THAT SHIT WAS SCARY. I WAS IN CHINO AT WORK DOIN SECURITY AT A SCHOOL,AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BOOKS WERE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES AND SHIT .WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER I HAD TO BE THE ONE WHO WENT BACC INTO THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO STRUCTURE DAMAGE,GAS LEAKS,ELECTRICAL FIRES THINGS LIKE THAT. IT OCCURED TO ME THAT I THINK I NEED A NEW JOB,THEY NOT GOIN TO BE JUST SENDING ME INTO BUILDINGS ALL WILLY-NILLY LIKE THAT,SHIT A BITCH GET SCARED TOO!!!(LMFAO)

I was in Palm springs and me being a deep sleeper I slept through it as I did the other time except my mom woke me up the other time hahaha if she didn't do that I probably would've still been sleeping -it must be the shrooms lol but I'm serious I slept through it and after it was over my friend Jonny was like wtf your sleeping and I was like what up? What happened? And he's like dude you didn't feel that? lol And I said you know what dude I'm going back to bed hahaha

Hello there.....Glad you're all ok. No need to freak out people, most of the time an earthquake is *just* an earthquake (no buildings collapsing, no serious injuries ect).... And in time, you just get used to it. In the city where I live in Greece, in the last six months alone we have experienced about five big (5.7 to 7.5) earthquakes, so by now I kind of feel like a veteran :)

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i had just turned in a few hours before the quake, and was in deep REM--and low & behold, though i'm in santa monica & they say the beach areas never shake much--i totally panicked, as this was my first quake.

half asleep, wild-eyed, stumbling around, looking for clothing--brain frozen completely solid. the immediate instinct was just to get the heck out of the house as fast as possible, in case the roof fell in.

luckily the shaking stopped before i could reach the front door, and i was paced at a dead run.

from now on - will be sleeping fully clothed - to say the least!

I didn't feel anything. Then again, my brother said he thinks I had all ready left the house, which means I was driving. He felt it.

Doesn't surprise me, though. I've been waiting for the pressure to be relieve on this side of the world, since the far east has been having high magnitudes and the west coast has been rather quiet.

I guess I should have kept my mouth shut. I told mom, when I got here last week, I was ready for a shake n' bake. I remember the shake'n bake week back in the fall of 1987. I was living in Peñasquitos back then. I came to visit mom for her birthday in 2003 - and I told her they were going to get hit with fire. October 2003 was really bad.

I'm glad everyone is ok...

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My first one was the Whittier Narrows earthquake, and I've been through many since. One thing I do know is that an earthquake can occur ANYWHERE IN THE US. I live just a few miles from where today's hit, and my roommate reports the home is fine, albeit a mess from things falling off the walls and shelves (I'm in Joplin, MO today). Today's rather minor earthquake hit a few miles from and below my home.

The following web sites have emergency preparedness information regarding how to prepare for and what to do during and after an earthquake (as well as other emergency preparedness information):

http://www.ready.gov
http://lafd.org/eqbook.pdf
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/preparedness.php

Also, I've learned through various emergencies that your cell phones SMS text messaging is the best way to contact others without overwhelming the phone system (which crashed due to media hype about this quake). A simple "R U OK?" or "IM OK" is short, sweet, and more likely to get through than a voice call, and leaves the 911 system up and running to handle real emergencies.

BTW, Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, and Wisconsin are the only US states to not have recorded an earthquake (yet). California is the most prepared to deal with earthquakes, while the Mississippi Valley region is the least prepared (despite the latter recording more seriously damaging quakes).

Don't hop in the car and drive. I was at a conference not far from the epicenter ofi the Loma Prieta quake when it hit. Many people there freaked out and rushed to their cars to get home. They didn't know that the bay bridge and 880 collapsed. Soon after that, we were advised to stay put overnight so that roads and highways could be checked for structural damage.
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This seemed pretty intense. A roll with a big shake at the end. Nothing compared to the Northridge or Loma Prieta quakes.

I lost a ton of water out of my swimming pool and pictures fell off of shelves. But, my house appears intact and the structure seems sound. I have "earthquake proofed" my house fairly well...... it seemed to work. A good test for "the big one", I suppose.

I'm glad to hear that all of our OC sisters, here in CA, are okay. *deep breath*

And, girls.... keep your gas tanks full. Gas stations don't work when the electricity is out. It was impossible to get gas after the Northridge quake.

As a native, I'm so used to them.....I can gage their magnitude, it's almost a twisted thing to do. I guessed 5.8 my neighbor 5.6... I guess we were both off a bit today !!