5.8 earthquake in southern california

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by oclady21

at 11:42 there was an earthquake in the chino hills area, 29 miles south of la. it really didn't feel like a 5.8, it felt worse.the one thing i won't forget about this is the huge jolt at the end. a lot of things fell of shelves and the jolt at the end made more things fall of shelves.

but everything is ok in my house and i'm ok.

I thought I read that the closer to the surface the quake occurs effects how much people "feel" it. Maybe the quake wasn't too far down?

Glad you are ok! I can't imagine what that feels like!

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I thought I read that the closer to the surface the quake occurs effects how much people "feel" it. Maybe the quake wasn't too far down?

Glad you are ok! I can't imagine what that feels like!

We had a magnitude 6.7 quake in October 2006 and I was surprised that it only registered 6.7. It felt wayyyyy stronger than that.

My friend in LA just posted on Twitter and she was surprised that it was only a 5.8 -- she thought it was stronger as well.

[SAEalumnus]

The USGS is saying it was 8.5 miles down (+/- 0.4 mi). Not sure what effect that had on how anyone felt it, but it was a bit more excitement than we've had in a little while. Everyone's fine here at my work. Official word is apparently a 5.4 for this one.