We just had an earthquake

[Bluestar]

I live in Irvine, California. USGS says it was in the 3.0 range, 2 miles NE of Newport Beach which would put it very close to my house. I have lived here for four years and this is the first earthquake I've felt in this house--very unusual as we were having them with regularity in the 1990's.

[charakter]

1. 3.0 does no seem that bad

I'm glad everything is ok. I presume there are no victims.

[Bluestar]

4. Yep, all is OK, just windows rattling

It just caught me by surprise as we have become lulled into a sense of security since we have had so little activity the past few years.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. take care and yes it has been quiet

[againes654]

3. Is that Northern or Southern?

My sister lives in Roseville, CA near Sacramento. Is that anywhere near there?


Edited to add, Never mind, I looked it up. I hope everyone is ok there!!!!!

[Bluestar]

6. Southern CA, south of Los Angeles--n/t

[Muttocracy]

5. neat map from USGS - recent earthquakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

[chknltl]

14. Wow, your link tells me we had one here today too!

Magnitude 2.5 about 9 miles away from my home! We never felt anything though.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/uw03261404.php

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear chknltl...

2.5 is such a small one that you'd have to be standing on it to feel it...

Any distraction would keep you from feeling it...

:hi:

[chknltl]

28. Well there is that...

I suppose if I had noticed anything, it would have been the rumblings in my tummy. I truly have no idea what a 2.5 would feel like. I can only remember three quakes, (more like quick bumps, none of them were over 4.0), over the last 30 years. I managed to miss the Nisqualli quake a few years back, perhaps because I was riding in a car as a passenger on I-5. We were just a few miles away from the epicenter and yet we felt absolutely nothing.

[calimary]

7. Nothing here in West L.A.

All's quiet.

[Muttocracy]

8. Wasn't John McCain in L.A. today???

:hide:

[Bluestar]

10. Yes, I'm sorry to say he was

All the Republicans come to the OC for fundraisers. It's like their personal ATM machine with all the Fundies and right-wingers who live here.

[Make7]

12. Perhaps Jerry Fletcher was really on to something.... ( n/t )

[Greyhound]

15. LOL!

:kick: & R for that alone.:rofl:

[question everything]

9. Which village of Irvine?

I tried the OCR - what a worthless pretension of a newspaper. And it crashed my browser.

[Bluestar]

11. I live in Woodbridge--n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. I teach a 1st grade reading group and we read about earthquakes today

It is hard to teach midwestern kids what earthquakes are and what causes them. Of course, tornadoes came up (we know all about them) and my kids wanted to know what people do during an earthquake. Do you go to a safe place in your house? They also wondered if you had a warning that an earthquake was going to happen. I was embarrassed that I didn't know. And I promised to find out and tell them.

So do you get a warning? And what do you do? Thanks! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. There aren't really any warnings for earthquakes...

People have tried, but so far nothing reliable all the time has worked...

You usually have a moment to move to a safe place...

Away from windows, or big mirrors...

Wood framed houses are extremely safe structures to be in...

Standing in doorways is supposed to be good...

Usually the quake is over before you have time to do anything!

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Thanks Peggy!

You really don't know before you have an earthquake? Wow. We have so much warning about tornadoes here that some people ignore the sirens and go about whatever they are doing. Then there are the crazies that chase them or go outside and watch them hit. :crazy:

[fed-up]

18. no warnings-except chance of big one in next 30 years-stand in doorway

away from windows

never on second floor of split level house

and be prepared

here is a great site

http://www.72hours.org/earthquake.html

[question everything]

26. They are better not having any

when you see all the people told to evacuate their homes when there is a hurricane warning, you realize that there is no way for the 10 million people living in LA County to start evacuating.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Where would they go?

Do you know WHERE the earthquake is going to be?

[question everything]

29. Yes, about 30 sec before it actually occurs, you know where

the epicenter is. And normally it would occur along some of the known fault lines.

The only thing people can do is get away from windows, stand at a door frame but even then, during the Northdridge earthquake from 1994, there was one apartment building where one floor collapsed into another one. Or the one in San Francisco in 1989, a higher level freeway collapsed on the one below it. People just got crashed. No 30 sec warning could have helped them.

But many people left their homes for several days, during all the after shocks, many just moved to public parks, afraid to go back to their homes. Was quite a mess.

[El Pinko]

17. The 90s quakes were probably aftershocks of Northridge and Landers quakes

I was in North San Diego County when the Landers quake hit and it shook the store I was in pretty good...

[Breeze54]

20. Sort of creepy feeling, huh?

Glad you didn't have any damage. Did your pets go nuts? :shrug:

[DesertFlower]

21. well i'm glad you're okay.

i've never experienced one but it must be very scary. my friend lived in LA and experienced 2 of them.

[sutz12]

22. 3.0? That's like a truck going by...

J/K :)

Hope all is well, and especially that it isn't a foreshock of something worse.

[caligirl]

23. Hope you have enough goodies to last 30 days if you get a big one.

up here in Santa Cruz we are told by CERT trainers to do this. (Heck of job Brownie made this a priority)

[Muttocracy]

24. this makes me appreciate where I live

central NY state. No earthquakes here (some further north in NY). Very few tornados (lived in MN and people had to tell me about the siren tests?!?) Not as cold as the prairie states. Sometimes flooding near the big rivers, but mostly property damage. No hurricanes. Sometimes it snows too much or sleets and as long as you don't drive you're fine!

I have friends who moved to Hawaii and they had a big (7?) earthquake a few months after they got everything unpacked. Their house moved a bit and some things were broken but all were OK. Scary stuff to me!

[question everything]

30. I have often wondered whether there are places in the county that are not prone

to natural disaster..

[Muttocracy]

31. apparently

central NY state and central VA where I used to live. Though people in areas a few hours' drive away that were flooded here a couple of years ago may beg to differ.

I hope it's reflected in homeowner's insurance when I buy a house!