A co-worker who is working remotely as his mom's caretaker in that area just checked in to say everything was okay, but they're going to spend the rest of the week quake proofing the house (damaged in the Northridge quake) in case this was a foreshock.

Haele

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

5. I slept through it

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Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:03 AM

Jul 2020

I'm used to my dog jostling the bed.

tinrobot

(10,927 posts)

6. Woke me up in Silver Lake. It was the first one I've actually felt in years.

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Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:06 AM

Jul 2020

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)

7. Slept right through it

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Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:49 AM

Jul 2020

Usually, my bird falls off his perch and flaps around hysterically during an earthquake. Didn’t hear or feel a thing.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,500 posts)

8. It shook the NASA personnel at JPL on live TV this morning.....

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Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:02 AM

Jul 2020

during coverage of the mars mission spacecraft launch. Shook up their personnel in Pasadena, I suppose.

Thankfully, it didn't cause them any problems and the Florida launch went on perfectly.......

I think this is the right one in LA from USGS:

M 4.2 - 2km N of Pacoima, CA
Time: 2020-07-30 07:29:29 (UTC-04:00)
Location: 34.302°N 118.438°W
Depth: 8.9 km

Another one 40-min. earlier was out to sea from Eureka:

M 4.1 - 239 km W of Ferndale, California
Time: 2020-07-30 06:50:23 (UTC-04:00)
Location: 40.480°N 127.083°W
Depth: 10.0 km

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