6.9 earthquake!

[JennW in SoCal]

I've lived in Southern California for 25 years and never experienced a quake like that! It went on and on. Anyone up in the LA or Riverside area feel it? I'm in San Diego. It was centered near Mexicali.

 

Just had another aftershock as I'm writing this!!

[Guest]

Yes, looooong quake, and the first time in nearly 40 years I've felt the ground roll quite like that beneath my feet and felt perhaps I should maybe stand under a doorway.

[West Coast Mom]

Wow! That was a long one. We actually headed for cover during this one because we could see the furniture and mirrors moving. That is the longest one I've ever experienced.

[scubamama]

We moved here almost 1 year ago, just in time for a quake centered 2 miles from our house then. Now, my dh is out of town for business and THIS! It went on and on....Oh how I miss PA! It's very still there. None of this foolishness.

I handed out candy to my dc and told them how brave they are!

Earthquake = Candy

 

Michele in So Cal

[Scrub Jay]

We just came home from San Diego yesterday. Felt it in the San Fernando Valley - it was a tad long but nothing "major" where I am. My DD didn' even notice it.

[Sputterduck]

We are *in* Baja California. I've never felt one that strong.

[m0mmaBuck]

My inlaws are in San Diego (El Cajon) visiting relatives. Yet I learn about the quake here. Hmmmm.... Protocol is that those in the danger zone let others know they are OK. Now I have to worry.

[secular_mom]

Wow, (((Jenn))). That sounds pretty scary.

[Chris in VA]

Another earthquake? Wow. What kind of damage does 6.9 do, if any?:001_huh:

[JennW in SoCal]

Oh, poor Michele -- I'm sorry! Are you in the desert? Is everything ok in your house?

 

Well, until something really bad hits, I just look at these quakes as fun E-ticket rides. They don't freak me out half as much as the wildfires do. But -- we don't have to shovel snow or find cover from thunder storms!

[JennW in SoCal]

Oi! Another aftershock!!

 

Never felt so many quakes in one day!

[cylau]

I am in San Diego. The ground is still shaking from time to time. I can see my neighbor's house moving.... or is it mine?

[Sputterduck]

Am I the only one who stands there like an idiot during earthquakes?

[Jennifer in MI]

Yikes!!!! My facebook page is full of people who have felt it - some of whom are on vacation! My cousins in Phoenix felt it too. All have said how long it was.

[newbie]

We went under our huge dining table twice, I think one hit near Julian which is real close. I am still shaking.

[Ohdanigirl]

We're in Baja and felt it and I heard it was felt up to Santa Barbara. My father felt it in Encinitas.

[CAMom]

I've lived in CA my whole life and that was definitely the longest one I've ever felt! It was a long, rolling feeling. I can deal with those better than the violent jolts.

 

BTW, in Orange County here.

[MyThreeSons]

I was 38 weeks pregnant with ds1 when the Loma Prieta earthquake (7.2) hit the SF Bay Area back in 1989. It was scary. We had one day of aftershocks several weeks later that was even scarier, I thought.

[catalinakel]

Friends in Catalina felt it also. Geez.....this whole ring of fire is so active these days...wonder if the BIG ONE is coming soon?

[Ellie]

Another earthquake? Wow. What kind of damage does 6.9 do, if any?:001_huh:

6.9 is pretty sizeable, enough to actually make you take notice. Not devastating, necessarily, depending on where it is, but still pretty big.

[Sputterduck]

We're in Baja and felt it and I heard it was felt up to Santa Barbara. My father felt it in Encinitas.

 

We live here! Do you live here or are you on vacation? It would be cool to have more WTM people here!:tongue_smilie:

[Hen]

lived here my whole life, this was maybe the longest I've felt, but not the scariest. nothing fell or broke. It is unusual to have the thought "should I go outside?" and still have it shaking after you finish the thought.

 

I'd take earthquakes over tornadoes and hurricanes any day.

[Sputterduck]

lived here my whole life, this was maybe the longest I've felt, but not the scariest. nothing fell or broke. It is unusual to have the thought "should I go outside?" and still have it shaking after you finish the thought.

 

I'd take earthquakes over tornadoes and hurricanes any day.

 

I've been in California my whole life, but Baja for only a month.

[secular_mom]

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/116-33.htm

[JennW in SoCal]

They just upgraded it to 7.2. Isn't that map spectacular?! We always hit the USGS site within minutes of feeling a quake.

[Sputterduck]

Now the map is saying it was a 7.2.

 

eta: I see I am late. lol

[Ferdie]

I just called my family in Palos Verdes and they said they didn't feel it.

 

I was at the epicenter of the Northridge quake and remember how those aftershocks felt. Hang in there!

[Wendi]

The quake was even felt here in the Phoenix area! I was on my laptop downstairs, when my husband came downstairs and showed me that the dining room lamps were swinging back and forth, and there were waves in the pool. He felt it upstairs, and saw the miniblinds shake.

 

Wendi

[MyLittleWonders]

We felt it on the LA/Orange County boarder; it was the longest earthquake I have ever felt, and have lived here my whole life. We all felt a bit sea-sick; it felt like we were out at sea. Apparently, there was also one up in Northern CA this afternoon too.

[ocelotmom]

We felt it on the LA/Orange County boarder; it was the longest earthquake I have ever felt, and have lived here my whole life. We all felt a bit sea-sick; it felt like we were out at sea. Apparently, there was also one up in Northern CA this afternoon too.

There was supposedly a pair of 4.0ish quakes in a typically seismically active area of Northern California about 5 minutes after the 7.2 in Baja. These have since disappeared entirely from the map, or been downgraded to miniscule.

 

I'm wondering if the original report of them was some sort of artifact from the Baja quake?

[Ohdanigirl]

We have lived in Northern Baja for a few years now. I know o one other mom on the boards that lives very near me.

 

We live here! Do you live here or are you on vacation? It would be cool to have more WTM people here!:tongue_smilie:

[kitten18]

We are a little North of L.A.. We didn't feel it but I 'saw' it happening. I was standing at the kitchen table and I looked over and saw the blinds swaying and the swings on the swingset swinging.

[TXMary2]

I was 38 weeks pregnant with ds1 when the Loma Prieta earthquake (7.2) hit the SF Bay Area back in 1989. It was scary. We had one day of aftershocks several weeks later that was even scarier, I thought.

 

I was living in San Jose at that time and it was the scariest earthquake I was in!

[laughing lioness]

I hope you are fine, Jenn!

We were in L.A. for Northridge quake in 94'- scary stuff. The afterschocks were about as bad as the actual main earthquake.

7.2 is some serious shaking!! You'll be in my thoughts today.

[Brilliant]

I am so clueless. I was having a lively conversation w/ a group of teens at a park. None of us noticed it, although everyone else at the park apparently did. Because after we went back to the house, everyone at the house was talking about it...and the park people too...and my little group was saying, "What earthquake??"

[newbie]

Still shaking, 4.0 in Julian. I think East of SD is getting hit hard. We were up last night at 4 am w/another aftershock.

[amsunshine]

We are in SD and it was quite a roller (upgraded to a 7.2 at the epicenter now, I think). One of my dds was crying, she was so scared (it was really the first earthquake she could remember). My dog was barking like crazy. The aftershock at 4:15 a.m. woke me up this morning. We are keeping all those in Baja in our thoughts today.

[ahousefullofjs]

We are in San Diego too, I agree it was a long one. The kids were pretty scared.

I was in S.F. for the 7.2 one, that was pretty scary. I also have to agree with the pp, I'll take earthquakes over shoveling snow, hurricanes or tornadoes anyday. ;) Oh, but the wildfires I could do without.

[MyThreeSons]

I was living in San Jose at that time and it was the scariest earthquake I was in!

 

Hey, we were neighbors -- I was in Campbell at the time! I had just sprawled out on the couch to watch my Giants play the A's in the World Series when it hit.

 

I knew my parents would be worried (they lived in Folsom), but I couldn't get phone contact for several hours, and then in the excitement, I accidentally dialed a number that was a hybrid of my sister's and my parents'. The agreement we had reached in line at the only pay phone that was working in the area was that each person got to talk to one person who would spread the word that they were safe. The very nice lady I reached in Grass Valley agreed to call my Mom for me. My Mom also got a call from a lady in Minnesota who told her that my brother was safe in Santa Clara. (His roommate had been able to reach his aunt.)

 

I grew up in the Bay Area -- I had never before been scared of earthquakes.

[FlockOfSillies]

We felt it at our Easter get-together in Santa Clarita. Most of us felt a little dizzy, and the water sloshed out of the pool a bit. It just kept on going...

[RoughCollie]

I would not want to be anywhere where there are tornadoes or earthquakes. I figure I can leave a hurricane-prone area in ample time to avoid that.

 

I'm glad you all are okay.

[kitten18]

We felt it at our Easter get-together in Santa Clarita. Most of us felt a little dizzy, and the water sloshed out of the pool a bit. It just kept on going...

:seeya: Hi, I'm in Santa Clarita too.

[Mabelen]

We are also in San Diego. We definitely felt it but it wasn't a violent jolt, rather more like little shocks. I first noticed the crockery rattling in the kitchen cupboards and then I realized everything else was also shaking, including the ground! First one here in California for us! Felt the aftershocks too!

 

I wanted to add too that I have had to take quick refuge while driving during a tornado warning back in Maryland and that was a lot more scary than this earthquake, but I don't think I want to experience any earthquakes stronger than this one either!

[Sara R]

Check out all the aftershocks--holy cow.

[Sputterduck]

Check out all the aftershocks--holy cow.

 

I woke up twice last night with the bed shaking and things on shelves rattling loudly.

[JennW in SoCal]

I was woken up too, twice last night, then it was quiet all day until after 9pm.

 

Is everything in your little village ok, Sputterduck (what a name, by the way!!) Are your roads to the greater world unscathed? I saw the main road between Tijuana and Mexicali was severly damaged.

[Heidi7Sue]

Oh how I miss PA! It's very still there. None of this foolishness. I handed out candy to my dc and told them how brave they are!

Earthquake = Candy

Michele in So Cal

:iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree:

 

That's why I live in Colorado. Hurricanes and tornados are one thing, but the ground is supposed to hold still already!!!!!!

:grouphug:

 

ETA: It's funny - I posted before I read the whole thread, and read all the people who would rather have an earthquake than a tornado. And snow???????? Pfffft. What's a little white fluffy stuff? I'd shovel any day of the week and twice on Sunday to get out of an earthquake.

Edited April 6, 2010 by Heidi7Sue
adding stuff

[Heidi7Sue]

Friends in Catalina felt it also. Geez.....this whole ring of fire is so active these days...wonder if the BIG ONE is coming soon?

 

I've always heard that smaller (not that 7.2 is exactly small), more frequent earthquakes mean that the big one isn't imminent, because the pressure isn't building up to let loose all at once. True story? I'm no expert; I live out here in the middle of the country so I don't have to think about it.

[Sara R]

That's why I live in Colorado.

 

I don't understand. Do you live in the flat part of Colorado? The Rocky Mountains got there somehow. Even the flat part of Colorado isn't that far from the Rockies, right?

 

I live in Utah. Dh's California grandparents moved to Utah, thought they were moving out of earthquake country, only to get a 5.something earthquake that knocked items off the pantry shelves within their first year. At the Smithsonian I saw a map that showed the earthquakes over the last 100 or so years. For every 10 earthquakes that California got, Utah got one. Probably Colorado is similar.

[Sputterduck]

We just had quite an aftershock.