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Very strong earthquake at a safe distance out of the coast shakes Southern California and Northern Mexico (December 15, 2012)
- Moderate earthquake in the San Fransisco Bay Area (March 5, 2012)
- Strong earthquake in the greater Eureka area (February 13, 2012)
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake hits Northern California, USA (October 27, 2011)
- 2 shallow earthquakes strike near Berkeley, San Fransisco (October 20, 2011)
- Moderate earthquake near Riverside, California, USA (September 14, 2011)
- Moderate shallow quake in Central California (August 27, 2011)

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
USGS Northern California May 26 09:24 AM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 26 08:46 AM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 26 08:03 AM 3.3 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 26 07:56 AM 3.0 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 26 07:07 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 26 06:25 AM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Southern California May 26 01:58 AM 3.3 3 MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS Northern California May 26 00:29 AM 2.7 2 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Northern California May 25 22:27 PM 3.5 1 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 22:27 PM 3.5 0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Northern California May 25 18:43 PM 3.5 1 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 18:43 PM 3.5 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 17:35 PM 2.9 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 15:04 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 14:48 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Central California May 25 10:12 AM 2.7 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 02:27 AM 3.3 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 02:23 AM 3.0 0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 25 02:18 AM 2.5 1 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern California May 24 23:29 PM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
  • San Ysidro - I was brushing my teeth when I felt it.
  • Citrus Heights - I was in my wheelchair at my computer when I felt my wheelchair wiggly a little bit. I thought my dog was laying up against one of the back wheels on my chair scratching an itch (which he often does), but when I turned and looked for him, he was across the room sleeping! Hmmm...
  • USGS Northern California May 24 23:27 PM 2.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 21:32 PM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 18:58 PM 3.2 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 18:48 PM 3.2 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 18:43 PM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 18:22 PM 2.9 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 18:16 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 17:36 PM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 16:29 PM 2.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 16:29 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 15:26 PM 3.9 9 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Northern California May 24 15:26 PM 3.9 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 13:18 PM 2.9 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 12:36 PM 2.5 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 11:59 AM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
  • Whitehawk Ranch - Low frequency rocking of our house. Lasted about 20 sec. Our dog was not happy.
  • USGS Northern California May 24 11:40 AM 3.8 0 MAP I Felt It
  • red bluff - i was in the shower, interesting feeling?
  • EMSC Northern California May 24 11:40 AM 3.8 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 11:40 AM 3.8 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 11:21 AM 2.9 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 11:12 AM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 09:52 AM 3.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern California May 24 09:52 AM 3.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern California May 24 09:42 AM 3.9 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 09:42 AM 4.0 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 08:23 AM 3.1 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 08:15 AM 2.7 6 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern California May 24 08:02 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Northern California May 24 08:02 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 08:02 AM 4.9 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:59 AM 2.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:46 AM 3.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern California May 24 07:46 AM 3.7 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:38 AM 2.6 7 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:22 AM 2.5 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:20 AM 2.7 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:19 AM 2.5 7 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:10 AM 3.0 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 07:04 AM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 06:58 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 06:44 AM 3.4 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 06:37 AM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 06:31 AM 3.0 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 06:12 AM 2.7 3 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern California May 24 05:54 AM 4.7 99 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:46 AM 3.0 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:39 AM 2.9 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:24 AM 3.1 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:18 AM 2.9 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:13 AM 2.7 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:09 AM 2.9 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:06 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern California May 24 05:01 AM 3.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 05:01 AM 3.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern California May 24 04:58 AM 3.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:58 AM 3.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:58 AM 3.4 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:44 AM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:40 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:29 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:28 AM 2.5 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:25 AM 2.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:23 AM 2.6 5 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:09 AM 2.8 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:08 AM 3.4 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:07 AM 2.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 04:04 AM 2.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 03:55 AM 3.4 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Northern California May 24 03:55 AM 3.5 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 24 03:55 AM 3.4 6 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 03:51 AM 3.3 11 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 03:50 AM 4.2 11 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 24 03:48 AM 4.6 14 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Northern California May 24 03:47 AM 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Susanville - My cat started hissing 30 seconds before shaking started.
  • chico, ca - Lots of east-west rocking. Very exciting!
  • sacramento, ca - House shook three times for about five seconds
  • Chico, CA - Light rolling to start (I was sitting on the floor), followed by a larger, louder jolt that shook our two story house. Nothing toppled or fallen. Also readily heard and felt upstairs.
  • Elk Grove, CA - I felt light shaking for a few seconds.
  • Rio Linda, CA - As if someone were jerking my chair back and forth, followed by a couple of waves rolling underneath me, chandelier swayed about 3-4", lasted about 20 seconds Lived in CA all my life, this is strongest I've ever felt
  • Stockton, CA - felt ground shake a little. Window blinds moved back and forth a litttle.
  • Sacramento/Elk Grove - Was lying on the sofa watching T.V. Sofa suddenly vibrated quite a bit, like someone jerking it back and forth from behind. I sat up and noticed blinds and blind pulling strings swaying slightly. Lasted less than 1 minute.
  • sacramento - Sitting on second floor of 3-story apartment building - all 3 stories felt. Sat in roller chair on plastic surface and rolled a bit.
  • Sacramento/Elk Grove - Was lying on the sofa watching T.V. Sofa suddenly vibrated quite a bit, like someone jerking it back and forth from behind. I sat up and noticed blinds and blind pulling strings swaying slightly. Lasted less than 1 minute.
  • susanville - House shook twice about 3 to 4 seconds apart
  • Chico, ca - rolling waves in Chico, ca
  • mount shasta, ca - lasted quite a while - made me woozy!
  • Davis, CA - Rocking back and forth, watched the photos on the wall sway.
  • Elk Grove CA - Sitting in my garage office at home, felt a swaying, not sure if I was just dizzy or what, then hear rafters creaking, and saw blind cord swaying. Went to back yard and found water in pool going back and forth.
  • Nevada City - Long rumbling back and forth shaking, strong but not to knock anything over - like being on a train...
  • Lincoln, CA - Thought my son was hiding at the foot of the bed and shaking it.
  • Fair Oaks, CA - 8:48 pm PDT. Son & I felt lateral motion for about 20 seconds. Saw window blinds moving. Wife heard windows rattle but did not feel it.
  • Sacramento - Noticeable shaking while sitting; no visual movement of household items.
  • quincy - Crazy!
  • Bangor - My whole desk started lightly shaking for a few seconds. Thought it was the dog at first until I seen she was past out on the bed.
  • Grass Valley - At first just the back deck creaked and as I got up to see if someone was on it, a more pronounced brief shaking occurred. It woke up my daughter and the dogs too.
  • Lincoln CA - I thought my dog was shaking the chair
  • Davis Californai - It shook.
  • Red Bluff - Well According to my phone its 5/23/2013 but for some reason this site is saying its 5/24/2013.
  • los molinos - Felt shaking and light swaying
  • Applegate, CA - Mostly, what I noticed was that our ceiling fan was swaying.
  • chico - east west rocking motion alarmed me but nothing in house was shaking. This quake was felt more strongly than the big loma prieta quake was felt at this same location.
  • Gridley, CA - Watching tv show with my wife and the sofa started shacking back an forth. Looked at the fan lighting and knew it was a quake. Figured prob a 4.0 here. Was in Santa Cruz during the 89 quake. So I knew it was not bad enough to stand under a doorway or get outside!
  • Chico - some rolling, 2 strong jolts, over in 8-10 seconds. Lots of waves in pool.
  • Lake California - It came on as small rattles/shakes and than it really got to moving. The ground felt like it was liquid and rolling, like trying to stand on a water bed. The wide screen TV and a heavy marble table were rocking back and forth. My daughter grabbed her baby that sitting close to them and ran.
  • Lake California - Started as rattles/shakes and than it really got to moving. The ground felt like it was liquid and rolling, like trying to stand on a water bed. The wide screen TV and a heavy marble table were rocking back and forth. My daughter grabbed her baby that sitting close to them and ran.
  • Lincoln - I was sitting at the end of my bed when I felt it shaking. I did get a little scared
  • Citrus Heights CA - felt a heavy swaying like being on a boat and a large rolling wave came under it. me and my cats were holding still..yikes
  • Corning, CA - felt like being on slow ocean wave except it was in the living room on the sofa
  • verdi - ~10sec
  • Toronto, ON - Puedo sentir los sonidos de los terremotos en mis oidos.. No importa a que distancia se encuentre de donde estoy ubicada
  • stockton,ca - sitting on couch, felt like a couple of slow rolls
  • quincy - Earthquake? What should I do with your baby??
  • Oroville, CA - It shook the house
  • Roseville, CA - Sitting at my computer and felt as if I was going to fall off my chair. Feeling similar to being light headed, but then realized when the second wave hit it must be an earthquake. Made note of the time which was 8:48 PM Pacific time.
  • Off Oasis Rd Redding - Heard a sound, doors rattled, chandelier swayed along with other hanging objects. I knew it was an earthquake the way things started swaying.
  • Grass Valley - House shook/rocked for approx. 10 seconds.
  • Yuba City - Just had my first sip of beer out by the pool. Though it may just be the strongest beer I've ever had. Unfortunately it was just an earthquake.
  • Susanville - We ran for the front door. Scary
  • Chico,Ca. - Lasted quite awhile...hanging lamps swayed for several minutes. Husband's recliner took on a new vibrating feature.
  • 96114 - House shaking. My china hutch almost fell over.
  • fair oaks - Shook the bed
  • Toronto, ON - May be you cannot believe it. But I hear the sounds of strong earthquakes in my ears.
  • Oroville - I was sitting on the sofa and thought the dog was scratching himself next to it. My wife ran in from the other room and asked if I felt it, which I did.
  • Vacaville - I felt vertigo. My husband felt his chair move mildly. Was way less than Loma Prieta
  • Yuba City - was in the car parked at a gas station. I thought someone was rocking my car so I started the car and pulled up a few feet. The car again rocked...I left the parking lot moments later.
  • Oroville - Base of the Dam and didn't feel a thing. Thought someone opened a door or something.
  • Sacramento - I woke up at 1:06am to my apt.shaking a lot more then the one earlier but shorter this .
  • Nevada City, Ca - I also just felt another stronger one about fifteen minutes ago at 1a.m.or so, moderate shaking that lasted several seconds and vibrated the house rather determinedly. Spooked the dog.
  • penn valley ca - sitting in chair, felt everything move again
  • Oroville, Ca. Foothills - 8:50 pm. two story log house shook and rattled for about 20 seconds. No damage. 1:10 am second large quake felt and heard in movement of the house. Smaller aftershocks not perceived We are about 70 miles from the epicenter south east of Lake Almanor.
  • Yuba City - approx 1:00 AM 5/24/2013, I woke up from a sleep, felt bed move and shower glass door in bathroom rattle. My wife and I felt an earlier one also at about 8:50PM 5/23/2013. First quake I've ever felt. That one shook the house several times. I was worried there may be more after so I ran upstairs to check on our kids, which had hopped out of bed already and asked me what that was.
  • chico - it was a small shake that led me to think about mother nature and it creator
  • Nevada City - rolling rumble through house for about 10 seconds
  • Rio Linda - I was reclining on my bed in the 2nd floor of a two story house and felt light shaking for about 15 seconds. The windows in my bedroom rattled briefly during this episode. I used to live in Orange County, so I knew this was a quake. I ran downstairs and questioned a teenage relative and she said she felt nothing.
  • linda - Had to of been 6 or 8 seconds I actually heard my house move. the first shake I thought a car ran into our house but the second shake I realized it had to be an earthquake
  • Manteca, ca - Grandfather Clock stopped (faced north) Cats ears laid back and hissed. I felt a little wave from north to southwest while sitting; watching tv.
  • Oroville, Califorina - it was heka boss but i was dissapointed cause it lasted like a minite and it was hella weak but it was on may 23 2013 and my stuff justarted shaking
  • Oroville - The shaking scared me. But then the after shock felt like my body was tingling like when you touch electricity and get shocked then pull away and you feel BZZZZZT
  • Rancho Cordova - I was in bed reading a book and the bed started shaking. Wife and dog in another room felt nothing. Got up and turned on TV to 13 and found out it was an earthquake. I noticed this morning there were no birds flying around this area.???????
  • Redding, California - I was sitting in my car & thought someone was outside the back wiggling it.
  • Rio Oso, CA - It woke me up.
  • anderson CA - a weak strong quake I would say.... I was in the 89 quake 15 miles from center in S C ,, that was violent shaking
  • Alta - House shook slightly, doors rattled. Cat slept through it all. First one we felt in the Sierras since leaving the Bay area.
  • Folsom, CA - May 23, 9:48 P.M. My daughter called to tell me she had just felt an earthquake. Said she was in bed, she heard some rattling then the bed started to shake. Had a little roll feeling to it. 10 to 15 secs, not sure what she said? We live in EL Dorado Hills, CA, and didn't feel it, but someone one street up from us posted on face book as having felt it.
  • Folsom,CA - Already submitted experience but may have listed time at 9;48 instead of 8:48. P.M.Sorry.
  • Foxwood, Lake Almanor - Very strong jolt like shaking
  • Roseville - felt it under my feet and the ceiling fans where swaying
  • USGS Northern California May 24 03:47 AM 5.7 11 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Murrieta - Felt in murrieta, CA
  • West Sacramento - Mild shaking. Our fish tank went out of control. It lasted about 30 seconds.
  • Woodland, CA - 8:51 pm Light shaking, no up and down motion felt in Woodland, CA
  • OLIVEHURST, CA - My chair moved, the medals on the mantle piece moved and it was eery!
  • Roseville - Minor shaking.
  • McClellan, CA - Fairly long rolling earthquake. I just realized how stable my home is :-/.
  • Sacramento - shit was shaking
  • Yuba City, Ca - Pictures on walls, lamp, and me (on couch) were all shaking. Weird!
  • Davis, CA - About 2 seconds of side-to-side shaking at about 8:45 pm
  • Yuba City,CA - Shook our entire house, everyone came out of their bedrooms wondering what it was! Also the neighbors all came outside. Crazy!
  • roseville ca - house and fixtures shook briefly
  • Rancho Cordova, CA - Caused my projection screen suspended from the ceiling by a chain to swing about three inches in each direction. Lasted about 5 seconds.
  • rocklin calif - I am sitting in myh computer room and the lamp shade shook and I was thinking I was having a heart attack. TIL I saw the hanging birds then I knew It was a earth quake! Good OLD california
  • Davis, CA - Pretty strong, just now - looking for info on it.
  • Sacramento - Moderate shaking
  • cottonwood, CA - slow shaking, seemed to last 30 seconds or so
  • Davis - The whole house kind of trembled
  • West Sacramento - House swayed lightly for 30 seconds
  • Gridley, CA - our pet birds freaked out. Sofas shook.
  • Carmichael - Not sure what to label, but the bed shook, nothing alarming, upper room of an apartment, was wondering if someone was doing something underneath but it was too strong for that, felt by neighbors as well from across the apartment on other side, definitely felt, slightly alarmed
  • Sacramento - Felt mild shaking for about 15 to 20 seconds and then very light shaking after that.
  • davis ca - I felt a slight shake, then about 30 seconds later, a violent shake ... which lasted about 2 seconds.
  • Chico, Ca - Rock in and rollin
  • Yuba City - Dishes rattled, couch lightly shook.
  • Sacramento - Kitchen table and chairs were shaking. Also open doors and ceiling fixtures shaking
  • Sacramento, CA - I felt it at 8:49 pm California time on May 23, 2013
  • Sacramento CA - Just before 9 pm pdt- horizontal movement, lateral only - very slight vertical movement, frightening, we rarely feel tremors here in the center of CA
  • Chico CA - Felt like the apartment was swaying.
  • stockton california - sitting on couch and it shook
  • Sacramento, California - Lamps rocking.
  • Cottonwood, Ca - I was sitting at the computer checking email and I thought maybe I was having a dizzy spell but the chandelier started swaying back and forth. Very wierd feeling.
  • Durham, Ca - Windows rattled, house rocked back and forth.
  • Lincoln, CA - Lincoln, CA mild shaking for less than 10 secs, side to side motion. Made open door in house move back and forth half inch, quarter inch or so. I chose very weak cause, im native californian, ive felt much worst.
  • Elk Grove, CA - My counter moved.
  • Sacramento, California - at 9:50pm i felt a weak rocking sensation causing the lamp to sway and the dogs to react
  • Sacramento - Weird, felt it for a little bit but nobody I was near noticed it.
  • Doyle Ca - 8:50 pm Shacking at least twice with repeat of small quake like jello ripples.
  • Davis - Furniture was shaking window blinds shaking and light things falling over, it felt strange.
  • Nevada city - Rattling of bottles, plants shaking indoors.
  • Newcastle, DA - The floor on the second story vibrated and the sconce was swinging. This happened twice in rapid succession.
  • orangevale ca - Sitting in recliner, felt light side-to-side rocking, house was creaking a little, pendant lights were swaying.
  • Magalia, Ca - Everything was shaking and moving
  • South Yuba City - TV Shimmied. Couch shook. Walls creaked. Lasted 15-20 seconds.
  • west sacramento - Bed was shaking
  • North Highlands, CA - Walls visibly shaking, light fixtures swaying, felt it beneath my feet. No damage.
  • Lincoln CA - Bed was moving and lights were shaking
  • Chico - Shook my chair and wobbled objects in the room.
  • Oroville CA - Approximately 8:45 I felt some light shaking and rattling in my home.
  • Sacramento, California - Horizontal jerking motions, not rolling. Made my entire couch shake and house plants move.
  • Arnold - House was shaking.
  • Sacramento - Felt the bed shake.
  • Yuba city - slight movement, chandaler shaking slightly, bookshelf creeking and dogs barking.
  • Concow - Long in duration, perhaps 30 secs
  • North San Juan, Ca - heard light rumbling and felt light shaking for about 1/2 minute or so.
  • Oregon House, CA - Two short waves of shaking and rattling.
  • Elk Grove Ca - Lying down watching a show, felt 3 jolts like someone was bumping the couch real hard, each about 2 seconds apart. Went to the back yard and the pool was sloshing but not spilling out ( always check the pool if your not sure)
  • Paradise - Horizontal shaking, some vibrations and a little bit of rolling after
  • Palo Cedro - It felt like a more rocking and rolling experience and it lasted about 30 seconds?
  • San Ramon, CA - Am at work, co-workers and I felt rocking..computer screens and lamps rocked.
  • Sacramento - These little shakers always feel so strange.
  • Sacramento - Felt chair moving,though dog was moving it.
  • South Sacramento - Whole building swayed for about 10-15 seconds
  • Florin, near Sacramento - Pictures rattled five to ten seconds
  • Oroville, CA - My chair started shaking, and the hanging lamps swayed. I thought it lasted between 10 and 20 seconds.
  • Gridley, CA - Made the couch we were sitting on move and we felt the rolling of the quake, and also made the light fixtures swing.
  • Palermo, CA - The whole house shook and some table items fell over.Felt a smaller aftershock a few minutes later.
  • Chico, CA - Could feel the chair I was sitting in shaking for about 15 seconds.
  • Magalia, CA - very hard shaking. I live in a Mobile home thought it was going to shake it off its pillers
  • Oroville, CA - Minor shaking. felt like a earthquake from an after shock.
  • Redding, CA - Whole house felt like it was rolling.
  • Sacramento - Felt chair swaying side to side for a few seconds
  • Yuba City - Rumbling noises and vibrations then the house swayed for a couple seconds.
  • Chico, CA - I thought I was just a little dizzy for some reason until I saw the fridge wobbling slightly. I went outside to find other people who felt it too.
  • Danville - Chandeliers swinging throughout the house.
  • davis,CA - Sensation of house shifting , wife and I both felt at about 8:45 CA time . Lampshade was moved and stayed in motion for a few moments
  • Nevada City CA - Sounded like a helicopter over the house, must have been the roof shaking. Short jerks side to side, must have lasted 10 seconds.
  • Oregon House, CA - Two short waves of shaking.
  • Chico, CA - Upstairs apartment , tv and surrounding house hold items shook slightly. Lasted maybe 10 seconds. Aprox. 9pm
  • Suisun City, CA - Couch plant and dining room light moving back and forth.
  • Paradise, California - I was laying on my bed when it started moving back and forth and walls started making cracking sounds. The dog was on the bed with me and he started trembling and was pretty scared.
  • Milford - Lasted about 30 seconds everything rattled and shook.
  • Chico, CA - House was moving back and forth for quite some time. Did not feel the second one.
  • Palermo, California - Bed, windows, tv shaking.
  • Paradise - Lasted approx 30-40 seconds. Rocked the house back and forth, blinds/hanging lights, etc., were swinging
  • Yreka, CA - I was sitting in my computer chair and it felt like the room was slightly rolling, no jolts, or slams or booms this time, just gentle rolling. Thought it was a balance issue :)
  • Citrus Heights - Just before 9 P.M.- I was sitting on the couch and it started shaking, and the empty rocking chair started rocking. Items in the kitchen were rattling...kind of like a train passing by. Freaky!
  • Grass valley, CA - It went for a several seconds really strong then slowed down a little. Then started up again stronger. I live in a victorian home so I feel the movement stronger then most as the home is not on a foundation.
  • Paradise, CA - Shook enough to make you wonder if it was going to get worse. Took shelter.
  • Newell, Modoc County - I was outside and did not feel it, my wife was inside in her recliner, it shook, the cat freaked out, the pendulum in the clock stopped, a hanging candle kept swinging for 3 to 4 minutes. It happened about 2040 hour. We live about 10 miles from the Oregon boarder, 9 miles from Siskiyou County California in Modoc County.
  • Cottonwood ca - Rolling motion lasting about 30 seconds.
  • Rocklin, CA - Light swaying. Weird to feel in Rocklin since we are on solid granite.
  • Paradise - Lots of shaking, then rolling
  • Marysville - The whole house shook for about 30 seconds
  • Rancho Cordova, CA - At home - computer screen moved back and forth - hanging plant swinging but not enough to make noise from the wind chimes hanging off the bottom. Friends/family across the American River in Fair Oaks felt it quite a bit more - son got bounced around on his couch.
  • Canyon Dam, CA - Strong shaking, pictures on wall shook but nothing fell. I remember the sequence from the '89 quake..things fall off the wall, then power goes out and then building parts fall, followed by earth openings...today's quake was nothing to worry about..still had pictures on the wall.
  • Reno - I was on my bed on my laptop and it was like I was riding a wave and it lingered long so I kind of started questioning if I should get up. We were having like 60 a day many years ago in Reno, so I kind of quit caring as the small ones are annoying.
  • Chico, CA - Was watching a Harold Lloyd movie on TCM when this bumpy roller started in...lasted 'bout 30 sec's but indeed left vertical blinds, pics and a wall clock swaying...not bad !!
  • Gerber, CA - I noticed the chair sway/rock in a sideways motion. Was perplexing until I saw the house roll towards me. A gentle roll. This continued for 30 seconds. It just kept rolling. I stayed in the chair watching the walls move. I was fascinated.
  • Paradise, CA - I was very surprised to feel an earthquake here, it is very rare.
  • Termo/Madeline - Felt shaking and saw orchid plant on TV swaying, animals got weird, neighbors and family called and texted.
  • Corning, CA - I was at the table eating dinner
  • Shingletown, CA - Moderate shaking for about 15-20 seconds.
  • Oroville - It felt like a football team was coming up the stairs and the heater started shaking and rattling. Lasted just a few seconds.
  • Grass Valley - House shook for 10 seconds.
  • Reno, NV - I was laying down upstairs and felt the bed moving twice.
  • Sacramento - Rocked the chair where I was sitting. I looked at the hanging lamp, it also rocked. It lasted about a minute.
  • Sacramento - I did not feel the shaking but I did get lightheaded and dizzy. Others around me felt the shaking.
  • Yuba City - OMG!!! I was scared! Felt really light headed :( hope it doesn't happen again!
  • Terminal Island, CA - Building rolled for about 20 secs.
  • West Sacramento, CA - It wad strong enough to rattle light fixtures and shake the floor but not strong enough to knock things over.
  • Adin, CA - Rolling through the house. Light fixtures shaking. Enough to cause motion sickness!
  • Nevada City, CA - Before we felt anything, the dogs ran outside and started barking. About 15 or 30 seconds later, the sofa we were sitting on was shaking lightly--for about 30 seconds. That was around 8:45 pm on 5/24/13.We've hardly felt earthquakes here before. I'm from the bay area where they are much more common.
  • Chico - My cat got really intent on cuddling up on me, then the bed shook a bit. Rather freaky.
  • Isleton, CA - Was sitting on chair in front of my computer and the whole house felt like it was shaking. My dog came running to me and the weights on my Grandfather clock swayed to and fro. It was right around 1 A.M.
  • Sacramento - Hear a squeaking noise. It was my filing cabinet moving!
  • Cedarville, CA - Dog barking 5 sec before shaking of the house.
  • Magalia ca - I thought earthquakes do not happen here. From Eureka Ca and felt really strong quakes there but this one scared me, wondered if it was Mt Lassen. It was a horrible feeling. Thought my RV was going to roll over. No damage. I keep feeling a lot of aftershocks.
  • Davis, CA - Small rumble, felt like table was moving. Then noticed hanging pots clanging and chandelier moving about. Lasted a little while, not just a quick jolt.
  • EMSC Northern California May 24 03:47 AM 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 23 21:23 PM 3.2 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 23 19:19 PM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 23 18:54 PM 3.0 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 23 04:11 AM 2.6 3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 22 21:26 PM 2.7 22 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 22 20:10 PM 2.9 29 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 22 17:15 PM 2.5 7 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 21 22:05 PM 2.6 13 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Baja California, Mexico May 21 04:32 AM 3.6 18 MAP I Felt It
  • Colonia Vicente Guerrero - Up working @ Computer
  • Avalon, ca - I live on catalina island and I felt it. It was a light shaking but fast enough to notice and pray it wasn't the big one. I prefer lower magnitude quakes that happen frequently because my theory is its mother nature releasing some steam.
  • USGS Baja California, Mexico May 21 04:32 AM 3.6 15 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Off Coast Of Northern California May 20 14:07 PM 4.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off Coast Of N. California May 20 14:07 PM 4.1 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • El Monte, CA - Felt very light shaking.
  • San Pablo - Was listening in my room. 1-story
  • USGS Northern California May 19 22:10 PM 2.5 5 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 19 15:44 PM 2.8 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 19 06:04 AM 2.9 20 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 18 15:54 PM 3.8 23 MAP I Felt It
  • mckinleyville ca - I felt a shaking from east to west. It lasted a few seconds.
  • mckinleyville - It woke me up and lasted only seconds
  • USGS Offshore Northern California May 18 15:54 PM 3.8 22 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 18 13:46 PM 4.3 20 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 18 13:46 PM 4.3 19 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Loleta, Ca 95551 - Sharp jolt followed by light shaking and a slight rolling
  • Eureka - The house kind of jolted then trembled for a few seconds. It felt like the spin cycle was too full in washer and it was making the house tremble or something. My dogs didn't even notice or care.
  • Eureka - House jolted then trembled.
  • Arcata, CA, U.S.A. - 9:00AM May 18, 2013. A single jolt, also felt by my husband in the backyard.
  • GEOFON Near Coast Of N. California May 18 13:46 PM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 18 12:14 PM 2.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS San Pedro Channel, California May 18 09:41 AM 3.3 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 18 00:11 AM 2.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 17 18:53 PM 3.0 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern California May 17 05:18 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 17 04:38 AM 3.1 1 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern California May 17 03:07 AM 3.5 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 17 03:07 AM 3.5 1 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Central California May 17 02:39 AM 2.6 62 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 16 17:07 PM 2.8 14 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 16 14:51 PM 2.6 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 16 11:43 AM 2.5 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 16 10:04 AM 3.2 12 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Central California May 16 10:04 AM 3.3 9 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 16 00:30 AM 2.9 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 15 22:15 PM 2.6 22 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC San Pedro Channel, California May 15 20:00 PM 4.0 2 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Torrance - Maybe a quick shake for one second.
  • Cypress California - The bed shook TV a little bit.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - Shook for a few seconds.
  • Santa Ana, CA - Very weak but I definitely felt something!
  • Torrance - 2sec shaking then stopped.
  • Lomita CA 90717 - 1:00 PM Wednesday, 15 May 2013. Noticed it for about 5 seconds, windows rattling, cat looked up and around from deep sleep, slight hanging lights swaying. Felt it under my feet as well, slightly.
  • Palos Verdes Estates - In Palos Verdes Estates, CA, at 1pm I felt a minor shake which lasted for 4 seconds.
  • San Pedro, CA - 1 pm PDT, house and windows shook briefly (about 3 seconds, maybe 5) about twice the strength of when a large truck drives through the alley.
  • Rolling Hills Estates - Building shook for several seconds.
  • Torrance, CA - Computer shook slightly, chair swayed.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - I felt this at appx 1:02 pm, May 15, 2013. My dogs went nuts too. It only lasted about 3 seconds. But scary.
  • San Clemente - Third floor office shook for may be 2 seconds.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - Lasted no more than a couple seconds, but recognizable as an earthquake.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - The entire house shook for 2-3 seconds.
  • Harbor City - Just a rolling feeling. Nothing moved.
  • Redondo Beach - Our cubicles shook for about 2 seconds.
  • San Pedro - I heard windows moving, I saw hanging cables moving. My house has a slab foundation. I can't make the same cables move by jumping on the floor near them. No damage or injuries here.
  • Huntington Beach - I was on the computer and felt the swaying back and forth and right then I ask my husband do you feel the earthquake? and he said NO. He just thought it was in my head, but I knew better, so I checked it out on the computer and as always I'm right.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - I was on 2nd floor library and felt a shock wave passed through the building. Very scary!
  • Huntington Beach - Two second shaking felt on second story.
  • Torrance, CA - Lasted 4-5 secs. In the Alley.
  • San Pedro, CA - I felt a sharp little jolt for a couple of seconds right about 1:00pm on May 15, 2013. The kind of thing where you wonder if it's going to escalate and continue, because if it did it would be major. But it didn't and wasn't.
  • Redondo Beach - shaking for a 2 -4 seconds then stopped
  • Torrance - The building shook for a few seconds. It felt like a big truck rumbling along on the road nearby.
  • Torrance - I was sitting very still at work when I felt the earthquake. It felt like it rolled under the office for a few seconds. I could see the plants in the waiting room shaking.
  • Palos Verdes Estates - No rolling, only lifting but guess it was 4.0 and only for seconds. Enough to make it hard to run out the door. Nothing fell because it was up and down with no side movement. Felt like it was directly under. Hardest one I have felt in 11 years. Maybe 15 seconds or less.
  • Merritt Island, Fl - I know this will sound weird, but I woke up at 10:47 a.m. because I felt what I thought to be an earthquake. It wasn't severe. A friend called, and I asked him if he knew anything about an earthquake... He said he knew notice. I researched and found this occurred 10 minutes later.
  • San Pedro - At Doubltree hotel. TV and lamps shook in room.
  • Lomita - We felt it in Lomita.
  • Florence/Firestone District, Los Angeles - Felt slight movement no rumbling.
  • Torrance - Quick jolt. East-west direction.
  • Wilmington - Was enough to rattle nerves.
  • San Pedro, CA - lamps and TV shaking in hotel room at the Doubletree!
  • San Pedro - Point Fermin area -house rocked a bit.
  • San Pedro, CA - One sudden quick jolt, shaking apartment for a second or two.
  • San Pedro - In my car, felt it. Asked the guy in car next to me if that was an earthquake, he didn't feel anything.
  • Rolling Hills - It was a quick jolt.
  • Hermosa Beach - 3 story commercial building felt like hard jolts.
  • San Pedro - Bed shook, rolling motion.
  • San Pedro - Shook all the windows in the house.
  • Torrance - A little shake than a jolt.
  • San Pedro - Duration about 2 seconds at an estimate of 3-4 Richter measured by the seat of my pants on soft leather recliner.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - Shook moderate rattled windows and lasted long enough for me to wonder if it represented a large quake at some distance, but then ended after only about 5 seconds. Was not a sharp jolt but continued shaking for the full duration. Am located at the San Pedro end of the peninsula just above the Trump Golf Course at about 750 ft elevation. Actual location 3748 Coolheights Drive.
  • San Pedro - I felt the shaking in my house and then after I was pretty sure it was an earthquake, but I checked the news and it confirmed it.
  • Palos Verdes Estates - Building and land, while actually on a hill, felt like it was temporarily on oceanic waves for about 3-4 seconds. While it got my attention, it didn't last long and all windows, dogs, people, etc. are fine. Fun!
  • Redondo Beach - I wasn't sure it was a quake at first. Felt like heavy truck traffic outside for a few seconds.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - I felt two very small jolts and some light shaking.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - Very quick hard jolt - certain it was an earthquake and the epicenter close.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - Everyone at conference felt floor and walls shake.
  • Long Beach - Was very light but knew it was an earthquake.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - We really felt this one. It shook for seemingly 15 seconds. I heard the dishes clink but no visible damage in our condo.. We are near the Trump Golf course.
  • San Pedro South Shores - Shook house and windows.
  • San Pedro - It's my first experience since moving here with my wife in August.
  • Torrance - We're on the 2nd floor of a two storey bldg, felt an initial bump followed by continued shaking. No one downstairs felt it.
  • san pedro - light to moderate shaking. Lasted for 2-3 seconds.
  • San Pedro - God, I hope my t.v didn't fall over and die.......
  • San Pedro - One very strong jolt which lasted only seconds
  • San Pedro - It felt a bit strong but at the same time there have been more intense earthquakes in the past. Still though the motion of the earth shaking was enough to startle anyone.
  • Lawndale, CA - A quick crash. The whole house was jolted moderately once.
  • Rancho Palos Verdes - At 1pm felt like shaking that seemed to move up and down for 5 or 6 seconds followed by what felt like swaying or rolling movements. I'm on the 4th floor of a high rise so the swaying feeling could have been the building rollers after the quake.
  • Playa del Rey - Dog barked, lasted 2 seconds
  • San Pedro - I just felt the desk shaking back and forth. I wasn't sure if it was an earthquake or someone else on the aisle of desks moving.
  • Westminster, CO - Walked through kitchen and noticed the hanging fruit
  • San Pedro - was upstairs in 2 story house and the dog really freaked out but it was over quickly
  • San Pedro - Jagged roller two seconds worth. 20th Street below Western in Pedro.
  • Torrance, Plaza Del Amo west of Crenshaw - Light shaking for what seemed like a minute or so.
  • La Puente - Felt like when a diesel truck drives by.. Very faint
  • San Pedro CA - May 15th at 1300 in a third floor loft building on 6th and center street, lasted about 3-5 seconds and noted light shaking like a huge truck passing by with windows and walls creaking sounds were heard.
  • Torrance - One quick JOLT for just a couple of seconds. Felt/sounded like someone slammed a door down the hall. Slight sway.
  • Rancho palos verdes - I heard big noise and shaking
  • Torrance, CA - Very quick hard jolt.
  • Gardena - I was in my garage and my husband working in Palos Verdes he didn't feel it. It was like a 2 sec.
  • USGS San Pedro Channel, California May 15 20:00 PM 4.0 1 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern California May 15 20:00 PM 4.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    WCATWC 95 Miles Nw Of San Diego California May 15 20:00 PM 4.0 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 15 16:20 PM 3.1 17 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 15 06:11 AM 3.0 4 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Alhambra - I was sleeping and woke up from a bad dream. A moment after I woke I felt the bed move a little. I ignored it at first but when it kept going I felt much more awake and wondered if it was an earthquake. Then it stopped and I went back to sleep.
  • USGS Central California May 14 07:17 AM 2.6 12 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 13 17:22 PM 2.5 34 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 11 06:10 AM 3.6 19 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 11 06:10 AM 3.7 18 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern California May 10 22:58 PM 2.6 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 10 22:58 PM 2.5 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 10 10:47 AM 2.5 25 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 10 06:44 AM 2.7 22 MAP I Felt It
    USGS San Francisco Bay Area, California May 10 05:12 AM 3.5 8 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • San Jose - bit of shaking, 4 seconds long
  • santa clara - tiny shake
  • San Jose, CA - My whole house and couch moved in one quick jerk with some weak shaking afterwards, I am pretty sure it was an earthquake or the aftershocks of one nearby.
  • 95122 - 1sec shake
  • san jose, CA - A few quick but noticeable shakes
  • san jose - Scared the crap outta me while I was about to go to bed...
  • East Foothills, CA - Just a little jump
  • 95136 - crack in the roof then a jolt in the headboard
  • Santa Cruz - Felt brief shaking
  • San Jose - bed shook back and forth
  • 95051 - Strong sound twice ,as if a heavy truck passed by.
  • Silver Creek CC - Not really shaking, but a jolt.
  • Evergreen San Jose - We felt a significant jolt, but it only lasted a few seconds.
  • Evergreen, San jose - Felt a quick jolt like something striking my house..light shake for about 3 seconds
  • South Willow Glenn - Very Short, several quick jerks, 2 seconds max
  • San Jose, CA - Doing homework and felt the couch move. Thought it was just me as no one else felt it in my house.
  • San Jose evergreen - The floor shook - I was upstair. In evergreen 95148
  • San Jose - Furniture in my room moved a bit, I thought my sister got up and shook the room lmfao but that wasn't the case
  • Cupertino - loud thud on roof and brief shaking
  • 95127 - windows rattled, floor shook, epicenter just a couple of miles from us
  • evergreen - tremor followed by a slight jolt
  • san jose - brief shaking
  • Los Gatos - House shook briefly, just once.
  • San Jose - I felt it, my daughter did not - pretty minor
  • San jose - Was sitting in a chair in my garage with two other people. Felt the chair wiggle a little bit. Neither of the other two felt it.
  • west hills - barely felt the quake
  • 95126 - Just one decentish jolt.
  • Almaden valley - Yes, I felt it.
  • Elan Village Ln, San Jose - The front door made a noise, like a strong wind had hit it. Then, sitting on the couch, I felt 3 or 4 little bounces - Sort of like what you feel under your feet when someone jumps up and down next to you.
  • San Jose - Just a single jolt, floor shifted very quickly.
  • 95117 - San Jose - Slight shift, followed by a couple smaller shakes.
  • Mountain View - It was just a one short kick - but it was there for sure.
  • San Jose - Evergreen - Felt just one hard jolt and a few seconds of minor shakes right after.
  • morgan hill - Just a quick shake
  • los gatos - Wife felt chair move, nobody else did but it lined up with the time reported (5/10 GMT 5:21AM = 5/9 PDT 10:21PM)
  • San Jose,CA - On bed (second floor) felt like someone shaking the bed back and forth, sat up to check it out, shaking stopped. Thought it was my child, but then I realized the shaking was too severe for a child to do with just kicking their feet. Also, my child was not close enough to do so. Asked if my child had felt it (child's position was on the floor playing a game) the response was "maybe felt it." I was on the phone and exclaimed, right then I explained saying "that might have been a small quake."
  • Santa Clara, CA - Sudden jolt
  • south San Jose - One quick jolt while sitting on the couch. Wife and kids in the next room thought I was crazy.
  • San Jose - Sort jolt got my immediate attention, but no damage, just a heartbeat skipping moment.
  • San Jose - I felt one jolt while sitting on the couch. Dogs immediately jumped up and looked frightened.
  • Mountain View - I thought it was a truck passing the house
  • San Jose,ca. - Sitting on my futon and i thought it was a fat person walking up the stairs haha
  • Santa Clara - 2013/05/09: felt a jolt and Light shaking for a few seconds @ 22:12.
  • Cupertino - Sudden jolt
  • San Jose, ca - Very weak. i think i felt it because i was on the third floor of an apartment building
  • USGS Greater Los Angeles Area, California May 09 21:08 PM 2.9 12 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Culver City - First rolling, then quick jolt!
  • Culver City - Very hard Jolt!
  • Beverly hills - On 5th Floor of building shook walls of cube
  • Los Angeles - Was there just an earthquake here or around 90016
  • Studio City - moderate shaking and a jolt
  • Santa Monica - It went as quickly as it came. Very brief, sudden. Made a slight noise, or that was maybe the building creaking under the pressure.
  • Westchester - Jolt
  • El Segundo - The feeling was of 1 hard quick jolt with minor tremor for only a second or 2 afterwards
  • Culver City, CA - very brief, but definitely felt.
  • West Los Angeles - A quick loud bang that shook my speakers and their stands.
  • Westwood - Heard a deep rumbling, then one quick jolt.
  • Palms/Culver City - I was sitting on my couch and it shook slightly back and forth; my daughter was sitting on her bed at the same time and her bed shook. There is construction on the Expo Line happening near our apartment, so we weren't sure if that's what it was, so I looked it up online on your site and it said it happened.
  • Brentwood - on 12th floor, felt it more than normal
  • Amantea - Nothing rattled or moved (noticeably), but the house shook for about 5 seconds.
  • El Segundo - Minor tremor.
  • Wilshire/Crescent Heights - Jolts, felt desk jolt and saw wall w/ support beams jolt
  • Los Angeles - Felt light shaking for a few seconds, thought it might progress to something stronger but then it abruptly stopped
  • El Segundo, Ca - I could feel the building sway.
  • Lennox - Very quick rumble then jolt.
  • Culver City, CA - woah daddy!
  • Marina del Rey - Felt a quick, hard jolt
  • Mar Vista - Haven't felt one in a long time, gets the heart racing even when it's small and short like that...
  • W.Hlywd - jolt/bump.
  • Hollywood - Couch shook for a second or two
  • Hawthorne - It was a strong jolt. No shaking.
  • Beverly Hills - Quick jolt
  • LAX - It felt more like a big jolt.
  • Mid City - short jolt
  • Playa Del Rey - Couple of intense jolts, though it was going to progress into a full quake, but then stopped. Is there a fault line in El Segundo? This is the third or fourth in a few weeks.
  • City of Hawthorne - I felt one light to moderate jolt, not a shaking.
  • Mar Vista - Strong quick Jolt..I was sitting in my bed and felt the strong jolt and got up...my 4 yr old son came in crying scared of the jolt he felt. it's about the 3 one I feel in a couple weeks
  • Beverly Hills - Mild vibration.
  • Hermosa Beach - I was sitting on my couch and felt a small rumble. It was faint but strong enough for me to take notice and then I heard a very loud boom. It sounded like someone slamming a heavy door.
  • Hawthorne - more like a big boom... and a little shake
  • Leimert Park, CA - A sudden boom
  • El Segundo CA - my coworkers and i felt a light shaking
  • Marina del Rey - The movement was very quick. The couch I was sitting on jerked and the building creaked.
  • North Hollywood - I was on our third floor balcony, in our apt. and I felt a little rumble. Didn't know it was an earthquake until someone posted on facebook directly afterwards.
  • Beverly Hills - Barely felt it.
  • El Segundo - jolt
  • Inglewood - woke me up from work!..
  • El Segundo - One moderate jolt
  • playa vista - I was sitting on couch,my 2 story apartment shook and creaked
  • Culver City - The feeling was of 1 hard quick jolt with minor tremor for only a second or 2 afterwards
  • Santa Monica - Laying on the beach and felt a slight rumble. Very quick.
  • Santa Monica - I was on the 2nd floor of B&N. Very sharp jolt with a bit of a shake.
  • Hawthorne, CA - I heard a large boom and felt a jolt.
  • Redondo Beach - At first, I thought it was construction next door--peaked out but nothing going on. Slight jolt--like timbers being dropped on ground.
  • USGS Southern California May 09 19:51 PM 2.5 11 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 09 19:51 PM 2.5 12 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 09 19:39 PM 2.5 9 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 09 13:05 PM 2.9 3 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Oakland - Very weak, only woke me up.
  • Taylorsville, CA - Sounded like a sonic boom; felt sharp, quick, strong shaking. Turns out our town, in Plumas Co., is not far from the centre of quake.
  • USGS Northern California May 09 06:05 AM 2.6 9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 08 21:41 PM 3.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 08 21:41 PM 3.0 22 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Central California May 08 21:02 PM 2.7 16 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 08 13:30 PM 2.7 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 08 02:12 AM 2.5 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 07 18:48 PM 2.7 19 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern California May 07 09:06 AM 3.7 12 MAP I Felt It
  • Ventura - Jolted me awake
  • Oak View - short jolt, not rolling
  • Oxnard - I heard some kind of resonance in the air, movement and my two story house shook.
  • Oak View - Woke me up
  • Ojai - Woke up without reason and then felt a rumbling that shook my bed, as though the front door had been heavily slammed.
  • ventura - Already awake. Felt weak rumbling, birds making noise in the minutes before quake and thereafter.
  • ventura - Woke me up
  • Oxnard, ca - I was about to fall asleep, when I felt my bed move like a wave. I heard the walls & doors shake as well
  • saticoy - A quick medium jolt followed by very weak shake.
  • Ventura - My bed jerked, then there was rolling for a moment or two.
  • Midtown Ventura - Felt a moderate roll.
  • Ojai - quick jolt woke me up, very short.
  • Ventura - More of a jolt. Awakened me.
  • Oak view - Very brief shake l
  • Ventura - Already awake...sensed something in the air,then mild shaking.
  • Ventura - Woke me up
  • Ventura - woke me up, but lasted just a few seconds.
  • Ojai - I heard it come from the West of me here in the East End of Ojai Valley. I was surprised I heard it before I felt it. The shock wave came from the west through the mountains rather than up from the valley, towards the east. It was a single, abrupt wave with a small aftershock.
  • Maricopa Hwy - I live basically directly above the epicenter. The jolt woke me and my birds (inside and out) awake. I got up because I thought something hit the house.
  • USGS Southern California May 07 09:06 AM 3.6 13 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Greater Los Angeles Area, California May 07 09:05 AM 3.7 11 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 07 02:09 AM 2.5 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 06 15:16 PM 2.6 3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 06 13:57 PM 2.5 3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 06 03:12 AM 2.5 4 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Long Valley Area, California May 06 03:05 AM 2.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 05 06:16 AM 2.6 3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 03 14:48 PM 2.5 7 MAP I Felt It
  • outside willits - one small shake
  • USGS Northern California May 03 12:32 PM 2.8 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 03 11:37 AM 2.6 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 03 11:22 AM 2.7 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 03 10:06 AM 3.0 6 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Santa Monica Bay, California May 03 08:37 AM 2.7 12 MAP I Felt It
  • Santa Monica - House shook briefly. A plate fell off the shelf.
  • USGS Baja California, Mexico May 03 06:42 AM 3.4 10 MAP I Felt It
  • san diego ca 92124 - I heard the glass clattering and light trembling of my bed
  • EMSC Baja California, Mexico May 03 06:42 AM 3.5 28 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Channel Islands Region, California May 03 05:57 AM 3.2 12 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Thousand Oaks - Quick jolt
  • USGS Northern California May 03 00:20 AM 2.5 4 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 02 08:53 AM 2.8 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 02 04:19 AM 2.5 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 02 00:30 AM 2.5 9 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 01 21:05 PM 2.5 8 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 01 21:03 PM 3.9 9 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 01 21:03 PM 3.9 8 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Baja California, Mexico May 01 19:48 PM 3.1 28 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California May 01 13:58 PM 3.1 0 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern California May 01 12:41 PM 2.9 3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California May 01 11:29 AM 2.7 15 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California May 01 01:56 AM 3.2 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Baja California, Mexico Apr 30 18:10 PM 3.3 29 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California Apr 30 15:14 PM 2.5 19 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California Apr 30 05:14 AM 3.0 6 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern California Apr 29 18:29 PM 2.6 27 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Apr 29 17:34 PM 2.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Apr 29 17:33 PM 2.6 7 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Apr 29 17:33 PM 2.5 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Apr 29 17:32 PM 3.0 1 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Culver City - jolt
  • Culver City - A very strong jolt that moved my computer on my desk, but did no damage
  • USGS Greater Los Angeles Area, California Apr 29 03:06 AM 2.8 12 MAP I Felt It
  • Manhattan Beach - Light rumbling with a sudden jolt, not a roller quake, more of a jolt.
  • redondo - It was a weak earthquake.
  • Culver City - Walls and patio doors shaking.
  • Hawthorne - Just felt a brief quake of similar of lighter magnitude.
  • Manhattan Beach - Heard the house creak, more that felt the movement!
  • Culver City - Strong up/down (?) jolt that last just a few seconds. Another one tonight (Sunday, 4/28 ~8PM) - felt identical to this one. Culver City - West LA College
  • Venice - Felt a jolt around 8:20 pm.
  • Marina del Rey - One sharp jolt felt on top 5th floor apt.
  • USGS Central California Apr 28 21:49 PM 2.5 5 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California Apr 28 12:38 PM 3.3 6 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Menlo Park, ca - it woke me up
  • Pacifica - Woke me up. Felt like rolling.
  • Los Angeles/Palms - two jolts of movement
  • Playa Vista - more like a hard thump. Floor dropped
  • Rancho Palos Verdes, ca - Swaying from south to north we are on a granite slab peninsula and the time was the same as listed above
  • Costa Mesa - I think it lasted about 1 min. It was about 4:54? 4:55 ? A.M. I was sleeping and all of a sudden there was this violent shaking. It wasn't like violent , violent but strong enough to wake me up , and know that, it was an earthquake. I just went back to sleep. After being born and raised in C.A. I'm used to earthquakes waking me up. Lol.
  • Lomita, CA - Was on my bed reading, felt light shake and heard a little creaking in the house.
  • USGS Northern California Apr 28 09:28 AM 2.5 3 MAP I Felt It

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    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
    MMI IV (Light shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
    Fittings :
    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
    Structures :
    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
    MMI V (Moderate shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
    MMI VI (Strong shaking) ?
    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
    MMI VII (Very strong shaking) ?
    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
    MMI VIII (Severe shaking) ?
    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
    MMI IX (Violent shaking) ?
    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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    1. Large earthquakes are very scary to experience! I experienced the Loma Prieta Earthquake back in 1989, 6.9 magnatude. I believe the best thing to do is to be prepared BEFORE an earthquake strikes. This means not only stocking up on the proper supplies, but knowing what to do before, during and after an earthquake strikes!

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