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Earthquake in SoCal! (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 OP
WOW! Glad to hear you are okay, Peggy. FalloutShelter Feb 9 #1
IcyPeas also has a thread MustLoveBeagles Feb 9 #2
Didn't feel anything down in the OC FHRRK Feb 9 #3
4.5 NW of Malibu superpatriotman Feb 9 #4
A 4.6 near Malibu musette_sf Feb 9 #5
On the heels of an earthquake in Hawaii earlier today. LonePirate Feb 9 #6
It's not at all unusual. California is on the Rim of Fire which is a series of faults . . . CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 #15
stay safe Peggy! Celerity Feb 9 #7
4.5 near Malibu.......................... Lovie777 Feb 9 #8
Near Malibu? MontanaMama Feb 9 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Feb 9 #10
WOW! Glad to hear you, Peggy, and other DUers checking in. Diamond_Dog Feb 9 #11
Thanks for all of your responses! I AM FINE, MY HOUSE IS TOO, THANK YOU ALL! nt CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 #12
That's a relief MustLoveBeagles Feb 9 #14
Felt it in Hollywood - brief shaking DBoon Feb 9 #13
Crap. I missed it. I was driving down Franklin. chowder66 Feb 9 #39
Feels like the Californian stretch of the plate has been very active of late Sympthsical Feb 9 #16
Yikes! H2O Man Feb 9 #17
Foreshock for a bigger one coming up? Emile Feb 9 #18
The radio newscaster felt it..i didnt..was driving Demovictory9 Feb 9 #19
There's an app for that. usonian Feb 9 #20
That's a great map, my dear usonian! Thanks for sharing it. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 #22
QuakeWatch on the Apple iOS AppStore usonian Feb 9 #24
Thanks! I'll see if I can get it too. nt CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 #34
The Berkeley university "My Shake" app is also good dickthegrouch Feb 10 #42
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake is no big deal here DBoon Feb 9 #21
They sure would, lol! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 #23
Glad you're OK malaise Feb 9 #25
Take Care!!!!! spanone Feb 9 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Feb 9 #27
First, you don't rake your forests, now you don't strap down your fault lines...... getagrip_already Feb 9 #28
LOL Hekate Feb 9 #31
Barely felt it on the 38th Floor in DTLA hardluck Feb 9 #29
Felt it here in Ventura! Hekate Feb 9 #30
I live in the Central California Coast area. Jacson6 Feb 9 #32
So glad to hear everything's okay, Peggy! crickets Feb 9 #33
I'm in coastal Los Angeles County and felt it too. 😯 nt Raine Feb 9 #35
I was close... Richard D Feb 9 #36
I heard there was one on the Big Island today too Nictuku Feb 9 #37
Didn't feel it in San Diego ... aggiesal Feb 9 #38
This one was 4.9, so not that big. Plus San Diego is a long way from Malibu! nt CaliforniaPeggy Feb 9 #40
felt it in my rolling office chair in south OC, coast. Tiny but perceptible. nt wiggs Feb 9 #41

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,699 posts)
15. It's not at all unusual. California is on the Rim of Fire which is a series of faults . . .
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:00 PM
Feb 9

that circle around the Pacific Ocean. This rim is famous for its earthquake activity.

We are OK.

Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

DBoon

(22,397 posts)
13. Felt it in Hollywood - brief shaking
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 05:59 PM
Feb 9

My wife was watching TV in the comfy chair and didn't feel it.

The dog continued sleeping

Sympthsical

(9,111 posts)
16. Feels like the Californian stretch of the plate has been very active of late
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:01 PM
Feb 9

We've had a lot of small quake activity around the Juan de Fuca plate to the north, some NorCal rumblings along the San Andreas, that thumper in San Bernardino a few weeks ago, and quite a bit of cluster activity in the Gulf of California over the past month.

Now, Malibu is showing up as a swarm. I count four different quakes in about four minutes there.

More small quakes are better than one large one, but getting to feel a little skittish about it. A fault runs through my neighborhood, so it's like, "Y'all need to calm down."

H2O Man

(73,605 posts)
17. Yikes!
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:03 PM
Feb 9

I remember one when I was visiting my brother when he lived there. He acted like it was no big deal, and said you get used to them. I thought it was a big deal,and I'd never be able to get used to them.

Stay safe!

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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,699 posts)
22. That's a great map, my dear usonian! Thanks for sharing it.
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:23 PM
Feb 9

What's the name of the app? You put it on your phone?

dickthegrouch

(3,184 posts)
42. The Berkeley university "My Shake" app is also good
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 03:41 PM
Feb 10

And can be used world wide.
I was in Bogota, Colombia during their earthquakes last August and the event showed up by the time I went to see how big they had been.
Incidentally I had the best lasagna ever in a local restaurant while waiting to be let back into the office

DBoon

(22,397 posts)
21. A magnitude 4.6 earthquake is no big deal here
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:22 PM
Feb 9

Now if we had an inch of snow in Los Angeles, they'd have to call out the national guard

Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

getagrip_already

(14,837 posts)
28. First, you don't rake your forests, now you don't strap down your fault lines......
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:43 PM
Feb 9

You folks just don't know how to run a state. I'll bet you aren't even using enough paper towels to keep the mud from sliding, are you?

hardluck

(640 posts)
29. Barely felt it on the 38th Floor in DTLA
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:45 PM
Feb 9

Felt a slight sway. What was interesting is that I got a quake warning on LA's MyShake app before the earthquake hit! That was pretty cool.

Jacson6

(353 posts)
32. I live in the Central California Coast area.
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:51 PM
Feb 9

When there is an earth quake in the LA area we don't feel anything, but if it is in the San Joaquin Valley we do. And we are on the west side of the San Andreas fault.

crickets

(25,983 posts)
33. So glad to hear everything's okay, Peggy!
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:58 PM
Feb 9

It's been quite a while since I lived in SoCal. I miss so much about it, but quakes are not on the list - even though it's usually NBD until you start getting into the 5 pointers and up. Glad to hear it was just a shake and nothing more serious!

Nictuku

(3,617 posts)
37. I heard there was one on the Big Island today too
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 08:14 PM
Feb 9

... that is not all that uncommon, what with an active volcano. But it was 6.2 - fairly big one. Something going on with our Teutonic Plates?

aggiesal

(8,923 posts)
38. Didn't feel it in San Diego ...
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 08:23 PM
Feb 9

but I usually don't feel anything under 5.0, unless I'm sitting on a couch.
Don't ask me why, because I don't know.

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