I'm All Shook Up!

[N2056]

Just had a pretty healthy earthquake here!

No damage, but it was good enough that I was under the desk! :isadizzy:

[N2056]

And just now there was an aftershock!

[Cloud9Gal]

Yikes!! Stay safe!

Initially, when I read the title of your thread, I started singing Elvis Presley's song....but I stopped singing when I read your comment.

I hope all is ok!

[MaskRider]

That was a good one!! Got my attention. Usually I just give them a passing yawn. This one woke me up into full alert mode!

[N2056]

All good here except for some rattled nerves. According to the USGS website it was a 6.9 about 100 miles away, in Mexico. I'm guessing that areas around El Centro, CA probably got damaged.

[Lionheart]

Glad everything is safe there Robert. I just heard about it.

30 seconds! 6.9 on the Richter scale. 30 Seconds is a longgggggg time at that magnitude...



Bill

[N2056]

No kidding!
After about 15 seconds I was under something sturdy. My wife says a couple of things in the house fell off of shelves!

[N2056]

Just had another light one...:eek:

[Clarke123]

You should move to the UK, the worst we get is a few chimneys are slightly damaged every 5 - 10 years

[txnetcop]

OH how I miss California...NOT!!!!
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[N2056]

I've been paying attention to this site for a few years now, and I have never seen this many sizeable shakes before...and just now I felt another!

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

[N2056]

Yo Maskrider!

That last one was in Pine Valley...pretty close to you!

[harleyman]

OMG..This is real time too..

Stay safe...........

Those things so scare me...I love the East coast...

[NoNewMessages]

Too far away from me to hear it first, those are the ones I worry about. Just some rolling back and forth for a short while. Nothing that would make me get up off of my lazy...

[Panther_99FS]

Checking the news...

[Technogrunt]

I heard an interview on Sirius sat radio a few weeks ago talking about the earthquake in Hattie and the one in Chile saying that this could be leading to more earthquake activity, especially on the Pacific rim.

[paiken]

Felt it here in Phoenix. Watching the idiot box when something began to kick the couch. Made the plants and pictures jiggle back and forth. Pretty strong one when you can feel it 300+ km away.

[PRB]

CNN says it's been upgraded to a 7.2. Dang.

[Piglet]

Born and raised SoCal, so I usually sleep thru or ignore quakes.:jump:
We still got our emer. kits tho!

[txnetcop]

Robert this looks like pretty serious deal and may be a prelude to more. Watch yourself and family Amigo
Ted
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[Dain Arns]

Hope everyone is okay down there, Robert. I see there was damage in stores.
Everyone down there is in our thoughts and prayers tonight.

Watching the footage, especially the water rolling out of the swimming pool in a video clip on CNN, reminded me a lot of the 7.3 earthquake near Challis, Idaho in 1983.
We were living just north in the Bitterroot Valley in Montana.
I remember being woke up to the whole house shaking and rolling for a good 30 seconds.
My best friend Scott had grandparents living in Challis.
We hopped in his car after that and drove down to help them clean up and make some repairs to the house. :kilroy:

[cheezyflier]

when i clicked on the thread i expected to see my fav elvis song

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[srgalahad]

Damage reports from the U.S.-Mexico border region are growing after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake in Baja California that was felt from Tijuana and Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Phoenix. The quake struck south of Mexicali, Mexico, at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, but damage also was being reported north of the border.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_us/us_baja_earthquake

[Bjoern]

when i clicked on the thread i expected to see my fav elvis song


Well, I was rather thinking along the lines of this:

Bomv-6CJSfM

:icon_lol:


Stay safe, Kalifornians!

[Daveroo]

im a california native myself...though earthqaukes are nasty stuff...the wildfires are more distructive in my opinion...as far as frequency anyway..lots of minor quakes all day long everyday that are not even felt..but in summer 1000s of homes are burned every year...im yappin...forgive me