bayrider Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 anyone in LA feel it? im in Valencia and it wasnt that bad. about 80miles from here. I was lying on my bed and it started to sway as if i was on a boat in high waves. They're saying it was a 6.5. LOL im sure this is nothing, but for a Canadian its weird. THE GROUND MOVED!! so far i havent heard of any damages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 of course, the whole year i've been in cali, i never felt a quake, the day after i come home, i miss one. not that i want there to be an earthquake, i just want to feel one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 lol it wasnt bad. When i was in Vancouver once there was a pretty big one (4.5) and it was a violent shaking. this was sort of a calm rolling. like when when u do ur bed sheets or ripple a carpet and the ripple travels down to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashyrkh Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 It was a 6.5 centered in San Simeon! Check it out here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/nc40148755.htm There was also a 4.7 after shock. That was one of the wierdest feeling earthquakes. Exactly how you described it, swaying on a boat in high waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkler Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 You guys rock... literally :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprigjoigj3i40jhgi0435ejh Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm in bakersfield, about 1.5 hours from where it originated. We felt it here. I was at work when it happened. I got kinda dizzy. Our phones where down for about 30 minutes (All phones, even cell phones). At least this one didnt jolt around. It was smoooooth. :D (like me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprigjoigj3i40jhgi0435ejh Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 My boss called me from his house to make sure everything was ok at work. He told me that after it happened he went outside in his back yard. All over the concrete there was water spots. It didnt rain so he couldnt see how parts of his back yard got wet and other parts where completely dry. Then it dawned on him, his pool was splashing water everwhere! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim31 Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Im pretty glad everyone is ok when this happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 You guys rock... literally :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm still waiting for California to break off from the rest of North America. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprigjoigj3i40jhgi0435ejh Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 To go hang with Hawaii... and Alaska can come too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I've felt one....here in Illinois. Madrid fault. They say when it goes, it's gonna put California to shame. <shudder> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 To go hang with Hawaii... and Alaska can come too.... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Yuhoo Cali Roxer ... :| ok .. all u guys in cali be safe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dior_addict Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Yea, i felt it as well. Felt exactly llike a boat on waves. At first, when i felt it, I though I was doing the shakin', cause i move when on my chair. Then when i tried to stop moving, i kept ON moving, so im al like...wtf? Then when i saw the window shake, i realized that it was an earhquake. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0sh Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 i live in merced so i didnt feel it. im sure if i was still in salinas/monterey, i would have felt it. im sure it didnt compare to the '89 earthquake tho. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidtrance123 Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 To go hang with Hawaii... and Alaska can come too.... best flash movie evar! "well then take a nap...............DEN FIRE DE MISSILES!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee.B Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 OK i'm sorta curious...For you Californians, how do you feel when you are told that one day there's gonna be a BIG BIG earthquake that may be very destructive...I mean that's true right? I heard there's gonna be a huge one that gonna detache California from the USA or something like that...Am I making this up or did I hear it ? And if it's true...are you regularly prepared in a way or another by the authorities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkaholikc Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 This girl was on the mic in cali when the earthquake hit... She was like "OMG The ground is shaking" and suddenly went outside to see what was happening. Thankfully she was okay and so was her family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 OK i'm sorta curious...For you Californians, how do you feel when you are told that one day there's gonna be a BIG BIG earthquake that may be very destructive...I mean that's true right? I heard there's gonna be a huge one that gonna detache California from the USA or something like that...Am I making this up or did I hear it ? And if it's true...are you regularly prepared in a way or another by the authorities? I used to live in LA (Culver City) and there is no preparing for it except for the emergency drills in school. I remember a quake back in 97 during the night, woke me up and scared the sh1t out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee.B Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Did they say when THE BIG ONE is supposed to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 OK i'm sorta curious...For you Californians, how do you feel when you are told that one day there's gonna be a BIG BIG earthquake that may be very destructive...I mean that's true right? I heard there's gonna be a huge one that gonna detache California from the USA or something like that...Am I making this up or did I hear it ? And if it's true...are you regularly prepared in a way or another by the authorities? they say that for every city along the west coast... i think its bound to happen. Theres supposed to be one in Vancouver within the next 20yrs apparently. But those numbers all get messed up, ive heard 20-50-100yrs. California is well prepared though. Our house is built on metal beems with shocks on them. During this earthquake it felt pretty smooth. In vancouver there was an earthquake of lesser degree and the house felt like it was going to snap and the windows were gonna pop out of the frame. Most of the bridges here in LA are earthquake proof and the tallest building in the USA outside of NY and Chicago (i think 12th tallest in the world) is in LA at 320m tall and its built to withstand an 8.0 earthquake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmatik Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 OK i'm sorta curious...For you Californians, how do you feel when you are told that one day there's gonna be a BIG BIG earthquake that may be very destructive...I mean that's true right? I heard there's gonna be a huge one that gonna detache California from the USA or something like that...Am I making this up or did I hear it ? And if it's true...are you regularly prepared in a way or another by the authorities? :laugh: No. I didn't feel anything either here in Fresno. I remember '89 though, I could feel that one when I was outside playing basketball waiting for the World Series to start. But the few Southern CA quakes that have happened lately, we haven't really felt up here. For all you down there, stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSRules Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 meh I slept thru the last 3 big ones we had...rocks me to sleep :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bant Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 I used to live in LA (Culver City) and there is no preparing for it except for the emergency drills in school. I remember a quake back in 97 during the night, woke me up and scared the sh1t out of me. I used to live in culver city as well, fun place, tito's taco's probably the best food ever ;p and to the person who thought the big earthquake would detach ca from the rest of the continent, no thats not entirely true.... california sits on 2 plates, hense all the earthquakes... 1 of the plates is very, very slowly shifting north. the shifting between the two plates causes very small holes and things to develop between them, and every once in a while, after enough stress has built up between them, they sort of snap into a more comfortable position. we are due for a really big one any minute now. I live right near the epicenter of the huge san francisco quake that happened in the early 1900's, if it happens it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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