# Quake in L. A. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898 "2015-04-30T14:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/1 "2015-04-30T14:57:14Z")
BOOOmp!rattlerattle. Here in Carson, no less! Nodamage or injuries. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/2 "2015-04-30T15:24:46Z")
San Fernando Valley here, didn’t feel a thing. USGS reports it’s only 3.4 - did you just move here or something? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/3 "2015-04-30T15:27:45Z")
Quake in L.A. Rainy in Seattle Boring in Kansas Pope is Catholic ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/4 "2015-04-30T15:29:06Z")
The epicenter [is in Carson.](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-36-earthquake-quake-strikes-near-carson-20150430-htmlstory.html) ETA: @ **buddha\_david** ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/5 "2015-04-30T15:58:42Z")
Huh. Thought that was my imagination. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/6 "2015-04-30T16:09:04Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > San Fernando Valley here, didn’t feel a thing. > > USGS reports it’s only 3.4 - did you just move here or something? 🆒 You should have been here in L.A. in the old days, when I was young. We had 9.8 quakes every week or so and thousands died. Oh, we used to pray for 3.4 quakes! Carl Richter himself used to drink with us and say, “Oops! There goes another one! Nine point five, at least! Ah, well. another five hundred dead, I suppose. And some people will complain about it and promise to move back to Iowa.” And you know, young people these days find it hard to believe. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/7 "2015-04-30T16:10:13Z")
Since this is in Café Society… [_Earthquake Song_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_mvejvEdKc) All about earthquakes in L.A. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/8 "2015-04-30T16:20:19Z")
Didn’t feel a thing here… ---
**Author:** ![Richey84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Richey84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richey84)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/9 "2015-04-30T19:10:13Z")
Nothing in Glendale. What a bore. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/10 "2015-04-30T19:30:28Z")
3.4? I _belch_ higher than that! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/11 "2015-04-30T19:37:48Z")
Yeah, a snowplow driving past the house is about a 3.4. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/12 "2015-04-30T20:42:35Z")
If the class valedictorian can get that in their GPA…then it’s not news. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/13 "2015-04-30T20:51:21Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > If the class valedictorian can get that in their GPA…then it’s not news. Valedictorian with a 3.4? Did you go to school in the Appalachians? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/14 "2015-04-30T20:54:07Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Valedictorian with a 3.4? Did you go to school in the Appalachians? I’ll have you know that I went to school in the Appalachians and our valedictorian had a gpa higher than he could count! He was THAT SMART! Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/15 "2015-04-30T21:36:53Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’ll have you know that I went to school in the Appalachians and our valedictorian had a gpa higher than he could count! He was THAT SMART! > > Oh wait… Just wait until he gets to college, some 'rithmetic requires taking off shoes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/16 "2015-04-30T21:42:07Z")
Did not feel it this time at all. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/17 "2015-04-30T21:56:23Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Just wait until he gets to college, some 'rithmetic requires taking off shoes. > 😃 What shoes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/18 "2015-04-30T22:21:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What shoes? > > 😃 Shoes DO come in handy when you’re skirting around the cars in the yard. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/19 "2015-05-01T00:15:24Z")
Moving over to MPSIMS for you. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898/20 "2015-05-01T00:24:05Z")
Move it to Oklahoma, that’s where all the cool earthquakes are now . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898.md?page=2)