# Anyone else feel the earthquake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501 "2003-12-22T19:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/1 "2003-12-22T19:25:07Z")
There was just a mild/medium sized earthquake in Santa Barbara about five minutes ago. A slow roller. Anyone else feel it? I hope there wasn’t a huge one far from here. Check in Golden State Dopers. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/2 "2003-12-22T19:30:34Z")
Felt it. Very slow and long roller. No problems here in north L.A. County. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/3 "2003-12-22T19:30:40Z")
I’m guessing some did…CNN is saying it was a 6.5, centered about seven miles north of San Simeon. That’s quite a ride! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/4 "2003-12-22T19:31:51Z")
We felt it in San Jose - in fact, ran down 11 stories to the street. It wasn’t a little one. ::heart pounding:: ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/5 "2003-12-22T19:34:01Z")
I barely felt it here in Woodland Hills, though of course everyone is using it as an excuse not to work. Me, I don’t need an excuse. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/6 "2003-12-22T19:41:44Z")
I didn’t feel it here on the desert east of the Sierral Nevadas. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/7 "2003-12-22T19:42:27Z")
Didn’t feel it here, too far north but friends and familiy in SF and LA felt it. Hope everyone is ok. [Here](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/32.42.-125.-115.html) is my favorite earthquake tracking site: Looks like some nasty aftershocks too. Twiddle ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/8 "2003-12-22T19:49:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Twiddle \* > **Looks like some nasty aftershocks too.** Really? Felt the 6.5 here in Redwood City, didn’t feel any aftershocks. My son, over in the East Bay, says he didn’t feel a thing, just a bit dizzy. ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/9 "2003-12-22T19:49:51Z")
Got over a minute of swaying on the 5th floor here in Pomona (20 miles east of downtown). Talked to my dad in El Segundo and he didn’t feel a thing. I could chalk it up to the fact that my campus lies directly on a major earthquake fault and we might have just been feeling it “down the line.” Entire dad’s side of the family lives in Cambria, 6 miles from the epicenter. Aunt’s not picking up her phone at work, hope everyone is OK! ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/10 "2003-12-22T19:51:15Z")
I didn’t feel it. **Rico** is at work in Anaheim. When I called to see if it was ok, he said he hadn’t heard there was a quake but he thought he’d felt something. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/11 "2003-12-22T19:51:43Z")
Downtown SF checking in… On the 7th floor of One Sansome, it wasn’t felt, but someone heard the windows creak. At 5th & Mission, it was very slightly felt on the 5th floor. Again, the windows made it obvious - in this case, the cords for the window shades were bouncing gently against the window frames. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/12 "2003-12-22T19:55:15Z")
I didn’t feel it in San Francisco, though at least one person I know here did. And I’m sure the two people I know who’re driving from SLO to the Bay Area today may have noticed 'em. ---
**Author:** ![deadeyesdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@deadeyesdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadeyesdad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/13 "2003-12-22T19:56:32Z")
Bakersfield, I was driving so I did not feel it. My wife and kids did. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/14 "2003-12-22T19:56:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gotpasswords \* > \*\*Downtown SF checking in… > > On the 7th floor of One Sansome, it wasn’t felt, but someone heard the windows creak. > > At 5th & Mission, it was very slightly felt on the 5th floor. Again, the windows made it obvious - in this case, the cords for the window shades were bouncing gently against the window frames. \*\* To be specific, I’m at Geary & Divisadero, the other person I talked to is in the Sunset. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/15 "2003-12-22T19:57:48Z")
Woodland Hills here, too… at first, I thought I was feeling a bit dizzy, then noticed that it wasn’t _me_ swaying back and forth. My kitchen light, which hangs down from the ceiling, was swinging. I’m surprised, though, because it was just a long, slow roll by the time it got here. Still, a 6.5 is nothing to sniff at–it’s still a major shaker. And, in watching the CBS local news, apparently this is a faultline that hadn’t been discovered until just now. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/16 "2003-12-22T19:59:38Z")
[Here’s a link to the SCEC realtime map](http://www.data.scec.org:3128/recenteqs/Maps/121-35.html) with clickable links on individual events. A 6.5 is a real waker-upper. Probably some homeless folks as a result of it… We felt it here in the office in Pomona. I thought it was vertigo for a moment, but it was real motion… lasted about 10-20 seconds… All S-waves. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/17 "2003-12-22T19:59:45Z")
Lasted about a minute, I guess… It woke me up. House was shaking; it was pretty freaky. More rocking than traditional jolts though. But still strong. No aftershocks felt at the moment. It actaully didn’t bother me too much. Either I was too tired to notice or I’m just getting used to it. Chau ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/18 "2003-12-22T20:03:59Z")
My friend Donna in L.A. says, “i held on to both sides of my desk - it’s the weirdest thing - everything goes sideways …” Apparently the quake knocked out her cap keys . . . ---
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/19 "2003-12-22T20:04:30Z")
I’m here in the City of Industry, and I felt it. I was on the phone with a customer, and just thought I was really dizzy until the other girls in my department commented on it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501/20 "2003-12-22T20:05:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ñañi \* > \*\*Lasted about a minute, I guess… It woke me up. > > \*\* Hey **ñañi**. Long time… Nice to see a fellow Barbarian every once in a while. Haj [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-the-earthquake/220501.md?page=2)