# 4.0 quake in L.A. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513 "2012-05-30T05:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/1 "2012-05-30T05:22:44Z")
Epicenter off Malibu. Gave us a nice sharp jolt in Westwood. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/2 "2012-05-30T05:28:50Z")
Like a _short, sharp shock_? Glad you’re ok. A 4.0 isn’t much, at least, up here. We get little ones all the time. Apologies to Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/3 "2012-05-30T05:36:03Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Glad you’re ok. A 4.0 isn’t much, at least, up here. We get little ones all the time. It’s been a couple of years since the last one big enough for me to notice. This was enough to startle the dog. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/4 "2012-05-30T05:37:26Z")
Didn’t feel it here in the SGV. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/5 "2012-05-30T06:14:51Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Apologies to Pink Floyd Gilbert & Sullivan, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/6 "2012-05-30T06:22:17Z")
Of course. But don’t call him Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/7 "2012-05-30T07:08:17Z")
Nice little “burp” of a quake you had there. We’ve had four M4.0+ within 30 miles of Tokyo in the past 24 hours. Quakes are nothing new. I was born and raised in the SGV. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/8 "2012-05-30T07:08:57Z")
Not felt here in Carson, and probably not in Long Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/9 "2012-05-30T14:42:47Z")
SFV, and I felt it. It wasn’t huge. But, I was playing the final level of Diablo 3 at the time, and it was… effective. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/10 "2012-05-30T14:50:13Z")
Didn’t feel a thing further inland. It takes more than a 4.0 to make me notice. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/11 "2012-05-30T16:36:32Z")
4.0 is just strong enuf to stir the coffee. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/12 "2012-05-30T18:04:10Z")
Felt nothing… :mad: This sucks! I want a big earthquake to hit us. Damn it, its boring around here! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/13 "2012-05-30T20:55:33Z")
Westside. I’d just gotten home and thought my eyes were vibrating from a long day in front of the computer. Chose not to play Diablo 3. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/14 "2012-05-30T20:59:51Z")
_yawn_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-0-quake-in-l-a/623513/15 "2012-05-30T21:55:45Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > SFV, and I felt it. Likewise. I thought it was an earthquake, but wasn’t sure. I asked my wife if she’d jostled the bed, and she said no, she thought that I had. Turned on the news, and they didn’t say anything about it, so I forgot about it. One of the briefest shakings I’ve ever felt in a quake.