Didn't fall in to the ocean

[DollyKim]

So far it looks like the news is making a bigger thing out of the earthquake than most Californians. It was a long one but out in the desert. No damage on my end of town, just a freaked out dog, we build to code for these things.

[embyquinn]

Glad to know you're safe. I live at the corner of Tornado Alley and Hurricane Central, we get floods almost on a weekly basis and I'm used to extreme weather, but earthquakes scare the screaming blue f*** out of me.

Did I mention there is actually a fault line in the Gulf and we get minor earthquakes in Mobile occasionally? About twenty years ago we had a quake in the middle of the night and it scared me so bad I couldn't go back to sleep.

After Katrina a friend of mine tried to convince me to move to Cali to escape the hurricanes, and I said "Trade tornadoes and hurricanes for earthquakes, mudslides, and forest fires? No thanks." But mostly the earthquakes. I don't think I could cope.

[DollyKim]

I live in an area where 3 faults intersect and we get almost annual magnitude 5s. Most of it feels like being on a waterbed or a rollercoaster on a lift chain and by the time you realize it's an earthquake its over.

[Stormlight]

Twice in my life I felt an earthquake in southern PA, and both times I thought they were explosions, they started and ended so fast. Only found out later on the news they were actual earthquakes. Maybe a couple of seconds each. Kinda freaky.

Can't imagine living in an area where they happen daily and to more of an extreme. Glad to know you're safe over there.

[yah]

I heard this news yesterday afternoon. You are OK, that's nice.

[davidd]

You had another one tonight (Friday), huh?

Relatives in L.A. said they didn't even feel it, but some people in western Utah claim they did.

[DollyKim]

Yup, a bigger one last night. I'm closer to the epicenter than "LA" and really felt it but there's still a mountain range between me and there.

[SetsunaKou]

Yup, a bigger one last night. I'm closer to the epicenter than "LA" and really felt it but there's still a mountain range between me and there.

:hugs: Thank God you're all right! I've been praying for your safety.

We all love you here!

[kenaiqueen]

Glad to hear you are okay. I know too well how scary those things can be!

[sadmac356]

Glad y'all are okay, I'd be freaked out, myself, since I'm not used to it.