EARTHQUAKE! Right now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Gentle rolling mostly.

Almost a minute now.

We're fine.

Not sure where the epicenter is.

[lapfog_1]

1. yup i just felt it stuff is still swaying in my place

tracy, ca

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wow, Tracy? That's pretty far north, isn't it?

[still_one]

21. That is like 350 or so miles away

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Isn't that near Livermore?

[still_one]

26. Yup, about 20 to 30 miles from Livermore. I wonder if that affected the San Andreas?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. I don't know but that's a very good question.

When I was much younger, me and my family lived in Livermore!

Cowboys and PhD's!

[still_one]

35. Still is

[shanti]

31. That's what I was thinking too

almost to the Bay Area.

[lapfog_1]

45. wish i grabbed my phone and filmed

and yes, Tracy is hundreds of miles from Ridgecrest.
and stuff swayed for over a minute.

I was in the Bay Area for Loma Prieta... so I'v been through some bigger earthquakes.

[shanti]

68. I was in Sacramento

during Loma Prieta. I was at work and we had to get under our desks. Minimal shaking. Loma Prieta was bad, I don't even want to imagine LA after the big one.

[Demovictory9]

2. Long one!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. A little over a minute, I think.

[Demovictory9]

12. Yes, in Tustin right now.

[applegrove]

4. Stay safe.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. We're fine. Our house is super well built.

[tenderfoot]

7. That felt stronger than yesterdays

[Lithos]

8. 5.0

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B19.228176737766262%2C-135.52734375%5D%2C%5B54.87660665410869%2C-65.21484375%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3A%22ci38457487%22%7D

[CountAllVotes]

9. MAP 5.0 2019/07/05 20:16:32 35.725N 117.553W -1.0 14 km ( 9 mi) WSW of Searles Valley, CA

MAP 5.0

http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/quakes0.html

[Leghorn21]

10. Seconds ago:

tune in because we just had a very strong earthquake
hit again at 8:21pm. We felt it much stronger in Santa
Clarita than the initial quake. Lasted about 15 seconds.

Link to tweet

[SCVDem]

69. Care to guess,

where the SCVDem comes from?

I was in Granada Villa for Northridge.

Our mobile home got very mobile.

Be safe!

[Claritie Pixie]

11. USGS reporting 7.1. Stay safe!

[Demovictory9]

14. Wow

[CountAllVotes]

16. WOW

MAP 7.1 2019/07/05 20:19:52 35.766N 117.605W -0.9 17 km (11 mi) NNE of Ridgecrest, CA

[applegrove]

19. I saw that too. Thought it was a type-0

[GemDigger]

13. It doesn't seem to be slowing down any. Stay safe CaliforniaPeggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thanks, we're fine here. I haven't felt anything more since the quake finished.

But I'm sure it can vary in length depending on where you are.

[Leith]

15. I'm in Las Vegas

This one was longer and stronger than the other day.

[meadowlander]

17. Gentle rolling means strong and far away.

Stay safe

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. I believe it is further away; I think it's NNE from Ridgecrest. We're doing well, thanks! n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Yeow...son and daughter-in-law out that way.

But probably more south.

Scary stuff.

[IcyPeas]

24. felt it here real good

(sherman oaks)

I wouldn't say "gentle" though. at least the lights stayed on.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. It felt gentle here. No abrupt jerks or lurches. Just rolling along.

[TruckFump]

27. I would not say gentle either.

I am 15 miles south of LAX on the 405...it shock BAD here!

[Raine]

33. It was gentle here, I'm along the coast. nt

[TruckFump]

37. I'm not that far from the coast, but not gentle here.

It was rolling, but no gently rolling and felt one bad hit...at least one. I thought this was the big one.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

28. I thought it was an earthquake. San Diego. I'm lying in bed with my cats, and thought they were

grooming. No, they're sleeping soundly. Yes, a gentle swaying back and forth. Holy Moly.

[Raine]

29. Long time before my hanging lights quit swaying. nt

[applegrove]

32. LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-major-earthquake-southern-california20190705-story.html

[diva77]

34. They keep flashing Donald Trump's signature on TV

-- oh...wait...it's the Richter Scale!

Felt like all of a sudden we were riding in a Winnebago!

[Marie Marie]

58. ...

[PufPuf23]

36. Here is USGS earthquake map

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B21.90227796666864%2C-144.228515625%5D%2C%5B53.82659674299413%2C-74.619140625%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3A%22nc73207036%22%7D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Thanks for the link!

There must be a lot of traffic on the site; every time I click the link, it won't open up. I will check it later when people calm down.

[Leghorn21]

43. If you have cable, CNN has it now

HUGS

[Claritie Pixie]

39. The site seems to be down - now getting an error message.

[FreeState]

40. Felt it in San Diego n/t

[yaesu]

41. it was deep, about 26 miles so that took the edge off a little. nt

[IcyPeas]

42. I swear I am still feeling very slight movement and

my windows are shaking slightly. (my sliding glass doors tend to shake a lot and make quite a noise)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. I was just downstairs in my kitchen, and my hanging pot rack was moving very slightly!

Several of the kitchen drawers had slid open during the quake!

[WiffenPoof]

44. Felt it strong here in....

The Inland Empire.

Apple Valley
Victorville

[mobeau69]

46. On CNN now. They're saying 6.9.

Showing basketball game in LV. They stopped the game. The ceiling structure was shaking a lot.

[luvallpeeps]

75. MSNBC says 7.1 n/t

[rufus dog]

47. Unfortunately the one yesterday moved the plates in the wrong direction - EDIT

Hopefully this was a correction from yesterdays.

FWIW, I was driving and felt nothing in the OC, wife felt nothing, but when I got home one of the dogs was freaking out.

EDIT - Shit CalTech is on now, the latest moved it in the wrong direction, thus more pressure on the fault.

[Hekate]

48. This time we surely felt the rolling, and there was a pronounced swaying from the lamp...

Went outdoors, and hubby could hear the neighbor's pool sloshing.

Checking in from Ventura.

[Zoonart]

49. Stay safe Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. I am very safe, my dear Zoonart.......thank you.

[gopiscrap]

52. Stay safe California Peggy

[MontanaMama]

53. Earthquake 3D says 7.1

and USGS says the same. Holy hell. Stay safe CAPeggy and CA DU family.

[Xolodno]

54. That indeed was a nasty one....

....I'm a couple of hours from Ridgecrest.

[silentEcho]

72. Isn't Ridgecrest where the big one happened a couple decades ago?

[Xolodno]

73. Nope. That was Northridge.

I was awake when that happened, working the graveyard shift and attending college during the day. Scared the shit out of me, as I was in a basically an all glass room. I ran out of their like a cartoon character.

[silentEcho]

76. Right. Of course. Thank you.

I remember. That was a bad one. I have run outside myself only to see the swaying electrical lines to yell, ... Run back in. It is the doorway we are looking for. I will take an earthquake to a tornado though, any day.

[JI7]

55. there are a lot of tourists right now

interesting experience for them.

[procon]

56. The scientists are now calling yesterday's

Quake a foreshock leading up to a bigger quake. Was tonight's 7.1 the main event, or are we in for an even bigger quake in the coming hours/days?

[Glimmer of Hope]

57. Someone on CNN said there is a 1 in 20 chance of a bigger one.

[haele]

62. Depends on the faults in the area.

As most there are pretty short, this would probably be "the big one" since it's not on the San Andreas itself. However, there's a large connecting transverse fault that can put some major tension on the San Andreas, and that can cause larger quakes closer to major California infrastructure.

Haele

[Claritie Pixie]

61. It may be another foreshock, geologists don't know.

An active quake sequence is happening, may be a bigger one or may taper off.

[haele]

59. Glad you're all right.

We didn't feel it down here in our double-wide in central San Diego, but it's possible our location is in a shadow zone for a Ridgecrest quake, since there are some other San Diegans reporting they felt it.

Haele

[Marie Marie]

60. Stay safe all you California DU-ers.

[Silver Gaia]

63. I didn't feel it, but my pool was sloshing!

I just went out to add some chlorine and it was sloshing rapidly, like someone had just taken a dive in, but no one had. I was baffled for a few minutes until I realized it had to be a quake. It was agitated for 15 to 20 minutes.

Sacramento area

[orleans]

64. friends in las vegas felt it an hour ago

keep the shoes and flashlight by your bed

stay safe

[CaliforniaPeggy]

65. Not to worry..........all is well here. Flashlight and slippers are close by. n/t

[Dem2theMax]

66. A little east of San Diego here,

And I felt it. The chair I was sitting in started swaying back and forth in the wrong direction. And then it stopped, and then it started back up again and things started rattling around the house. I'm a California Native and that felt weird.

California natives know that we only have three seasons; Fire, earthquake and mudslide.

[BigmanPigman]

67. Have your emergency plan ready.

My red cross backpack is always ready to grab. It has been updated yearly. I am out the door with my dog, her meds, cash, glasses, phone, documents and emergency backpack when it hits here. Have a full tank of gas too. My dog and myself are my first priorities. I decided to make my car my go to destination since you may have to live in it for a bit.

[Demovictory9]

71. i was in the store about 30 min ago. Everyone was loading up on water. I put some water and snacks

in the car. I have an emergency pack in the car but it's really really old. Going to update it.

[BigmanPigman]

78. I and emergency water and it evaporated over 5 years in unopened bottles somehow.

The kit also came with "food" in freeze dried, moisture resistance packages. I was curious and decided to try it after about 10 years and the dogs wouldn't even eat it. I threw it out.....and I will eat anything (even balut, the 18 day old duck embryo eaten in Asian countries).

[AllaN01Bear]

70. try this link

i have been using it for years.
http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/index.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

74. Thank you! That link worked. n/t

[icymist]

77. I'm glad you're alright Peggy!

eom

[YOHABLO]

79. I'll trade you our tornadoes for your earth quakes.

[ansible]

80. All my family and friends used to call me a paranoid idiot for preparing for earthquakes

Now they're no longer laughing, and you shouldn't either. Remember what happened to San Francisco in 1906. If the next big one hits it's not going to be the earthquake that does the most damage, it'll be the aftermath and chaos from looters.

[mnhtnbb]

81. When I lived in L. A. and was working in the early '80's

at the organization that was a trade association of regional hospitals, one of my responsibilities was developing a disaster plan that would coordinate the emergency response of the 200+ member hospitals to a quake of such magnitude that it would probably knock out several hospitals and thus stress remaining ones to respond to the emergencies that would result from The Big One. (The Northridge quake later hit in 1994.)

It's coming one of these days. I'm really glad I no longer live in California. Wouldn't want to be there when it hits.

[malaise]

82. Hope you're all OK

[CaliforniaPeggy]

83. We sure are OK, my dear malaise...thanks!

[Stuart G]

84. An Amazing and Wonderful Post. Report as it happened on a 7.1 Earthquake..Thank You for your post.

I am very happy that you are OK. Again, Thank You for your post. I saw some short news reports this morning, made during the quake yesterday, of news anchors talking live on TV, then reporting the quake as it happened. Just as you did. Thank You again.