Fuck fuck FUCK!!!

[LyinAss Bitch]

We just had a really good sized earthquake, and I'm scared as fuck. I wanna cry. !sad

[the unlucky platypus]

felt it up here in burbank. being on the 24th floor is not exactly the best place to be for something like that….very surreal.

[LyinAss Bitch]

Jon, I'm scared!

[the unlucky platypus]

are you on ground level?

[LyinAss Bitch]

Yeah, but I'm alone. I'm more scared because we will have another aftershock shortly. That's how it goes.

[the unlucky platypus]

i've been hearing 3.8 aftershocks?

wish i wasn't at work so i could drop by. 🙁

[LyinAss Bitch]

Yeah, aftershocks can get bigger then that.

[Hunter Bones]

I felt it but it certainly wasn't scary here. Do you know where the epicenter was?

[the unlucky platypus]

http://www.scsn.org/forecast/14383980.html

i'd rather not see any more shit at work.

[the unlucky platypus]

[quote1217359304=Hunter Bones]
I felt it but it certainly wasn't scary here. Do you know where the epicenter was?
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down around pomona and riverside.

[the unlucky platypus]

5.8 magnitude, btw.

[LyinAss Bitch]

I've felt a few aftershocks…it's nerve wrecking. You don't know if you should get up and take cover somewhere, or just stay still.

[Hunter Bones]

[quote1217368008=the unlucky platypus]
[quote1217359304=Hunter Bones]
I felt it but it certainly wasn't scary here. Do you know where the epicenter was?
[/quote1217359304]

down around pomona and riverside.
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Oh so you guys definitely felt it more than I did. My dad was in the shower and didn't even feel it. Same with my best friend.

[the unlucky platypus]

the news is saying 2 miles south east of chino hills.

all i know is that it was very weird to have my building swaying a bit.

[madamadam]

Don't die or anything, guys. 🙁

[MAX!]

I heard about that earthquake. Was the original earthquake's magnitude 5.8?

When I was in 6th grade we had a 6.8 here in Seattle and one person died.

[the unlucky platypus]

they're saying on the news now that it was a 5.4. the website where i got my info from was saying 5.8.

[LyinAss Bitch]

I guess they downsized it to a 5.4 ( initally they said 5.8), but depending on the depth it occured, determines how strong the shaking will be felt above ground. With this quake, it was 7 miles below the earth's surface. Had it been 2 or 3 miles down, the shit would've really hit the fan here in So Cal., so we lucked out this time. Still scares the shit out of me though.

[the unlucky platypus]

interesting. i still would rather not ever have to be up here again for an earthquake.

[Jeanie]

It was pretty rattling. I was helping my 12 year old nephew with some math when it hit. He was excited because it's the first quake he's actually felt. I was shaking a bit though! The scary part for me was how long it lasted. They said about 30 seconds. Once it gets past 10 seconds, I get really scared because you don't know when it's going to stop! :O

Then the stupid news reporters start saying how it could be a foreshock. Thanks a lot a-holes! But the CalTech chick (the one that always gets interviewed after every big quake-Kate something) said the chances of any quake being a foreshock is only 5% which decreases with time. By 24 hours, the chances are only 1%.

[bitchfist]

fuck that sucks has anyone died?????

[Jeanie]

Last I heard, no injuries had been reported. Some damage to older buildings and a big mess on the floors of grocery stores and places like that. The dog bisquits fell off the refrigerator at my sister's house! !lol

[the unlucky platypus]

[quote1217376833=Jeanie]
It was pretty rattling. I was helping my 12 year old nephew with some math when it hit. He was excited because it's the first quake he's actually felt. I was shaking a bit though! The scary part for me was how long it lasted. They said about 30 seconds. Once it gets past 10 seconds, I get really scared because you don't know when it's going to stop! :O

Then the stupid news reporters start saying how it could be a foreshock. Thanks a lot a-holes! But the CalTech chick (the one that always gets interviewed after every big quake-Kate something) said the chances of any quake being a foreshock is only 5% which decreases with time. By 24 hours, the chances are only 1%.
[/quote1217376833]

so long as i'm not at work for the mainshock after the forequake, i'm fine with it.

[LyinAss Bitch]

When the 7.3 Landers quake hit in 1992, 3 hours later the Big Bear quake (6.4) hit, and that was some scary shit. Even though they were on seperate faults, the Big Bear quake was actually an aftershock from the Landers quake. I never really understood that but I know I'll never forget when it happened. Each time it's a different experince.

Anyways, check out the shake video. It's a trip to see how it travels. http://www.knbc.com/slideshow/news/17029384/detail.html

[Hunter Bones]

I remember the Landers quake. I had a waterbed and I remember my dad running into my room and checking on me, and I was awake and all stoked because the motion on the waterbed was fun as hell.

I slept through the Northridge quake of '94. I woke up and my dad was on top of me and I'm like, "what the fuck dad?" and he's like, "we just had a crazy earthquake" and I didn't believe him. Then when the sun came up we went into town and saw all the destruction and I finally believed it was real hahaha.

[LyinAss Bitch]

When I went to go feed my pig, goats, turkeys and chickens, they were all huddled in a corner together. It was funny as hell to discover. 😀

[Jeanie]

[quote1217391482=madamadam]
Don't die or anything, guys. 🙁
[/quote1217391482]

Thanks for caring Adam! I'm sure we'll all try not to! !lol

I got home from work and I was surprised how much stuff had gotten shaken up. Cabinet doors were open, the clock on my TV had fallen on the floor, spice containers from the spice rack were on the floor (all plastic containers, thank goodness!). I have a column thermometer that is filled with liquid that was teetering on the edge of the TV. I'm pretty far from the epicenter too. Anyway, glad there hasn't been any further major seismic activity!

[Hunter Bones]

Yeah I just felt it. It was slow and rolling… lasted for probably 15 seconds or so. But I know a bunch of people who didn't even feel it, so we're obviously very far from the epicenter.

[MAX!]

[quote1217409560=Jeanie]
[quote1217391482=madamadam]
Don't die or anything, guys. 🙁
[/quote1217391482]

Thanks for caring Adam! I'm sure we'll all try not to! !lol

I got home from work and I was surprised how much stuff had gotten shaken up. Cabinet doors were open, the clock on my TV had fallen on the floor, spice containers from the spice rack were on the floor (all plastic containers, thank goodness!). I have a column thermometer that is filled with liquid that was teetering on the edge of the TV. I'm pretty far from the epicenter too. Anyway, glad there hasn't been any further major seismic activity!
[/quote1217409560]

Thank god your DVD player didn't get broken.

[Jeanie]

LOL! Seriously! !lol

[LyinAss Bitch]

I would've been pissed if your dvd player broke! 😀

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