EQ!

[furtech]

Wow-- pretty decent earthquake just now. Very close (by the type of shaking). I'm guessing about 4.5-ish? And epicenter around Sylmar. Still feeling some residual rumbling. Not even strong enough to toss stuff off the shelf, but certainly noticeable-- perfect "tourist quake".

EDIT: Yep! Pegged it: 4.5 NNW of Chatsworth. I got the distance right, but it was in the opposite direction, putting it around Towsley Canyon (where we hike a lot). Probably shook some boulders loose: not a great place to be during even a small tembler!

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[furtech.livejournal.com]

I was here for the Northridge Quake: this one was nothing like it-- just a little temblor. The '94 quake started off with a long, low rumble (barely perceivable) that kept going and going...and then rising in crescendo. Oddly, very much like the dramatic build in a climactic piece of music. And then the crescendo kept going and going, dying down but still shaking after many tens of seconds.

Typically, there are three kinds of small-quake "feels": "truck hitting side of house" (one big jolt); rolling, coming in waves (like your house is on a flatbad on a city street); shake-shake-shake like a big hand giving your house a friendly (but irresponsible) shake. This one was like the last--the notable motion lasting 1-3 seconds.

We've been having a lot of them recently-- hopefully pressure releases and not another big one.

[tori04.livejournal.com]

People up this way are describing it more in the rolly way. Actually a nearby person here, who was also here for the Northridge quake, got really freaked because she said the start of it felt exactly the same.