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IcyPeas

(25,797 posts) Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:12 PM Oct 2016

just felt a very small earthquake

in the l.a. suburbs.

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just felt a very small earthquake (Original Post) IcyPeas Oct 2016 OP

Sometimes "very small" is a good thing. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #1

wow, it was really small.... IcyPeas Oct 2016 #2

Our last large earthquake was in 1884. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #3

Less than a 4.0 isn't even worth noting in LA SwankyXomb Oct 2016 #4

2.8 Anza, CA Sedona Oct 2016 #5

The smallest I ever felt was a 2.5 Ron Obvious Oct 2016 #6

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Sometimes "very small" is a good thing.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:18 PM

Oct 2016

and sometimes it's not.

Stay safe!

IcyPeas

(25,797 posts)

2. wow, it was really small....

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:19 PM

Oct 2016

but right underneath me.

http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2016-10-29-21-11-29-utc-2-4-3

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Our last large earthquake was in 1884.

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:28 PM

Oct 2016

Jul 5, 2014 - HUDSON HIGHLANDS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — What's being called a micro-earthquake struck Saturday morning under the Hudson Highlands in the Hudson Valley. Seismologists said the quake registered at a 2.5 magnitude when it hit at around 10:46 a.m. It was about 3 miles below ground, they said.

I felt this one.

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)

4. Less than a 4.0 isn't even worth noting in LA

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:44 PM

Oct 2016

You get more shake from a heavy truck on the street.

Sedona

(3,873 posts)

5. 2.8 Anza, CA

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:56 PM

Oct 2016

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci37513831#executive

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

6. The smallest I ever felt was a 2.5

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2016, 12:33 PM

Oct 2016

But the epicentre was only about 8 miles away.

I literally sat down on the bed at the exact moment it happened and felt a shiver/back spasm when I did so. I didn't think anything of it until my wife walked into the bedroom and asked if I had felt it too.

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