We just had a 5.6 centered in Chino Hills/Pomona area (near L.A.) and we felt it GOOOOD down here in San Juan Capistrano! Yeee hawww! Ride 'em cowboy!!
California Girl wrote:We just had a 5.6 centered in Chino Hills/Pomona area (near L.A.) and we felt it GOOOOD down here in San Juan Capistrano! Yeee hawww! Ride 'em cowboy!!
It was a 5.8 and believe me .2 makes a big difference. Damn, lasted a good while here in the barrio of Van Nuys which is quite a distance from the epicenter. Was waiting for things to fall. Didn't happen.
We were in a video-conference meeting with our IT group in Lakewood...the room and chairs started moving, then shaking. The camera was jumping around. Panic for 30 seconds was replaced by forced humor. We resumed our meeting after a few minutes.
Felt it big in Claremont which is very close to Chino. One of my dogs really did not like having someone come shake the house! I hate these things, never know when it will actually be "the big one".
Looking at the earthquake map, I see there've been quite a number of aftershocks. We're not feeling them this far south, but I bet you're feeling them up in Claremont, laxcat!!
I'd say more "wobble". Actually, the ground moves back & forth/side to side. At first you think you're getting dizzy, then you realize it's not YOU, it's the ground beneath you! I happen to not be afraid of earthquakes, maybe I'm a sicko, but I find them sort of exciting!
SJfromNJ wrote:If you are driving during an earthquake do you have to stop or can you just keep traveling?
I remember back in the day, think it was 1987 when we had the Whittier earthquake and I was driving on the freeway. You get the feeling you have a flat tire and so does everyone else as you see them move en masse to the side of the road. Say the lighting move on the side of the freeway and knew what it was.
I remember hearing it reported after one particularly big quake (Northridge?) that some people on the freeway changed lanes... however it was the freeway under them that changed lanes, not the cars!