Breaking.. 5.8 earthquake (preliminary) in LA...

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2008-07-29 02:57pm

First article up. The earthquake only happened fifteen minutes ago and was centered just Southeast of the Chino Hills.

LOS ANGELES—A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, and the jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas.

Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said there were not immediate reports of damage or injury in Los Angeles.

The quake struck at 11:42 a.m. PDT. Buildings swayed in downtown Los Angeles for several seconds.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2008-07-29 03:00pm

I was shopping at Ralphs when it hit. Some things fell of the shelves, but it wasn't that bad. I'm in Irvine.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2008-07-29 03:01pm

I definetly felt it here. Pretty strong.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2008-07-29 03:02pm

CNN says it was felt in San Diego and in Las Vegas.

Pint0 Xtreme · Post by **Pint0 Xtreme** » 2008-07-29 03:10pm

well, I definitely felt it here on the sixth floor of a building. I got underneath my desk.

General Soontir Fel · Post by **General Soontir Fel** » 2008-07-29 03:13pm

I was on the ninth floor. Quite scary when you feel the whole building move (and not stop for over a minute afterwards).

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2008-07-29 03:25pm

I keep expecting to feel an earthquake and have it turn out to be a meteor impact.

Haruko · Post by **Haruko** » 2008-07-29 03:40pm

I live in San Bernardino city. I was in my car at the time, and was really worried because I thought there was something seriously wrong with my car because it was shaking. Then it hit me there's an earthquake, and that notion was cemented when I saw the nearest traffic light shaking.

Maraxus · Post by **Maraxus** » 2008-07-29 04:12pm

I was sitting in my house when it hit. Only one mug broken, and my two cats are very freaked out. Otherwise, every thing is groovy

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2008-07-29 06:37pm

I was in in OCC's TV studio in Costa Mesa. I felt it, and it was a bit unnerving being in there with that lighting grid above you

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2008-07-29 06:39pm

Guess my older brother wassupervising a youth conference in Anaheim today. He's alright, and his hotel is safe for continued habitation.

I'm sure the kids with him are pretty nervous, though.

Pelranius · Post by **Pelranius** » 2008-07-29 06:43pm

Wasn't too bad in Irvine. I ran downstairs and out of the house, but it only lasted for a few seconds, at least from my prespective.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2008-07-29 06:45pm

The USGS is calling this a 5.4.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2008-07-29 07:58pm

phongn wrote:The USGS is calling this a 5.4.

And I'm calling it ye olde 'Warning Shot' like Hurricane Cindy in 2k5 was for New Orleans.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2008-07-29 08:17pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:And I'm calling it ye olde 'Warning Shot' like Hurricane Cindy in 2k5 was for New Orleans.

Earthquakes do not work that way! GOOD NIGHT!

Kanastrous · Post by **Kanastrous** » 2008-07-29 08:35pm

Instant Sunrise wrote:I was in in OCC's TV studio in Costa Mesa. I felt it, and it was a bit unnerving being in there with that lighting grid above you

Grips are putting in the grid over one of my sets at Warner today.

Unnerving is right.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2008-07-29 08:48pm

Felt it, waited for the shaking to stop, and went back to work. It wasn't much, definitely not as bad as even Whittier Narrows.

That's the funny thing about the Richter scale, it's logarithmic so a slight difference in the numbers is a huge difference in magnitude...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2008-07-29 09:35pm

Crayz9000 wrote:That's the funny thing about the Richter scale, it's logarithmic so a slight difference in the numbers is a huge difference in magnitude...

Yup. Not even two hundred kilotons. An average American nuke puts out more energy than that.

Erik von Nein wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:And I'm calling it ye olde 'Warning Shot' like Hurricane Cindy in 2k5 was for New Orleans.
Earthquakes do not work that way! GOOD NIGHT!

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2008-07-30 12:40am

It seem to me that it it would take a bigger Earthquake to really be Breaking.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2008-07-30 12:54am

Gil Hamilton wrote:It seem to me that it it would take a bigger Earthquake to really be Breaking. :)

Richter scale is logarithmic, 5.8 is a lot more serious than the 5.4 it turned out to be.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2008-07-30 01:01am

The Duchess of Zeon wrote: Richter scale is logarithmic, 5.8 is a lot more serious than the 5.4 it turned out to be.

Yes, I know. I was making a pun, however.

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2008-07-30 02:54am

I was in a mall in Costa Mesa, and the shaking lasted for quite a while. The funny thing is that no one panicked, except for the three people from out-of-state who'd never been in an earthquake before. I had to wait for one of them to stop screaming to tell her to get into a sturdy doorway.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2008-07-30 02:58am

Good that it got it out of the way now, going to be passing through that way on friday.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-07-30 03:00am

L.A. is still there huh? Oh well. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the next one.

tim31 · Post by **tim31** » 2008-07-30 10:27am

This calls for a song!

Glad you're all okay, SW US!