# That's the 4th felt earthquake to hit Central California in 42 hours **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797 "2020-06-24T18:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797/21 "2020-06-25T01:32:22Z")
Leave us not forget major civil unrest and North Korean saber-rattling. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797/22 "2020-06-25T01:34:11Z")
According to my geologist BIL, Sacramento is in a quite seismically stable area. His professional opinion is that earthquakes are not a likely problem here. He thinks if one comes up we can feel here, it’s going to be a huge deal near the actual fault. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797/23 "2020-06-25T02:22:28Z")
Report from friend in Bishop: > [@](#): > > Downgraded to 5.8 but it was nonetheless a humdinger. > > In Lone Pine (the nearest town to the epicenter) some stuff fell off shelves, some driveways were damaged, and at Whitney Portal truck-sized boulders rolled down into the campground. A rock slide also blocked a nearby road (Horseshoe Meadow). > > Here we had it much easier. Strong rattling followed by a looooooong roll. Like many 10s of seconds during which the house felt like a boat on a sea that is slightly wavy. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797/24 "2020-06-25T04:45:17Z")
Story in the Sacramento Bee: [Earthquake rumbles California — 5.8-magnitude temblor strikes near Lone Pine](https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article243767312.html) > **[Earthquake rumbles California — 5.8-magnitude temblor strikes near Lone Pine](https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article243767312.html)** > > Did you feel it? Moderate earthquake in Owens Valley of Eastern California felt in Sacramento, Frenso, L.A. Hey! Where’s my Onebox? ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797/25 "2020-06-25T05:17:08Z")
Lone Pine? That’s that shopping mall near where that kid grew up – what was his name? Oh, yeah: Calvin Klein. –G! ‘Cause the free wind is blowin’ through your hair And the days surround your daylight there… –Dewey Bunnel (America) Ventura Highway Homecoming ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797/26 "2020-06-26T05:04:07Z")
I live on the Central Coast of California. My Smartphone has an app called “Quake Alert” which gives a few seconds to around a minute or so warning before the shaking starts (It uses your GPS location, and will not work outside of California). It startled me and when I opened up the app, it said it had occurred around Lone Pine area. Since the chandelier and wind chime were in the living room, I walked in and waited. About ten second later the wind chime gave a tink (P-Wave?), followed about 30 seconds later by the chandelier starting to slowly swing (Rayleigh & Love waves, I guess). Standing there, I did not few the earth “tremble” beneath my feet. Did an entry into the “Did you feel it?” at the USGS website. 37 people had already entered in their experience. After finishing my entry, I refreshed it about 10 minutes later and something like 2,000+ folks had done the same. I asked others if they felt the quake, but no one responded in the affirmative. Being that we’re so far away (175 miles), only those who sitting in chairs or lying in bed would have possibly felt it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-4th-felt-earthquake-to-hit-central-california-in-42-hours/912797.md?page=1)