Quite a little ride! I actually got in my doorway for that one. Definitely the strongest I've been in since I've been in CA. They even felt it in San Diego. Ah, here come the calls from back east.

I didn't want to look like a wuss so I only half way squatted under my desk waiting for any indication of collapse before I'd commit the whole way.

The Mrs. has family nearby in Ontario, wonder if they felt anything. Guess she'll make some calls...

There's nothing like ending a conference call hearing the words "Oh shit, earthquake" coming from the other end of the line. Like a second later everything starts shaking. Person quoted here lives in Diamond Bar, not far from the epicenter. He's ok, but shaken.

I'm dead under some rubble, so I cannot respond to this. By the way, it was upgraded to 5.8.

An earthquake of that size can do a pretty good job of redecorating your home if you live close to the center of it.

That earthquake in the video from China is actually a hell of a lot bigger than you would think. An earthquake that measures 7.8, like the one in china, is over 900 times stronger than one that measures 5.6.

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I'm dead under some rubble, so I cannot respond to this. By the way, it was upgraded to 5.8.


My Google-ing tells me that it was actually downgraded from a 5.8 to a 5.4.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/29/earthquake.ca/index.html

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci14383980.html

5.4 it is.

5.4 still isn't anything to sneeze at... unless the rumble kicked up some dust, then it's ok

Remind me again why major metropolitan areas are built on fault lines...?

Remind me again why anyone would want to live in Tempe, AZ...

HAARP can make an earthquake.....Hmm...Chino...lessee....Nope, no reason to take out all those petty crim'nals ....prolly a fluke of nature

My girlfriend lives in LA. Crazy.

I just made a joke about the fat guy in our office running. I really didn't feel it down here in SD.