Anyone else feel it? Strong in San Diego county. In LA County? San Bernardino?
Where else was this 5.2 shaker felt. This one didn’t roll. There is supposed to be a difference in type of earthquake.
Why is this posted here? I grew up in So Cal. Being awakened by earthquakes was a normal occurrence. It hasn’t made the national news, so why worry?
It woke me up.
How was this different?
It woke us up too! It was the strongest one we have felt near the coast in awhile.
My sister lives in La Jolla, a distance away from the epicenter, and it woke her up too. USGS is reporting 5.2 in the Richter scale, which is a bit above the usual 4.0 yawner.
I am a bit north of Borrego Springs and did not feel it.
On an unrelated topic though, I just noticed there is an area west of Borrego Springs called Hellhole Palms… lmao :))
@“aunt bea” , I’ve been through a lot of So Cal earthquakes, and they usually don’t roll. I hope others more educated than myself can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe we experience subduction type earthquakes, where the Pacific plate and North American plate collide, and one goes underneath the other. This produces very jerky, bumpy earthquakes, particularly closer to the epicenter. I imagine people further away might have felt it as a roll.
My personal line for when earthquakes begin to get my attention is 5.0. They start getting scary at 6.0, IMO.
I still remember the Northridge earthquake (6.7)! I was going to stay in bed since it was 4:30 a.m. but the jerky hopping motion was quite startling, even 70 miles from the epicenter.
H did. I slept right through.
I was awake but didn’t notice it. Not sure if the tremors went out to Point Loma.
It’s been a long time since SoCal had a good shake.
Yes, all the dogs in our neighborhood complained about the quake too.
We are in Orange County, about 130 miles away. We were asleep, and didn’t feel it, but according to my Facebook feed, those that were awake felt it.
Yes, it made the national news.
I’ve lived in California all of my life, and generally, they don’t bother me, but this one woke us all up in Rancho Bernardo. It started like the Northridge and Whittier quakes.
Why does it matter? Students, who are coming to California need to know we do get some earthquakes over 4.0.
Our buildings generally are designed to move with the quakes, especially on the college campuses.
Oftentimes the only hint that we’d had an earthquake was the metal blinds gently swaying against the window frames.
I felt it, too although by the time it got to the coastal part of LA county it was more of a rolling motion. I figured it had to have been fairly large but a ways away from here. I’m with @calla1 anything below 5.0 is kind of a yawn but over 5.0 I start paying attention. And let’s face it…we’re overdue for something larger in So Cal, unfortunately…
Our son texted me from La Jolla when it happened to ask if we felt it. I was sleeping soundly up near Ventura and didn’t see the text til morning. The dogs didn’t bark.
We were spending the night in Oxnard, on the 5th floor of the Courtyard Marriott. It woke me up and I was concerned that it was just foreshocks, preceding a larger main shock. I remember thinking I should wake my husband and we should put clothes on and wait in the lobby a while. I ended up falling back asleep while I was thinking about this.
A question for those of you who have experienced quakes. I visit San Francisco frequently and stay in a friend’s home, watching their toddler and dogs while they travel on business. I asked what is the appropriate reaction in a quake and they said they didn’t have any specific plan. It is a 2 story private home with a back yard. What do the local earthquake experts advise? Is it best to take the baby and go to the first floor, or hide under a table with him until the quake stops? I am concerned that if I don’t start to take some action with a small tremor, that it may be the precursor to a larger one. They have a local tsunami and earthquake alarm that is tested every tuesday morning. The first time it went off, I jumped!