Not just in California

[aw738]

I experienced a rare event in my area. We had an earthquake last Friday. I was less than 10 miles away from the epicenter. OK it was small at 3.3 but like I said it is rare for us to have them.

[wavery]

I experienced a rare event in my area. We had an earthquake last Friday. I was less than 10 miles away from the epicenter. OK it was small at 3.3 but like I said it is rare for us to have them.

3.3.......... :p  We need that just to brush our teeth...... :J If we don't get a 4.0 once in a while, my arthritis acts up.... :-()

[Dee4j]

yep exciting I'm 1 mi. from the epicenter for the 4 we had that were about 3.8-4.0 in a 5 hour period last Thurs in Yorba Linda...It was getting annoying actually..I was trying to pack to go camping :p

[Hoagie]

You mean you could actually "feel" a 3.3??!?!? Out here, most of us would mistake that for a heavy truck going by.

[austinado16]

You mean you could actually "feel" a 3.3??!?!? Out here, most of us would mistake that for a heavy truck going by.

^^word^^

[mrsoreo57]

Most southern californians would have to be sitting right on top of the epicenter to feel a 3.3....I have a brother that can sleep thru anything less that a 7...
Like Dee said those little ones are just annoying.  

[cable guy]

We don't consider 3.3 an earthquake. Those are tremors.

[Tiffany]

Well aw 738, I'm impressed.  If it had happened in Georgia, everyone would've gone to the store to buy up all the bread and milk (not sure why, but that's what happens every time they hint at snow in the forecast), and there would have been a run on Wal-Mart for plywood and generators!

[wavery]

Well aw 738, I'm impressed.  If it had happened in Georgia, everyone would've gone to the store to buy up all the bread and milk (not sure why, but that's what happens every time they hint at snow in the forecast), and there would have been a run on Wal-Mart for plywood and generators!

This one just happened.......didn't even feel it. It was about 30 miles west of us. :rolleyes:

Magnitude 4.4 - 2009/05/01 - 18:11:13 34.083N 118.889W  ( 6 mi) SW  of Westlake Village, CA
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/119-34_eqs.htm

[Dee4j]

I was living either in Simi Vally or Newbury Park when the 1971 Slymar earthquake hit now that was a biggie. I believe it was a 7.0. I was only 6 and all I remember was my mom yelling to stay where I was and hearing glass breaking. I'll take an earthquake any day over a Hurricane or a tornado. We don't have "earthquake season" and most the time when they hit there isn't any damage..not true of a Tornado. only difference is you have no warning when an earthquake is coming

[Hoagie]

I was living either in Simi Vally or Newbury Park when the 1971 Slymar earthquake hit now that was a biggie. I believe it was a 7.0. I was only 6 and all I remember was my mom yelling to stay where I was and hearing glass breaking. I'll take an earthquake any day over a Hurricane or a tornado. We don't have "earthquake season" and most the time when they hit there isn't any damage..not true of a Tornado. only difference is you have no warning when an earthquake is coming

What she said.

[wavery]

I was living either in Simi Vally or Newbury Park when the 1971 Slymar earthquake hit now that was a biggie. I believe it was a 7.0. I was only 6 and all I remember was my mom yelling to stay where I was and hearing glass breaking. I'll take an earthquake any day over a Hurricane or a tornado. We don't have "earthquake season" and most the time when they hit there isn't any damage..not true of a Tornado. only difference is you have no warning when an earthquake is coming

I was Parts Manager at a Buick dealership in San Fernando in the '71 EQ. It was stock order day and I went to work early (about 6:AM). The EQ hit right as I opened the parts-room door. I stood in the doorway and watched all of the parts bins fall over. I turned around and looked outside just as the showroom windows blew out. The telephone polls were slapping back and forth, the power lines were snapping and live wires were dancing all over the place. I truly thought that was the end of the world.

I had to walk about a mile to get to where you could drive a car on the street. I stopped at someone's house and asked to borrow their car so I could go check on my family (all the phone lines were down). The lady said, "No problem, keep it as long as you need, I just thank God to be alive, the car means nothing to me". I'll never forget it.