Quake Forces Evacuations in Southern California

[MindMover]

Source: AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A moderate earthquake that rattled a swath of Southern California forced several dozen people in one community out of their homes after firefighters discovered foundation problems that made the buildings unsafe to enter, authorities said Saturday.

Fire crews red-tagged 20 apartment units in a building in the Orange County city of Fullerton after finding a major foundation crack. Structural woes including broken chimneys and leaning were uncovered in half a dozen single-family houses, which were also deemed as unsafe to occupy until building inspectors clear the structures. The damage displaced 83 residents.

Despite the evacuations, Friday night's magnitude-5.1 quake centered about 25 miles south of downtown Los Angeles mostly frayed nerves.

The quake was preceded by two smaller foreshocks, and more than 100 aftershocks followed, including a magnitude-4.1 that hit Saturday afternoon, the largest in the sequence so far. No injuries were reported.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/magnitude-51-earthquake-shakes-los-angeles-0

[frazzled]

1. Please don't use scream headlines like this

when it's a question of a few dozen people getting their building (one building) red tagged. I'm sorry for them: it's an inconvenience.

But your headline makes it sound as if the entire SoCal area is in imminent danger. Many of us have family members in SoCal--so when we read something like this we immediately get upset. Unless it's a mass evacuation, don't scare people.

[MindMover]

2. I apologize, was just using the exact headline from AP, I can delete

[frazzled]

4. No, just upper/lower case letters makes it much better! /nt

[MindMover]

5. sorry again, and thanks for pointing it out ... nt

[uppityperson]

6. editing, the problem was all caps, not the headline. Sorry, just read that.

[defacto7]

3. Has anyone noted

that several of those 2.5 to 4 tremors are only about 300 feet underground? .1 km is what USGS says. I don't remember such shallow swarms. I'm not sure if it matters.

[SoapBox]

7. We're in the South Bay and didn't even notice it.

Then we heard the breathless news.

[MindMover]

8. I only put this up because of another quake and evacuations,

I could have included in the first one I guess ... which I will probably do

[tofuandbeer]

11. I'm in the south bay and didn't feel it either.

But I did slightly feel the 4 pointer that happened today (day after the La Habra one).
I was working on the computer and saw the screen slightly moving, I quickly looked it up online and saw this (took a screen shot)...when I saw it moving like that, I grabbed a few things and got ready to duck and cover.

[Purveyor]

9. Reuters: Another Earthquake (4.1) Rattles Southern California Following 5.1 Quake

By Victoria Cavaliere
Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:46pm EDT

(Reuters) - Residents of southern California were rattled by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake Saturday afternoon, the largest of more than 100 aftershocks following Friday's 5.1 rumbler that caused light scattered damage around the Los Angeles area.

Saturday's quake rippled through an area near Rowland Heights, California, about 2:32 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was considered relatively shallow with a depth of 5.6 miles, the USGS said.

Aftershocks are expected following earthquakes, according to the USGS. Seismologists said there was about a 5 percent chance that Friday's quake, which struck at 9:09 p.m., was a foreshock to a bigger temblor.

No injuries were immediately reported from either Saturday's quake or the more significant earthquake that struck Friday evening outside La Habra, California, which is about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

Friday's temblor displaced at least 50 people in Fullerton, about 5 miles from the epicenter, because of minor damage to homes and apartment dwellings, Fullerton Police Lieutenant Mike Chlebowski said.

more...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/29/us-earthquake-california-idUSBREA2S03H20140329

[Baclava]

12. It's all cracking open!!!

[PasadenaTrudy]

10. They just

don't phase me much unless they are really violent. I've been here 50 yrs and been through sooo many. It's just routine to me now.