Did the earth move for you too?

[winter_elf]

Ah yes, the wonders of living in CA, sometimes the earth moves. This was a super short 'jolt' quake. I was less than a second long. Just enough to make one jump and the house to squeak, but nothing rattled, shook or swayed . It was stronger up in LA basin, but down here in lower CA, very weak. But strong enough to be felt even for how short it was, so I knew it was a decent magnitude.

For those who don't know - quakes almost always (95% of the time) start off with a 'jolt' feeling. It sort of feels like what happens when jerking awake from a falling dream to me. The 'jolt' is then, usually followed by the rest of the quake - either a rolling feeling or a shaking feeling, which is often stronger and much longer than the original jolt. The jolt always gets my attention, and prepares one for what follows. I was all braced for the follow up here..... and nothing. hmm... strange.

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[april-art.livejournal.com]

It was MUCH bigger up here in Irvine (so. OC). Soft jolt, then a mess of jolts that had me thinking I should shut down my computer just in case... but stopped by the time I closed out some windows... Rattled the walls, but nothing cracked or fallen. My sister ran to get her shoes on, just in case.

It was in the west L.A. area (inglewood), but deep, so felt in a wide area.

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

yea, I checked the USGS a little after I felt it and went .. ah, it WAS a quake. I only felt the 1st jolt. Then there were a whole bunch of secondary quakes on the list right after, not as strong, that I didn't feel down here.

And I can imagine you felt it strongly in Irvine!