# Did you just feel that? --July, 2010 LA edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911 "2010-07-07T23:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 7, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/1 "2010-07-07T23:56:23Z")
I have a feeling that was a really minor quake, but from 40 floors up in downtown, it didn’t feel so good. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/2 "2010-07-07T23:57:23Z")
I’m down North of San Diego and it was two short, stiff jolts. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/3 "2010-07-07T23:58:07Z")
4:54pm PDT. Coyote Creek fault, south of Palm Springs. About a 5.5, I’d guess. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/4 "2010-07-08T00:00:18Z")
Yeah. Nice jolt out here on the coast North of San Diego. Always a good time. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/5 "2010-07-08T00:03:35Z")
They’re saying a 5.7 right now, possibly an aftershock to the Easter Sunday earthquake down on the CA/Mexico border. The epicenter is somewhere near the Salton Sea. ETA: Now downgraded to a 5.4. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/6 "2010-07-08T00:08:18Z")
It was as big as a 5.4? That’s surprising. I would have guessed it was in the mid 4s, but I’m in an office building that’s been earthquake proofed so everything feels like an easy roll. Also I’m only on the fifth floor. My wife works on the 12th in Beverly Hills and just about freaked out. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/7 "2010-07-08T00:12:01Z")
I heard it was a 5.7 near Hemet? My grandfather in Riverside felt it sharply; it was much lighter but definitely felt like a 5+ here near CSULA. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/8 "2010-07-08T00:18:10Z")
Other people in my office in Santa Monica felt it, but I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/9 "2010-07-08T00:23:55Z")
Waiting to hear from my parents in Temecula ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/10 "2010-07-08T00:26:22Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Other people in my office in Santa Monica felt it, but I didn’t. Same here. Some guy was running out the building as I was leaving work (in Northridge) and said “did you feel that?”. I was like, “feel what?” ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/11 "2010-07-08T00:28:16Z")
[5.4 near Borrego Springs.](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci10736069.php) I was sitting on the toilet at the time… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/12 "2010-07-08T00:30:12Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > [5.4 near Borrego Springs.](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci10736069.php) I was sitting on the toilet at the time… Cause, or effect? 😉 ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/13 "2010-07-08T00:31:29Z")
Nothing in Santa Barbara. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/14 "2010-07-08T00:49:50Z")
I was sitting at home in Tarzana and definitely felt it. Not too bad. If it really was a 5.5, it must’ve been centered pretty far away. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/15 "2010-07-08T00:53:52Z")
Merged duplicate threads. I can only assume **silenus** needed those two extra minutes to crawl through the rubble to get to the computer. 😉 Seriously – glad y’all are okay, a big earthquake is scary as hell. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/16 "2010-07-08T01:37:28Z")
I was very excited to feel it here in El Segundo. Just made my chair move a bit and the blinds were rocking gently. All of the time I’ve spent in California before, and this was the first one. Some others here noticed it, some didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/17 "2010-07-08T01:41:26Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Cause, or effect? 😉 Well, I did have chili last night for dinner… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/18 "2010-07-08T02:01:41Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Seriously – glad y’all are okay, a big earthquake is scary as hell. Eh. It wasn’t that bad, or that scary. And it seems to have been centered in a not-very-populous area. Now, the Northridge quake…THAT was scary as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/19 "2010-07-08T02:07:41Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Waiting to hear from my parents in Temecula All is well. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911/20 "2010-07-08T02:11:31Z")
I felt in Simi Valley, but I think only because I was napping at the time. It was just sort of rolly and long. It didn’t even bother our scaredy-cat [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-just-feel-that-july-2010-la-edition/545911.md?page=2)