Earthquake in L.A.
CNN Breaking News: "A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has rattled Los Angeles, California." [UPDATE: It's been downgraded to a 5.4.]
UPDATE: USGS details here. The epicenter was actually near Chino.
My initial reaction is that a 5.8 is decent-sized, but not huge, by L.A. standards. But, damage-wise, a great deal depends on the details.
UPDATE 2: It happened at 2:42 PM EDT, or 11:42 AM local time. (Aftershocks are ongoing.) Nikki Finke calls it "one big, long earthquake."
Various TV stations in L.A. are streaming live over the Interwebs: CBS 2, ABC 7 and Fox 11.
UPDATE 3: Sounds like there wasn't much damage. There's a "1 in 20 chance" that it was a "foreshock" of a larger quake coming, according to CBS 2.
Meanwhile, congrats to Flying Cats, which was, according to Google Blog Search, the very first blog on the Internet to post about the earthquake.
Elsewhere the blogosphere, West By East reports: "to my East Coast friends and family who have never experienced a quake, I am honored to share with you that it feels like a fat man running really fast on your roof."
UPDATE: USGS details here. The epicenter was actually near Chino.
My initial reaction is that a 5.8 is decent-sized, but not huge, by L.A. standards. But, damage-wise, a great deal depends on the details.
UPDATE 2: It happened at 2:42 PM EDT, or 11:42 AM local time. (Aftershocks are ongoing.) Nikki Finke calls it "one big, long earthquake."
Various TV stations in L.A. are streaming live over the Interwebs: CBS 2, ABC 7 and Fox 11.
UPDATE 3: Sounds like there wasn't much damage. There's a "1 in 20 chance" that it was a "foreshock" of a larger quake coming, according to CBS 2.
Meanwhile, congrats to Flying Cats, which was, according to Google Blog Search, the very first blog on the Internet to post about the earthquake.
Elsewhere the blogosphere, West By East reports: "to my East Coast friends and family who have never experienced a quake, I am honored to share with you that it feels like a fat man running really fast on your roof."
posted by Brendan Loy at
7/29/2008 02:49:00 PM
