LAist: Now that was a 4.5 Earthquake, Los Angeles

qwerty

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:36:36 -0800

Definitely felt it in Beverly Hills. My cats, however, slept right through it. I thought that animals were supposed to warn you about imminent natural disasters...

csharp7

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:42:29 -0800

Also felt it in WeHo. Woke me up - my first ever earthquake!! My dad (from Marina Del Ray) says it's like a rite of passage and now I'm a true Californian.

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:16:18 -0800

felt it in echo park. so...3.2 last week, 4.5 this week...what happens next week???

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:56:32 -0800

It woke me up in Sunland last night. I fell asleep on the floor so I thought something was seriously messed up with me when my whole body was shaking. I've never felt an earthquake before so I just went back to sleep hoping I was dreaming, but I was really relieved to find out in the morning that it was a quake and not some random physical problem on my behalf.

Zach Behrens

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:52:20 -0800

Sorry Jennvecc, but it was live at 1:27 a.m. :)

jennvecc

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:44:42 -0800

I felt it in Hollywood and thought I was crazy for a good long while. I wish LAist had reported on it earlier!

LA Bus Girl

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:44:33 -0800

Ali: I was in 2nd or 3rd grade for Northridge. Cried my eyes out, I was so scared.

Zach Behrens

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:37:27 -0800

Guest #9, as your neighbor who reported on it last night, I am not a light sleeper. Just don't go to bed until much later these days :)

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:45:05 -0800

Check out a movie of earthquake at http://shakemovie.caltech.edu/event?evid=14312160 ! Wow! Cool beans! Was it really felt that far?

Ali Miller

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:37:11 -0800

I was in WeHo and I felt it. Thanks for the report, Zach. Were any of you guys living here for the '94 quake? That pretty much traumatized me.

Sloane Berrent

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:27:32 -0800

I was up. I felt it. I was a lil scared not gonna lie. Thanks Zach for the info!

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:54:03 -0800

Hey, I live in Sherman Oaks and slept right through the thing, as did my fiancee and my mother in Van Nuys. You must be a light sleeper, Zach (or you weren't sleeping to begin with, I suppose).

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:50:03 -0800

I felt it in Venice

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:44:00 -0800

I felt it in fuckin' Burbank. My aparment complex must lie directly on a fault line or something because I've felt the last two and I would think that those would be too far away.

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:39:49 -0800

It moved through Watts too quickly to be felt.

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:33:02 -0800

Yes but was the earthquake felt in Watts?

Carrie Meathrell

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:47:19 -0800

Simi Valley represent!!! I was fast asleep, darn it!!!

LA City Nerd

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:06:15 -0800

Just to clarify... Earthquakes - no matter what have you been told - do NOT have epicenters. They occur along faults and shock waves that cause the vibration in the ground based on the shifting of the earth move in a linear direction from the "tear" where the shift begins. The waves move outward from there, and depending on the direction of the fault, the intensity of the shaking and waves is based on the geological make up of the surrounding area (silty, bedrock, etc.). Ask an earthquake expert for sure. But, beware of an aftershock (unless these are foreshocks, and then we're really in for it!). Check the probability of an "afershock" here.

Michele Reverte

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:44:11 -0800

Maybe it's just the fact that I haven't experienced an earthquake for a while...but that felt bigger than a 4.5. Love the map to the epicenter.

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:42:55 -0800

ah, its nice to see laist up and ready to report!!