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hey, earthquake, like right now



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2 miles SW of Chino Hills, magnitude 5.6

Really shook here; Shaking, then a loud boom, the harder shaking, probably 20 seconds or so.
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Felt it too, though not as much as Bob.
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5.6 at chino hills

it's very entertaining at 21 floors up..

well, the shaking was so-so, but all the women freaking out, running around, screaming, is really entertaining.
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they updated it to 5.8. Whee!
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Jeff Shyu wrote:5.6 at chino hills

it's very entertaining at 21 floors up..

well, the shaking was so-so, but all the women freaking out, running around, screaming, is really entertaining.
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Very strong here in the Newport Beach area.
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From the 9th floor in El Segundo it was really weird, kinda stopped and started 3 times.
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this high up, it never really felt like it stopped.

just swung really hard, then kinda slowed, and started again.
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My location was an estimated intensity of III according to the USGS website.
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Any body feel the aftershocks? I haven't. Mag up to 4.0
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oh, this is pure BULLCOCKY!

they've locked down the "highrise" elevators (floors 16-25), but locked down the fire exit stairs.

i've ordered my lunch, and now i can't get out of my f'n building..
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just a slight rock in San Diego
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Jeff Shyu wrote:oh, this is pure BULLCOCKY!

they've locked down the "highrise" elevators (floors 16-25), but locked down the fire exit stairs.

i've ordered my lunch, and now i can't get out of my f'n building..
Same here. Elevators went into "safety mode". Good thing I exercise. Lots of people are gonna be huffing and puffing. Imagine those on the 34th floor :)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/29/earthq ... index.html
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Must have been strongest for Seb? How was it?
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I'm a mile closer to the epicenter than Seb's house; where's his workplace? I wouldn't really want to be closer. :shock:
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Within a mile of Corona
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food tastes better after you climb 21 flights of stairs.. :evil:
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Seb and Shauna live about a mile east of me. This is the first quake I've felt since we moved in '99.

27 aftershocks; Kate Hutton of CalTech says it was a 5.4, so back down from 5.8.
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Shook pretty good in Newport. Good enough for my assistant to bolt.

Now our clerk is a college student from out of state, this will be her first. We'll see if she shows up for work in about 10 mins.
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Go to Google Earth and enter these co-ordinates: 33.955°N, 117.765°W. That's the epicenter which is just east of Sleepy Hollow in Carbon Canyon.
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Mako Koiwai wrote:Must have been strongest for Seb? How was it?
My office is right across the chino basin from chino hills (near the Corona Airport). It was pretty strong, but not enough to knock stuff of shelves. :roll:
The ladies screaming and running around was pretty funny though.
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What about the Robertsons? Anyone heard from them? They live in Chino Hills. Would hate to have anything fall on one of the corvettes :D
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I'm so mad... campus was closed and I had 2 big tests and a paper due... :twisted: :twisted:
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Michael Palero wrote:I'm so mad... campus was closed and I had 2 big tests and a paper due... :twisted: :twisted:
first day of the bar exam.. :)
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