WHOA!!!!

I'm riding through the longest earthquake I've ever been through!!!

It's STILL going!!!!

It's a major one somewhere!!

Whew... it finally stopped. Anyone got any news of it yet? We don't have TV and the cell phone network got knocked out.

Amazing! Ten reads in less than five minutes and no one gives a %#@&#!! Thanks, ya'll.

((((((((((((((( Tomi ))))))))))))))))

tomi I just got it on the news. 5.8 centered in pomona. you ok?

Earthquake rattles Los Angeles
A magnitude-5.8 earthquake has struck just east of Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was about 2 miles southwest of Chino Hills and about 5 miles southeast of Diamond Bar, the USGS said. The center was about 7.6 miles deep. A 5.8 quake is considered by the USGS to be "moderate," which can cause slight damage to buildings and other structures

OMG!!!!! We're closer to the epicenter. Pictures fell and broke, tv fell and didn't break, glass ev erywhere, plants fell down on balcony, I'm freaking out.

In all my years, this was the worst I've been through

Tomi I just saw this and turned on MSNBC... this is what I got so far
5.8 Magnitude with 10 small aftershocks of about 3.8

7.6 miles deep more of a rolling quake than shaking

No Sunami warning yet

Location of quake was near Chino Hills.

I hope you are safe and sound and I also hope other members out that way are ok too. Including Sincity.

Hugz
Bethy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. No immediate damage was reported.

The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas.

Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Ten aftershocks occurred in the next dozen minutes, including three estimated at 3.8.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said there were no immediate reports of damage or injury in Los Angeles. San Bernardino County fire dispatch also had no immediate reports of damage.

The quake struck at 11:42 a.m. PDT. Buildings swayed in downtown Los Angeles for several seconds.

Workers quickly evacuated some office buildings.

"It was dramatic. The whole building moved and it lasted for a while," said Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, who was in the sheriff's suburban Monterey Park headquarters east of Los Angeles.

In Orange County, about 2000 detectives were attending gang conference at a Marriott hotel in Anaheim when a violent jolt shook the main conference room.

Mike Willever, who was at the hotel, said, "First we heard the ceiling shaking, then the chandelier started to shake, then there was a sudden movement of the floor."

Chris Watkins, from San Diego, said he previously felt several earthquakes, but "that was one of the worst ones."

Delegates and guests at a cluster of hotels near the Disneyland resort spilled into the streets immediately after the quake.

The 1994 Northridge earthquake under Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was magnitude 6.7. It killed 72 people, injured more than 9,000 and caused $25 billion in damage in the metropolitan area.

The damage created by an earthquake depends greatly on where it hits. A 7.1 quake - much stronger than Northridge - hit the Mojave Desert in 1999 but caused only a few injuries and no deaths.

California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt.

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doh how close are you?

Does anyone know in which part of California, Irvine is?

I've finally calmed down. We are 5 miles south from the epicenter. There were things fallen from shelves in every room, but less damage than it first appeared. A few glass and ceramic things broke. I don't see any structural damage.

I've been listening to the news and every person interviewed said this is the worst quake they've felt. Some said it was worse than the Northridge quake.

I usually just ride them out, but this one built quite fast and severe, so I was running to get out the front door. One cat is following me around and the other hasn't come out from under the bed.

p.s. Irvine is about 10 miles southwest from here, also in Orange County.

I am glad you guys are safe.

Thanks for letting us know you are ok. I'll keep you in my prayers. Angel

Wow guys, you have a huge earthquake now I'm in Kentucky.....glad you all are safe. Needless to say, I remember all too well that 1994 earthquake....that was at the point it time I started having my anxiety attacks right before that & that earthquake was the final straw......that Northridge earthquake broke the freeway that I took to get to work so it took me 6 hours to drive to work & 6 hours home.....I remember driving into the San Fernando Valley (where Northridge is located) & it looked like a war zone.......so hearing there isn't the damage on this one & no deaths, is a wonderful thing to hear......I have lived through several huge California earthquakes.....so what did I do.....I moved to Kentucky & found that we have an even bigger earthquake fault running under where I live than the California one.....just my luck....lol.

I know how shaken up earthquakes cause me to be.....it seemed that everytime I had to go to the bathroom there would be an after shock.....my typical timing......

Glad you are all safe even though shaken up.

Thanks for posting this Tomi.....this was the first I had heard about the earthquake.....as I am totally isolated without TV here......take care all.....& remember to BREATHE!!!!!!!

Debbie

Hey I just got on! How is everyone??? Haven't heard a thing on news yet...but have it on right now... only stuff on fires in CA.

Tomi,

Glad you made it through the earthquake!

EJ

((((((((((everyone in earthquake))))))))

I want to say thank you to every one that responded. I truly appreciate it. Now I don't feel like no one gives a d*mn.

It sure is a cold, lonely feeling when you see 21 reads and only 1 response in such a short time. Surely an "I'm sorry" or a "Hoping for your safety" or even an "Oh, yikes!" isn't all that hard to think of or to type out. I'm really disappointed in some of "my family" here on PC.

Again, to those of you who responded, a great big THANK YOU and many

{{{{{{Tomi}}}}}}}} Just got home a little while ago. I am very glad to see you safe.



Mary Alice

(((((glad you are all okay)))))

peace and safety thru aftershocks until there aren't anymore,
nightbird

xoxoxoxoxo

What is interesting in California is that there are continual after shocks.....even years & years after some earthquakes......then when we have after shocks, the after shocks have after shocks.

It was surprising when I was reading a book about horses & traveling to different parts of the country, but it said that California horses are used to the ground moving under their feet & when horses come from the east cost where there aren't the earthquakes, it really messes with them for quite a while until they get used to it.

Same with the California horses....the don't understand when they go to other parts if the country where the ground isn't moving......go figure.....how sensitive animals are to their surround.

I have so much useless trivial bits of information floating around in my brain that comes out in situations like this....

Debbie