It was a "double peak" variety, about 15 miles from me (South San Gabriel).
I was lying in my waterbed when it hit. I love my waterbed, as it warms me in the winter and cools me in the summer, and is so comfortable. A lady (many years ago), had just driven down from Seattle (leaving her husband). It was late at night. She knocked on my bedroom door (not the only time this has happened). I let her in. She quickly disrobed and hit the bed. She said, "My god your bed is comfortable!". Last word I heard from her for more than 10 hours.
But - one major disappointment. When I installed it, 50 years ago, I expected big waves during earthquakes. No waves - none at all.
This earthquake was nearly all vertical motion. It was pretty strong, but none of the pans hanging from my kitchen ceiling even touched each other. I have many, many shelves here, all totally jammed with all manner of stuff. One small jar fell to the floor - not another thing was misplaced or tipped over.
One good thing about where I live, even though this valley was cut by a (very long dormant) fault, is that it's all rotten granite here, and doesn't propagate earthquakes well at all. In one of the worst, I did lose a jar of sauerkraut, but no other damage, for 50 years and a dozen or so quakes.
Girlfriend was sleeping beside me when the Whittier Narrows quake hit. Se asked in alarm, "What should we do!!?". My reply was, "Nothing. Go back to sleep". The pans did rattle really good for that one though.
I was lying in my waterbed when it hit. I love my waterbed, as it warms me in the winter and cools me in the summer, and is so comfortable. A lady (many years ago), had just driven down from Seattle (leaving her husband). It was late at night. She knocked on my bedroom door (not the only time this has happened). I let her in. She quickly disrobed and hit the bed. She said, "My god your bed is comfortable!". Last word I heard from her for more than 10 hours.
But - one major disappointment. When I installed it, 50 years ago, I expected big waves during earthquakes. No waves - none at all.
This earthquake was nearly all vertical motion. It was pretty strong, but none of the pans hanging from my kitchen ceiling even touched each other. I have many, many shelves here, all totally jammed with all manner of stuff. One small jar fell to the floor - not another thing was misplaced or tipped over.
One good thing about where I live, even though this valley was cut by a (very long dormant) fault, is that it's all rotten granite here, and doesn't propagate earthquakes well at all. In one of the worst, I did lose a jar of sauerkraut, but no other damage, for 50 years and a dozen or so quakes.
Girlfriend was sleeping beside me when the Whittier Narrows quake hit. Se asked in alarm, "What should we do!!?". My reply was, "Nothing. Go back to sleep". The pans did rattle really good for that one though.