All Shook Up

Well! Our first earthquake!

It was quick -- for us it only lasted 1 to 2 seconds -- near the epicenter it shook for about 14 seconds... that would have scared us more! It was so quick that some of our neighbors thought it might have been just a big bomb dropping at near-by Camp Pendleton. (We hear those often, but I don't think we've felt one yet!)

So, no big deal. THIS time! :)

Quake centered near Lake Elsinore
rattles region

LAKE ELSINORE -- A moderate earthquake centered in the Santa Ana Mountains near Lake Elsinore gave Southwest County a jolt Sunday morning while rattling much of Southern California.

The magnitude-4.7 quake hit at 10:29 a.m., with an epicenter eight miles west-northwest of Lake Elsinore and about 1.6 miles from Santiago Peak, the largest peak on the Riverside County side of the mountain range, according to various reports.

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http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/03/news/californian/22_42_299_02_07.txt


Update: Sept 4, 2007
We've had 3 "shakes" in 4 days now! We only felt the first one, our neighbors felt others. The second one was just 10 miles off the coast of San Diego. The 3rd was Lake Elsinore again.

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