I live in California. I have definitely lived through my share of earthquakes. The 1971, 6.5 was bad, but I was a child at the time so I don't remember most of it. I lived in the San Fernando Valley (Chatsworth.) The only thing I really remember from the 1971 earthquake was having to boil our water. The worst and scariest earthquake for me has to be the Northridge in 1994, 6.7. And I lived about an hr Northwest from it. It hit at about 4:30 in the morning. My cat, who was sick at the time (I was taking her to the vet that day) was under my bed. Right before it hit like within 30-45 seconds she let out the strangest sound. It woke me up out of a dead sleep. it was the strangest sound. Thinking it was because she was sick, I tried to comforter her. I got up and looked outside, everything was so still and quite, not even a breeze. I thought that was strange. Then all of a sudden it felt like a giant rolling under my house. Everything kept rolling and rolling, I thought it would never stop and I knew it was bad. I grew up in Northridge/Chatsworth area. About a week afterwards we drove to Northridge, just getting there using the freeways was freaky. It was like a ride, up and down, up and down. I was astounded by the damage. At the Northridge Mall you could hear the wind blowing through the buildings and see right inside the debris hanging and swaying in the breeze. The parking structure, where I have parked all throughout my life had collapsed. It was so eerie, made me sick to my stomach. But the worst was seeing house after house with a big red X on them because they were condemned and the apartment buildings that had either completely demolished or the first story completely gone, they were condemned. People were sleeping at parks in tents because they were afraid to go back inside their homes (the ones that wernt condemned) the after shocks alone were earthquakes. It was so scary and devastating. People's homes were rocked completely off thier foundations. A friend of mine who had spend years developing a property they purchased to build their house on, they had just finished building it and moved in, was now condemned.
Now living here in San Diego for the last 10 yrs or so, I have felt my share of earthquakes. They say we are supposed to have a major one, it enevitble. I used to live in a part of San Diego where I was in a tsunami zone, but not anymore. The one thing I do worry about is the San Onofre nuclear power plant being affected by a major earthquake, like what happened in Japan 2011.
Here is a link:
Southern California Earthquake Data Center at Caltech
The photo of the freeway, a motorcycle police officer drove off the part where is had seperated because it was still dark and he didn't know the freeway had collapsed the way it did. He slammed into the concrete below and died instantly.
) but I can't imagine what 1000 in a month would be like. I hope you and your fids are doing alright, and continue to hang in there!
and nothing's worst than having the ground not feel grounded..)
