EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

USGS ^ | 7/29/08

[ZGuy]

An earthquake is now rocking the Southern California area. (I'm near Dodger Stadium)
As I post this, the USGS has not yet determined the epicenter so click on the link above for the exact location and magnitude from the USGS.

Here are the maps for California and Los Angeles:

California:

Los Angeles:

Here's the historical review of the last seven days:

[malos]

Of course you all know this is caused by global warming.

[peggybac]

After the Northridge quake, I had to move from one office at Olympic and Sepulveda to North Hollywood just a few hours after the shaker hit. There were tons of aftershocks but I never felt them driving (thank goodness). The office in West LA was trashed - the office in the Valley was perfectly fine. Go figure.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the map. No damage here either. It did feel pretty strong here though.

[DoughtyOne]

Count on it... ;-)

[Dianna]

Small world.

No kidding! We were further out, nearer the intersection of Colima and Fullerton Road. Cracks me up that Snoop Dog lives there somewhere.

[ArmstedFragg]

It makes everything feel a little queasy. The first moments of a minor quake feel pretty much the same as a major one, so for those who've been through a major quake the adrenalin gets flowing, and you go through a moment of uncertainty while you wait to see just how bad it's going to be. I was five miles from the Northridge epicenter, and the apartment building next to me fell into its underground garage, so it takes me a while to relax again after one of these hits.

[Coldwater Creek]

Really!

[federal]

When I was stationed in California in the 60’s I was in 3, two small and one in the low 6’s. It was not good IMO. One gets use to having your feet on the ground, it sort of destroys that piece of mind.

[yield 2 the right]

Hearing a lot of strong jolt on the news... high ground acceleration is my guess...The 1994 Northridge, California is known to be the record holder for such in the So Cal. area....

[Turret Gunner A20]

You know, when you have a number of freepers sitting there wondering for 20 seconds if the building above them is going to come down, they might not have the same sense of humor.

I too, didn't think it was funnyeiter but, I don't recall gridlock's ever being deliberately cruel. And, besides, he has alreasy apoligized for his unintentional, seeming-insensitive comment. Don't you think it's time to accept his apology and quit beating a dead horse?

[DoughtyOne]

The Northridge quake was strange in that you could be a five miles east of it and be just fine, but twenty miles south of it and have serious problems. The fault evidently ran right down to West LA and beyond.

Glad it worked out well for you.

[lainie]

Is that really necessary? Seems like things ought to be calming down...?

[Straight Vermonter]

I like this graphic for showing the scale of earthquakes.

[OKIEDOC]

Everytime I see that Tony V on TV it causes me to have an immage of Cheech and Chong:

Pedro: Don’t worry, man. Those aren’t narcs, they’re Las Emigras; you know, the Immigration Service looking for illegal aliens.

Man Stoner: What’s the Immigration Service doing here, man?

Pedro: My cousin needed a ride to his brother’s wedding in Tijuana; so he called the Emigras, man.

They’ll deport the entire wedding party, man. They get a free bus ride across the border and lunch.

When the wedding is over, man, they’ll just come back across the border.

[Dianna]

I have never felt an earthquake, does it make your stomach feel kind of queasy?

The vast majority of earthquakes are over so quick that by the time you figure out it's a quake, it's done. I lived in Southern California for 22 years and managed to miss every big one.

[TruthConquers]

I was in the Sylmar earthquake. I remember seeing waves of earth rolling along down the street in an aftershock. I still get of bit jumpy after quakes. We were in Sylmar when that quake hit, and were without running water for a week. It was very strange to turn on the radio and they didn’t even know what had happened and thought that it was minor.

But I don’t think people feel earthquakes when they are driving. Today hubby took my car to fill it up when it hit. He didn’t feel a thing. With some areas having the power lines buried, it is harder to tell if there is a quake going on. Just like when there are aftershocks, if you are standing up, you may not feel it as much as when your sitting down.

[AnimalLover]

bttt

[B-Chan]

I remember being face down on the floor, clinging desperately to the carpet in our living room as the shockwaves dribbled me like a basketball. WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! Scared shitless doesn’t begin to describe it.

[ZGuy]

No. If they lasted long enough for you to get queasy, you’d have much bigger problems than that. It’s more like trying to stay balanced while standing on a board that has a pipe or barrel under it that rolls around—something you may have tried as a kid.

[bd476]

NRA2BFree wrote: "Thanks for the ping! That was a pretty big one."

You're welcome, NRA2BFree. There's some structural damage reports coming in. Thus far, no reports of injuries. It's interesting to read reports of what people felt further out from the epicenter.