Earthquake shakes L.A.

[eagles21]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_ ... earthquake

Strong quake shakes Southern California

By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes 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.

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Going to Los Angeles on Friday for vacation too. Hopefully the tectonic plates will be still by then.

[Metroid]

Going to Los Angeles on Friday for vacation too. Hopefully the tectonic plates will be still by then.

You wuss, don't be scurd of a little ground vibrations.

Seriously though 5.4 is a pretty good shake.

[eagles21]

You wuss, don't be scurd of a little ground vibrations.

As long as the ground doesn't rip open, I'm sure I'll be fine.

[Metroid]

You wuss, don't be scurd of a little ground vibrations.

As long as the ground doesn't rip open, I'm sure I'll be fine.

Yeah or in a tall building.

[eagles21]

You wuss, don't be scurd of a little ground vibrations.

As long as the ground doesn't rip open, I'm sure I'll be fine.

Yeah or in a tall building.

That too.

But anyway, no injuries or serious damage as of yet, so that's good. Like you said, 5.4 is a decent shake.

[Metroid]

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But anyway, no injuries or serious damage as of yet, so that's good. Like you said, 5.4 is a decent shake.

Yeah it is, hopefully all of the Cafe's LA area friends and family are safe.

[Nfl Fan]

5.4???
Pffft... 5.4 ain't squat.

[BigBadBrawler]

It wasn't that bad guys. They actually downgraded the original estimates from a 5.8 to a 5.4. My condo started to shake a bit and it lasted a few seconds (long enough to make me get up and stand in the doorway, which is unusual for my lazy @$$), but it was far from anything serious. There was only one real aftershock that you could feel also, and it happened right after the quake. Like you guys said, no injuries or damage reported as of yet, so that's good. Par for the course in L.A unfortunately...

On a side note, it's always fun to watch how the tourists react to earthquakes here. I remember when I was living in the dorms at UCLA a few years ago, and we had a pretty sizable quake one night. All the kids from the mid-west were running around freaking out, exaggerating how big the quake was, scared to death of aftershocks. The rest of us didn't even get outta bed. The dorm shook, we woke up, told the noobs that it was alright, and went back to sleep. Good times...

So come on down Eagles, the weather's fine and the place will still be standing when you get here. I promise...

[knapplc]

My buddy, that girl that lives out there, told me she freaked out and then she cried when it was over.

I told her it was OK, and that I still think she's cool.

Good to hear everyone is OK.

[Metroid]

Yeah if you're not used to earthquakes they can be very frightening.

Something about the earth shaking thats just not natural.