La Habra Earthquake!
 

I thought this was it...thought this was the big one...it was only 5.1, it felt like 7 or 8! I'm in Fullerton, @ my aunt's house w/my 4 fur butts & it was centered in La Habra, very close to here, a neighboring city. The lights went out but came right back on. I saw all 4 fur butts scurrying around & trying to hide, my Mom was upstairs taking a shower...I screamed, was so F__ing scared...my hands were shaking for a good half hour. Cabinets opened up, stuff fell out, glasses broke, the garage is a mess, dvd tower fell over, stuff on fireplace mantle fell off...my aunt & uncle are in Korea. Cell phones didn't work for about half an hr, finally got to talk to my Dad in LA, he's ok. My other aunt in Fallbrook called to see if we're ok, she felt it too, she's close to San Diego. Hope everyone near here are ok! Priscilla, Uni & Toto are in Anaheim...close by. Learned on the news that there's a fault right under us!

Yikes! So glad you're all safe! That had to be terrifying!

Luckily, the P clan are in their new home far far away from the quake. Kaji and I are packing a weekend bag and heading over as I type. ;)

We felt a very soft sway out here. It lasted a VERY LONG TIME. First thing I did was check on Kaji to see if he was even reacting to the quake. He was cuddled into my leg and did not notice.

You must have been so scared. I was in a 6.4 in oregon a number of years ago. The water was sloshing out of the aquarium :eek: Strange thing, our dog actually starting acting weird a minute or so before it happened. She started walking around with her nose in the air like she was trying to sniff at something, going to the windows. Just very nervous acting. We have been having little small tremors here the last few days. I suppose from all the rain. And mudslides! Glad you and your family are all ok.

We actually heard it before it hit. It was weird!!! My brothers and I were watching tv and we all looked up at each other at the same time. One of us said, "earthquake?" then the house started to sway.

Omg I hate earthquakes, so scary! Glad you're okay:)

I still remember my first earthquake, the 7.1 Hector Mine Quake. I was on the fifth floor of a dorm in the top bunk and I thought my roommate was having a bit of fun with himself. So I yelled for him to quit it, it was 3AM and I was trying to sleep. But he kept going for what seemed like another minute, so I jumped down thinking I was going to confront him and saw the bed empty and realized he had gone home for the weekend. At 3AM my brain didn't put two and two together, so I was shocked 4 hours later when I got breakfast and everyone was talking about a huge earthquake.

Yeah, had that happen a few times where I'd be talking to someone and all of a sudden you hear a loud noise from the initial wave hitting the building, and then a couple of seconds later the next wave hits and you feel the swaying.

I can't even imagine how scary that must have been! Glad all is well now.

Yikes!!! Glad you and your family are all ok.

I'm in Bellflower. We felt it pretty good here..... Not as good as Fullerton, but we shook pretty good. I thought it was going to get bigger too.. It just kept going and going.

YES!!! It felt like it just kept going and going. I think me and the bros had an entire conversation during it.
Bro 1: "The house is swaying"
Me: "The house is just rocking back and forth."
Bro 2: "Is it over yet?"
Bro 1: "No not yet, still swaying."
Me: "Doesn't feel too hard, I wonder what magnitude and how far away the epicenter is?"
Bro 2: "I can't believe it's still going! The one from a few weeks ago was quick!"
Me: "There, it stopped. I wonder if Kaji noticed?"
*me looking down to my side"
Kaji: *yawn!!!* *rolls on back asking for belly rubs*
Me: "I guess not!"

LMBO!! I was shaking my daughter out of a sleep incase it got bigger I could make sure she is safe

Jenny, I am so glad you and the pupsters are safe. 5.1 is nothing to sneeze at, and I can imagine how scared you were that it was the really big one coming!

Have fun on your trip!

Oh my goodness, a 6.4 is significant! I've heard about animals sensing it coming. When we had ours in Virginia a couple years ago, I was surprised Max and Teddy did not react first. Teddy usually can tell when the garbage truck enters the neighborhood a mile away.

7.1 is huge! I went to school in Malibu, CA and we had a 5. something centered right off of our coast. Our dorm felt like it was being picked up and slammed down. The president of our school told us that the dorms were built to survive a 7.0 quake, but the mountains would probably crumble at 6. something. :eek:

I wish!! I'm busy cleaning my house and making it perfect for my little bro's surprise party next Saturday.

I thought you were serious and I was really jealous. P-Nut and Pickles's mom and I are dreaming of the SuperZoo Pet Expo in Vegas next year (I can't do it this year for sure). She has family there. You and Kaji would have to come!

Have fun with your little brother's party. If it were me, I would start cleaning next Friday night. :p

There were so many aftershocks, didn't get much sleep @ all...as soon as I dozed off, a jolt would startle me up. Mimi was very sensitive to all the aftershocks, she would start shaking, that's how I knew we had them, the ones I couldn't feel. Dang, I thought it was the end of the world, not kidding, it was so loud, it was rocking, shaking motion, I ended up on my knees, not sure if I lost balance or got weak knees from being so scared. I couldn't do anything, couldn't grab any of the fur butts, they were scurrying around here & there, trying to hide. Things were being knocked over, glasses breaking, the angel porcelain collection my aunt has were decapitated!
Here's some cell phone shots of the damage in Fullerton, there were a couple of busted pipes which caused sinkholes in the ground. Some people had no water & there's many damage to the homes. There's so many cracks inside & outside of my aunt & uncle's home. My Dad is there tonight to fix things that fell (blind covers & lighting fixtures). I couldn't stay there any longer, felt the aftershocks this morning too, couldn't wait to get out of there! As we were leaving, there were news vans, taking pics.

How lucky is that car!Attachment 397802Attachment 397803 Not too far from the 1st sinkhole...Attachment 397804
Attachment 397805 There's a sinkhole in there...couldn't get any closer bc I had Princess & Turbo w/me, didn't want their paws to get wet w/that water...have no idea if it's toxic or not.

Have fun! The P clan got so lucky!

How unbelievably scary. :eek: SO glad you and the babies are ok.

Very scary! I can imagine it was very difficult to sleep with the aftershocks. Sorry to hear your aunt had so many things broken in her home. :( Glad you are all safe!

I've only experienced a few earthquakes here in Illinois. We are close to a fault line in Missouri and I think the strongest was a 4.0and that was strong enough. I can only imagine something in the 7.0 range. I'm not sure what the CA earthquakes feel like but the Illinois quakes feel like the ground is rolling.

I had no idea it was that bad ~40 miles away!

It depends. I've felt rolls, sways, and the nastiest one in 94 felt like it was everything at once.

Scary stuff to just see the effects of it on film but I cannot imagine the terror of going through those long, long seconds of shaking - not knowing if it's going to keep on or get worse or what! Then, those awful aftershocks!!!

What do your Yorkies and other pets do during the shaking, poor babies? Do they bark or run or what?

The nastiest one I can remember feeling, I was in elementary school. So it was the one in the 80's. It felt like someone picked up the house off the ground and was shaking it around. Stuff got thrown everywhere and I almost got knocked in the head with a night stand mirror that fell in my room.

Yes, the one a couple days ago, the people in fullerton and la habra and those cities felt it much worse than I did here. I am about 13 miles away from fullerton.

I still have heavy paintings and stuff of the wall for the time being at my house right now. Especially the ones above beds and couches where anyone might doze off. I kept hearing the window rattle last night and it was freaking me out.

OMG, I can't imagine the damage a 7 or higher will make...scary thought! I couldn't believe that this one was only 5.1...maybe bc we were right on top of the fault line. It felt like we were being shaken back & forth, up & down nonstop. I didn't know if it was gonna stop, really thought we were gonna die! I really started panicking when the lights went out (I think that's when I screamed), TG they came back on right away.

All I could think of was my fur butts & kept a mental note of where each of them scurried to...they all went in different directions. Mimi went in the kitchen where the glasses were broken but she was ok, she just stood there, frozen in fear. Momo came running to my lap afterwards, the partition door that closed off the family room (where we were staying) opened up & I found Princess in the dining room, right next to the table. Turbo was right next to the coffee table in the living room. They're smart! I learned from them what to do next time (knock on wood).

So last night, felt a couple of aftershocks, but they were not jolts, maybe bc we're back in LA. It was a slight rolling-moving feeling. When I was in Fullerton, it felt like someone bumping on the sofa real hard & the scary noise that goes along w/it. Big difference. Talked to my Mom this morning, she's still in Fullerton & she said there were several aftershocks that she felt...she's coming home today, she doesn't want to stay there any longer!

Here's some more cell phone pics of the inside of my uncle's home. This line of crack goes all the way across the room! Attachment 397814 All the furniture (even the refrigerator) is out of place. All the drawers & cabinets were open, the contents inside spilled out.

The cabinets on the floor were on top of the cabinet in the corner. I think one was on the other side of the wall.:eek: Everything fell of the bookcases & desks. The printer & keyboard was in awkward places, upside down, my Mom put it upright here.Attachment 397815

This is the bathroom ceiling light, one plastic partition fell off & cracked, the other ones are just hanging there by the edges. Attachment 397816 These 3 pics above are from upstairs, lots of things got moved around.

Fireplace, there's crack lines like this all over the house & outside too. Attachment 397817

Those pictures are just heartbreaking! Your poor uncle! I know he's just sick about his home. I had no idea that much damage was done in some homes! I hope his insurance company is generous with the poor guy.

Sounds like the little doggies know there is real danger and they react just as people do when they hit. I'm sure glad Mimi, Momo, Princess and Turbo weren't injured! I've heard animals can sometimes predict a coming quake and head for "the hills" so to speak. Too bad they can't tell us about it if they can get early warnings.

Were anyone's dogs restless or behaving unusually ahead of the quake?

Not charlie.. He barked at me freaking out while it was going on though. lol

ROTFL. Typical of some terriers to bully their way through scary things!

Haha! I never thought of it that way... Too funny!! lol