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Viewers Report What They Felt During The Quake

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

I was at the Angels game sitting in the upper level. It was like a rolling motion. It lasted for about 5-10 seconds. Practically the whole stadium felt it because the crowd went "whoa".
-Krissy, Whittier

I felt a roll then my windows started to rattle no damages.
-Elena R., San Bernardino

You can hear it coming. First a roll. Then a hard shake.
-Sara, Anaheim Hills

I was at a track meet on a field and was texting and all of a sudden the ground underneath me started to vibrate and roll, it was only for about 6 seconds. It was funny becasue you could hear people screaming and stuff and there were about a 100 people on the field.
-Hana, El Dorado

With the first earthquake I was sitting on the couch felt a little rolling water in the cooler was swaying the 2nd one around 8:30 I was in my car at a drive thru.
-Melissa, Lakewood

It's 9:05pm and "we" felt 2 more hard but shorter than earlier hits! My cats and dog have been acting weird all afternoon. Smart little ones!
-Cindy B., Yorba Linda

I was in my business writing class at Cal State Fullerton when the earthquake hit. At first it was a sudden jolt, then it intensity increased with each second. Lasted for about 5 seconds. No damage here. Just a few people who were freaked out. Too bad class wasn't cancelled.
-Frank, Fullerton

I just felt my couch moving Ithought it was one of my cats that like to sleep inside the couch. but my cats were outside. It was a quick one but strong.
-Yolanda R., La Verne

Rolling motion...no jolt, no noise.
-Shannon

I was on my laptop at home and I felt a strong jolt. No body else felt it but me.
-Rosie

A rolling type, nothing fallen in the house, but you could feel it roll.
-Barboa

Felt jolt and swaying as I watched TV in my apartment. Are these a prelude to greater ones? My parents thought I was imagining it. They live in Long Beach!
-Collette P.

I was sitting on my couch watching House, and felt a short rocking back and forth, and then longer swaying type motions...just for a few seconds, but scared me nonetheless. I'm also on the third floor, so I tend to feel even the small quakes. I've lived in Orange County my whole life, and have never gotten used to earthquakes. It's a scary feeling, feeling helpless.
-Kristen

First quake was a rolling motion. Second was a big jolt.
-Lori

This second quake felt much bigger than the first one this afternoon. We were watching the Lakers game when the earthquake started!
-Wendy

Two good size jolts, just a few seconds apart.
-Kathy Jevas

We felt the afternoon quake sitting at the stoplight. Shook the truck pretty good. Then tonight's quake rattled the closet doors. out Cats are freaked out!
-JB

I felt another shake just a few minutes ago, wow...sedond time today, wonder if its going to be a long shake? Scary...
-Kayly

I was laying down, I could feel the bed just like a small vibration and it lasted about 20 seconds. Nothing damaged.
-Gene Doucett

I was at work (3rd floor) working at my desk when it felt like someone started to use a jackhammer...then it started to intensify to a hard shake. I would say it lasted a good 8 to 10 seconds.
-Maria Cuaron

I was sitting at my home computer when the desk started shaking. It felt like an up and down rolling motion. It was smooth, not jerky. Just a few seconds.
-Rita Alarcon, Westminster

I was on the sixth floor at Cal. State Fullerton and it was a rolling feeling the while building was swaying.
-Chantal C., Fullerton

It was a smooth rocking movement about 5 to 8 seconds max. Not a lot of people felt it here at work just the people sitting down.
-Analy Lopez, Garden Grove

A good jolt earthquake at 4:46 pm today. jolting for a few seconds. Damage at Stater Brothers at Yorba Linda and Lakeview.
-Ann Claahsen, Yorba Linda

I was on a second story condo and it was quick 2-4 seconds tops. Slow rolling motion. No major jolts. The cats went running and I watched the mirrored closet door swing. I also hear my window seal crack.
-Victoria, Orange

Shallow rolling motion lasting about 5 seconds. Felt like a rollercoaster ride. Pre-Shock to the big one? What fault lines was the quake on?
-Ray Smithson Jr., Anaheim

First one happened when I was at Hair Salon in Yorba Linda. It shook hard and the girls started to run out the door. During the 8:27 earthquake, I was upstairs in my Yorba Linda house when I thought my house was going to raise up! It lasted about 15 seconds and some items came off the shelf & kitchen door open.
- Eastlake Miller, Yorba Linda

I had just got home. My mom was sitting at the table and I sat down. Then my mom asked if I moved the table and I told her I thought she was moving it. But it was the quake we felt.
- Sophia De Luna, Westminister


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