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Largest earthquake in decades hits Southern California, measuring 6.4 magnitude

Posted by OneTriz
Tags: usa.ca, earthquakes, geology, disasters.natural, author.harriet ryan, author.rong gong lin ii, source.los angeles times
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquake-california-shake-quake-20190704-story.html

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Title
Earthquake: 6.4 magnitude quake rattles Southern California
Authors
Harriet Ryan, Rong-Gong Lin II
Published
Jul 4 2019

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  1. [2]
    Neverland
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    For the details: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183/executive For the anecdotes: https://twitter.com/USGSBigQuakes/status/1146835061511196672 My own anecdotes are that I...

    For the details: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183/executive

    For the anecdotes: https://twitter.com/USGSBigQuakes/status/1146835061511196672

    My own anecdotes are that I have felt two <5.5 and both times I instinctualy looked in a specific direction which I later learned was towards the epicenter. It could have been coincidence, but if not I am surprised that I could tell the direction of something moving so quickly.

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      1. Neverland
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        Very cool. I believe that is pretty much exactly what happened in my situations. I was indoors both times, and it was internal structures moving that caught my senses. Once was on the 15th floor...

        I did look in the direction of the epicenter today now that I'm looking at map, but I believe that's because my blinds shook to my left before the right which caught my attention, and the left faces towards the epicenter.

        Very cool. I believe that is pretty much exactly what happened in my situations. I was indoors both times, and it was internal structures moving that caught my senses. Once was on the 15th floor of a Seattle skyscraper, and the other time was in old 1970s 2-story Santa Monica apartment building. I agree that if I was in a field I would not have noticed the direction.

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  2. pocketry
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    I felt it but was far enough away that there was no damage and it barely made anything move. My wife didn't feel it.

    I felt it but was far enough away that there was no damage and it barely made anything move. My wife didn't feel it.

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  3. OneTriz
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    I could feel it here in Vegas, but I hope everyone in California is okay.

    I could feel it here in Vegas, but I hope everyone in California is okay.

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