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  Here are some of the reports that we received from our viewers, describing what they experienced during the earthquake.

I felt it. It was scary.. I know more than anybody!!!!
- Nomi, Lawndale

My whole apartment building shook very hard. All the windows were rattling, The hanging lights outside our door were swinging.. I've never felt a quake so hard. We live near the literally across the street from the airport and are used to loud noises and light rumbling, but this quake we knew it was not any airplane. I wanted to add that my family in Oceanside felt the quake.. not nearly as strong but they did feel it.
- Victoria C., El Segundo

My knees went forward but there wasn't a strong shake. The switch for our light was shaking, and our dog jumped up. It didn't last very long, but it was definitely a rolling quake as opposed to a shake.
- Lindsay, Camp Pendleton

Yes and was talking to a gal in Big Bear City and she felt it just seconds after I did. Live in a moble home and no damage but it shook.
- Irene B., Riverside

Felt very slight shaking. It seemed to go on for 20 seconds or so.
- Alex F., San Diego

Yup! I was sitting in my car. I thought my son decided to be funny and bounce on the back of the car. I even yelled at him to stop, then, I lookes at the townhomes in front of me, and noticed the window blindes shaking violently. Nothinh like 1994, but still... whew!
- Kimmi W., Aliso Viejo

I felt a rolling motion for about 7 to 10 seconds. It was scary but nothing broke or fell off the walls.
- Sheri C., Buena Park

Large continuing jolt with noise that eventually diminished. Scared my assistants dog. 2 items toppled on top of my entertainment center, but did not fall to the floor.
- John M., Lake Forest

I was sitting and watching TV when the roof started to make crackling noises and then the TV and computer started shaking and ended in 15-20 seconds
- Arin, Glendale

It was an earthquake unlike any other that I have felt because I felt it under my feet first. Usually you feel the rocking/shaking motion but in this case I could feel it from the ground up. It was very bizarre! We felt it pretty strongly here in Northridge.
- Katie, Northridge

I felt the desk shake and i clearly thought it was the end of the world. my life flashed before my eyes and i was in shock.
- Christal P., Rosemead

Everything shaking like crazy. I didnt know what was going on..
- Paul A., Hawthorne

I felt the earth move from the ground and it was so hard I could feel the building like it was going to crack. My TV fell off of the dresser onto the floor, along with the DVD and I slipped off the bed because I was screaming so loud now I am hoarse. I was in the apartment by myself because my son had taken the dog out. He called me and said that the ground was shaking and did I feel it. I was in the 1971 earthquake and the 1994 earthquake. I live in an older building and I was terrified. My light fixtures shook. It felt like it was under my feet.
- Linda S., Torrance

A big shake that lasted for about 15 sec. Things fell off the shelf.
- Rosana, Long Beach

I felt a steady rumble coupled with a slight roaring sound initially and then the shakes began lasting for approx. 22 seconds.
- Malcolm, Huntington Beach

I was at work about to leave out the door. I work in retail, so the whole front of the store is glass. To add there isn't a good place to take cover. My co-workers and myself were shook but ok. It lasted for a while. I don't live that far from my job, so when i got home, I was still in my car when the after shock happend. I've been in a lot of earthquakes. I was injured in the Northridge quake. Even though this one wasn't as large as that one, I'm still shook up.
- Brandi, Los Angeles

My son felt the roll of the quake here all the way in Granada Hills.
- Sonya, Granada Hills

I felt a light rumble beneath me as I layed in bed, and after a few seconds of rumbling, It felt as if a Truck had slammed into our house or an Explosion had just gone off in a neighboring City.
- Christopher E., Hawthorne

Wow I'm 17 years old and of course I was on myspace and I was sitting down at my computer chair typing to a friend the whole computer desk started shaking. My computer chair literally started jerking me back and forth. It was a really rocky earthquake.
- Ryon P., Lake Elsinore

I felt a slight sway in my building and then a jolt into kind of rolling rumble. Almost felt it coming.
- Leila., Laguna Beach

It started slow, then there was a jolt and then tapered off. My dogs started barking and the cats scattered. No damage though.
- Sandra H., Mission Viejo

My neighbors' dogs were barking a lot but I thought it was normal bark. Suddenly, a 2-minute shake suddenly approach. As I kept my windows open, I could see the fan shaking badly and my keychains on the wall shake badly. I was sitting down when it happened so I don't feel it as strong as the one which happened in July.
- Steffanie, Culver City

I felt my whole house shake. No house damage was done. My cat had detected the earthquake about 10 seconds before I felt it. It was pretty shocking.
- Noman K., Inglewood

Felt shaking in the 3rd floor of our apartment building. Good jolt for us down here!
- Jason, San Diego

Well I was in the car and stopped at a red light and I just felt something shake and I told my parents, is it just me or was that an earthquake? And they thought I was crazy. A minute later, a friend calls me saying it was an earthquake and my aunt called my mom.
 - Juan M., Los Angeles

A loud noise and then a very bad jolt that lasted about 2-3 seconds. Some glass rattled and some objects fell over.
- Elizabeth C., Hazelridge

It was pretty bad, up and down movements and since we're at the top level of the airport it was nothing BUT scary thoughts as the sound was like a deep boom. Our lights were flickering and our screens were dancing, we had to hold on to our counters.
-Dulce B., LAX airport

At first we felt a sort of slow rolling movement below us...my fiance and I looked at each other and both said "what's that?"..by that time I knew it was an earthquake, and soon after the rolling, a few quick jolts of shaking that lasted only a few seconds..then it went back to small rolling motion. Some things fell off of tables, and the pets were pretty shaken up.
-Monica H., Bellflower

I felt my whole house shaking for about 5 to 6 seconds before I realized that is was an quake. Not strong but still scary-you never know the outcome.
-William, Perris

The hotel room began to shake/sway, and I could hear the door rattling. There wasn't enough movement to knock anything down.
-Carman D, Downtown L.A. Westin Bonaventure

It was like a small explosion under my house and once it stopped the rolling sensation started. I have lived in the South Bay all my life but this one had to be the worst I've felt in along time. Pictures hanging on the wall started to change positions. It was kind of ironic that the one picture that moved the most was one in my office of a Memorial the 9/11 tradegy.
-Judi H., East of 405 Freeway

At the current time of the EarthQuake, I was upstairs in my room watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and suddenly I felt this extremely loud rattle, and my music instruments start to fall down. My electronic keyboard fell, my microphone and mic stand fell, although I wasn't scared but I did go downstairs having my hand covered to my head, checking on the rest of the family. They did feel the Earthquake, but it was nothing then what I felt or heard. Unfortuately, my music collection albums fell breaking over $200 worth of items.
-Stewart, Hollywood

I heard it before I felt it. Our apartment building jerked. It didnt last very long maybe 10 to 20 second, but it sure reminded me on how the Northridge Earthquake started. I waited to see if this earthquake was going to slow down and go away or start shacking harder. No damage out here just nerves are rattled.
-Melissa P., Sun City

I was sitting at my desk surfing the internet when all of a sudden the room started to rock back and forth and the windows were shaking like someone was banging on the windows. It lasted for about 10 seconds.
-Kim, Murrieta

I felt like a freight train was passing through my house. I felt it shake no more than 10 seconds.
-Will G., Los Angeles

I was at target and I heard something move then suddenly I felt the big joult and as the joult occured things were falling off of the shelves. I was really scared. This was my first earthquake that I felt.
-Lauren R., Carson

Rolling vibrations over about 10 seconds, strong enough to shake house for about 1/2 a second to cause concern, but things got softer after about 5 seconds, and was "the normal" kind of shaking thereafter...
-Jim H., Irvine

It began as a soft sway for 5 seconds then it began to jolt real strongly. I was on the phone with a friend that lives in long beach when it hit. She screamed earthquake almost 3 seconds after I did. The epicenter is down the hill from where I live to my shock. I felt the aftershock 5 mins after the main event. I'm nervous about going to sleep since I am so close to the epicenter.
-Chassity, Inglewood

I was just talking over the phone.Suddenly the ground was shaking. I thought it was the sound that was coming from my upstairs.After 5 seconds the intensity increased and then I realized that it was a earthquake and I just tried to open my door.suddenly the door struck for the first time and after wards it opened. I felt so scared.
-Sarada N., Santa Ana

The feeling was a small, low vibration. My dog began barking at the rattling of furniture. In Glendale this quake felt weaker than the small one 2 weeks ago, albeit a little longer in duration.
-Chris V., Glendale

I was on my couch laying down then all of a sudden my water bottle on my table started to shake. Then my xbox fell over an I jumped up an ran out of my apt to see if everyone was ok. The shaking was really bad!
-James, Hawthrone

I was standing at the kitchen sink and I felt a big jolt and shaking that didn't seem to want to quit. My legs were trembling for a good 10 minutes later. I have not been afraid for a long time from a quake but this time was different. My husband Bob agreed.
-Robin T., Huntington Beach

I was cooking dinner and felt the floor rumble for about 10 seconds, what seemed like a 1 second break and then a very strong jolt. I felt one of the aftershocks. (Just a light rumble) Nothing fell off of my sons bobblehead shelf. I can't believe it.
-Vince R., Lakewood

I was lying on the bed with my son..i heard a rattle and turned to look at my husband, who was sitting next to window he got up quickly. I scream earthquake and got on top of my son and cover him until the shaking stop. It went on about 20 second. There is no damage but we are still startled from it.
-Yen, Long Beach

It felt like it had a gentle rolling motion to it with a small jolt near the end. It sounded like a truck was going by.
-Cheyenne C., Sherman Oaks

I felt a rumbling in the beginning and thought a huge big rig was passing our home but it kept shaking so me and my parents ran to get under the kitchen table. My bank letters, binoculars, and frame fell down, but other than that everything was fine.
-Usma, Bellflower

I felt the floor shake and then it got more agressive and I grabbed my daughter who I just got out of the tub and I was getting her ready for bed. Also my dog was trying to warn me before it happened because he was running in circles.
-Monica R., Long Beach

I was on the phone with my friend who is in West L.A. She said,"There's an earthquake. Can you feel it?" I couldn't for a few seconds and then it hit my house. Whole house shook really well. Blinds were banging against each other, chains for the blinds, etc. And the house walls were creaking. Lasted about 10 seconds. I guessed about a 4.3, but thought it must be much greater somewhere else. I thought it interesting that she felt it before I did in the San Fernando Valley.
-Nancy M., Winnetka

It was my first earthquake since I recently moved here from the UK. At first I was really scared when the dogs jumped up and climbed on top of me. Then after the first bump the following bumps were not as scary however still very shocking. There was no damge on our house however I was sat on the sofa and it slid across the floor.
-Daniel K., Ladera Ranch

It started out as a small shake then just kept getting stronger. We had things falling off of shelves but no damage. We have a couple of long hanging lights and usually they swing back and forth but tonight they did not move at all. No damage but because we were close to the center it felt strong.
-Judith P., Lakewood

I was falling asleep on the couch, and I was awaken by the shaking, what spooked me was the sharp thump that felt like a bomb exploded. That was weird. I have been thru many of the big quakes here. This one was different because there was a noise that felt like an explosion. I thought it was the BIG ONE, but it suddenly stopped it was really short. Thank God.
-Martin G., Lennox

I live in a second story apartment and I was just walking outside onto the balcony when I felt it. Suddenly I felt a hard jolt and I thought a car had hit the building or something! Then my mom started yelling at me to get down the stairs (there aren't any power lines near by) and I realized it was an earthquake. Luckily, no damage, but my cat was certainly not very happy. Oh and just a new tip, if an earthquake like this hits, go onto Myspace, Facebook, or Twitter to communicate with your family. I couldn't get through with a cell call or text, but I could get through on the internet. Intense shock!
-Elyse, Lomita

I was driving back home from Orange County (Orange) and I had gotten off of the I-5 North at Brookhurst and La Palma Boulevard to gas up my van in Anaheim. Just as I approached the light, I felt the van moving like if somebody was pushing the vehicle around or the van was experiencing problems, yet the van's engine was running smoothly. I had stopped right on the bridge when the shaking occurred. Just as I approached the corner of Brookhurst and La Palma, I saw the traffic light pole shaking. Little did I know when all that was occurring, that we were having an earthquake. Even though I a bit shaken up, I'm okay.
-Juan C., Walnut Park

All of a sudden I felt this hard shaking. At first I thought it was someone running up the stairs but then I realized that it wasn't. The mirror closet doors in my room were shaking intensively. My whole body was moving along with the shaking.
-Daphne, Torrance

We were sitting on our couch and it felt like someone was rocking the couch - pretty strong. Our lamp shades started shaking but nothing broke. About 15-20 seconds.
-Barbara A., Brea

My house is located around the Loyola Marymount University. The house started shaking, windows rattled and our dogs went crazy. Biggest one yet.
-Morgan R., Westchester

The earthquake hit the back of our home with a terrible jolt sending my husband and I to the floor of our bedroom. We thought out back door was damaged but that did not occur. Books flew off shelves up stairs. The jolt felt like some vehicle slammed into the back of our home.
-Ann K., Rancho Palos Verdes

It was a light shake and then it really hit. We felt our building shake pretty bad. I'm surprised there was no damage or that anything fell. Did not feel the after shock.
-Stephanie M., Dana Point

It really shook my house, nothing fell over or broke. Just scared me and my pets! It lasted for a good 15 seconds!
-Judy E., Catalina Island


The house shook pretty intensely but, thanks to it's strong structure, everything kept it's place, even the China In the case of an earthquake, you don't want to use a cell phone because it overwhelms the cellular connections and causes a congestion in the signals, the best communication in situations like this is to use a payphone.
-Bruce, Compton

I didn't feel a thing. Others around me commented they felt a slight jolt, but I did not feel anything at all. I usually feel them..but not this one. I'm @ work so some mentioned it, but it was not much of an event.
-Stephen M., Beverly Hills

At first I wasn't sure, until my husband said earthquake, earthquake; he was in the bathroom and couldn't do anything. I was in the bedroom arranging my medicine when I felt like rattle, like shake, very slight shake. By the time I took twenty steps to my doorway (bedroom), it was over.
- Trudy P., El Sereno

Me and my 1-year-old son were sitting on our couch when we began to feel it vibrate. I was so confused trying to figure out it was shaking. Then I heard what sounded like a loud truck outside our apartment. Then I glanced at some picture frames and they were shaking to. I finally realized it was a quake. It was totally different from all the others we have been having. This one was a rolling quake.
- Rebecca, Highland Park

We live in a mobile home, and the house was shaking like it normally would when the washer was in spin cycle!! It lasted about 5 seconds and was gone.
- Stacey B., Lancaster

First felt a jumping motion and then swaying.
- Adrianna S., Santa Ana

Heck Yeah...My pictures, chandeliers, bathroom items all fell on the floor...broken glass everywhere... 
- Annie, Huntington Beach

It was a sharp East - West jolt followed by nauseating rolling. My 4-year-old called it a big "motorcycle" rolling by.
- Chris N., Torrance

I was folding laundry and I heard a muffled rumbling sound, so I stopped to listen and figure out what it was. Then there was a sudden jolt and some swaying. I definitely heard it before I felt it.
- Carly, West Hills

I felt my apartment moving but thought at first that it was someone moving things above me. Then I saw the door swinging and the rumbling continued and I realized that it was an earthquake. By the time I realized it, about 5-8 seconds, it was over. I felt the aftershock shortly thereafter which lasted only about 3-5 seconds. There was no damage.
- Melissa B., 1 mile South of Downtown

Yeah, we felt the earthquake. It sounded like a bulldozer coming to plow the house down. The horse knew something was wrong and we knew it was an earthquake. It felt like a 4.5 where we live in Santa Ana.
- Renee J., Santa Ana

I was in bed when the bed started to shake, I realized immediately that it was an earthquake, in my years I have experienced many.
- Maria G., Garden Grove

A shaking feeling. The whole house. Real scary, I have a 5-month-old baby that I ran to and picked up. Went outside, A lot of neighbours were out there too...
- Maria U., Hawthorne

It felt like a big rumble, the furniture was shaking, and for me it lasted to long, things fell off the shelves, but no real damage. That was just too much of a shake quake.
- Karen S., Buena Park

Sound like a helo landing then the shuddering of the floor and walls. Lasted about 15 seconds...
- Bernadette B., Dana Point

I felt the house shake, a rolling feeling as my wife and I sat on the couch. My kids where upstairs and said...was that an earthquake? That was our first earthquake as homeowners. I've been in at least one as a kid living in the LA area and a couple living up north in the bay area. THE BIG ONE IS COMING!
- Tim, Rancho Santa Margarita

I thought I was fainting at first because my sugar level was kind of high. I had just finished putting my 4-year-old in the bath tub. When my house began to shake. I grabbed my daughter out of the tub ran to get my 1-year- old, who was asleep on my bed, then ran into the hallway with both my girls in my arms and took cover under a table.
- Denise, Wilmington

It felt as if someone had sneaked up behind me and given me three or four hard shakes. I lost several pictures off my walls and a few items from book shelves.
- Jackie G., Long Beach

I felt my chair rock slightly back and forth. It lasted no more than 3 seconds. 
- Martina, Oceanside

A rolling motion and was waiting for it to get stronger, but it did not
- Sue W., Altadena 

It was the most violent earthquake I've been in, since I was close to epicenter. There was a loud banging noise and my house severely shook back and forth and things fell off shelves. But it lasted just about 15 seconds.
- Shraddha, Redondo Beach

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