Moderate Quake

[Dara]

5.8 with an epicenter located southeast of LA in Chino. The hamsters definitely felt it. Jerry said it aged him a year (like he had any to spare) and April was woken up by it.

PS we're fine, just no phone service which may be an emergency interruption. I'm not hearing any reports of damage.

[moviegal]

5.8 with an epicenter located southeast of LA in Chino. The hamsters definitely felt it. Jerry said it aged him a year (like he had any to spare) and April was woken up by it.

PS we're fine, just no phone service which may be an emergency interruption. I'm not hearing any reports of damage.

I was waiting for someone closer than Cincinnati to report this. I saw it on the feeds - thank God the fishies made it!

[Dara]

I was waiting for someone closer than Cincinnati to report this. I saw it on the feeds - thank God the fishies made it!

I only saw the initial reactions to it, hit them a few seconds before it hit us. I had to tend to the munchkins, check the news, and try to get in touch with family first before reporting it. So far we can recieve phone calls, but can't dial out.

It wasn't a very large quake, enough to knock stuff off shelves, but more Californians have their homes Earthquake proofed enough that anything in a 5 range wont cause much damage beyond a few trinkets. I expect to see the non native hamsters not phased much, but the out of towners should be a little shaken.

[Dara]

5.8 with an epicenter located southeast of LA in Chino. The hamsters definitely felt it. Jerry said it aged him a year (like he had any to spare) and April was woken up by it.

PS we're fine, just no phone service which may be an emergency interruption. I'm not hearing any reports of damage.

Correction, reports are coming in. Runways at John Wayne Airport have been damaged, as well as a ground sonar unit. Watermain break near Cal State LA.

[mamafoxof3]

Dara, for the most part, the problem with the phones is caused by everyone trying to call everyone else. We haven't heard any reports of major damage to the telephone systems, so just be patient, and things will calm down, and you'll be able to make calls again.

BTW, text messaging seems to be working just fine.

[Dara]

Dara, for the most part, the problem with the phones is caused by everyone trying to call everyone else. We haven't heard any reports of major damage to the telephone systems, so just be patient, and things will calm down, and you'll be able to make calls again.

BTW, text messaging seems to be working just fine.

Actually, it's what they call an emergency interruption. The phone company stops phones from making outgoing calls, though they can still recieve incoming from out of town family members (which is why they advise you to have an out of state contact as part of your emergency plan). Phone lines are dedicated for strictly emergency use for a time after a quake, leaving only a few for public access. My husband can call out from his station, but here at home we had no dial tone for the first hour following. Now we have service again because it was determined that our area didn't need an emergency interruption.

[Dara]

The quake was just downgraded by the USGS to a 5.4.

[dingo]

re phone service, twitter was all a-twitter about the quake before it stopped shaking

(there's something wrong somewhere when two people I follow and myself had sent tweets about it, two of us with the magnitude, before Google News and BBC News sent theirs lol)

[Dara]

re phone service, twitter was all a-twitter about the quake before it stopped shaking

(there's something wrong somewhere when two people I follow and myself had sent tweets about it, two of us with the magnitude, before Google News and BBC News sent theirs lol)

LOL It was on our news the second it happened because the newsroom started swaying. Always convenient when major events occur during the 11 am news. :)

I have to say, the way they're covering this on the TV here, you'd have thought it was Northridge magnitude. It isn't worth more than 4 hours of continuous news coverage.

[AZfan]

My daughter was right outside Disneyland, and said their hotel really shook. It was a rolling quake then turned into the up and down shake for about 15-20 seconds. Her hotel is all glass fronted and she didn't see any damage. Disneyland shut down, but I don't know for how long. Probably until they could inspect the rides. I was able to to contact her by cell about 30 minutes after the shake.

[mamafoxof3]

LOL It was on our news the second it happened because the newsroom started swaying. Always convenient when major events occur during the 11 am news. :)



I remember, I think it was the Whittier quake in the mid-80's, happened during the morning news, and Kent Shockneck (was that his name?) on Fox climbed under his desk on live tv.

That was funny.