Strong quake shakes Southern California

We felt it all the way down in Baja, Mexico.
I live in Mexicali and it seemed long!

Wow, I have been sitting here on the net for hours and didn't feel a thing. even though it was reported some in Vegas did.

Well, it looks like no one was killed or injured. Thank goodness for that.

Phase Two....

People felt it as far up the coast as Goleta, just North of Santa Barbara.

You highlight live coverage on a major earthquake and then make people sit through 29 seconds of useless advertizing. Wehre are your priorities?

I was sitting in a restuarant near Van Nuys and at first I thought someone was kicking our booth, then I felt a couple of harder jolts and knew it was an earthquake. Looked outside and saw some signs and telephone poles moving then that was followed by about a minute of gentle rolling. Nobody ran out or panicked and a few minute things were right back to normal.

I was talking to my husband on the phone, he was in Fontana, and I heard him ask someone there about an earthquake. Just as I said, 'what', I felt it in Victorville. I felt it before I could even ask him about the earthquake he was talking about. It felt pretty strong and it was more of a rolling than shaking. The building my husband was in was rocking he said. Quite a reminder that I need to get earthquake supplies!

I felt the quake in the Point Loma area of San Diego and my boyfriend felt it on the 35th floor of the office building he works in downtown San Diego. At first I wasn't sure what was going on, but after a second I realized it was a quake. Scared me to death, but I'm glad there were no injuries or any damage.

Long Beach Mem Medical Center is okay. Building really shook and the top floors swayed about 3 or 4 feet each way. All systems okay and business as usual. Currently in our disaster mode making sure patients and families are okay.

We felt it down in central San Diego. It was more of a side to side movement. We might have felt it more since we're on the 6th floor. First earthquake I felt in 3 years.

I broke two ribs in the Northridge earthquake in 1994; this was nothing in comparison. Some shaking/rolling, and everybody knew it was an earthquake, but it was no big deal.

We felt it in central San Diego. It felt like a gentle side to side motion. The motion seems to be heightened since I'm on the 6th floor. First one I felt in 3 years.

I am working in Las Vegas, NV on the 3rd floor of an office building and my co-worker and I felt it. I just thought I was having a bout of vertigo.

has anyone felt it by Twentynine Palms or Palm Springs.

I was watching the USGS spokesperson handing out info and I have to say that she wasn't quite accurate. I've lived in LA, at the beach in the South Bay, for 34 years and this was the second strongest quake that I've experienced (Northridge being the strongest). There was substantial shaking for 15-20 seconds followed by about 15 seconds of quiet and then a very strong side-to-side roll began that was in evidence for around 60 sec.

I am in Palm Desert and felt it. It was more like a rolling sensation out here. Still not a fun experience though, my second earthquake since moving out here from Colorado. I think I prefer the snow over earthquakes. =)

I am located in Bonita, CA which is about 7 miles from the Mexican border and we definitely felt it! I was surprised to find out it was so far away.

Am i Temecula, about an hour south of the epicenter. The quake lasted about 8 to 10 seconds here. Gentle rolling and a final bang that got your attention...then nada. Big coverage for an insignificant quake. Too deep underground to cause any damage, so let's all go nuts and get the earthquake kit coverage on TV for a few hours before we forget about preparedness until next time.

Does anyone know if it was felt in Twentynine Palms Cali. or near Palm Springs....=\

SURVIVING AN EARTHQUAKE

EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"

My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the
American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced
rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams
from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a
member of many rescue teams from many countries.

I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I
have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for
simultaneous disasters.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City
during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child
was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by
lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and
I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time
know that the children were told to hide under something.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings
falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a
space or void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life".
The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the
object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that
the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next
time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you
see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see,
in a collapsed building.

TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

1) Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position.
You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during
an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake.
If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created.
Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick
buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but
less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply
roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a
much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out
the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to
a sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is
killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the door jamb falls forward or
backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of
frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building).
The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each
other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get
on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly
mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the
stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the
stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when
overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety,
even when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible
- It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than
the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the
building the greater the probability that your escape route will be
blocked.

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls
in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened
with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of
the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were
all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or
lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had
been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the
crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had
columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices
and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.
Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is
experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!

"We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly"

In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be
correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of
Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific
test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten
mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins I used in my
"triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we
crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the
results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under
directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck
and cover.

There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using
my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions
of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen
in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV

Earthquake was felt while we in bed watching a movie it lasted about 5 minutes
the bed was shaking I turned to my and said are you shaking the bed?

I'm in downtown L.A. - on the 47th floor of a much taller building. We shook, swayed and rattled. Our telephones and elevators went down and some of our attorneys and staff turned ghostly white - even got motion sick from the swaying of the building. But, all in all, I've been in worse. My family is very near the epicenter and the teenagers thought it was "awesome" - no damage, no one hurt. No where near the Northridge quake of 1994.

I was speaking with my son, on the phone, in Camarillo, CA. He felt it all right. People in the apt. complex began going outside to check it out. Phone service was affected shortly afetr the tremor.