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IcyPeas

(21,866 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:38 PM Jun 2014

5

earthquake

a minute ago. I'm in the valley of los angeles.

felt sizeable.

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earthquake (Original Post) IcyPeas Jun 2014 OP

yes it did villager Jun 2014 #1

. Separation Jun 2014 #2

3.8 - 6km WNW of Westwood, California gristy Jun 2014 #3

Only 3.8? Puh-leeze! RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #4

That's a hop and skip from downtown! joshcryer Jun 2014 #5

Totally understand. I was in the Bay Area in 1989 RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #6

Richter scale is obsolete. longship Jun 2014 #8

No apologies necessary. Thanks for that. RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #9

Didn't feel it here PasadenaTrudy Jun 2014 #7

Me neither. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #10

villager

(26,001 posts)

1. yes it did

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:40 PM

Jun 2014

Will be curious to get a reading

Separation

(1,975 posts)

2. .

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:44 PM

Jun 2014

3.8
6km WNW of Westwood, California
2014-06-01 21:36:43 UTC-05:000.1 km

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

gristy

(10,667 posts)

3. 3.8 - 6km WNW of Westwood, California

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:45 PM

Jun 2014

8 minutes ago
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

4. Only 3.8? Puh-leeze!

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:57 PM

Jun 2014

California newbie perhaps?

Up north we don't even pay attention unless it's larger than 4.

(I'm teasing. Sort of. Actually, in some respects, I think that duration is more alarming than Richter scale reading.)

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)

5. That's a hop and skip from downtown!

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:59 PM

Jun 2014

Probably put some on edge as testified by the posts here.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

6. Totally understand. I was in the Bay Area in 1989

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:08 PM

Jun 2014

Also, I was sitting in the San Jose Arena a number of years ago (maybe as many as 10) for a 5.2 (I believe). Interesting place to be for such a thing.

Quite safe, but still unsettling.

longship

(40,416 posts)

8. Richter scale is obsolete.

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 12:10 AM

Jun 2014

How are Earthquake Magnitudes Measured?

So Richter is obsolete.

Apologies for pedantry.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

9. No apologies necessary. Thanks for that.

Reply to longship (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:53 AM

Jun 2014

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

7. Didn't feel it here

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:09 PM

Jun 2014

in So. Pasadena. I think I was driving at the time so....

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)

10. Me neither.

Reply to PasadenaTrudy (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:55 AM

Jun 2014

But then again, I'm in Florida, several thousand miles away, so I'm thinking I wasn't supposed to feel it.

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