silenus started a new thread for today’s earthquake.
If you can, tune into ESPN2 in about 15-20 minutes. They are showing the WSOP on 30 minute delay (commentators are live, action is delayed by 30 minutes). The commentators talked about their reactions as it happened. I’d expect to see some very interesting onscreen reactions in a few minutes…
Yeah, yesterday was a foreshock. That’s what Lucy Jones (USGS “lady” referred to upthread) said. It was very rolly where we are (near LAX). Scary because it lasted a long time - maybe 30 to 45 seconds. Doesn’t sound like much, but it feels like forever when you’re going through it.
I’m still dizzy and a little nauseated.
I’m in the San Fernando Valley. I felt both quakes, but today’s was much less scary because I was outside, and only felt the sidewalk trembling. Being inside my house is torture because things rattle so much, and I always expect to hear things crashing and breaking. 
At lunch CNN was going on about another quake. Are they still talking about #2, or has there been a #3?
There have been dozens. But two bigguns.
The m6.4 in Searless Valley on July 4 and the m7.1 in Ridgecrest on the 5th.
I felt both in Las Vegas, about 250 miles away.
Thanks for the direct links, friedo. I did my civic duty and reported my observations for the July Fourth quake, but the page for last night’s bigger one is still borked. Specifically, the quake is titled “undefined” and going to the Felt Report page gives you the usual form to fill out but it won’t submit the info because there’s still no designated event linked to it.
edit: For the record, I felt the first in Huntington Beach and the second in Fountain Valley.
I filled out a Felt Report and shared the link on Facebook. Thanks for posting it, friedo.
Cool! Thanks for that, friedo. I’ve submitted my report.
actually, I felt an aftershock about 10 minutes before the 7.1 and felt one after about midnight or so … I’m 86 miles from Ridgecrest
Just to be clear: (I grew up in Ridgecrest, so I know the area)
The July 4th quake had an epicenter between Ridgecrest and Trona (a small, unincorporated community of a couple thousand 20 miles or so to the ENE), on the grounds of the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station. That quake was M6.4, and the epicenter is apparently at the intersection of two perpendicular faults. It was preceded by a smaller M4 quake about 30 min. prior. The July 4th quake caused two homes to burn and displaced a few mobile homes in Ridgecrest; damage in Trona was slightly worse, but much of that town consists of abandoned homes.
The July 5th quake had an epicenter roughly 8 mi. to the WNW of the 7/4 quake, along the fault line that trends NW to SE. It was a M7.1 quake, preceded by a roughly M4 quake just a few minutes prior. The epicenter of this quake is also located on the NAWS China Lake base. The July 5 quake caused a few more fires (mostly in mobile homes), knocked out gas and electricity to some places in the Indian Wells Valley (where China Lake and Ridgecrest are) as well as the Searles Valley (where Trona is). There was no loss of life from either quake, nor any substantial injuries.
The main difficulty following both quakes was that the water line that carries potable water from the Indian Wells Valley to the Searles Valley was busted. Ground water in Searles Valley is brackish, and not used for drinking. All potable water is pumped from the ground in the IWV, and transported along a roughly 25 mi. water main to Trona area. The 6.4 busted that; they fixed it, only for it to rupture in a different place during the 7.1. Both are fixed now, and Trona has potable water.
My hometown has had enough for quite a while.