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jcollazo

jcollazo

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I thought it was when I turned off the tablesaw. Seems like it kept moving for 20-30 seconds. Can't see any damage with the exception of my ice tea cup falling over.

Going to go check the news down.

L.A. Times server is down......hmmmmmmm.

Just had a very small aftershock.

CNN says it was 5.8.
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KTLA News

July 29, 2008, 11:55 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- A 5.8 earthquake has just struck Southern California and was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego and in Las Vegas. Preliminary information indicates the epicenter was 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake hit at 11:42 a.m. Buildings in Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles swated for several seconds. Many residents report that the quake appeared to last 30 to 40 seconds.

Residents in the San Fernando Valley reported water from swimming pools swished from side to side and people ran out of their homes yelling "Earthquake!".

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said there were not immediate reports of damage or injury in Los Angeles.
 
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Spoke with my sister who was at Disneyland and the California Adventure park with her three kids when the earthquake hit (5.8). They were on the monorail and did not feel it. All the ride were shutdown thought for who knows how long. A bummer for the kids, but nobody hurt.

One of the perks of living in So. Cal.
 
News dogs here said the epicenter was about 30 miles South- South East, of Downtown, seems to me that might put it around Norwalk or Downey??
 
bitshird said:
News dogs here said the epicenter was about 30 miles South- South East, of Downtown, seems to me that might put it around Norwalk or Downey??
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I'm on the Downey/Bellflower border (12 miles from downtown LA) and would take me at least, with no traffic, about 40 minutes driving east to get to Chino Hills where the epicenter was.
 
The San Andreas fault runs right thru our valley. There are more than 60,000 people living here. Earthquakes don't bother us much, we're used to them. In '79 we had a 7.3 earthquake. Pools were emptied, and one main hiway was shifted 3 ft apart. No major damage to any building EXCEPT our County building that was built a few years before. It was supposedly earthquake proof.
 
Guess that's the good thing about being a 'Zony'--what 'fornies', Californians call us from Arizona, no quakes, tornado's, hurricanes, just hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hell sometime. Maybe preparing us for the 'hereafter.' Got a sister in San Diago & it doesn't normally take much to get her 'shook up.'
 
Too many people in Southern CA. It causes the State to bend and then it snaps back. Need people to move to another state to balance the population between North and South.

I have only felt of Few in my life living in the Sacramento Valley last one was the Loma Preata Quake in 88 or 89. LOML had to go down and work in Relief center after the 94 Quake. 12 weeks 12 hours aday 7days a week They are scary thats why I don't live down there.
 
I feel for all of you. We've had a spell of little shakes lately. I've also lived in Kansas, and will tell you I will take the Tornado's any day. You can see them coming. With Quakes there is nothing, things just start moving that shouldn't auta move.
 
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