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kestrel91316

(51,666 posts) Mon Mar 17, 2014, 09:38 AM Mar 2014

QUAKE! 4.7 almost directly underneath me [View all]

here in the San Fernando Valley of Socal.

Woke me from a sound sleep and I actually screamed. Biggest quake since the Northridge aftershocks died. And no surprise in a way because we have been having a lot of small quakes in the area in recent months after years of nothing. AND IT'S UNUSUALLY HOT, what we call "earthquake weather".

My cats are freaked out and I'm shaking so bad I can hardly type.

I need a shot of whisky.

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QUAKE! 4.7 almost directly underneath me [View all] kestrel91316 Mar 2014 OP

Wake Up, It's St Patrick's Day. Start drinkin' NightWatcher Mar 2014 #1

ok that was funny, DUzy worthy ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #5

And commence with the pejorative stereotyping! Berlum Mar 2014 #15

"pejorative stereotyping", I'm from Savannah, that was a greeting NightWatcher Mar 2014 #27

I'm thinking it was Leprechauns screwing around! rdharma Mar 2014 #28

THAT is why I'm not there. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, but we exported them to you! cui bono Mar 2014 #7

Yeah. I actually felt the earth move in Ulster county. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #8

Heck, I felt the earth move here in Ottawa, Canada. GliderGuider Mar 2014 #20

~ In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #26

Felt it strong here in Burbank! Beaverhausen Mar 2014 #3

Yikes! LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #4

Beverly Hills! Hissyspit Mar 2014 #6

They keep saying Westood and Beverly Hills but it's closer to the other side of the mountains cui bono Mar 2014 #9

4.7, 2 miles SE of Encino, right up in the Sepulveda Pass at kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #12

They downgraded to 4.4 cui bono Mar 2014 #14

Stay safe kestrel91316 malaise Mar 2014 #10

I thought it was my dog PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #11

You know what worries me most: kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #13

How does warm weather contribute to the likelihood of earthquakes happening? MoonRiver Mar 2014 #16

No idea. But our biggest ones invariably seem to happen during unseasonably warm weather. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #18

Interesting. MoonRiver Mar 2014 #19

I have been expecting a significant quake for weeks or months now, because we have seen kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #22

Well, I hope you have an earthquake plan in place! MoonRiver Mar 2014 #23

USGS considers quake weather a coincidence nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #21

I know USGS pooh-poohs it, but we keep observing it again and again and again. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #24

It is exactly what you are saying nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #25

yup TeamPooka Mar 2014 #36

You have to remember where the quake is actually happening. jeff47 Mar 2014 #29

I understand the reasoning, which makes perfect sense. MoonRiver Mar 2014 #34

By having lived there during those quakes. jeff47 Mar 2014 #38

Please Send Ohio The Hot Weather Dirty Socialist Mar 2014 #17

Dang. ucrdem Mar 2014 #30

Northridge was literally 100X stronger. Maybe 200X. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #32

Oh thanx kestrel. ucrdem Mar 2014 #37

Actually, Northridge's 6.7 was 900X stronger than this 4.4. Which is terrifying to think about. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #40

I lived in Southern California for 34 years Trajan Mar 2014 #31

Well I've lived here for 32 years and I used to be blase about them, and then Northridge hit. kestrel91316 Mar 2014 #35

I'm in the SFV too and it was quite a shaker. Bothered my dog too. TeamPooka Mar 2014 #33

My friend lives in West Hills, which is the San Fernando Valley yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #39

I didn't feel a thing Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #41

It's only been 3 days. Give it time to get to you. pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #42