Socal: I Love Earthquakes

The epicenter was between Citrus and Sierra, just north of the shopping center there. It felt like something picked up my house and slammed it back down. It was a real jolt.

I sadly missed it.

My buddy in Corona felt it but I did not in San Diego

I felt it here in Irvine. Nice roller.

The Whittier quake in 87 was my first one and I love it.

The Northridge quake though was a huge bummer. Loss of life, freeway collapse, the whole enchilada. That morning made them re evaluate their conventional thinking that with every quake you had an epic center and energy diminishes as it radiates out. At 4:19 AM there was the large epic center in Northridge but also a smaller one very close to the South Bay where my home of 17 years in Hermosa was. Believe there was one other smaller one but CRS the details.

All I can say is up until that morning earthquakes had always been fun. That morning was definitely NO FUN as I have never been shaken that much. It was like we were vibrating then a big slam. Scared me and I'm fearless.

One reason I'm glad I'm in OK now. Got my fill of them when I lived in SoCal and when I was stationed in Guam. No thanks...

Felt it in Yorba LInda.

Rock, those were all big quakes. As a kid, the Sylmar quake was scary.

Was in Hermosa a couple weeks ago. Still a purty place.

Pretty shallow one. The always feel so much more violent.

Personally after 4 major ones over 2 years (2010-2012) and about 10.000 aftershocks it made us move out of New Zealand. Living next to the epicenter was no fun. Although dealing with insurance & government agencies was a worse experience.

Two more, one last night center near Corona and another this morning in Fontucky

Better than tornadoes and hurricanes.

Um lots have lived through earthquakes.
Not many want to say....hey I got woke up when a tornado blew the house to a million pieces.

I had relatives that lived in NOLA when Katrina or Rita hit.

They left that dump and actually live right on a fault in LA now. Earthquakes are relatively nothing.

We don't have earthquake season.

I had an awesome teacher at Humboldt State, Gary Carver, who knew everything about the Pacific Northwest. The guy was a little crazy, showed up to teach in rubber boots covered in mud and looked like he just rolled out of bed from a late night in the field and was extremely enthousiastic about geology! Here's a picture for reference...

Northridge was 20 years ago today I was a freshman in high school lol







Landers quake was worse for us considering we lived in the IE at the time. Not many people remember that Landers (7.3) was followed by the Big Bear quake (6.5) 3hrs later. Good thing they were centered in sparsley populated areas. I remember looking out the window and seeing transformers popping for miles and miles

Those aren't any fun either but...at least you have a little/some warning w/ those. Maybe I should just move to Lake Havasu...

I remember seeing the pics of the Slymar quake when I was living in Ohio thinking WTF man. You went through that?

Hermosa has become quite the upscale beach town rivaling Manhattan and Redondo Beach. It is amazing how much Hermosa has changed from a funky little beach community that I moved into. Beginning of the end for old Hermosa was 91 when lower Pier Avenue became a promenade plus the Either or Bookstore closed along about that time. Still a killer place without a doubt.. The strand that runs along Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach is so nice for walking/rollerblading/bicycling and is a feature not many communities offer.

Thought I had died and gone to heaven when I got to Hermosa in the summer of 86 escaping a summer heat wave in Ohio over 94 plus degree temps with 94 percent humidity.

I could go on and on. Have beaucoup good memories of life in the South Bay.