yes, we felt that earthquake....if you were anywhere in So.Cal. at 8:39pm Sunday, you prolly felt it too! I was sitting in the office and the Dearest was watching TV upstairs, waiting for the small men to fall asleep (they go to bed at 8pm).
My neighbor, Mrs. J, was supposed to come over and pick up some photos I had printed for her. So when I heard a rumbling noise, I thought it was Mrs. J knocking on my front door. A few seconds later it sounded like the small men were jumping up and down in the room above my head....then I realized that no one was in that room, and the windows started to rattle, and I could hear the rumbling a LOT louder...
Now usually I stay put when there's an earthquake. Usually the quake is over before you even have time to start thinking "should I get up?"....but this shaker? It lasted a LONG time...I hate that feeling of "is it over? is it going to get worse?"
After a few seconds, the shaking hadn't stopped- in fact it got stronger. That was it: I jumped up and ran into the hallway, away from the windows (don't want that glass falling on me!). I had my hand on the doorjamb and could totally feel the house moving.
Finally the shaking stopped and I had a chance to holler up at the Dearest- who had run across the hall during the quake to check on the small men. Thank goodness they slept through the whole thing!
Me? I had to do some deep breathing to steady my hands and slow my racing heart down. LOL The Dearest and I then played the normal Californian's after-quake guessing game: "How strong was that quake?" I guessed 4.5.
The USGS originally said it was a 5, but downgraded it to a 4.7 this morning. It was centered in LA, about 60 miles from here. The worst part about this quake was how long it lasted...it felt much longer than any quakes we've felt recently! It's amazing how fifteen seconds can feel like an eternity when the ground under your feet is moving like the deck of a ship!
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