I felt the earthquake for what seemed like three or four seconds in Belmont Heights. The temblor was short and rough. Preliminary reports place it as a 5.0 4.7 near LAX. No damage in my house. How about yours?
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R eM said:
That was a big one! Loud rumbling for at least 10 seconds....
Antoinette Ecevedo said:
We definitely felt that in our home! It's the strongest one we've felt in a looong time, actually it's the strongest one I've ever felt. Pretty scary!
Antoinette Ecevedo said:
We definitely felt that in our home! It's the strongest one we've felt in a looong time, actually it's the strongest one I've ever felt. Pretty scary!
Anonymous said:
I felt in Belmont Shore - felt pretty big. Stuff tipped over.
My daughter just called me from Ramona. She felt the quake and is unable to reach her father in Long Beach. Pretty strong to be felt in San Diego. Trust all's well.
Micheline Erb said:
My daughter just called me from Ramona. She felt the quake and is unable to reach her father in Long Beach. Pretty strong to be felt in San Diego. Trust all's well.
Henry R. said:
Felt it really strong here near the Traffic Circle
Felt it really strong here near the Traffic Circle
DJ said:
I felt it very strongly in Belmont Shores...no phone service and heard glass breaking. It shook my building for a good 20 seconds at least! That was scary!!!
RC said:
It rocked the Park Estates area. It came on quick and strong, for my inexperience, although it was rated a mild.
Duke Rescola said:
We really felt it in North Long Beach. The shake started slow then felt like a bus hit our apartment building. It pulled things out of the cupboards and off the walls. Not a lot of damage except to my wife's nerves.
Duke Rescola said:
We really felt it in North Long Beach. The shake started slow then felt like a bus hit our apartment building. It pulled things out of the cupboards and off the walls. Not a lot of damage except to my wife's nerves.
Anonymous said:
that was a small gift from god to gays ;)
Santos said:
yeah, i felt it down here in Bellflower
Lee Suarez said:
Yes! Me & my husband were standing in our kitchen when it hit & it was like a thunderbolt!
That first big jolt was Gary De De Long's reaction after finding out he will no longer be able to play
footise with his computer,behind the rail at Council
meetings,and must now start paying attention to the public-not hust his friends that have his
private e-mail address.
The second jolt was Mayor Foster,former CEO of SCE, reacting to news that the Lehman Brothers investment
so central to the City's financial crises(leading to furloughs and shuttering City Hall)was not only
risky but had-NOT JUST ONE-but TWO RED FLAGS warning potential investors of the risk,two
red flags--in the form of "points" above the then
current norm being offered.
The last jolt was that of the public upon learning
that Foster,having maxed out on his budgeted staff
size,enscounced one of his people on the staff of
the City auditor's and now recently announced his
intention of running for the Council seat in the
Seventh District.It will certainly be interesting to follow the money trail from Foster's "camp" to
the newly announced canidate.
Laurence B.Goodhue
Long Beach
Colleen Rule said:
Wow! That was a good one! A big jolt and then slamming back and forth for about 20 seconds. Threw things off my walls. Got to work at Boeing on Lakewood and Carson this am and found ceiling panels down, pics off the walls, drawers wide open, personal items strewn all about, gunk from the filters all over my desk, phones off the hook - you could tell this place really shook! It's been awhile, so I guess it's time to stock up my earthquake kit!
kristine said:
Im in Rossmoor and have been in many earthquakes. This one was fast and it sure jolted the stars out my house, my children and me. Very loud the windows on the house sounded like they should've shattered even the lights flickered in the front yard, It was the kids first quake, so you can imagine what that was like.
sherri said:
8:30something pm on a Sunday night and the ground begins to move after a dull white noise fills the house. The rhythm is erratic and you feel a rush of adrenaline to your system. A cold chill comes over you while you try to regain movement over your own legs. Nothing stops the shaking and then as quickly as the shaking starts it stops. You realize that the quake has ended and you move towards the inspection portion of the night.
Honestly, the quake rattled my nerves more than anything. It honestly felt like being on a boat in choppy water and an elevator that suddenly drops simultaneously. We were playing guitar when the quake started and then moved to the doorway after putting the guitars down. I honestly can't say how long the house shook for because my knees were shaking so much that I could barely walk. The noise seemed to come in like a freight train from the north west portion of the house. We did feel a pitch upward and then shaking afterward. Our kittens would have probably slept through the quake, but my scream of the obvious woke them up.
I've grown up in Long Beach since the early 80's and the one fear that was drilled into kids....the big one is coming. Thankfully, this wasn't the big one. One day, it will be the big one and we will all have to work together as a society. My way of coping with the fear is to look up as much information about the type of quake and see if it is a prediction. My other way of coping is yet to be determined. Regardless of how much I try to remain scientific, I just can't get past the jello earth that provides no true warning. That's livin' with quakes and how I would sum it up.
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That was a big one! Loud rumbling for at least 10 seconds....
We definitely felt that in our home! It's the strongest one we've felt in a looong time, actually it's the strongest one I've ever felt. Pretty scary!
We definitely felt that in our home! It's the strongest one we've felt in a looong time, actually it's the strongest one I've ever felt. Pretty scary!
I felt in Belmont Shore - felt pretty big. Stuff tipped over.
My daughter just called me from Ramona. She felt the quake and is unable to reach her father in Long Beach. Pretty strong to be felt in San Diego. Trust all's well.
My daughter just called me from Ramona. She felt the quake and is unable to reach her father in Long Beach. Pretty strong to be felt in San Diego. Trust all's well.
Felt it really strong here near the Traffic Circle
Felt it really strong here near the Traffic Circle
I felt it very strongly in Belmont Shores...no phone service and heard glass breaking. It shook my building for a good 20 seconds at least! That was scary!!!
It rocked the Park Estates area. It came on quick and strong, for my inexperience, although it was rated a mild.
We really felt it in North Long Beach. The shake started slow then felt like a bus hit our apartment building. It pulled things out of the cupboards and off the walls. Not a lot of damage except to my wife's nerves.
We really felt it in North Long Beach. The shake started slow then felt like a bus hit our apartment building. It pulled things out of the cupboards and off the walls. Not a lot of damage except to my wife's nerves.
that was a small gift from god to gays ;)
yeah, i felt it down here in Bellflower
Yes! Me & my husband were standing in our kitchen when it hit & it was like a thunderbolt!
That first big jolt was Gary De De Long's reaction after finding out he will no longer be able to play
footise with his computer,behind the rail at Council
meetings,and must now start paying attention to the public-not hust his friends that have his
private e-mail address.
The second jolt was Mayor Foster,former CEO of SCE, reacting to news that the Lehman Brothers investment
so central to the City's financial crises(leading to furloughs and shuttering City Hall)was not only
risky but had-NOT JUST ONE-but TWO RED FLAGS warning potential investors of the risk,two
red flags--in the form of "points" above the then
current norm being offered.
The last jolt was that of the public upon learning
that Foster,having maxed out on his budgeted staff
size,enscounced one of his people on the staff of
the City auditor's and now recently announced his
intention of running for the Council seat in the
Seventh District.It will certainly be interesting to follow the money trail from Foster's "camp" to
the newly announced canidate.
Laurence B.Goodhue
Long Beach
Wow! That was a good one! A big jolt and then slamming back and forth for about 20 seconds. Threw things off my walls. Got to work at Boeing on Lakewood and Carson this am and found ceiling panels down, pics off the walls, drawers wide open, personal items strewn all about, gunk from the filters all over my desk, phones off the hook - you could tell this place really shook! It's been awhile, so I guess it's time to stock up my earthquake kit!
Im in Rossmoor and have been in many earthquakes. This one was fast and it sure jolted the stars out my house, my children and me. Very loud the windows on the house sounded like they should've shattered even the lights flickered in the front yard, It was the kids first quake, so you can imagine what that was like.
8:30something pm on a Sunday night and the ground begins to move after a dull white noise fills the house. The rhythm is erratic and you feel a rush of adrenaline to your system. A cold chill comes over you while you try to regain movement over your own legs. Nothing stops the shaking and then as quickly as the shaking starts it stops. You realize that the quake has ended and you move towards the inspection portion of the night.
Honestly, the quake rattled my nerves more than anything. It honestly felt like being on a boat in choppy water and an elevator that suddenly drops simultaneously. We were playing guitar when the quake started and then moved to the doorway after putting the guitars down. I honestly can't say how long the house shook for because my knees were shaking so much that I could barely walk. The noise seemed to come in like a freight train from the north west portion of the house. We did feel a pitch upward and then shaking afterward. Our kittens would have probably slept through the quake, but my scream of the obvious woke them up.
I've grown up in Long Beach since the early 80's and the one fear that was drilled into kids....the big one is coming. Thankfully, this wasn't the big one. One day, it will be the big one and we will all have to work together as a society. My way of coping with the fear is to look up as much information about the type of quake and see if it is a prediction. My other way of coping is yet to be determined. Regardless of how much I try to remain scientific, I just can't get past the jello earth that provides no true warning. That's livin' with quakes and how I would sum it up.