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Last nights was the biggest and longest I've ever experienced. My whole apartment was rocking back and forth for about 20 seconds.

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I felt the ground rolling and I think the noise was the house movement, but luckily no damage. I went outside to see if the slope in the back garden had come down into the pool, but all was well. We were about 15-20 miles east of the epicenter. That was scary for someone not used to quakes. :eek:

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I'm about 25 miles to the Northwest of the epicenter. I was sitting down watching a movie. It was a rolling motion for about 10 seconds. Definitely felt it.

Again, the main reaction is waiting to see if it keeps going. The one a couple of weeks back was a sharp jolt. Felt quite different. According to LA Times this one was on the same fault as the 1987 Whittier Narrows temblor.

I don't like the shakes, but after Northridge, my reaction is now to wait and hope the thing stops.

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Again according to the USGS thing last night, the probability of getting a bigger quake after another one diminishes rapidly in time. I can't remember the specifics but it's something like 5% after day 1 and under 1% on day 3.

13 aftershocks >2.5M so far.

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Just had another - certainly felt that one! At a guess, maybe 4.5...

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Yep :)

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This is interesting.


http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

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The one I use is http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ - not as pretty but the mobile version is formatted nicely on a phone.

Alarming thing is these last few earthquakes are in a straight line - heading directly towards our house with this latest one in Rowland Heights just a few miles away! :ohmy:

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Back in the 1980s, mild to moderate earthquakes were hitting the Livermore area daily. After about 6 months, people that lived in the area were getting very spooked and the earthquakes finally disappeared after about 1 year.

So you only have about 350 days to go.:sneaky:

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Did you f@rt? :lol:

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It was not strong this time in Lost Hills but my daughter was further into LA and said it was much stronger.

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Almost spilled my martini...but fortunately I managed to take a large gulp so no harm done.

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If you did spill it, it would have made the news. :D

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Considering the news channels here you're probably right...you'd think nothing happens in the world. The evening channels are so shallow and inane.

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Guaranteed to be on if a pet was involved.

A major news item recently was that someone had found a wallet with a hundred and something dollars in it and returned it to the owner.