Earthquake in Southern California?

Not spotting anything on the Associated Press wires.

http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl

was this it?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/ci14181056.htm

this is a neat little site. Told me about the little earthquake up here in portland two months ago.

Small earthquake rattles U.S.-Mexico border region
Associated Press

EL CENTRO, Calif. - A magnitude-4.8 earthquake hit the southeastern California desert Thursday, rattling buildings as far as San Diego. There were no reports of damages or injuries.

The temblor occurred at 6:27 p.m. near Obsidian Butte, about 26 miles north of El Centro, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. San Diego is about 100 miles to the west.

"Everything rolled for a while, kinda like being on a boat, then it settled back down," said Sgt. Gary Hayes of the Imperial County Sheriff's Department.

Dozens of small earthquakes have hit the southeast California desert since Wednesday.

The temblors have been in the Brawley seismic zone, which is known for having many quakes that strike closely together. The zone runs north to south and is connected on its northern end to the San Andreas Fault and its southern end with the Imperial Fault.

The earthquake swarm started Monday and typically takes a few days to build up and then a few days to taper off, said Kate Hutton, a staff seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

"It will die off," Hutton said. "It might not be right away, but it will."

A couple minutes ago. Kinda small, but it lasted longer than usual

4.2 in Wrightwood.

Hooray.

wha?

A minor earthquake occurred at 9:28:49 PM (PDT) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
The magnitude 3.1 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) NE of Newport Beach, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 8 km ( 5 miles).

That about figures. I wondered if it was local.

my thoughts go out to all the victims of the Great Orange County Earthquake of 2008 *prays*

Somewhere out there a drink has spilled onto someone at Muldoon's. I weep for the fabric.

BIG jolt just now. Almost certainly local.

aw, i just felt my first earthquake!

Holy SHIT that was huge here (Valencia)

I was beginning to think you guys didn't have those down here

it's funny... i almost left an open beer on my nightstand last night, but then i thought "naw, this is earthquake country."

5.6

Not in LA now but my colleagues are.

5.8 sez usgs

A moderate earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.
The magnitude 5.8 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) SW of Chino Hills, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).

5.8 now.

pitchfork gave it 6.5

It was adjusted up by USGS right after I posted.

I scared

You SoCal bastards are just trying to rile me ain't ya?

latebloomer FTW, lock thread

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Anyone who lives in CA has that site memorized.

I thought it was just someone vacuuming the hotel room next door to begin with. Then the chandelier in my 11th story room started swinging :(

pitchfork gave it 6.5

lol. i want earthquake too. *bangs table with spoon*

Ton of aftershocks still happening, up to 4.

Sorry, up to 3.8. I am such a liar.

MAP	3.8	2008/07/29 18:51:52	 33.959	-117.809	 15.3	 5 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	3.8	2008/07/29 18:51:46	 33.965	-117.788	 17.6	 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	3.8	2008/07/29 18:51:29	 33.941	-117.790	 16.8	 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	2.4	2008/07/29 18:50:34	 33.961	-117.766	 14.9	 4 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	2.4	2008/07/29 18:49:45	 33.921	-117.807	 15.3	 4 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	2.7	2008/07/29 18:48:27	 33.946	-117.822	 16.4	 6 km ( 4 mi) S of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.8	2008/07/29 18:47:48	 33.969	-117.752	 16.1	 3 km ( 2 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	5.8	2008/07/29 18:42:15	 33.959	-117.752	 12.3	 3 km ( 2 mi) SW of Chino Hills, CA

lol @ facebook status updates

honestly easier to remember facebook as an earthquake indicator than that uggs site

Probably the closest precursor in location and strength

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier_Narrows_earthquake

I'm guessing schools are being let out for the day.

probably just a meth lab exploding in chino hills

Aw, you guys are making me homesick.

:( four years in that place and the only real earthquake comes 6 weeks after i leave

Well done, max.

"real", heh.

"Anyone who lives in CA has that site memorized."

So funny and accurate. It's on my links toolbar!

It's a bit strange that it took *that long* for something greater than 5.5 to hit SoCal.

There used to be 6.0+'s every two years BACK IN MY DAY

ANyway, i hope there are very little to no injuries.

lol! we walked to school in 7.5 earthquakes

I USED TO WALK 100 MILES TO SCHOOL UPHILL AND JUMPED SLIP FAULT RUPTURES BOTH WAYS

that wasn't so bad

You SoCal bastards are just trying to rile me ain't ya?

A little memory to take home with you.

Lots of books off the shelves in the library here.

no, it was gentle so methinks it's a slip fault (chino fault) rather than the thrust fault like Whittier narrows.
xp

ned you're in pasadena rite?

no no, Ned's in Pacoima

Ponderosa.

I live in Costa Mesa, work in Irvine.

I hope I can buy an "I survived LA08" t-shirt by the time I fly out on Thursday.

I still feel a bit seasick :/

5.4 now.

Status updates from friends on Facebook, sans names:

...hopes all her Los Angeles buddies made it through the quake unharmed.
2 minutes ago

...thought it was a secretary running past his office.
5 minutes ago

...loves how like ten West Coast friends all just did earthquake-related status updates.
6 minutes ago

...didn't even feel that shit!
12 minutes ago

....88888888.
15 minutes ago

...thinks a 5.8 is just big enough to be exciting, just small enough not to do any damage.
16 minutes ago

...is ok. It's just a little earthquake.
17 minutes ago

...still hasn't experienced an earthquake, and is perversely miffed about this.
20 minutes ago

...wants to know if everyone in LA's OK after that earthquake.
20 minutes ago

...just felt the earth move.
26 minutes ago

...just felt a little hometown pride surviving another earthquake. Surviving's probably too strong. It weren't nothing.
30 minutes ago

...ohh books fall down.
31 minutes ago

...5.8 earthquakes best experienced in hospital wards.
31 minutes ago

...is experiencing an earthquake with 6 young children is quite stressful!
32 minutes ago

...just got QUAKED. Epicenter in the I.E.: Chino Hills.
33 minutes ago

...loves Aldous Snow's delectable combination of poetry and pelvic thrusts. Also, EARTHQUAKE.
34 minutes ago

web 2.quake

MAP	2.1	2008/07/29 19:32:30	 33.678	-118.299	 1.7	 10 km ( 6 mi) SSE of Rolling Hills, CA

MAP	1.6	2008/07/29 19:29:21	 33.812	-117.454	 3.9	 12 km ( 7 mi) SW of Woodcrest, CA

MAP	1.7	2008/07/29 19:28:23	 33.923	-117.798	 16.7	 4 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	1.7	2008/07/29 19:28:01	 34.007	-117.843	 18.8	 2 km ( 1 mi) WNW of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	1.9	2008/07/29 19:25:32	 33.944	-117.782	 17.7	 6 km ( 4 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	1.9	2008/07/29 19:22:40	 33.937	-117.757	 14.3	 5 km ( 3 mi) SW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	1.8	2008/07/29 19:19:59	 33.959	-117.812	 17.5	 5 km ( 3 mi) S of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.3	2008/07/29 19:18:44	 33.946	-117.731	 14.2	 3 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	2.4	2008/07/29 19:15:25	 33.950	-117.805	 18.6	 6 km ( 4 mi) SSE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.1	2008/07/29 19:14:48	 33.937	-117.793	 15.9	 6 km ( 3 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	1.7	2008/07/29 19:13:53	 33.966	-117.805	 17.0	 4 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.2	2008/07/29 19:12:28	 33.953	-117.729	 14.3	 3 km ( 2 mi) S of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	1.3	2008/07/29 19:10:31	 33.920	-117.762	 13.9	 4 km ( 3 mi) NE of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	2.3	2008/07/29 19:03:00	 33.923	-117.810	 16.4	 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	1.8	2008/07/29 19:00:23	 34.155	-117.819	 0.0	 4 km ( 3 mi) NE of Glendora, CA

MAP	1.8	2008/07/29 19:00:06	 34.325	-117.463	 9.7	 13 km ( 8 mi) NNW of Devore, CA

MAP	1.7	2008/07/29 18:58:57	 33.957	-117.805	 16.3	 5 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	1.9	2008/07/29 18:58:33	 33.973	-117.739	 14.7	 1 km ( 1 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	1.4	2008/07/29 18:56:36	 33.947	-117.778	 9.5	 6 km ( 4 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	2.2	2008/07/29 18:54:12	 33.948	-117.791	 14.0	 7 km ( 4 mi) SSE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.2	2008/07/29 18:54:03	 33.952	-117.770	 15.5	 5 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	3.8	2008/07/29 18:51:52	 33.959	-117.809	 15.3	 5 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.0	2008/07/29 18:51:46	 33.965	-117.788	 17.6	 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	3.8	2008/07/29 18:51:29	 33.941	-117.790	 16.8	 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	2.4	2008/07/29 18:50:34	 33.961	-117.766	 14.9	 4 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	2.4	2008/07/29 18:49:45	 33.921	-117.807	 15.3	 4 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA

MAP	2.7	2008/07/29 18:48:27	 33.946	-117.822	 16.4	 6 km ( 4 mi) S of Diamond Bar, CA

MAP	2.8	2008/07/29 18:47:48	 33.969	-117.752	 16.1	 3 km ( 2 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

MAP	5.4	2008/07/29 18:42:15	 33.955	-117.765	 13.6	 4 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Chino Hills, CA

well that was fun. back to work everyone

slightly nsfw

http://twitter.com/MissRFTC/statuses/871803775

As a native Californian I thought I was used to earthquakes (was around in SF for the '89 Loma Prieta quake), but my heart is pounding. I'm in the city next to the epicenter.

I was taking a shower on the 2nd floor (lots of swaying) when it happened. I finished up fast in case there were strong aftershocks. Phew. No damage in the house. No gas smells or power/water outage. My housemates, who are from out-of-state, freaked out.

Wheeeeeeee!

One broken vase, couple of books off the shelves, some really pissed-off rabbits, some sleeping other critters, some terrified kittens. Oh, and the dishwasher slid out a bit.

Me? Was standing in the doorway and considering giving-up atheism. This is an OLD building and we're up a few stories, so things really moved.

I somewhat dread to imagine what my apartment looks like, but it's nearer the ground and a more recently constructed building. Still I figure there's a few books on the floor at least.

this building was built in 1929 (i'm on the 2nd floor) and the ONLY sign that a quake hit here was that the medicine cabinet door popped open. nothing fell, nothing broke...

it's a good thing bookshelves exist. otherwise it'd be a lot harder to get a feel for a quake's magnitude.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/29/vo.quake.judge.judy.cnn

!!!!

wow

Look on the one dude's face is priceless.

Earthquake measuring 6.2 has hit near the coast of California

Or even http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008zya2.php

it's 5.4 mag,
it's 6.2 miles out

no, it's 6.2 miles deep, 150 miles from the Humboldt County coast, 300 miles from SF

haha oh yeah

Whee.

Yeah, I just felt that.

was just looking for this

5.0

Location?

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/117-34.html

Darn Inland Empire.

all empires must fall

sure there are a LOT of homeowners currently "underwater" with their mortgage that wouldn't mind a nice 7-8

I didn't feel this one!

Drunk.

Ned get on chatz.

Uh okay.

hmmmm. what is this Miss missing? "Been Dazed and Confused"....Is there a non ILX chatz happening or was that part of a previous EQ? Just accused (not really accused, who am I to judge) Ned of being drunk, as it looked like he posted that he was...but then again I am skittish for the last couple of days and it's possible this has led to my total and complete mind/brain meltdown. I feel all ILX newbie now *blushes* and hopes someone finds it cute and not obnoxious.

Notz from a soon-to-be-divorced, LA Spinster (is that a legal term?) & soon-to-be-paranoid/schizophrenic-if-this-keeps-up LA native, surely this MUST be a legal term:

-1st they take your TVs away
-Then they shake the ground
-Then they take away the cat
-and soon you're on your way
to the looney bin...where the men in their smooth white coats....
<a href=";>they're coming to take me away, ha ha, ho ho....
</a>

maybe I should be posting to ask a drunk now, since as soon as the "earth moved" we slammed our martinis, and I think that I might be....
DRUNK!!!!!

note: the above-referenced drunk thread does not make me any less scared out of my mind about earthquakes...

and the cat is now completely wasted, passed-out-dead-to-the world-from martini-overload, "CAT-A-TONIC" (she hates tonic!!)

I am sorta "home-alone" scared yet anticipating the "Big One" and freakin' out myself, (and I didn't drink ANY tonic)!

I demand a series of drunken wiggy woo posts to accompany all california earthquake revives from now on

it's been downgraded to 4.5
no offense wiggy but it was over in less than 3secs, one a few months ago was much scarier

This quake was less than 5 miles from me! Even then, I barely felt it.

Hi Velko & naus, tonight I am a home-alone-alarmist, i felt the bigger one a few months ago and made a similar fuss. no offense taken....anytime the earth even jiggles for one second, I freak out (yes I am a native and born in Santa Monica)

ha ha ha, Tombot, don't make me scare you with my drunken posts for they often involve photos; and just last month my photo post horrified the lady of ILX, Ms. ENBB. She will fookin hunt me down and kill me if I again post my middleage sorryazz self to ILX. The traffic generated was scandalous and caused internet freeze/meltdown, for no damn good reason, it was all hearsay, based I guess on Ms. ENBB! ROFFLES!!! nothing funny here, move along...

Feeling semi*-vindicated-
b/c cal tech is saying that this was an unusual quake causing stronger waves that may result in stronger waves in certain areas. Whatever the heck that means... (and I love Dr. Lucy Jones and Dr. Kate Hutton) this fellow was not anything except a spokesperson for Caltech... nervously yours, wiggy. **please be here when the horrid real thing eventually happens**

ooh, i felt that

Absolutely nothing down here. That or I'm more tired than I thought.

4.4, out in the west valley

serves them right

it was the porn

shakey move cali earth

xp

t-minus whatever until chaki calls me out for saying westlake village is the "west valley"

totally different area code but close enough. lol @ white flight = all same.

We haven't had a good one for a month or so

speak for yourself

This guy is predicting a 6.4 to 6.8 mag quake in California between now and Wednesday
http://www.quakeprediction.com/

Quack alert: He's considering the ground heating from all the fires as a significant factor.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7gV4Wr6Pczs/SWGlVAqOJ9I/AAAAAAAAAoU/fBcMxvnng0g/s320/Jeane_Dixon.jpg

quack alert: the ads for "evony" and world of warcraft on his site. oh, and the text ad for "artery clearing secret."

but i could be wrong!

but if anyone cares about what the usgs has to say, there have been lots of mini-quakes in keeler recently:

http://twitter.com/USGS_EQ_CA

felt one about 10 minutes ago
really short but strong jolt, usgs says it was only 2.0 which is puny but it was cenetered around glendale which is very close

Finally trying to get some sleep and felt one. It was only a 4.3, but w/ Haiti and Eureka, I can't help but feel that the Big One is nigh…

We are feeling this same feeling in the Bay area as well.

4.1 right now, but it was super close to me

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci10541957.htm

didn't feel it, but i was vacuuming

i thought i felt something, but it was a little later than the time the usgs gives. aftershock?

Missed it. I was in San Pedro

Facebook friends in San Diego report feeling one just about 20 minutes ago. A 4.5 20 mi. E of Rosarito.

People, keep a pair of shoes next to the bed and know where your gas shutoff is located.

Another one last night, and two today. I'm guessing I'm the only IE person on this board, and that you LA/OC people aren't feeling them, but the San Jacinto Fault has been on fire lately!

A friend sent me this link to an animation detailing some of the recent seismic activity:

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Anim/la.html

Been noticing that (not feeling it, obv.) -- don't blame you for feeling pretty jumpy.

You guys had to have felt that…

yep, 4.4

fun way to wake up

hi guys

Didn't feel it at all!

i watched the news for a bit last night and they said it was felt as far away as apple valley (out near victorville).

slept through it

Very noticeable in Glendale. Felt the waves pulsing through the floor of the house. Could have sworn that it was a big quake farther away

Woke my ass up.

jesus

Weird slow rolling one just now.

I was in the shower!

6.9 2010/04/04 15:40:39 32.093N 115.249W 32.3 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico

yeah, weird one

i felt nothing! but we were driving and the roads around here can be bumpy.

It reminded me of the Sylmar quake of 71 (as much as I can remember that far back) - just a gentle roll that lasted a while. I was in Oxnard at the time, and it was my first quake.

Driving on the bumpy part of the 5 in Highland Park with a car full of guitars/amps. Didn't notice a thing.

Please do your part and text "SaveOurInfinityPool" to 90999, people are standing by for your generosity.

I was in Oxnard at the time

This was your first mistake.

A hotel security camera caught the Mexicali earthquake at poolside.

Holy shit!

whoa

Did anybody feel the 3.7 in Santa Monica today?

I felt the first one last night, but missed the followup today.

I was the opposite, but my work is in Santa Monica.

Felt one a few mins ago…

and again right now!

Holy shit!

5.9!

Vahid, I thought you were in Northern CA?

i *sort of* felt it. i noticed a rumbling but i thought it was a truck.

here it was a second or two of rough shaking, then a rumble that seemed to go on forever

Didn't feel a thing. The news said it was south of Salton Sea.

Huh. Weird little rolling one just now.

yeah

Felt it here.

yeah damn they've been pretty frequent

like one every two weeks or something, or at least it seems like that

Mostly aftershocks of Calexico, I gather. I remember similar ones after Northridge for a while.

5.9, stronger than I expected!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci10736069.php

I didn't feel it, and I feel *every* earthquake!

Made me queasy on the 14th floor...

I was setting up a milling machine with a level, staring at the bubble, when it hit. Thought I was seeing things when the bubble went all crazy before I realized it was a quake.

whoa

i heard something moving (like the bins outside rattling?) but it didn't feel like a quake.

A 2.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 0.62 mi NNW of Highland Park, CA. Details: http://eqbot.com/L1x Map: http://eqbot.com/L1a

I felt a sharp jolt like someone had dropped something heavy on the hardwood floor right next to me and then a little vibration. Just enough to make the hairs on my neck stand up. I need to sleep...

felt this one

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 struck about 10:42 p.m. Monday off the coast of Malibu, according to authorities.

The quake was felt in the San Fernando Valley as well as environs closer to the epicenter including Santa Monica.

There were no reports of damage or injury.

The quake had a depth of approximately 15 km.

Nothing up here in Ojai.

felt nothing.

All quiet here in Glendale.

Don't think so, but have headphones on and bounce my leg often.

Whoops.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci15139337.html

I'm flying out there tonight, unfortunately no time for fun as I'll be spending a long day each at a site in Ontario and El Segundo.

i felt nothing up here in the valley.

same

woke me up this morning

are you sure? i don't see anything on the usgs map.

A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Sunday morning 18 miles from Barstow , according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:05 a.m. Pacific time.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was 22 miles from Lenwood, 30 miles from Goldstone Lake and 107 miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center.

In the past 10 days, there has been one earthquake magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby.

A 4.0 off the coast of Malibu tonight. I didn't feel anything.

my wife did, i was concentrating on taking a photo of something and didn't feel a thing

pix plz

she felt the earth move

haw

didn't feel a thing, tho apparently my roommate did? we were in the same room watching 'mad men' together

anyone else get woken up last night?

Felt one just now.

4.4 near Yorba Linda

didn't feel it.

there were just a couple of more in the same area in the past hour, a 4.5 and a 3.4

Vaguely felt something last night.

Missed them.

didn't feel a thing

dang!

felt that. 3.4 magnitude, epicenter beverly hills.

ugh so seasick after this one

cat thought it was nbd, went back to watching bugs through the window

5.1, didn't feel it at all

wha?

― gershy, Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:31 AM

indeed, did not feel it

i felt it.

¯\(°_o)/¯

Anyone?

A friend in L.A. just posted something about it (prompting my post)--looks minor but in L.A.:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci15310433#summary

missed it -- i was fast asleep. i felt the last one though!

another day, another earthquake i find out about from twitter. it's better than the big one coming and devastating everything, right?

What's the general anxiety level with you Californians then about earthquakes?

we've been under threat of a BIG ONE for as long as I've been alive.. worst one I was in was Northridge and a bunch of our stuff fell down but not much damage.. if you worry about this sort of stuff every day you'll die early.

The Big One is one of those things that people generally don't think about or even plan for in their day-to-day lives, even though Northern Californians are basically due to get hit with it any time now. I do know that we've had seismic retrofits in a lot of places in the Bay Area.

We maintain emergency kits. Other than that I dont really worry about it cuz whats the point.

I'm a little nervous about the big one hitting bc our duplex was built in 1919 and it's two stories. it survived northridge I guess. I try to be prepared but I also don't think about it. Everyone I know assumes a 7.0 will hit sooner rather than later but then again we all might be mouldering away dead for years before it occurs. Who knows?

There was an article in the latimes about how the water system will break into a million pieces once a big quake hits. Really should have water on hand. =\

I used to think abt quakes more when I worked on the top floor of an old building on spring st in downtown. not sure if one of those big lads would collapse in a quake but a lot of the facades would drop right down onto the streets and sidewalks.

i would have second and third thoughts about moving to california for this very reason. although these days i probably should be just as worried about the eastern seaboard. basically my plan to buy up land in michigan's upper peninsula really ought to be taking shape by now.

just had a 5 off santa cruz island. it was probably the most intense that I've experienced.

ha felt it

i've felt worse

That was fun. Dude in the store looks at me like "uhhh what's this?"

The medical office building on the corner emptied out apparently.

I was taking a shower, in a mild version of my worst earthquake nightmare.