I used to live in LA. For 12 years. Pretty much back and forth over the hill. Hollywood and North Hollywood area, etc. Northridge sucked bad. I was in Hollywood near Sunset and Highland at the time, our house got knocked off the foundation, I woke up on my bedroom floor, having been tossed out of my bed from it. Wasn’t prepared, no flashlight, no food, nothing. We had no power for several days, all the food spoiled, couldn’t drink the water becuase a main broke nearby, etc. I live in New England now, and to this day, I keep a fresh charge in a nearby flashlight, and I keep my pants near by bed where I can grab them if I have to. All full with my keys, wallet, cash, etc. Just in case. This sounds like a mini-Northridge, I wonder if it’ll be ruled as a Northridge aftershock, but who knows. Northridge sucked bad. Scared the hell out of me.
Wow, I had not heard that the area around Sunset and Highland got hit hard. That’s scary. Getting tossed off my bed was exactly what I thought was going to happen to me in Sherman Oaks in 1994. I held on tight while my bed went up and down and side to side. I sensed things flying through the air, including my 20 inch television.
On my block, nine buildings came down but miraculously, the apartment building I was in just had surface cracks while the building next door was just plain bizarre - the walls bent to about a 45 degree convex angle and the floors did the same thing, they bent upward and then down like indoor mini-mountains.
A three story building two doors down became a two story building but fortunately, the tenants in the squished apartment were away on vacation.
I’m not sure why I’m still rattled because as you know a 4.5 is really no big deal. Maybe it’s because I’m so close to the epicenter.
Lucky you to be in New England now and it’s really good that you stay prepared.
I was in the southwest Arizona desert during Northridge and it had my pool water sloshing back and forth. I woke up as the waves rolled through. About 5 minutes later it was on CNN. I was worried about the residents of California.