4.5


Last night’s earthquake (magnitude 4.5) felt different than other recent tremors. The best way for me to describe it:

I was in bed, sleeping, and I awoke and felt like a a rocket was speeding under the house. The windows and bed shook briefly, the room rocked, and then it was over. It seemed to last for about 5-10 seconds. I knew it was a bit more powerful than the other recent shakers we’ve had here in the SFV.

I am waiting, like everyone else, for the big one to hit and hope it does not….

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  1. I am waiting, like everyone else, for the big one to hit and hope it does not….

    Actual dialog from the first few seconds of the 1994 Northridge quake:

    [SFX: Low Rumble, distant car alarms…]

    Me: It’s an earthquake.

    [SFX: BOOOM! CRASH! SMASH! BOOM!]

    Her: (Shouting over the noise) It’s the Big One!

    Me: (Clinging desperately to bed) God, I hope so!

    🙂

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