16 Oct
1999
16 Oct
'99
10:33 a.m.
I'm around 30 north-east of LA, and it was enough to make us jump up
around 3am. Genius that I am, I put up the slat-plank kind of adjustable
shelves in my office...which didn't fare too well. Everthing else was
either too heavy, bolted down, or on the floor. Nothing damaged except for
our nerves and a broken mirror.
The best one since I've been out here was the Whittier quake in '87. I was
sitting in my first period class (grade 9) and all of the flourescents
came down at the same time that the big wall of windows on the south side
of the class imploded. Absolute, beautiful chaos ensued...
Aaron
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
So where was
this quake for us less informed types?
--Chuck
A 7.0 about 30 miles N of Joshua Tree (that is, about 90 miles
ENE of downtown LA). See
http://www.scec.org/
for more details.
According to the folks I know east of LA, the quake felt *much* bigger than the
'92 Landers Earthquake which was a 7.3 (and I personally rode out,
along with the Northridge quake a few years later.) Lots of stuff
thrown off tables and shelves.
Supposedly one of the I-40 bridges in Barstow is pretty badly damaged,
but still standing.
--
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