About a 15 mninutes ago, I felt the earth move under my feet. An earthquake. The whole building shook and I could hearing creaking followed by a punctuation. Some item from the loft upstairs - either something fell off the bookshelf or the wall had fallen. The rolling movement stopped thankfully.
Do you know what to do in case of an earthquake? If not, check out the Red Cross website.
Here's what was posted on the Internet a minute ago.
By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago
LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. No immediate damage was reported.
Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County.
The quake struck at 11:42 a.m. PDT. "It was dramatic. The whole building moved and it lasted for a while," said Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, who was in the sheriff's suburban Monterey Park headquarters east of Los Angeles.
California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt.
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That was a good shake up wasn't it? I'm just glad no one got hurt.
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