SOCAL - did you feel that quake?

[shortBoarder]

1/23 at 7:43pm.

Scared the crap out of us here in Venice....

[SD1300]

Didn't feel anything down here in San Diego.

1/23 at 7:43pm.

Scared the crap out of us here in Venice....

[shortBoarder]

3.3 magnitude - the epicenter was (no joke) about a block away from my house.

wow that got the blood going

[Scar]

No shakin' going on this far south, Craig.

Lose any material items?

[skydivr]

That is why, while CA is a very nice place to visit, NEVER live there. I was out there on a business trip in the early 90's, and there was an earthquake. I was in a hotel room, buck naked asleep in the bed and it woke me up (I was young and studly then). I though, here I am, about to die, and they are gonna find me dead, naked in the dang bed....

[shortBoarder]

no, not big enough to damage anything, thankfully.

two big, sudden jolts and a lot of rumbling.

[Scar]

That is why, while CA is a very nice place to visit, NEVER live there. I was out there on a business trip in the early 90's, and there was an earthquake. I was in a hotel room, buck naked asleep in the bed and it woke me up (I was young and studly then). I though, here I am, about to die, and they are gonna find me dead, naked in the dang bed....

Better nekkid than in SpongeBob Square-Pants PJs! Me thinks...

[Scar]

no, not big enough to damage anything, thankfully.

two big, sudden jolts and a lot of rumbling.

There'll be the 'afters', too...

Stand by. Glad you're o.k.

[shortBoarder]

Better nekkid than in SpongeBob Square-Pants PJs! Me thinks...

I just ran into the street in my Batman Underoos. Very embarassing.

[Scar]

I just ran into the street in my Batman Underoos. Very embarassing.

[outtahand]

I just ran into the street in my Batman Underoos. Very embarassing.

Nothing in Pasadena.

I am a Batman fan

[mjn]

I just ran into the street in my Batman Underoos. Very embarassing.

Glad it was only a small quake man...

[shortBoarder]

The internet is amazing; here's the waveforms...

[outtahand]

How long have you been in SoCal Craig?
Guessing you weren't here on Jan 17, 1994...

Or maybe you were and they still make you jumpy... ?

[shortBoarder]

no, I wasn't here for Northridge; I moved from NYC in 1999.

[outtahand]

Ohhh... you're in Venice - that's why. If I remember right, the land there has a tendency toward liquefaction in an earthquake...

[outtahand]

Don't worry, it just felt really strong because the ground beneath you is not solid.

[shortBoarder]

We've actually had the soil tested here, and we're on hard clay, fortunately.

That was a relatively small quake, but it just happened to be directly underneath us, about 5 miles down.

[outtahand]

I just ran into the street in my Batman Underoos. Very embarassing.

Pics please.

[outtahand]

We've actually had the soil tested here, and we're on hard clay, fortunately.

That was a relatively small quake, but it just happened to be directly underneath us, about 5 miles down.

Clay has a high moisture content. It will transfer shock much more readily than say, the qranite under Manhattan.