So Cal Earthquake- Everyone Alright?

[mypaintwattie]

Wow! That was a big one! Everyone alright?

[FancyFree]

Did it just happen a few minutes ago? I felt a little rumbling. Was it big up there?

[Ambrey]

First quake in quite a while that involved actually objects falling from shelves.

[twofatponies]

Faster than the news can even report it!

Looks like it was pretty big: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[SuperSTB]

I was out on my back patio chit chatting with a glass of wine... felt the rolling and was thinking- earthquake or wine related? :D

[Peggy]

Yup, I had some stuff fall over and a few things fall off shelves. I was outside at the time which was interesting. It was one of the earthquakes where there is a hard jolt followed by shaking. I am probably 3-4 miles from the epicenter.

Between this and the military aircraft fly-overs during the parade yesterday, my cat is really paranoid.

[dreamswept]

I didn't feel a thing. Granted, I'm some ways north of L.A. but I've still felt some big ones.

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

I felt it down here in Palm Springs. I kind of swayed back and forth. Nobody else in my house felt it but me. Both me and my computer screen swayed. :lol: They are calling it a 5.0.

[Sebastian]

We're just north of Burbank... Just a gentle roll for about 30 seconds up here.
Seb :)

[Coreene]

DGRH and I were on the phone about the Special Horses.org contest when it happened. She may be deaf now, since there was much loud blasphemy, and then Wattie called - so, all in all a very COTH-related quake! :lol: Peggy, I can't even begin to think what it was like with the epicenter practically under your backside.

[HorsRdr477]

Faster than the news can even report it!

Looks like it was pretty big: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

It wasn't that big. :rolleyes: After experiencing Northridge in '94, nothing is THAT big!

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

Seb, that is what I felt down here is the PS.

[Peggy]

Didn't feel as bad as the Chino Hills one last summer (I was in Chino Hills for that one; are these things following me around?:eek:). I gave up trying to stand up during that one and sat down in the dirt.

This time I was b/w the garage and house walls and put out a hand to brace myself. It was short enough in duration that I was pretty sure it wasn't a really bad earthquake with the epicenter distant from me.

You know you have been living in Southern California too long when you a-time the earthquakes and b-guesstimate the intensity pretty accurately (I had it pegged as 5-5.2).

[Coreene]

It was just downgraded to a 4.7. Certainly not like that rude morning in June '92, when Mother Nature threw us the Big Bear earthquake in case we hadn't felt Landers a few hours before. Or was it Landers after Big Bear? :no:

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

LOL, well, I have only been here for 2 years and I have gotten pretty good and gauging the strength by duration too, but mostly, I think, because I am oddly fascinated by them.

[Sarabeth]

Sound of thunder, then a strong jolt and lots of rocking. Water sloshing around in the pool.

Only thing that was broken was a porcelain horse that toppled off a shelf and broke a leg. :sadsmile:

No reports from the stable, but I've been in a similar barn in a similar earthquake before and it was no trouble. This jolt was probably strong enough to startle the horses, though.

[Sebastian]

It wasn't that big. :rolleyes: After experiencing Northridge in '94, nothing is THAT big!

:lol:

Yup, THAT was a rude awakening... And, my poor parents were a mile and a half from the epicenter in that one. They estimated that the ground flexed a full 12 feet up and down.

It was QUITE a mess my sisters and I cleaned up two days later...

'92 was mostly annoying for me... But, 1971...that was an "E" ticket.
Seb :)

[mypaintwattie]

As a non-native Californian, any movement of the earth is cause for alarm! I've been through it all- tornados, a hurricane, tropical storm, nor-easters, and don't think I will ever get used to the ground shaking! My hands are still unsteady, and now they are saying it wasn't even a "big one".

Guess I can figure out why the pony was acting strange today, should have taken note!

[Kenike]

Give me tornadoes, hurricanes, etc....at least I can see them coming!! (grew up on a fault and HATE earthquakes!)

My aunt called and said it was 20-30 seconds, started kind of slow, stopped for a second, then jolted back to life. Hate it!

Here's the shake map (I get the shake mails from Berkley):

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/sc/shake/10410337/intensity.html

Oh, she also said no damage, just some things tossed to the floor.

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

As a non-native Californian, any movement of the earth is cause for alarm! I've been through it all- tornados, a hurricane, tropical storm, nor-easters, and don't think I will ever get used to the ground shaking! My hands are still unsteady, and now they are saying it wasn't even a "big one".

Guess I can figure out why the pony was acting strange today, should have taken note!

I got your back on that. I am non-native as well, and though EQs don't scare me, the feeling of the earth shaking under me is a rather...precarious feeling to me. They used to scare me, now I am more fascinated than anything. I have to say that tornadoes and REALLY strong hurricanes scare me much worse!

[HorsesinHaiti]

I got your back on that. I am non-native as well, and though EQs don't scare me, the feeling of the earth shaking under me is a rather...precarious feeling to me. They used to scare me, now I am more fascinated than anything. I have to say that tornadoes and REALLY strong hurricanes scare me much worse!

Grew up in Cincinnati with tornados, calibrated my behind in Costa Rica with small earthquakes, and now live as a duck target in the middle of Hurricane Alley. Hurricaines eating neighboring cities is my biggest concern of the three.

[twofatponies]

As a non-native Californian, any movement of the earth is cause for alarm! I've been through it all- tornados, a hurricane, tropical storm, nor-easters, and don't think I will ever get used to the ground shaking! My hands are still unsteady, and now they are saying it wasn't even a "big one".

Guess I can figure out why the pony was acting strange today, should have taken note!

I've felt a couple in the midwest (the dinky ones where it just feels like someone kicked the couch), and one slightly bigger one in CA, which I thought was someone dropping a dumpster full of concrete at a construction site, except I stumbled at the same time, and then everyone came running out of all the buildings. That's about enough earthquakes for my lifetime! Nasty things, sneaking up on ye! ;D

[Ambrey]

I think the reason those of us in coastal OC felt it so strongly is that it was on the Newport/Inglewood fault, which runs right under our feet.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

DGRH and I were on the phone about the Special Horses.org contest when it happened. She may be deaf now, since there was much loud blasphemy, and then Wattie called - so, all in all a very COTH-related quake! :lol: Peggy, I can't even begin to think what it was like with the epicenter practically under your backside.

No - no - I was just SO worried, because you said, "OMG it's a BIG one!!" And you kept repeating the word "BIG" and all I could think of was the Nimitz Highway!!!

[My2cents]

:lol:

Yup, THAT was a rude awakening... And, my poor parents were a mile and a half from the epicenter in that one. They estimated that the ground flexed a full 12 feet up and down.

It was QUITE a mess my sisters and I cleaned up two days later...

'92 was mostly annoying for me... But, 1971...that was an "E" ticket.
Seb :)
Yep, 1971 was the big one for me too. We got to stay home from school because of 'earthquake'. Now that I live in the Northeast, I tell everyone I grew up with 3 seasons, rain/mud, fire & earthquake.

[Sparky]

I have a question for you guys who live in states that experience earthquakes--which, by the way, terrify me. Do any of you have horses that get agitated or in any way act "out of sorts" hours or even minutes beforehand? I'm asking because we have what we call our "storm pony" who is better than any forecaster about telling us there is something brewing.
Last year we were at a show, and he was so jittery that we decided to pack everyone up and go home, and 2 hours later a tornado ripped through a mile from the showgrounds. He's done it at home as much as a day before a big thunderstorm--someone told me it's a change in the ozone that he can detect. I wouldn't know about that, but this pony is definitely worth listening to. What do you think?

[Peggy]

Sparky -

Last summer during the Chino Hills quake I was next to my horse's stall and didn't notice any reaction from him or the horse next to him before the quake. That one had a rolling approach so you sort of heard/felt it in the distance before the ground shook. They didn't seem to be aware of it any sooner than I was. Some people in the ring noticed that the brood mares in a field across the street went together in a circle with their noses touching about 15 seconds before they were aware of anything.

Last night I was with my cat and just before the large jolt that initiated it I had been trying to get her to walk through the gate and she hesitated. But that could have more to do with being a cat than having earthquake prediction skills.

My horse Cool was better at predicting an upcoming storm than our local news stations often were but I never noticed that he was able to do much with earthquakes. However, I was never standing right next to him when one hit.

[Mimi La Rue]

I was at my horses' stable when it hit. I was cleaning his stall at the time of the quake and I didn't feel anything but all of the horses at the stable got pretty freaked out and caused a big commotion. My horse was in the turn out and went running and bucking around. I saw all of the birds that nest in the barn fly out in a huge flock and was wondering what had happened. My mom then called me to see if I was ok and once the phone rang I figured we must have had an earthquake. I am glad I didn’t feel it but it was pretty weird to see the horses and birds react to it.

[Sebastian]

Yep, 1971 was the big one for me too. We got to stay home from school because of 'earthquake'. Now that I live in the Northeast, I tell everyone I grew up with 3 seasons, rain/mud, fire & earthquake.

HA! I know a lot of peeps who say that... :yes: :winkgrin:

I guess since I grew up with them, they never really freaked me out. I also took a class in college (a fun GE) that was all about the "science" of EQs...and that took ALL the fear out of it for me.

The only danger in EQs are the buildings WE make that can fall down. And, for you newbies...the "door jam" as a safe place IS a myth. What you should do is get next to a LARGE and HEAVY piece of furniture. That way if something falls, it will hit the furniture and you will be in the "triangle of safety" -- learned that from one of my horsey friends who has a PHD from Cal Tech. ;)

Seb :)

[MILOUTE55]

We're just north of Burbank... Just a gentle roll for about 30 seconds up here.
Seb :)

I'm in Burbank and I was out with a bunch of friends in the backyard and nobody felt anything... but again we had downed quite a few beers so I don't know :D

[mypaintwattie]

Yesterday afternoon my horse was acting strange- she would not eat, just wanted to nap. Not colicy, just not quite herself. Before the chino quake last year she did the same thing- nose turned up at food (my horse never misses a meal or free handout), and just acting "blah".

[Pirateer]

I think its cute how ya'll think a 5.0 is big :)

[FancyFree]

Yesterday afternoon my horse was acting strange- she would not eat, just wanted to nap. Not colicy, just not quite herself. Before the chino quake last year she did the same thing- nose turned up at food (my horse never misses a meal or free handout), and just acting "blah".

Some animals are very sensitive to that. She may just give you the heads up for the next one.

Wait until you get one where your furniture starts swaying Wattie. I remember being in bed for a big one. My bed was rocking like it was on a ship. My mom, a non-native, started screaming and ran to stand in the doorway. The rest of the family just stayed in bed.

[Ambrey]

I think its cute how ya'll think a 5.0 is big :)

The scary thing is that when you feel the jolt, you don't know how far away it was... so even though it wasn't enough to do damage to your area, there's that fear that it was a big one somewhere else.

I felt the 1989 Loma Prieta quake as a mild shake almost 200 miles away. The Northridge quake shook water out of our aquarium and wine bottles off of shelves 45 miles away.

[Coreene]

I think its cute how ya'll think a 5.0 is big :)When the Newport Inglewood fault is right outside your front door - and this is not exaggerating, if I throw a rock I can hit the epicenter of the Long Beach Earthquake - then a 5.0, or a 4.7 for that matter, doesn't feel like a day in the park. It was a very :o moment.

[mypaintwattie]

We lived here for the big one a year or so before the northridge quake, I remember waking up that morning and watching the chandelier swinging back and forth as the whole house shook, my parents were kneeling down with my brother and me in our bedroom doorways. Not fun. Luckily we lived in New Jersey when Northridge struck, but I spent plenty of time watching it on the news!

[mypaintwattie]

When the Newport Inglewood fault is right outside your front door - and this is not exaggerating, if I throw a rock I can hit the epicenter of the Long Beach Earthquake - then a 5.0, or a 4.7 for that matter, doesn't feel like a day in the park. It was a very :o moment.

The fault literally runs through my "backyard" (if Newport Harbor counts as a backyard). The scary thing to think about is that they say the fault is capable of a 7.0+ quake, and here at the beach it's then that you worry about liquefaction. If we get a quake that large and deal with liquefaction kiss vacations on the Newport Peninsula goodbye, we will all be underwater!

[Peggy]

Since the duration of the quake increases with intensity, you can generally estimate if somewhere else is really getting hammered. The intensity decreases as you move out from the epicenter, but the duration stays (more or less?) the same. Learned this one from Lucy Jones (AKA "Seis-Mom") who described timing the Landers quake and commenting to her husband "it's going to be an interesting day, no week, no month" as the quake continued on.

Keeping this slightly horse-related, one of my trainer's office supply customers years ago was Lucy Jones.

[Ambrey]

Peggy, that's good to know!

Also to keep it horse related, I didn't ride yesterday but my daughter did, and her hony was very tense. I could blame it on the earthquake, but he's like that at least 50% of the time ;)

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

I rode Frodo yesterday and he was fine too, but I was not that close to the epicenter. When I have been, I have noticed no change in behavior.

My BF's temporary boss felt the quake too, and he is from PA, just here for the next month during a transition. My BF is a Cali native, I am not... I am sure I am just sensitive because I pay so much attention.

[Blinkers On]

I felt it. It wasn't major here. It is however one of the few I have felt.I did not feel the one last summer apparently had pictures swinging... of course I blame the bloody mary's at T's Cafe for that. Yes it was 10-11 am. My day starts early.. humidity...

[kewpalace]

Nothing in the Central Valley (or at least in my corner of Tehachapi); but my sister in Highland called and they felt it pretty good!

I remember the '71 quake. Rolled me out of bed in San Berdo!

The Big Bear/Landers quakes attempted to roll me out of my water bed, but I was so dead from the few days before (big blowout BBQ/trail ride) I didn't get out of bed until someone came to see if I was still alive (from the quake, yea; from the BBQ, debatable).

The Northridge quake woke me up in my little single apt. in Hollywood and had me bouncing around trying to grab something to hold on to - I couldn't run more than two feet before having to stop and grab. It knocked everything over, including my 28 gallon fish tank. :o That quake scared the S&%T out of me (which I YELLED at my Dad when he called from overseas to see if I was OK, LOL :lol:). What was curious to me about that quake was the few weeks before we were having many many many small quakes all over LA.

Quakes don't generally scare me; it's when they decide to extend/magnify into a BIG one that they do. By then it's too late to do much.

We lost a filly after an earthquake. Can't say it was directly quake related, but it could have been. It happened the day of the quake, soon after it happened. But we've never seen any prediciting behavior from any of our horses.

[Roulett]

Hollywood Hills just above Sunset Blvd --- lots of rocking and rolling but no damage. After 30 years of living in this hillside house I've gotten somewhat used to the quakes but they do make me nervous when they hit at night. This one had my dog Luger running in all directions -- he ended up in the bathroom.

[5]

Just felt an aftershock just now about 15:50 so it's not done yet.


From the seismologist website...

A light earthquake occurred at 3:49:11 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
The magnitude 4.1 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) NE of Hawthorne, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).

[Sebastian]

Just felt an aftershock just now about 15:50 so it's not done yet.


From the seismologist website...

A light earthquake occurred at 3:49:11 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
The magnitude 4.1 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) NE of Hawthorne, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).

Yup, just felt it here at the office on Wilshire & Highland.

Seb :)

[Ambrey]

Didn't feel a thing down here. I'm guessing there are lots of minor aftershocks, though... the horses have all been kind of uptight.

[SoCalChick]

Felt it here in El Segundo, on the 12th floor. Lol. That's a lot of floors to fall in case a bigger one happens!

[Ambrey]

That's one of my nightmares, being in a high rise during a big earthquake. That and the one with the 3 foot spider dropping from the ceiling...

[danceronice]

I've felt a couple in the midwest (the dinky ones where it just feels like someone kicked the couch), ;D

Better hope there's never anything but dinky ones in the midwest or northeast--if those faults go we are in a WORLD o hurt. One of the worst quakes in North America had its epicenter in Missouri.

[kewpalace]

Yup, just felt it here at the office on Wilshire & Highland.Hey! I know that area! It's not far from my old apartment near Highland and Fountain (actually Mansfield and Fountain)! :) That's where I was at during the Northridge quake.

[SuperSTB]

Yup, just felt it here at the office on Wilshire & Highland.

Seb :)

I was at our San Pedro construction site today in downtown LA when I felt this afternoon's rumble. Of course the folks visiting from Boston were a bit bug eyed :P

[mypaintwattie]

I was at the barn this afternoon- just barely felt something, then got a text message form ABC 7 saying there had been an aftershock. Without that text I would have never thought twice.

My fingers are crossed that all these little rumbles are getting out anything big along the Newport Inglewood fault. I know we are long overdue for a big one along the fault, but I'm hoping it won't be anytime soon!:winkgrin: