> This quake was larger than the destructive 1994 Northridge quake, which measured 6.6 magnitude.<p>This isn't entirely accurate. While it's "score" was higher, the magnitude doesn't account for things like the type of fault, the type of movement, the depth, the soil, the duration of movement, etc.<p>Northridge was far more severe than this one, with an "apparent magnitude" greater than 9.<p>Don't get me wrong, this one sucks for all the people affected, no doubt, but as someone who lived through Northridge very close to the epicenter, it's sort of personal to me.
Was giving my daughter a bath when it started. At first I thought I was fainting, because it was a really slow rolling motion like I was on a boat. Then noticed the shower door moving.<p>My daughter kept saying she wanted to go see the earthquake. I think she thought it was outside.
LA Times published an article earlier today about how yesterday's quake may have increased the strain and could lead to a larger one like this: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-did-california-earthquake-relieve-earthquake-stress-20190705-story.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-did-california-...</a><p>More info in this article (linked to from the one above): <a href="http://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/southern-california-m-6-4-earthquake-stressed-by-two-large-historic-ruptures-8976/" rel="nofollow">http://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/southern-california-m...</a>
When you go to that area and stand on one of the mountains -- say, on the west ridge of Death Valley -- you can clearly see how the region is a bunch of vertical columns of continental crust that have toppled over, like dominoes. If I call correctly, as the North American plate is pushed up, it gets pulled apart (because the Earth is spherical?) and the cracked pieces fall onto each other. The valleys in between fill with sediment over time, but get deeper also as the mountains roll over further.<p>Point is, I wonder if this was the sound of Badwater Basin (lowest point in North America) getting a little bit lower...
Recent LA transplant here. Fight or flight did not kick in. Instead, I was mostly confused and kinda paced about the flat while the earth shook. I always imagine myself acting quick on my feet like a movie hero. Two learnings; I know what an earthquake feels like and I need to increase my disaster preparedness.
Here to plug the American Red Cross emergency apps. They have high quality, offline-available info on preparation and survival of various natural disasters. I believe they also push out real time info on them about relief efforts, shelters, etc. Here is the Earthquake app: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earthquake-american-red-cross/id557946227" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earthquake-american-red-cross/...</a>
Maybe the timing was coincidental, but it looked like reddit was down for a few minutes after the earthquake (I checked some other sites to make sure it wasn't just my router being silly after power
came back). Reminded me a bit of how almost every news website (barring Slashdot) went down on 9/11. I wonder how many sites could handle the load if a serious disaster happened. Makes me reconsider where I'll be able to get info when something bad happens
I grew up in Ridgecrest during the time it became known for earthquakes (e.g. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k8f2gJjXkQ&feature=share" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k8f2gJjXkQ&feature=share</a> ). That commercial isn't far off in that it got to the point that we no longer ran for cover. I remember watching TV and feeling the ground roll underneath me and not being phased.<p>Random notes:<p>- The epicenters tends to be relatively close (<20 miles) and relatively shallow (<10 miles).<p>- I think the 7.1 brings this into the territory of stronger than we had growing up.<p>- I've seen people mention that it didn't impact a densely populated area. Normally I feel the same relief about that except this time I know the people which brings a different perspective<p>- My biggest concern is for those who were evacuated from the hospital in the 100 degree weather. A childhood friend's dad is bedridden, trying to recover, and is now out in the heat.<p>- I've seen reports of roads to towns like Trona being closed off. Unsure if that is all routes and how long until they re-open but that is probably my next biggest concern.
I was in the 8.8 earthquake in chile (2010), near the epicenter. for the following days, a lot of replicas over 7.0 occurred. if your construction follows the regulations, it will be fine (some minor repairs), but any structural damage can and will be the death sentence for that structure. In those times, we were worried about the lack of water,food and electricity.a big freezer stuffed with food can last a week without electricity, because of the insulation and the amount of water inside
What happened to proof reading? I do not understand how the second paragraph of a major article in the LA times could have an error like this:<p>"Scientists said it the fault causing the quakes appears to be growing."
We were rocking pretty good in Orange County. Can't imagine being at the epicenter. It lasted long enough to where we start questioning if we needed to do anything.
Was browsing hackernews and suddenly felt bed shaking , thought it was due to tiredness (been to beach).<p>First time felt earthquake .. Surreal experience
I'm flying to LA next week for the first time, and am a little worried after the quakes. I appreciate much of the comments on preparedness and observing what's happening around you, but am looking for some more details, like:<p>- how to spot "unreinforced masonry" in order to avoid it?<p>- why is a strong table to be looked for inside, to get underneath it?<p>- I would imagine basements are bad to be in, is that so?<p>- I would imagine upstairs is a bad place to be too, right?<p>- does the ground really split underneath your feet?
As someone living on the second floor of a rather old (built in 1940s) apartment building in Northern California, I’d love to hear any suggestions for ensuring it’s safe in the event of an earthquake like this.
I'm not saying this is related but I suddenly thought about the internet problems lately.<p>Animals sometimes can feel earthquakes coming. Little is known about this but it is suggested that it has to do with electromagnetic fields.<p>We experience problems on earth when there were bug sun flames.<p>Could a big earthquake influence our communications?
The earthquake even cause the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to lose its signal lock.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nascom1/status/1146904935843295233" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/nascom1/status/1146904935843295233</a>
This shook my hotel in Vegas. We evacuated but it was pretty minor. I'm glad to be leaving tomorrow!<p>The windows and doors were creaking and making loud cracking noises. Both times it felt like an unbalanced washing machine on a different floor.
I’m sure it must have been rough for people near the epicenter and I hope everyone is okay.<p>Here in Los Angeles we felt it for sure but a quick survey of friends around town indicates that there wasn’t much damage.
Bit off topic, but it's amazing when you're in another time zone how hard it is in 2019 to actually workout when an event occurred, there are dates everywhere attached to this event, some with the timezone listed, some without. When you do have the time zone, conversion isn't trivial.<p>I hope someday at least the Internet works on UTC :)