Just had a 7.2 Quake

Toad310 · #1

And our house in the desert did not make a sound!

It shook, but no sounds like cracks. We have a custom mid-century modern home from 1958, and is very well built.

No damage in the Palm Springs area.

Thank you 50s era builders!

Office and Studio all OK.

Our Cat's freaked!

sharpguitarist · #2

glad to hear that your ok!

RIOT · #3

i live in ventura county thousand oaks, i was taking a nap and i thought i felt something but didnt think much of it.

does anyone know exactly where this was centered? i see alot of mixed reports currently, some mexico, some san diego & some palm springs

Donut · #4

Lucky! Well, if it's been standing since the 1950's, it might have seen worse.

Toad310 · #5

Donut wrote:Lucky! Well, if it's been standing since the 1950's, it might have seen worse.

This house is amazing you can push on the sheet rock walls, and it as if they are brick. T & G post and beam. We have many 4 X 15 beams, solid wood, not laminated, that run all ovet the house. Laminated may be better, but this what they used. You can hang on them, and there are no sounds at all.

Really, we were not at Ground Zero this time. We have a wonderful view and we are elevated on a sand dune. Looking north out our wall of glass living room is the San Andreas Fault. That will be our Ground Zero someday.

So we see everyday what could destroy us. It could be in two minutes, or two hundred years. I really Don't worry about it at all any more.

The USGS had the location and size almost instantly. Wonderful technology.

Really, if LA gets hit big, it will make Katrina look like a fender bender. No one has EQ insurance.

Toad310 · #6

RIOT wrote:i live in ventura county thousand oaks, i was taking a nap and i thought i felt something but didnt think much of it.

does anyone know exactly where this was centered? i see alot of mixed reports currently, some mexico, some san diego & some palm springs

In Mexico B/T Mexicali and San Felipe. Mostly unpopulated area.

mrappraisit · #7

My Mom in SD didn't feel a thing.

tonydahose · #8

we had one in Chicago a few months ago (it wasn't centered in Chicago though) some of the guys in the firehouse woke up from it, not me...i slept right thru it :D .

Toad310 · #9

tonydahose wrote:we had one in Chicago a few months ago (it wasn't centered in Chicago though) some of the guys in the firehouse woke up from it, not me...i slept right thru it :D .

The desert can be a quite place at night, and you can hear them coming.
In the city not so much.

I snap up and go to USGS site, because if LA is on the ground, I am going to cover it.

tonydahose · #10

oh yeah, i forgot, you want to cover the apocalypse right? make sure you take some pics with :spyder: s in them :D

Toad310 · #11

You got it!

Blerv · #12

Wow! Glad you're ok.

Dr. Snubnose · #13

You know if you are not there where it's happening it's hard to relate...Kinda like the differnce between minor and major surgery....minor surgery is when it's happening to someone else....We once had a quake on Long Island...all the glasses in the cabinets began to shake and tingle...it was over in 10 seconds....but was a very scary 10 seconds...I once saw a tornado from my dorm room window in Missouri, in college, it was about three miles away and I was up 14 stories... they had us open our dorm windows on both sides in case it hit....up to that point I had only seen pictures of tornados...but to see it coming your way...well...that's a totally differnce experience....Glad you and your loved one are OK Toad....Doc :D

StangBang · #14

Glad your alright man!

Toad310 · #15

Thanks, guy's!!