Unchained Preppers
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nemo on August 29, 2018, 10:17:35 AM
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I tell ya itsacoming! And itsagonnabeabiggun!
Nemo
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/29/earthquake-east-los-angeles-hits-magnitude-4-4-usgs-says.html (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/29/earthquake-east-los-angeles-hits-magnitude-4-4-usgs-says.html)
Earth Quakes
9 hours ago
Earthquake east of Los Angeles hits magnitude 4.4, USGS says
Amy Lieu
By Amy Lieu | Fox News
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California about 25 miles east of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake struck about 7:33 p.m. local time, the USGS said. It was centered about three miles north of the city of La Verne in the San Gabriel Valley.
“It was like if somebody had grabbed it and was shaking the house,” Vickie Carillo of La Verne, who was watching "Jaws 2" with her son, told the Los Angeles Times.
“It was like if somebody had grabbed it and was shaking the house."
- Vickie Carillo of La Verne
The quake was followed by a magnitude 3.4 temblor a minute later.
“We haven't had an earthquake in quite a while — I mean not like that,” Carillo said, after finding trophies, books and other items on the floor. “I'm just glad I didn't get in the shower like I was going to.”
Victor Flores, who lives in a two-story house in La Verne, told the Times that the shaking was “extremely violent.”
“It was moving the whole house,” he said. “It shook hard for what seemed like 10 to 20 seconds, and then it just kept going. It was really loud too, kind of like thunder. It just hit really hard and quick.”
M4.4 #Earthquake, Maximum Intensity VI - 4km N of La Verne, CA / 7:33 PM local time 08/28/2018. PAGER Green. @USGS Event Page: https://t.co/05HtHBQXHw. (https://t.co/05HtHBQXHw.) pic.twitter.com/5LKKSjiP78
— SCEC (@SCEC) August 29, 2018
The main quake was widely felt, either as a sharp jolt near the epicenter or a rolling motion farther away.
It shook buildings for several seconds in downtown Los Angeles.
The jolt also was felt 40 miles away in Sylmar to the northwest and 30 miles south in Huntington Beach.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I didn't feel it and I was on foot patrol at work. Others at work didn't indicate they felt anything either. I didn't realize we had had a quake until after work when my mother informed me. Seems like half the people on social media felt it strongly and the other half had no idea a quake had occurred.