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Author Topic: Shake, rattle and roll..3.2 Quake near me... Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-26-2013 10:49 PM                     At 7:52pm a 3.2 quake hit about 3-4 miles from my palatial estate. Brief foreshock, then two sharp hits followed by more shaking. Really scared the cat and made my sound rack's rear door rattle. Fun in So Cal! Link to the USGS earthquake map: (This quake will be shown on the map for one week, then disappear except for the main page listing.) USGS Quake map for my area  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-26-2013 11:05 PM                     Never a dull moment. Hope you did not get any damage to personal property there.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-26-2013 11:31 PM                     Nope William, didn't even knock things off the shelf. I sent a text to my landlord about it and he responded with "Until it hits 5+ it's just teasing." This building was built in the late 30's / early 40's and reacts strangely to quakes. A year or so ago we had two centered within a mile and they felt literally like someone picked up the building about 3 feet and dropped it. It has been a while since the Los Angeles area has had a sizable quake and many "experts" say we are overdue. Unlike tornadoes or hurricanes, we have no warnings but also like those events there is little or nothing one can do about it.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Arellano Film Handler Posts: 41 From: Monterey Park, CA Registered: Jul 2005 posted 04-27-2013 01:52 AM                     I was at work and didn't feel it at all. Since I work close to Marina Del Rey (like 5 miles or so) I'm surprised I didn't.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 04-27-2013 09:56 AM                     Those little shakers are always "fun". Last one we had up north here I was just starting a film show at work. I couldn't figure out why the projector was shaking. I thought I had some kind of major mechanical problem. Then I looked over and saw the amp rack was shaking too. By the time I realized what it was, it was over. But sometimes they're powerful enuf to trip the failsafes. I live in a part of San Francisco called "The Richmond District". Out here, we judge quake intensity not by the Richter sale, but by the "Richmond scale- which is the number of BMW car alarms that get set off by the quake. Beleive it or not, it's pretty accurate!  |  IP: Logged

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