Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I feel the earth move under my feet

An earthquake shook Southern California earlier today. According to the US Geological Survey, it was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake centered in the Chino Hills area, about 23.7 miles (38 km) away from where I live, at 11:42am.

I was working at the time, and felt the P-wave a few seconds before the actual quake, which lasted, I guess somewhere between 5 to 20 seconds (yeah, my internal clock sucks). Afterwards, I looked around the apartment, and the only thing that fell over was the air freshener in one of my bathrooms.

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