Posted on 09/18/2020 11:51:31 PM PDT by married21
4.6 3km WSW of South El Monte, CA 2020-09-18 23:38:46 (UTC-07:00) 17.6 km
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Felt/heard in Torrance.
Aftershock at same time of 4.8 at half the depth at 9km
Pretty good shaker, and I was between 40 and 50 miles from the epicenter.
Felt it in Riverside about 60 miles away, it rattled the house.
The USGS does some good work.
Earthquakes and real-time stream flow.
Sno-tels too.
One small area of well spent tax money.
Howdie neighbor. Son woke up, dog slept through it.
Cat started yowling and became active a moment before I felt it. Didn’t know a cat would care, but it could just be a coincidence.
There is a certain amount of seismic ‘statistical noise’ that Californians should learn to tolerate. It’s a planet, not a single-use plastic bag.
Rather like people in Japan.
intense shake and like a FALL ,,,in Echo Park. things were falling all over.
Living on an active volcanic island arc for twelve centuries give or take brings the concept into focus.
I’m a native Californian. I get it that the ground settles a bit now and then. That doesn’t keep me from getting a little excited when it happens.
When islands in Indonesia are vaporized, they wait until things cool down, and enough soil develops so you can grown yams again.
Gosh SpaceBar, sounds like you are really old!
And Japan is an excellent example. The central balanced ‘post’ based structural member is naturally seismically resistant.
! Yeah, Baby ! I’m here in Whittier. The shaking, as a jack hammer, had the same feel as the 1987 Whittier Earthquake. So far, no reported major damage. The news dolts on TV have a graphic that says, “Earthquake near El Monte”. Well, what town is near El Monte, where is the epicenter, but Rosemead, 1 mile from the 1987 quake epicenter. Idiots.
I remember the 1987 aftershocks, our neighbor’s dog would let out a strange yelp/howl about 20 seconds before it hit.
Trumps fault.
I felt it. Came on strong.
I know earthquakes and it felt like it was going to be a big one. But it stopped and was over. It was kind of weird.
I googled it and found out why. It was only 4.6 but it was very close. That’s why it seemed like it was going to be big.
I remember the Whittier Narrows quake. We were living in Lakewood and I was pregnant with our third child. Thought it was the end for sure!
#7. Cats would know about upcoming earthquakes because they want to be ready for a “CATastrophic” one. Meow!!!!
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