6.4-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Southern California.

[elleng]

Source: nyt

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of Southern California Thursday afternoon, the most powerful tremor to shake that region in many years, according to media reports and the United States Geological Survey.

It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured in the quake, which struck the Los Angeles area shortly after 1 p.m. EST. Its epicenter appeared to be in a remote area of San Bernardino, but its impact was felt in Los Angeles.

This story will be updated.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/us/earthquake-southern-california.html?

[kimmylavin]

1. Rocking and Rolling

Got a little shook up, but all my family is okay, thank goodness.
Just waiting for Trump to announce it's because California hates the 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day, DU!

[Wheezy]

2. I felt it all the way up here in Sacramento.

Several seconds of light rolling/swaying and one of my lamps was rattling. Crazy that it traveled this far.

[silverweb]

14. Wow!

I'm in Sacramento, too, barely 2 miles north of the Capitol, but didn't feel a thing. What part are you in?

[Wheezy]

25. I'm in midtown near the Capitol

I was on the top floor of a 6 floor apartment building, so that might be why. Usually we get a little movement up here with a heavy truck rolling by, but this felt like about twice the sway of that and lasted much longer, maybe 10-15 seconds. I've been in earthquakes before and I was sitting quietly, working, when it started. I sort of looked up, unsure and thinking that must be a pretty big truck, and then my lamp started rattling and the swaying got stronger and then sort of melted away.

My son and his fiance were in West Sac and didn't feel anything either.

[silverweb]

27. That must be it.

My apartments are all ground level. If I remember correctly, multi-level buildings in California are engineered to flex and sway a little to make them more resilient.

I'll never forget my first earthquake experience a few months after I first moved to California. It was a long, slow, gently rocking sensation that made hanging plants swing and seemed to go on forever. Everyone else in the room ignored it, but I was looking around in confusion until someone noticed and told me - with great amusement- what it was.

[Wheezy]

28. Ha!

Mine was similar. San Diego in a hotel lobby bar. All the glasses and bottles were clinking hard and few fell and broke. I was freaking out because my young teen kids were up in the room alone. (They thought it was pretty great).

[silverweb]

29. I was in San Diego at the time, too.

Summer of 1981, I forget which month.

After we moved to North County a few years later and my preteen son had a paper route, I would drive him on Sundays because the papers were so big. One Sunday, he threw a paper onto someone's porch while I sat in the car at the end of the block and at that very moment, everything started rocking. It continued for quite a while and he stared at me with confused horror from where he stood in front of that house.

Later, he said his first thought was that he had caused it because he threw the paper on the porch too hard - even though he knew that was impossible. That quake's epicenter was right off the coast of Oceanside and we really felt it.

[Wheezy]

30. Great story about your son!

I might have to steal it for my next book.

[silverweb]

31. Go for it.

And let me know when the book comes out!

[Wheezy]

32. You got it. And did you feel the quake tonight?

It was stronger than yesterday's.

[silverweb]

33. No, I didn't.

At the time it occurred, my daughter and I were in the car, in traffic. I'm guessing that fact either distracted us from noticing or we were insulated from it somehow by being on the road.

[left-of-center2012]

3. Fox News said ...

I have friends in San Diego so I was switching between MSNBC, CNN, and Fox to see if San Diego was mentioned.
I did not hearing anything.

But I did hear Fox say:
"The center of the earthquake was not near any civilized part of California."

I assume they meant 'heavily populated'?

[BootinUp]

7. Barely felt

In Temecula. Bare as in naked in the tub, lol. No but it was very weak here and I’m closer than SD.

[Xolodno]

15. Well, it was in Kevin McCarthy's district.....

....so....Freudian slip?

I'm so going to get alerted for this.....

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. USGS Earthquake site...

See:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22street%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B34.352506668675936%2C-119.33898925781251%5D%2C%5B37.15156050223665%2C-115.47180175781249%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3A%22ci38443183%22%7D

(all that link stuff gets you the street view and a zoom-in)

Otherwise, go to: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ and zoom in.

Looks like about 100-mi. NNE of LA area near a town called Ridgecrest with the epicentre within the Naval Air Warfare Center (China Lake).

KY.......

[kysrsoze]

5. Seemed pretty big - felt it 2 hrs southwest of epicenter. It was like being on a boat.

I initially thought I was going to pass out or have a stroke.

[OnlinePoker]

6. Thursday afternoon?

Obviously, the Times doesn't know about time zones.

[left-of-center2012]

8. the post says ...

1 p.m. EST.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. Report from Bakersfield...

6.4 magnitude quake felt in Bakersfield
Posted: 10:41 AM, Jul 04, 2019
Updated: 2:46 PM, Jul 04, 2019

See: https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/6-6-magnitude-quake-felt-in-bakersfield

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UPDATE: According to California City Police Chief Eric Hurtado there has been damage in Ridgecrest as a result of the recent earthquake. He also reported that buildings are on fire and that Damage in Ridgecrest, buildings on fire and teams are responding to assist.

And the Associated Press is reporting: "Crews responding to at least 24 medical and fire incidents after earthquake near Ridgecrest, California."

KY.......

[riversedge]

10. A house on fire. Assumed gas line break with earthquake............

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/us/southern-california-earthquake/index.htmldam/assets

/190704145839-california-earthquake-house-fire-0704-screengrab-exlarge-169.jpg

[pecosbob]

11. We felt it as far east as Las Vegas

[mommymarine2003]

12. Was in Ridgecrest in March

My husband and I spent the night in Ridgecrest in March after driving through Southern California to see the wildflowers and on our way to Death Valley. Ridgecrest is a very nice community with a great little visitor center and very friendly people. We took a hike up a canyon near the town and saw an incredible display of flowers.

I experienced a 6.9 earthquake in the Seattle/Tacoma area in 2001. That is an experience I will never forget. The ground rolled; and the trees swayed so much, they almost touched the ground. Now I live in the Portland, OR area. We have water and freeze-dried food in case the big one hits. I also know how to shut off the natural gas to the house. We can see three volcanoes from our house, which is a reminder everyday (unless it's raining/foggy), that we live on the Pacific Rim including all the various faults that run up the coast.

[MurrayDelph]

16. I drove through there

on Monday.

[Olafjoy]

13. Quick

Son in LA said he felt it but went by very quickly.
We lived there through Northridge and Whittier Narrows. Just ordered him an emergency escape ladder as he lives in the 5th floor. Had been meaning to do that. Saw 6.4 on the ticker and it freaked me out.

[dalton99a]

17. Kick

[AllaN01Bear]

23. where was this pic of the fault rupture taken thanks . pretty good displacement.

[dalton99a]

24. Outside Ridgecrest, Calif.

The road damage included a 12-inch crack across Highway 178, about two miles west of Trona Road, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. That was quickly filled in by Caltrans crews.

https://ktla.com/2019/07/04/6-6-earthquake-jolts-southern-california-on-4th-of-july/

[B Stieg]

18. One, quick jolt.

Here in Riverside County...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

19. 115 aftershocks - some as large as magnitude 4.6.....

as of 8p.m. EST.

Thoughts and best wishes go out to the good folks of Ridgecrest. It's going to be a long night.

KY..........

[Xipe Totec]

20. Trump accuses earthquake of colluding with Democrats to spoil his partay. nt

[BigmanPigman]

21. I always feel them but not this time (San Diego).

[AllaN01Bear]

22. my sis in north hollywood said she felt a mag 4 with a rolling motion and then 10 mins later the

mag 6.4, initially reporte as mag 6.6 dr jones said that that was a factor of distance due to the rolling motion. the la tv stations at that time hadnt got any news trucks yet into the area. apperently last nite , a friend of mine had said that there was a swarm of quakes there rangeing from mag 4 or less . apperently that was a pre shock train . pretty hefty aftershock train going on as we speak, found this on youtube via bloomburg.

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[nitpicker]

26. From The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/04/earthquake-southern-california-largest-in-decades

Largest earthquake in decades hits southern California

The largest earthquake to hit southern California in decades rumbled across the region on Thursday morning, striking a remote part of the state with a magnitude of 6.4.

The earthquake’s center was near the small city of Ridgecrest, near Death Valley national park and about 100 miles (160km) from Los Angeles. There were reports of people in Las Vegas and Los Angeles feeling the tremors.

There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries after the earthquake struck at 10:33am. A series of small aftershocks followed.

It was the most powerful earthquake to strike the region since 1994, when the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake hit the populated San Fernando Valley. The Northridge earthquake caused 57 deaths and billions in dollars of damages from collapsed buildings and destroyed freeways.
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