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Quake in L.A. (Original Post) Basic LA Apr 2021 OP
I felt it though I didn't feel the ground move JI7 Apr 2021 #1
That's a strange feeling... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #7
There does seem to be more quakes lately than has been for some time JI7 Apr 2021 #10
Felt it in the South Bay area - Southern California . .. Lovie777 Apr 2021 #2
I'm in South Bay. Did not feel a thing. Scottie Mom Apr 2021 #3
I felt it because I was awake but if I was asleep would probably have slept through JI7 Apr 2021 #4
Friend in Redondo felt it. Scottie Mom Apr 2021 #6
I was washing dishes . ... Lovie777 Apr 2021 #9
Back in the early 80s we had a small one multigraincracker Apr 2021 #5
Felt two shakers in Santa Monica. A-Schwarzenegger Apr 2021 #8
two jolts apart . oone mag 3.3 and the later one 4.0 AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #11
I slept right through them PasadenaTrudy Apr 2021 #12
Many years ago EndlessWire Apr 2021 #13
I felt it Johonny Apr 2021 #14
I felt it. tenderfoot Apr 2021 #15

JI7

(89,249 posts)
1. I felt it though I didn't feel the ground move
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 07:54 AM
Apr 2021

It was how it might feel if a heavy door was slammed shut really hard .

2naSalit

(86,590 posts)
7. That's a strange feeling...
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:13 AM
Apr 2021

I was in the vicinity of, 45 miles away, from a quake about that size/mag. a few years back. It was early am and I was in a wall tent that was being used as office space in an outback setting. I didn't feel the ground move but all the walls of the tent billowed in unison as if a small explosion occurred.

The whole Pacific rim has been very quakey lately.


Scottie Mom

(5,812 posts)
3. I'm in South Bay. Did not feel a thing.
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:05 AM
Apr 2021

Of course, Dog is on the bed. So I am use to feeling the bed move when she stirs. Probably slept right thru it.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
4. I felt it because I was awake but if I was asleep would probably have slept through
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:10 AM
Apr 2021

Felt more like how it feels when a large vehicle drives by and there is some vibration of the building. DId not feel the ground move at all. I was totally awake and standing up when it happened and i'm close to where you are.

Lovie777

(12,260 posts)
9. I was washing dishes . ...
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:19 AM
Apr 2021

no ground movement nor did my hanging plants sway. Local news say Lennox where small clusters of earthquakes have occurred.

Stay safe.

multigraincracker

(32,675 posts)
5. Back in the early 80s we had a small one
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:11 AM
Apr 2021

in Michigan. I was upstairs and felt it. I was on the second floor and it woke me up. I thought the house was shaking from a wind storm. I looked out the window and weren't any leafs moving on the trees, so I figured it out. My buddy was in the basement awake at the time and he didn't feel a thing.

EndlessWire

(6,526 posts)
13. Many years ago
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 09:38 AM
Apr 2021

I lived in an apartment near the beach in LA. There was an earthquake offshore, and the lights popped off. Scared the crap outta me. It was like some Twilight Zone episode where the aliens are testing various stimulus on the populace. "See, it doesn't take much..."

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