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I was asleep on about the 20th floor of a hotel in LA in 1992 when the 7.3 Landers and 6.5 Big Bear earthquakes hit [0]. The building (which I believe was on r
by ScottBurson 10y ago
I was asleep on about the 20th floor of a hotel in LA in 1992 when the 7.3 Landers and 6.5 Big Bear earthquakes hit [0]. The building (which I believe was on rollers) was rocking quite noticeably.
I wasn't afraid for myself, though by the large, low-frequency motion I could tell it was a very large earthquake whose epicenter was a good distance away. I hoped it hadn't just taken out San Diego.
Though I'll admit, to go back to sleep and then be wakened by a second large quake (Big Bear hit about 3 hours later; it is considered a separate quake rather than an aftershock) was starting to get a bit freaky.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Big_Bear_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Big_Bear_earthquake
- cgriswald 10y agoI can't even imagine. My daughter was born the day a 4.0 quake hit Piedmont, CA. I was in the fourth floor of a hospital in SF. The hospital beds were rolling around and I could feel the building moving. Very humbling for a guy from Minnesota who had only experienced minor quakes that didn't do much more than make it feel like a semi-truck was passing by outside. I don't know how I looked, but the mother of my child looked over at me and was like, "that was nothing."
- fibonachos 10y agoI was in the shower on the second floor of a house in Orange County during the second quake. That was a wild ride.