineries up there. That is a drag about the tower. All the online news said minimal damage and NO injuries so this is sad to hear.

So your power is out?

[Cleita]

43. Yes, power is out.

I got cell phone service back, but batteries are wearing down and I have to leave it open to get calls back about the dog. My computer battery is down to so you won't hear from me until electric is back. It may be days. I just felt an aftershock. Well, never a dull moment is there. Is God taking a piss on California? What gives?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

44. I might be up your way the 29th, 30th or possibly for a stayover

NY eve. if you are around and want to have dinner again...my treat :D