Earthquake In Los Angeles

[Mark E. Smith]

Source: Me

Big old roller. News as it comes in.

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[CreekDog]

1. 5.8 chino hills (29 miles east of Downtown LA)

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci14383980.htm

29 miles east of downtown LA, 11 miles east of Pomona.

felt out near Palm Springs pretty strongly and Riverside (obviously).

was on a call with folks in both places --i'm on Terra Firma. ;)

[doublethink]

10. Yep that's bout 15 miles from where I'm at in Fontana .....

shook longer than I thought it would ..... but seemed to gain strength to-wards the end. Dogs went ape-shit. Hope that was it for today and not a pre-cursor ..... gotta get some work done today. Stay safe y'all.

[CreekDog]

20. we had a 5.6 up here last year (Bay Area), lasted over 30 seconds

scary as #@*&! :hi:

[doublethink]

31. Yeah on the computer frantically working and the shaking starts ....

I keep working :) .... the shaking gets worse .... enough to make me finally get off my chair grab the dogs ..... head to-wards the exits thinking maybe we should take cover. Naaaaaaah ..... head outside with the dogs as they go ape-shit. It stops shaking .... I proceed to go check for cracks in the gas line, structure of things around the house. All seems okay. Neighbors were out and about, could hear the talking in the neighborhood. Very nice day outside now, bout 80 degrees and sunny, nice breeze blowing. Awwwwwwww. :hi:

[Codeine]

50. Fontana?

I work there. :)

[doublethink]

63. Cool ..... neighbors !!

:hi: Unusual mild weather the last few days here. I reside in San Diego and back here too when need be. I've learned the first half of September seems to be the hottest up here and am getting out of town then too. ;) ..... Anyway howdy neighbor! Were you at work when the quake hit a bit ago? Peace.

[Codeine]

65. Howdy!

No, at home in Riverside waiting to go in for the afternoon-evening shift.

A San Diego escape route from the heat? That's what I need! :D

[Trajan]

115. Ah ... Chino Hills .....

I once bought a home in Chino Hills, and lived there 4 years before turning the house over @ 177% of our purchase price ..... Very pleasant locale on a Cul De Sac, with a sweet pool for the kids ....

I really miss it, but oh well ..... shit happens ... I only sold because I was laid off and couldn't afford to pay the note, nor lose it to foreclosure ....

I hope everyone is ok there ..... 5.8 isnt that big, but hey, you never know what might happen ....

[tekisui]

2. Hopefully just a rumble, and not a foreshock.

[benh57]

36. Foreshocks are rare

foreshocks are pretty rare. 90-95% of the time, the largest quake is first.

(born and raised los angeles, done many reports on earthquakes, studied them often :P

[kestrel91316]

56. Yeah, but don't forget, the Whittier quake kicked off several years of big shakers

that culminated in Northridge. I hope this isn't an indication of things livening up again. It's been peaceful for years now and I prefer it this way.

[bemildred]

3. Yah, me too.

Not short and sweet, but either not that bad or far away from where I am.

[Mr. McD]

4. Magnitude 5.6 - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci14383980.php

It felt fairly strong here in Riverside.

[Warpy]

8. Now rated 5.8

certainly enough to rattle teeth for some distance.

It's also within the metro area, so there will undoubtedly be some reports of damage as the day wears on.

[Hepburn]

5. I am in South Bay ~~ Palos Verdes area ~~ and...

...WOW...that was HUGE hit down here! We are about 50 - 60 miles from Chino Hills and if it was like that here...it must have hit like hell in Chino Hills!

:scared:

[Capn Sunshine]

7. We are in Northridge

better believe everyone left their office.

[Hepburn]

11. I grabbed my Scottie Maggie and stood in the doorway to my den...

...until it passed! I am trying to call a friend in LA on his cell phone...and am getting nothing.

Anyone else have any reports on cell phone service in the LA area?

Edit to add a PS: Were you in Northridge for the January 1994 quake? That was one hell of a hit!

[dhill926]

23. my cell is out....

Miracle Mile area....

[Hepburn]

28. Thanks for the info...must be the same with my friend.

He is in the Mar Vista area. But...he grew up in the area where you are.

:hi:

[mile18blister]

68. I'm in same area as your friend

Building shook but nothing fell over. I have DSL but get fast busy on my landline. Probably system overload. Your friend should be fine.

[kestrel91316]

35. I tried to reach a friend/client who is on vacation in Palm Springs

by cell phone because her kitty is boarding here - call didn't go anywhere. I wanted her to know not to worry. It was Big Enough, but not the Big One.

[kestrel91316]

26. Northridge was literally 10-20 times worse than this.

This was scary enough, but I could tell in the first few seconds we were pretty far from the epicenter (no jerking, rattling, just HARD rolling).

[Hepburn]

30. Bet it brings back some bad memories, tho.

I was out in Riverside when Northridge hit...and I thought it hit hard where I was. The first earthquake I remember was the Slymar quake ~~ and I was not far from there...OMG!!!

:hi:

[katty]

43. yes, Northridge was bad and quite a bit longer

[kestrel91316]

46. Northridge was frickin' biblical. I have mild PTSD from it, I think.

[Hepburn]

60. Phone and cell service now OK for me and my pals...

...how is everyone else? OK, I hope!

:hi:

[katty]

109. agree-i was hit in the head with a flying book

[Capn Sunshine]

29. cell service not working at the moment

My office is in Northridge. Old two story building; just got some cracks in the big one and that's all. Shook back and forth this time pretty good.

in 1994 My house in Agoura shifted off it's foundation and the 2nd story moved over three inches.
Oh, and the chimney broke loose

[Hepburn]

32. OMG....

....you really got it in the 1994 quake. So sorry...and glad not too much went on with this one.

I just tried the cell again ~~ got the "all circuits are busy" message.

[kestrel91316]

37. My office is in Woodland Hills, and I lived in Encino during Northridge.

You got a chimney check, eh? They did pass out more than a few of those........

[BrklynLiberal]

41. I tried a friend in LA and call went straight to her voicemail..

[dogtag]

85. I'm also in Palos Verdes area and

this is the first quake that I've actually felt in the fifteen years I've lived in this house. I thought the epicenter would be much closer than Chino Hills.

I was writing an email to my best friend in Italy when I saw water sloshing in my glass, I managed to type EARTHQUAKE and hit send before dragging the dog to our safe spot. She sometimes accuses me of making my emails too short. I wonder what she'll make of the phony earthquake excuse.

He's still wondering why he was in a leg lock for several minutes.

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. In downtown LA I think my bulding moved a foot in each direction

Surprising that the plumbing and gas lines didn't break with the first shock. Now there's sirens all over downtown! Wimps. lol.

[Hepburn]

22. Could that be alarms and not sirens?

Maybe from the cars in all the parking lots and garages getting bounced around?

That was a shaker and not a roller! And, boy, did my desk sway all the way down South of LA!

[Cronus Protagonist]

89. Nah fire engines paramedics - I live close to a station

Didn't last for long though. Probably someone local tripped over their bag while looking up or something... heh

[Hepburn]

97. LOL....

...yep, that would be hard to mistake for a car alarm since you live on top of the place!

Hope all is OK with where you are...:hi:

[bdamomma]

9. you guys be careful, fires and earthquakes, jeez, what is going on?

I love California.

[aggiesal]

44. Our 4 seasons, ...

Spring, Summer, Fire & Earthquake.

[kestrel91316]

57. Actually, it's Drought, Fire, Flood, & Earthquake.

[aggiesal]

73. And if we're really lucky, sometimes: Mudslide, and Riot n/t

[kestrel91316]

88. Mudslide always happens in Flood, I have noticed.

Riot is rare.

[aggiesal]

113. Riots are extremely rare, ...

But mudslides occur after a fire has cleared an ground holding vegetation.
So when the rainy season hits, the ground in the burned out areas, start
to loosen, and a hill collapses. If you were lucky enough to dodge the fire,
you may not be lucky enough to dodge the mudslide.

After a fire, you'll see communities throw tarp over the burned out area
to keep the water from soaking in, until some vegetation has grabbed root.

[truedelphi]

78. You have my laugh of the week award.

We live near one of California's dormant volcanos - so I guess it could be worse.

[Renew Deal]

74. End Times

:hide:

[stevil]

12. Felt all over the southland

Felt it for 15 seconds in Palm Springs. Hope everyone is okay, I have quite a few friends who work in Chino Hills.

[kestrel91316]

39. I'm trying to reach somebody's cell phone in Palm Springs

to let her know her kitty is safe. Are your cell phones working there?

[stevil]

48. Kinda

My dad called after the quake from Palm Desert from his cell phone to my home phone but my cell does not work in Palm Springs. Media is reporting that cell phones are out from LA to San Berdoo.

[kestrel91316]

59. We found an alternate number and left a voicemail message.

Hope it recorded, lol.

[bdamomma]

49. I just heard that phone service is out in LA

got that from Randi.

[kestrel91316]

69. Cell phones have capacity issues right now. Land line here is fine.

[mile18blister]

51. Probably system overload

I'm in LA. My DSL is up, but I'm getting fast busy on my landline. A good shake up, but I've been hearing no major damage. Hopefully your friend is either listening to the news or doesn't know about it all.

[tomhayes]

13. Felt it in San Diego

Mild swaying in Mission Valley about 5 minutes ago. We're about 106 miles away.

[grantcart]

21. Carlsbad we felt it but pretty slight

one picture frame fell over

[Tektonik]

14. I felt it in La Jolla

[not fooled]

55. Pine Valley (Eastern San Diego County)

Fairly strong rattling & shaking, but I figured the epicenter was somewhere north. SD County does pretty well--no major faultlines as far as I know.

[chaz4jazz]

15. TREMBLOR FELT IN L.A.

Source: eye witness

I just felt a shaking while writing in Starbucks in West L.A. No news on it yet. Could be big if it was far away, or small if it's local

11:44 EDT

No link yet.

[clydefrand]

16. Talking about it on CNN right now.

5.8

[bdamomma]

17. be careful.

[dhill926]

18. yep.....

pretty big shake here in Miracle Mile area.....cat went nuts.

[mikelgb]

19. big, fullerton

[Hepburn]

25. Watching the news....

...saying that is was felt as far away as Las Vegas! :wow:

[donco6]

24. That would so scare me sh*tless.

Hope everyone is OK.

[Hepburn]

34. Other than the dog wetting herself while I held her...

...we both are OK. Just a bit odoriferous at the moment! :hi:

Thanks for the nice wishes and concern!

[tpsbmam]

103. Awwww, glad you're both okay....stinky, but okay. n/t

[benh57]

54. Most locals take it in strude

It's kinda funny here, the out of towners freak out, the local LA natives are like 'no big deal'.

[kestrel91316]

72. Those of us who went through Northridge don't say "no big deal".

Some of us got permanently rattled by it.

[Javaman]

117. Northridge is the reason I left California.

me no likey earth moving.

[kestrel91316]

27. Per USGS: Chino Hills, 5.8

[Lone_Star_Dem]

33. AP's reporting it was felt from "Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas"

Link to AP but there's little information as of yet.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-JQC5ESySZKfb7WpG_XRBRxNNYwD927MCJO0

[SidneyCarton]

38. We felt it here in Riverside!

Just talked to the wife, she and little Carton are just fine.

Man, this one lasted a while I was under the desk here for over 30 seconds.

Everyone ok?

[Hepburn]

42. Checked with all my pals where I live ~~ Palos Verdes area ~~

we are all fine...but really felt the hit down here.

[nolabels]

47. In Perris, it sounded at first like one of those sonic booms from March Air Base

It seemed loud compared the last one we had a year or so ago but was so much shorter in duration.

[SidneyCarton]

52. Yep, I remember that one too.

[Codeine]

53. In Riverside too.

I was just about convinced that my apartment was going to come down. :scared:

[SidneyCarton]

82. Whereabouts?

[Codeine]

91. Downtown

A few blocks from Fairmont Park.

[SidneyCarton]

101. Cool!

I live up by UCR.

[aggiesal]

40. Felt it in San Diego.

Swaying back and forth. Still pretty strong.
The strongest I've felt since the '89 quake in SF.

[cal04]

45. Link:Strong quake shakes Southern California:

Hope you're ok
Earthquake estimated at 5.8 strikes Southern California
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_re_us/california_earthquake

A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. No immediate damage was reported.

The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas.

Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said there were no immediate reports of damage or injury in Los Angeles. San Bernardino County fire dispatch also had no immediate reports of damage.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

58. Sister in Irvine felt it ... it lasted a while according to her n/t

[mile18blister]

61. Try not to panic on the phone service

Everybody tries to call and system overloads. Plus phones get knocked off-hook and ties up service even more. I have DSL but get fast busy on my landline.
Shaken up here on LA West Side but nothing fell over.

[a la izquierda]

62. Hope ya'll are okay.

From a former SoCal resident.:grouphug:

[uberblonde]

64. Strong quake shakes southern California.

Source: Chcago Tribune

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. No immediate damage was reported.

The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas.

Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Ten aftershocks occurred in the next dozen minutes, including three estimated at 3.8.


Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-california-earthquake,0,7802777.story

[barbtries]

66. whereabouts>?

how big
two of my sons and my grandchildren are there

[countryjake]

67. CNN just reported that it's been downgraded to 5.4 mag.

Water main breaks, cell phone tower problems, nothing major so far. Twenty-plus aftershocks since the initial quake. Trouble briefly with the ground radar at airports, but that's been resolved, evidently.

[ronnykmarshall]

75. My cell phone is down.

I just was to go home and check on the house. Make sure the cats are ok and nothing fell.

[ronnykmarshall]

70. I was in the parking lot

getting ready to go to lunch. I was on the phone to my to mom .... we are such Californians. "Hang on mom, we're having an earthquake." "OK". "Wow it's still going." "Oh dear, where are you going to lunch?".....

[Shakespeare]

76. LOL--same here (in the parking lot on my way to lunch).

It was strong enough to actually throw me off balance (I'm in Century City), and I slipped and bashed the shit out of my left knee.

My first-ever earthquake-related injury! :7

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

79. FEMA is on the case!

[Shakespeare]

86. BWAHAHA!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ronnykmarshall]

95. My phone conversation during the earthquake.

I was on the phone to my mom (another Cal native):

Me - Oh hang on. We're having an earthquake.

Mom - Really?

Me - I've got to go to Sears and take back this god-damn crock
pot .... shit this earthquake is still going.

Mom - Is it pretty strong? What's wrong with that god-damn crock
pot? Is it still shaking.

Me - Oh the fucker doesn't work for shit. Still shaking. Oh cool
it stopped. I'll go get lunch after I got to Sears.

Mom - Well where are you going to lunch?

[Shakespeare]

98. Ha. Totally jaded, aren't you?

:rofl:

Yeah, yeah, an earthquake. BFD. :7

[tbyg52]

110. I've had conversations like that

Earthquakes scare me *much* less than hurricanes and tornadoes. Unfortunately, I found this out after I moved (dumbly) to where there are hurricanes and tornadoes.....

[Shakespeare]

71. Shook like hell in Century City.

We haven't had one that big in quite awhile.

[ronnykmarshall]

84. My huzzz said it was strong at LAX

[burythehatchet]

77. Damn, I just got back from visiting family in Diamond Bar

They're all shaken up but OK

[BadgerKid]

80. USGS entry (link)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14383980.php

[BeHereNow]

81. Burbank checking in- not too bad here.

I was asleep on my couch when it hit-
I woke up real early this morning and started
reading. I think my fur people knew it was coming.
They woke me up all a-twitter around day break.

I fed them and went back to sleep.

Next thing I knew, the living room was rocking and rolling.

It was gentle, but lengthy.

Not bad at all compared to the Northridge quake.

BHN

[hedgehog]

83. Do you suppose the BFEE arranged this to knock the news of

Senator Stevens' indictment off the front page?

[Renew Deal]

93. I hope you're kidding.

[hedgehog]

99. I think that was the theme of a James Bond movie or else a

parody of James Bond - the evil scientist with the earthquake machine?

[Renew Deal]

100. It was also what some people here were saying about the Tsunami.

"Did Bush explode a nuke?"

[PurityOfEssence]

87. Nice little ride here in Silver Lake...

(That's 2 miles NW of downtown, 2 miles SE of Hollywood for you furriners...)

We're on a hilltop on a rock foundation and it was quite a little ride: a quick jolt, then a pause, then a 15 second or so rolling shaker. It felt much like the Northridge quake of '94 and the Whittier Narrows quake of '87, but was shorter and farther away than the latter and shorter and much farther away than the former.

Goes with the territory...

[ronnykmarshall]

111. Silver Laker too

I want to go home and check on my house and cats.

[dtotire]

90. That Shows that we are in the last days

Expect that all the fundamentalists will be raptured soon, and will disappear without a trace. (sarc)

[Tiggeroshii]

104. Ooops. Meant to post it tot he op.

[caseycoon]

107. Seems to me that would be a GOOD thing!

:rofl:

[JonLP24]

92. I felt it in Phoenix!

Lying... I saw the news when I came home from work, my bike went flat and I landed on the metal bar 11:42 Pacific time

[Renew Deal]

94. The only thing the media can find is a water main break.

Most famous water main break EVAH!

[AztecGringo]

96. Damn I was driving

So long since the last earthquake and this was a good one. I happened to be driving on the 134 freeway in Burbank and felt nothing. Found out about it on the radio.

[kestrel91316]

102. You KNOW it's a big one when you feel it on the freeway, lol.

[frylock]

105. felt that one down here in san diego..

the 5th floor was shaking pretty good!

[Tiggeroshii]

106. Riverside was cool.

It lasted a little while though. Kinda crazy. Couldn't use the phone for a bit either.

[Bragi]

108. Wolf"s Dilemma: Size Matters

The problem with the Situation Room is that they don't have much by way of actual destruction to show what happened. All they have is broken jars in aisle 3 of the hardware store, and water coming down from a big water leak coming down from the ceiling that may or may not have anything to do with the miniquake. Wolf is all dressed up with nowhere to go.

- B

[ronnykmarshall]

112. We had to temp close our Brea office.

They have to route all the calls to my location. (I work for a bank) They are swamped with calls right now. They have to move some people from Brea to help out.

[Trajan]

116. Brea.....

Lived in Brea once ...... My kids loved when they built the Birch Street Promenade ... We preferred Taps across the street .... for obvious reasons ....

[puerco-bellies]

114. It happen while I was at my office in the Mid Wilshire District.

I was in the lobby of our 2nd story suite waiting for my boss to clear a call so we could meet with co-works in their 18th floor office. I felt the initial shaking and realized they were the compression waves and knew the swaying (S-waves)would be kind of hairy. When we finally got upstairs those guys were pale!