Maybe just aftershocks from the devastaion that just occurred in AK! Poor Mr Stevens, that bridge to nowhere just went to the Big House~!

It was only a 5.0, suck it up. It hit Pomona too, so far away from LA.

Felt a shock of it in San Diego....minor but felt my desk shake slightly

Earth Quake in California? Must be Tuesday. Seriously though I hope everyone is OK.

Felt it here near Pacific Palisades. Did not feel toooo bad. Did not last very long.

Now that's live reporting! Hope everyone's ok.

That sucks...my friend just emailed me about the earthquake in Irvine CA. Everyone at his work had to leave the building and go to the parking lot. I think he's ok but it sounded serious.

I'm in Santa Monica (LA) ... in one of the most updated buildings.

I felt it BIG TIME!

It was a 5.8 in Chino Hills.

Yes, I went under the desk.

Everything was shaky for a good 45-60 seconds, (I know, but it is a long period of time when you are in it), with major rolling. I feel very seasick right now. I'm going to get some mint tea.

Yikes. Saying it was near Chino, 5.6 - 5.8 depending on the news source. CNN is saying no damage reported, but its early.

Check your place, John, and make sure all's well. And be alert for aftershocks.

I was there for the Northridge quake. Earthquakes are scary stuff. I hope everyone is alright

We felt it down here in Irvine, too (and my daughter's friend in San Clemente reports they felt it down there too). Things shook here for at least 45 seconds, and it was strong enough to wake up my Great Pyrenees, and that's something. Nothing broken, cell phone, power still working.
Does anyone know where the epicenter was?

Definitely felt it in North Hollywood, 45 miles from Chino Hills. Pretty big shock,followed by almost a full minute of rocking. Didn't lose power, no damage within sight.

My co-worker is an earthquake buff, she predicts lotsa aftershocks since it was obviously a very deep one.

tekBuddha @ 19:

I work in the Water Gardens of Santa Monica on the 4th floor. We had a good 30-60 seconds of decent swaying here. Fantastic ride. As a 30 year-old SoCal native, this was a decent little roll compared to some of the heavy jolts of the past. Hope everyone else is alright.

Hi tekBuddha! We are work neighbors - I'm right acros the street!

I'm at the top of my building and it did startle me, especially because it went for almost 60 seconds that felt like forever.

Don't come-a-knocking, when my house be-a-rocking.

my garage door was vibrating and i thought it was my mastiff dog messing with it. then i saw he was outside and i knew it was a quake. here in san diego we take for granted it'll be the L.A. area.

glad you're okay, John. :) and all the rest of you guys out there in hippie-lands. I would have been very sad if it broke your intertubes.

In Pasadena it lasted about 3-4 seconds at 11:44 and a short aftershock 10 minutes later.

No big deal here

Odd...didn't feel a thing here in Florida.

The bigger news is the fire near Yosemite. Everything seems to be okay here.

Sharktattoo @ 13:

God's punishing you because you're a damn hippie liberal.

We'll let you know if the earthquake affected only liberals... ;-)

Felt it in San Diego

John

How about this for tonight's music club? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndKF-6GPGQ

Seriously, hope everyone's in one piece there.

Sharktattoo -
nothing like tornados, floods, hurricanes in addition to all the crimes in the red states

Oh, by the way. I sure as hope everybody is ok. Seriously!

No damage reports yet from epicenter at Chino Hills - Diamond Bar. Helicopter up in the air

Woo Hoo! Our studios on the Miracle Mile were a shakin'! 4 big JBL monitors surrounding me were swaying about my head. A tad unnerving but still minor compared to '71.

John Amato @ 41:

The 94 quake was a like a jack hammer. Man, I hate these things...

That one was brutal. It as my spouse's first and man was he freaking out.

downgraded to a 5.6

Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 51:

ronhohn @ 39:

I am surprised how many here are in CA

Where else are they going to be?

Yeah too to see.
Most blogs I visit are primarily East Coast.

Take care fellow Californians!

Make no mistake, 5.6 is huge.

ronhohn @ 59:

I meant people posting on this thread, not earthquakes

I knew you meant that but of course I was only trying to make a joke.

P.D. @ 57:

Jeez California, you are going through a rough patch. Mudslides, fires and earthquakes. I feel for you my Liberal brethren. I'm just wondering whan Robertson or Dobson will blame it on your progressive ways. Tornados and floods in the Red Staes are no big deal for them, but when it happens to you, California, It's all your fault!

You know, of course, that this was all due to our endorsement of gay marriage.

So, did you all have a gay pride parade planned, the likes of which the world had never seen before???

You folks in L.A. weren't planning a gay parade were you? Just curious.

While I do hope everyone's alright (CNN seems to be saying there were no reports of injuries/fatalities or damage but there have been 15 aftershocks so far), but it looks to me like the air might very well kill you before the earthquake ever got there. Holy crap.

http://thumbsnap.com/v/lLuHFfil.jpg

I hope you, your family, and your neighbors are ok, John.

Paster Hagee @ 68:

You folks in L.A. weren't planning a gay parade were you? Just curious.

No, but I'm sure we will be able to pin this on Bill Clinton somehow.

It was just a "roller" in the San Fernando valley.

Lasted close to 30-seconds total, though.

I dread a really BIG one----That will enable the GOP & DEM KKKonservatives
to pull a KATRINA on southern California, which, no doubt, is a fond
wish of theirs.

I'm telling you, an 8.3 in California would quickly lead to EXACTLY WHAT NAOMI KLEIN
WRITES ABOUT IN HER BOOK,"DISASTER CAPITALISM".

America's KKKOnservaives are just sitting around, licking their chops, waiting.
Waiting for The Big One.

Fox News will most likely replace the Crazy Ted coverage with ad nauseam coverage of the earthquake.

Paster Hagee @ 68:

You folks in L.A. weren't planning a gay parade were you? Just curious.

That was in June. You missed it.

And please, stay OFF your phones unless you have an actual emergency. Resist the urge to call people to "check up" or tell them your story. The bandwidth is important for emergencies, people.

Spud @ 73:

citizen reporting from San Bernardino:
one casualty--my shorts

You seem to be the one closest to the epicenter at the moment. Hope you're okay.

The US Geological Survey offers a real time Google Earth plugin to monitor quakes. There are 15 quakes recorded in the Chino Hills area within the past hour.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/

FunMe @ 80:

Paster Hagee @ 68:

You folks in L.A. weren't planning a gay parade were you? Just curious.

That was in June. You missed it.

But isn't there a gay optomotrist parade coming up?

They'll be making public spectacles of themselves.

Felt it out in Pasadena. I'm on the fourth floor of a high-rise, and we got a good 20 second ride.

According to MSNBC everything seems to be in order except for John Amato's cell phone. Let's get that thing fixed damn it.

They felt it in Vegas. I'm 3,000 miles away in Mexico and didn't feel a thing. WTF?

Sounds like the State of California Employee Labor Union waking up to Schwartzenegger's budget threat.

Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 91:

According to MSNBC everything seems to be in order except for John Amato's cell phone. Let's get that thing fixed damn it.

LOL. John needs to get rid of that first generation brick sized phone.

Felt it over in Santa Paula, but the house only swayed a few seconds. Hope everyone's alright! =)

We had a 5.9 a couple of months ago in the Bay Area that knocked me on my ass... 5.8 is starting to get up there but in totality not a very big deal. Now if it broke 6.0? watch out!

at least the series of tubes is OK

/thanks Ted!

On Blackberry! Highway? sdklfhjksd908roik!!!!!!!!! slkdjeoirjij!!!!!!!! Godd!!!!!!!!!!klj;dsafjoierj!!!!

Dr. Hussein Matt @ 97:

Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 91:

According to MSNBC everything seems to be in order except for John Amato's cell phone. Let's get that thing fixed damn it.

LOL. John needs to get rid of that first generation brick sized phone.

Or l;ike a computer tech from India would ask after you have waited for 37 minutes... "Is it turned on?"

Dr. Hussein Matt @ 108:

Gawd is punishing CA for not drilling of their coast.

Errrr, *off*

Funny in a sad kinda way but the BBC just notified me that there was an Earthquake in CA!

Cell phone not working? That's a good reason to keep a land line.

John Tighe @ 113:

Cell phone not working? That's a good reason to keep a land line.

Damn you... and I had just gotten rid of my last good reason too.

jimbo92107 @ 40:

Sharktattoo @ 13:

God's punishing you because you're a damn hippie liberal.

We'll let you know if the earthquake affected only liberals... ;-)

For a being that supposedly hates liberals, God sure does spend a lot of effort directing hurricanes into the deep South and razing Bible Belt farming towns with tornadoes. Now he's sticking it to conservative Diamond Bar, CA. God probably meant to give Orange County a jolt but missed north by a few miles.
Glad everyone down in the Southland is OK, even Dana Rohrabacher.

dang! i'm on the 6th floor of a cement building in hollywood . . . it just kept swaying and swaying and making godawful noises . . . tummy not so good right now . . . let's not do that again, please!

my buliding shook good
im on 10th floor and was looking out the window riding it like a rollercoster ...kinda fun. my coworker was in the elevater. lucky bastard

Wolfe Blitzer will probably have an orgasm over this.
He loves fear and destruction.

i felt it slightly down here in san diego.

ronhohn @ 120:

It's only a 5.4 now - I am disappointed

Yeah, but there's a 1 in 20 chance its a FOREshock so you got that to hope for...

According to Rev. Hagee, the quake was caused by marching homosexuals.

Move on people, nothing to see here. @ 130:

3 km (2 miles) SW (235°) from Chino Hills, CA
* 8 km (5 miles) SE (127°) from Diamond Bar, CA
* 9 km (5 miles) NNE (23°) from Yorba Linda, CA
* 11 km (7 miles) S (178°) from Pomona, CA
* 47 km (29 miles) ESE (103°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA

OK the epicenter was in the Chino Hills State Park. So time to see Channel 4 talk to people in Simi Valley, Redondo Beach, Palm Springs, San Diego, Lancaster. They won't get around to Chino Hills. Thats pretty much the Inland Empire, no need to waste resources there.

Disneyland was already reported on. Tsk. Tsk.

Matt in Texas @ 102:

liberalMcSuuuuurgeNmoderation @ 63:

FunMe @ 53:

Matt in Texas @ 35:

Oh good, us gays are off the hook.
;-)

Well...you guys are safe...but what about us pot smoking, beer swilling, godless heathens?

....you guys are the ones voting for Obama and causing this! (But ONLY if the beer you swill is an elitist microbrew.)

Dear GAWD!!! I swill *gasps in mock horror* Sam Adams!!!! What have I done? What haaaave I dooooooooone?

This is clearly God punishing you and most of Southern California for being liberals.

Be safe guys! Take care.

Never thought I'd say this to you Mr Amato: step outside.

I work in a fairly large building near Eagle Rock (about 5 miles from downtown L.A.) and the shaking wasn't too bad. A lot of co-workers freaked out 'though and as our designated floor warden, I told everyone to CALM DOWN. I think frayed nerves magnify the intensity of earthquakes. I've experienced all of Southern Cal's major earthquakes beginning with the '71 San Fernando temblor, and this one was pretty gentle.

John - I have been in hundreds of quakes. I used to live in El Centro, CA. If you know that region, You know the SAF runs straight through it. We also get some big 'shakers', up here in Seattle as well.

Something I learned was to find a place WHERE you want to be (near home, work, etc.). Then plan a skedaddle path route, to quickly exit the building and find your sanctuary. I look for a place where:

1) Little, or no no debris from nearby collapsing buildings.
2) No poles carrying electricity.
3) Far away from water storage tanks and/or propane, natural gas or chemicals.
4) Basic rule of thumb; if everything around you collapses, are you clear of getting hit?

Some say to stay where you are, stay away from windows, hide beneath sturdy furniture (or in reinforced door frames), or in basements. The main reason for this advise, is because few people take the steps outlined above. It is crucial to be moving the moment a quake begins. So, you need to know the early signs.

1) Wall creaking
2) Chandeliers begin to sway

For larger quakes -
3) Smell of 'earth' (dirt)
4) Rumbling sound, like a running buffalo herd (you really need to be moving at this point)

You will be amazed how quickly you can move. Do not talk to children, just grab them and keep moving. If you have propane, and/or natural gas, both parents should know where the outside shut-off valve(s) are located. After the main shock (and using good judgement), close the valve(s). One of the major causes of home damage, is due to broken gas lines. At least one of your automobiles should have a survival kit. Ours includes:

First-aid kit
Candles, Flashlights and spare batteries
Blankets
Warm Clothing
5 gallons of water (changed every 3-4 months minimum)
Dry survival food kits
Crackers, Candy bars, dried fruits and jerky
Cans of chili and backpacking stove
Emergency radio, batteries, GPS, Knife, Hatchet

Surviving natural disasters is greatly influenced by how well a person is prepared. It also helps you sleep better at night.

kit wilson @ 139:

I live in Diamond Bar. My cat's been bugging my wife and I for the last two days. Must have known this was coming. Better this than tornadoes and hurricanes.

Tornadoes, suck for sure...but you can outrun hurricanes. I live in South Fl....most people here have everything prepped for a quick get away during hurricane season...
But earthquakes...man...I'd shit all over myself! Nothing you can do about 'em.

Spud @ 73:

citizen reporting from San Bernardino:
one casualty--my shorts

Oh man -- that was FUNNY!