# Decent sized earthquake **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954 "2008-12-06T04:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/1 "2008-12-06T04:33:41Z")
Epicenter is way out east of barstow and we felt it here in Van Nuys. Everyone ok? ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/2 "2008-12-06T04:39:14Z")
5.5, epicenter Ludlow, CA. I felt it in Simi Valley. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/3 "2008-12-06T04:49:10Z")
Nothing felt in San Pedro, but then we seldom do; all those rich people up on the hill must absorb the shock waves. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/4 "2008-12-06T04:52:42Z")
Tarzana here, definitely felt it. Didn’t feel like a particularly big one, but the epicenter being so far away would explain that. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/5 "2008-12-06T05:03:17Z")
I didn’t feel it here in Lancaster. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/6 "2008-12-06T05:28:39Z")
North San Fernando Valley here. Felt it, but nothing worth writing home about. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/7 "2008-12-06T05:49:22Z")
That’s so weird, because I’m in Woodland Hills, and I certainly didn’t feel it. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/8 "2008-12-06T06:04:20Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > That’s so weird, because I’m in Woodland Hills, and I certainly didn’t feel it. It knows better 😉 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/9 "2008-12-06T06:05:02Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > That’s so weird, because I’m in Woodland Hills, and I certainly didn’t feel it. Strange how it works. I just spoke to a friend who lives even closer to me than you do; he’s just on the other side of Reseda Blvd. from me, and he didn’t feel it either. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/10 "2008-12-06T06:15:18Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Strange how it works. I just spoke to a friend who lives even closer to me than you do; he’s just on the other side of Reseda Blvd. from me, and he didn’t feel it either. It’s also entirely possible that it rolled through here but we were too distracted by putting a very uncooperative toddler to bed to notice. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/11 "2008-12-06T08:30:58Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > That’s so weird, because I’m in Woodland Hills, and I certainly didn’t feel it. Same here, didn’t feel a thing. Which is strange, because the Chino Hills quake in July rocked me right outta bed. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/12 "2008-12-06T10:42:10Z")
[14 aftershocks already!](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-125.-115_eqs.php) ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/13 "2008-12-06T16:29:32Z")
Downgraded to a 5.1 now. I was in Pasadena, and didn’t feel it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/14 "2008-12-06T16:44:17Z")
Norwalk here. Didn’t feel a thing. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sized-earthquake/475954/15 "2008-12-06T20:02:32Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Same here, didn’t feel a thing. Which is strange, because the Chino Hills quake in July rocked me right outta bed. Yeah, I was at work in Chatsworth when that one hit, and we were required to evacuate the office.