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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsjust felt BIG earthquake
I'm in San Diego
Last time it shook like this was the one in LA
Scuba
(53,475 posts)you okay there?
bananas
(27,509 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)hope all is OK
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)and it's been rocking and rolling all day, before and after that 5.3 quake. Some of the aftershocks have been especially strong, 4.9 range.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm going to call them right away to see if they are ok. I hope so.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Must have been outside the city.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)goclark
(30,404 posts)Just got back from Westwood,9:03pm.
Everything ok so far.
Response to bananas (Original post)
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haele
(12,676 posts)USGS has it as a huge red block that looks like a 5.4 or so, but there are about 2/3 different quakes showing underneath it from about 3.2 to 4.7, all within a 5 minute span.
I'm thinking it's stress relief on the southern spur of the San Andreas.
Haele
bananas
(27,509 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,092 posts)I have the "eQuake Alert" add-on for Firefox, and it's showing one quake after another for Southern California. There seems to be a tremor every couple of minutes.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)So far no damage (IN SAN DIEGO)
cbayer
(146,218 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)Stay safe. My thoughts are with you.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Will place a few calls.
bananas
(27,509 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Just called El Centro, and either they're busy, or nobody is home.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)NavyDem
(529 posts)Tierrasanta to be exact. I felt a powerful but very short earthquake about 20-30 minutes ago, but nothing before or after so far. Shook the chair I was sitting in but no kind of damage.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Hopefully this is a stress release that postpones The Big One!
2012/08/26 12:44:56 MAGNITUDE: 3.5
7 KM ( 4 MI) ENE OF EL CENTRO
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2012/08/26 12:43:41 MAGNITUDE: 3.3
5 KM ( 3 MI) N OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:40:13 MAGNITUDE: 4.5
6 KM ( 4 MI) SSE OF WESTMORLAND
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2012/08/26 12:39:30 MAGNITUDE: 4.1
3 KM ( 2 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:38:48 MAGNITUDE: 3.1
1 KM ( 1 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:35:51 MAGNITUDE: 3.7
2 KM ( 1 MI) E OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:32:59 MAGNITUDE: 4.9
9 KM ( 5 MI) E OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:31:23 MAGNITUDE: 5.3 ******LARGE EARTHQUAKE******
5 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:30:54 MAGNITUDE: 5.3 ******LARGE EARTHQUAKE******
6 KM ( 4 MI) N OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:30:27 MAGNITUDE: 3.7
1 KM ( 1 MI) N OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:28:45 MAGNITUDE: 3.4
6 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:28:35 MAGNITUDE: 3.4
6 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:21:04 MAGNITUDE: 4.7
3 KM ( 2 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:20:04 MAGNITUDE: 4.6
6 KM ( 4 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:17:20 MAGNITUDE: 4.0
3 KM ( 2 MI) NW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:16:11 MAGNITUDE: 4.0
5 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 11:58:12 MAGNITUDE: 3.1
5 KM ( 3 MI) N OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 10:16:02 MAGNITUDE: 3.3
5 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 10:02:12 MAGNITUDE: 3.9
5 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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bananas
(27,509 posts)which is why I thought it was a distant extremely large quake
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2012/08/26 12:32:59 MAGNITUDE: 4.9
9 KM ( 5 MI) E OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:31:23 MAGNITUDE: 5.3 ******LARGE EARTHQUAKE******
5 KM ( 3 MI) NNW OF BRAWLEY
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2012/08/26 12:30:54 MAGNITUDE: 5.3 ******LARGE EARTHQUAKE******
6 KM ( 4 MI) N OF BRAWLEY
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cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)I live in a wood-frame house and even a stiff breeze makes this place sing. So far, nothing though.
Hopefully the old cliche rings true about a lot of little ones being better than one big one. A 5.3 is no laughing matter though when it happens directly under your feet. I've been in So. Cal. for all the big ones going back to Sylmar in '71. Of those, the Whittier Narrows earthquake happened within a couple of miles of where I lived and lasted less than 10 seconds but WOWOWOW a 5.9 under your feet feels like the end of the world!
Stay safe and have an earthquake party this afternoon!
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)Be safe.
CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)Imperial County was hit by more than a dozen small earthquakes Sunday, including a 5.4 quake near the Mexican border.
>>The first quake -- a magnitude 3.9 temblor -- occurred at 10:02 a.m. northwest of Brawley and was followed by a series of other quakes in the same general area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries, authorities said.
The quakes could be felt in the press box at the Del Mar Race Track in neighboring San Diego County, where the $1-million Pacific Classic is scheduled later Sunday.
Between 10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m., the same general area was shaken by quakes ranging in magnitude from 2.0 to 5.4, the USGS reported.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/california-border-earthquake-swarm.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)bananas
(27,509 posts)I'm in Mission Valley in a large building.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Hi neighbor.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Stay safe anyone affected.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I'll send Cookie along, Not kidding he's been all loving and cute and mommy, mommy... I told my husband this morning, I wonder if we are up for a quake. Given this started at ten in the morning, the cluster that is... damn birds, they feel them far better than we do.
With the first one HE RAN.
Right now I know it is not over. They are both sitting pretty on their cages looking tense.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A series of earthquakes has rattled rural areas of Imperial and San Diego counties.
Paul Caruso with the U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake struck at 10:02 a.m. Sunday about three miles north-northwest of Brawley.
It was followed by a 3.4 quake about 90 seconds later in the same area near the southern end of the Salton Sea. Magnitude 2.2 and 2.0 quakes followed within six minutes of the first shock.
In the hour or so after the first earthquakes, at least ten more quakes struck the same approximate epicenter about 16 miles north of El Centro.
A sheriff's dispatcher says there have been no reports of damage or injuries.
Caruso says scientists aren't yet sure what fault the quake cluster was on but they are near the 800-mile San Andreas Fault.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)In Ohio of all places. Very minor felt almost exactly like when distant thunder hits that certain resonant frequency and you can feel the waves pass through you and the teacups rattle. I was at a lake and the water on it jiggled.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)We might have felt a foreshock, if I am reading this correctly, this one is the most intense in the series.
For clarification, the foreshock is the first one we all felt. (Or was it three)
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)goclark
(30,404 posts)In los angeles.
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...right after a 7.4 in El Salvador. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
icymist
(15,888 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and El Salvador, I hope they have NO DAMAGE... (I am not holding my breath on that one)
No, not because it is El Salvador... El Centro, two years ago comes to mind.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Earthquake pad.