EARTHQUAKE

[LoriLawless 0]

Being raised there, they never bothered me.

My family is safe though, I called as soon as I heard.

[Mrs. BB 0]

that was freaking scary!

Noob - don't you know they are 'fun'? (read above)

PS: I completely agree but according to many 'experts', they disagree.

Earthquakes can be scary.

We had a 3.0 here awhile back and my house was practically sitting on top of the epicenter. That's a heck of a jolt when you're sitting on top of it.

But I think if you've grown up in California and its something your used to it's not so scary.

I've talked to people who live along the Gulf Coast that have rode out hurricanes but say they won't live in California because of the earthquakes. We may have earthquakes, but real bad ones are few and far between. Hurricanes have a season! And look how destructive those are.

So, I suppose its all a matter individual perspective and what you're used to.

Edited July 29, 2008 by Mrs. BB

[no name 1]

that was freaking scary!

Noob - don't you know they are 'fun'? (read above)

yeah, I'm one that thinks they're fun. Well maybe not fun, but cool at least. Are you from CALI?

I live here, yes. From here, no.

Does that change things?

[Marilyn. 340]

my sister in law who has lived here her whole life said she was glad she didn't feel it because she would have freaked out too...

[Marlita 0]

that was freaking scary!

Noob - don't you know they are 'fun'? (read above)

yeah, I'm one that thinks they're fun. Well maybe not fun, but cool at least. Are you from CALI?

I live here, yes. From here, no.

Does that change things?

Well I guess it just changes how many EQ's you have experienced. In most cases the damage is in a small area, not wide spread...like hurricanes and tornados. So for most CA residents an EQ can mean absoulutely nothing to them unless they were one of those unfortunate to be in an area where major damage occured. In all my years of these EQ's not one has affected me or anyone i know...so I guess its just perspective. I have never heard of one EQ preceeding a much larger one either. They last like 20 seconds are are really just a shake. Very scary when first experiecing them but once you felt a few 20 seconds of rolling is really tiny.

[rclouse 0]

I was in Trader Joe's when it hit. People just stopped & looked around. I got away from the wine bottles clanking together and was ready to dive under a cereal display if it got worse. I figure TJ O's are better to be buried under than cabernet & merlot.

My wife freaked, but by the time the cell network let me complete a call she was pretty calmed down.

[no name 1]

I was in Trader Joe's when it hit. People just stopped & looked around. I got away from the wine bottles clanking together and was ready to dive under a cereal display if it got worse. I figure TJ O's are better to be buried under than cabernet & merlot.

Death by '2 buck Chuck' would not be good!!!

[Scott & Lai 12]

I was in Trader Joe's when it hit. People just stopped & looked around. I got away from the wine bottles clanking together and was ready to dive under a cereal display if it got worse. I figure TJ O's are better to be buried under than cabernet & merlot.

Death by '2 buck Chuck' would not be good!!!

Yeah, that would be an embarrasing way to go; at least let it be by Black Mountain Shiraz or something even better

[kjw 0]

Earthquake Summary

Tectonic Summary

The greater Los Angeles area earthquake of 29 July 2008, 11:42 PDT (18:42 UTC), was centered in the hills south of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills. An early analysis of the earthquake's focal mechanism implies that the shock originated as the result of oblique-reverse faulting, in which a block of crust is thrust up and over the crust on the opposite side of the fault and also moves sideways with respect to the crust on the opposite side of the fault. This style of faulting is intermediate between pure reverse faulting and pure strike-slip faulting. The epicenter is in a region of the greater Los Angeles area in which both significant reverse faulting (the Puente Hills thrust) and right-lateral strike-slip faulting (the Whittier fault) have been documented. The early focal-mechanism is thus consistent with the shock having occurred as the result of stresses similar to those which produced previously mapped faults in the earthquake region. At present, however, the shock has not been associated with a specific geologically mapped fault.

The 29 July 2008 was situated about 30 km east-southeast of the Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1 October 1987, which had a magnitude of 6 and which produced over $358 million in damages. The Whittier Narrows earthquake occurred as the result of thrust-faulting (reverse-faulting on a shallowly dipping plane) on the Puente Hills thrust.

Earthquake Information for California

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I was in Trader Joe's when it hit. People just stopped & looked around. I got away from the wine bottles clanking together and was ready to dive under a cereal display if it got worse. I figure TJ O's are better to be buried under than cabernet & merlot.

Death by '2 buck Chuck' would not be good!!!

2 Buck Chuck!? How dare you...

[Scott & Lai 12]

I was in Trader Joe's when it hit. People just stopped & looked around. I got away from the wine bottles clanking together and was ready to dive under a cereal display if it got worse. I figure TJ O's are better to be buried under than cabernet & merlot.

Death by '2 buck Chuck' would not be good!!!

2 Buck Chuck!? How dare you...

Wrong Chuck, but I did see Chuck Norris DVDs at Amazon for as low as $2.53

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

If I was at TJ's I would have thrown myself in the direction of the cheese - death by gorgonzola sounds like a good way to go.

[no name 1]

If I was at TJ's I would have thrown myself in the direction of the cheese - death by gorgonzola sounds like a good way to go.

it's like a (stinky) pillow for your body!

[Marilyn. 340]

wouldn't it have been a good idea to run to the paper products aisle??

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

wouldn't it have been a good idea to run to the paper products aisle??

Or the nuts and chips aisle.