Large ground shake So. Cal

12-28-03 | Joe

[Joe Hadenuf]

Anyone feel that??

[armymarinemom]

Keep in mind that if you have ever spent an enjoyable day at Reelfoot lake that it wasn't there before the earthquakes 1811-1812

[joanofarc]

Hey Joe;
We live a short distance from Diamond Bar; a mere hop, skip and jump close to Diamond Bar on Chino Hills Parkway. Didn't feel a thing!

[CindyDawg]

Where in Japan? My son is in Toyko.

[Joe Hadenuf]

That's hard to believe. We are within 20 miles of DB and it was short and very strong feeling. Like feeling a *very* large above ground explosion from a distance. Not the type of quakes I'm familier with.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Off the coast. No risk of tsunami or gojira.

Your referring to the one that just occurred in the Japan region? We heard it just happened a few ago and weighed in at 6.0.

[Palladin]

LOL!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Don't know. Just heard the tail end of a report of "japan 6.0". I hope I heard it right. Maybe someone else caught the full report.....

[CindyDawg]

Yeah. What time is it there? About noon?

[Joe Hadenuf]

WOW! This is getting strange......

[Joe Hadenuf]

I would guess it's early morning in Japan.....

[Joe Hadenuf]

Thanks for that. I was afraid I was putting out old info as we just got the tail end of the news break on that.

[CindyDawg]

Thanks. Hope things are going to be quiet now for yall. I sent an E-mail to my son. He's only 30 and has only been globe trotting in the service 10 years so I do tend to worry about him:') Ping me if yall hear anything else, ok?

[Joe Hadenuf]

You bet.

[Ingtar]

Nuthin' here in TN. Only shaking here is the TV....

Maybe you should get a new TV.

... or move further from the railroad tracks.

[Leonine]

Where's ya from, Ingtar?

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I've been through there several times. A nice town.

I'm always relieved to be heading out of Montgomery, either toward Tuscaloosa or toward Dothan. Montgomery is confusing as heck.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

As a second generation Californian that has been around for 40+ years, I can verify that there can be what is called pre-quakes. A series of smaller quakes that can lead up to a big one.

My parents experienced this phenonoma(sp) in the late 80's or early 90's in El Centro. They had a small earthquake at about 8 or 9 in one night. Both decided to prepare for a major quake in the middle of night without informing the other. They carefully laid out clothes with flashlights readily available. Sure enough about 5 AM and a big one hit. I believe that it was an 8.1.
My Mom doesn't handle big earthquakes real well. She was unreasonable for about two hours after the quake. She finally lock herself in the car to "ride out" the after shocks. My Dad finally shipped her to my brother's place to get her out of the area.