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7. Didn't feel a thing this time!

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 12:43 AM

Mar 2014

The anchor on Channel 9, Kent Shocknek, said it could be a foreshock of something bigger -

He was a morning anchor on the NBC O&O here in L.A. during the 1994 quake. They called him Kent Aftershocknek.

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Earthquake: 5.3 quake shakes Los Angeles, Southern California [View all] MindMover Mar 2014 OP

Oh man, I felt that one Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2014 #1

Felt it in San Diego bananas Mar 2014 #4

I'm in So. Pas PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #26

USGS event page bananas Mar 2014 #2

Orange County Iliyah Mar 2014 #3

Palmdale area...whooo hooo!!!!!! Xolodno Mar 2014 #5

I'm in Covina ripcord Mar 2014 #6

Welcome to DU, ripcord! calimary Mar 2014 #9

I'm fine ripcord Mar 2014 #10

Oh that's nothing, lol. I lived just a couple miles from the Northridge epicenter kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #30

Didn't feel a thing this time! calimary Mar 2014 #7

LOL. I remember him ducking below his anchor desk. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #15

I was still working at the time. He took a lot of crap from others in the business, locally, for calimary Mar 2014 #34

I don't think it was much of anything aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2014 #8

Minor household damage antiquie Mar 2014 #50

Felt it pretty good here in Redondo Beach, news just said was actually 5.1... winstars Mar 2014 #11

Fracking? Trillo Mar 2014 #12

No PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #25

Perhaps. Using Google Earth, 33.929N 117.922W, it's just houses at the epicenter. Trillo Mar 2014 #41

California is threatened by fracking marions ghost Mar 2014 #47

Faults run under houses and bldgs n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #53

We don't need fracking to get earthquakes. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #31

Uh huh. Wikipedia has a more interesting entry.... Trillo Mar 2014 #46

Earthquakes predate fracking in this area by millions, if not billions, of years. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #56

Thank you PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #58

"... if you are going to blame these SoCal quakes on fracking and not plate tectonics ..." Trillo Mar 2014 #60

It woke me up, but I didn't really feel it tishaLA Mar 2014 #13

Me, too. In the few years leading up to Northridge we had a number of these kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #32

Burbank here. Felt it. But the wine I'm drinking Beaverhausen Mar 2014 #14

Knocked down a few pictures and a clock broke after it fell over. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #16

any tremor less than 3.5 can't be felt by humans. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #20

That's not true Beaverhausen Mar 2014 #27

I just checked, and the aftershocks I felt were 3.4 and 3.6.. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #28

within .1 of 3.5. Which is what I said. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #37

I've felt ones in the 2.0's as well. What you said is wrong. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #38

Can you feel an earthquake with the magnitude of 2.0? Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #39

Quakes below 2.0 can be felt by people bananas Mar 2014 #40

Yes. I can. Your Wikipedia cite does not contradict that. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #42

False. Several years ago there was a Northridge aftershock of just 2.0 kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #33

every university level geology book i've read says opposite, but i am am wrong, i am wrong. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #36

There is no arguing with actual reality and physical experience. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #55

three miles from Fullerton, California and 337 miles from Phoenix, Arizona. Jack for Sanders Mar 2014 #17

No. George Strait's prediction won't happen yet. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #19

I said the same thing to my husband catchnrelease Mar 2014 #23

the pressure along the conservative San Andreas plate boundary has been building for years Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #18

i'm in NC barbtries Mar 2014 #21

Western S. Bernardino Co. Scairp Mar 2014 #22

I hate earthquakes. darkangel218 Mar 2014 #24

My son's in LA. silverweb Mar 2014 #29

Uhhh...missed it. SoapBox Mar 2014 #35

CNN's wondering if it was caused by a UFO... nilram Mar 2014 #43

It was a long wavy one. Felt it strong here in the SFV. TeamPooka Mar 2014 #44

I was driving at the time right near LAX Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #45

My cats think it's something I caused, and they stay away from me for hours. meti57b Mar 2014 #48

Lol...cat logic BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #51

Yeah, there was a thread about earthquake warnings...... DeSwiss Mar 2014 #49

Felt it pretty big in West Hollywood. nt broadcaster75201 Mar 2014 #52

More than 100 aftershocks rattle Calif. after strong quake jakeXT Mar 2014 #54

....and another one tishaLA Mar 2014 #57

K&R. Mr_Jefferson_24 Mar 2014 #59