I was in Northern California for the Loma Prieta earthquake, which destroyed freeways and all that. Today we had a really big one that we felt here in San Diego. The house shook, doors swung on their hinges, ceiling fans swinging back and forth, etc. This was a 6.9 on the richter scale, the Loma Prieta one was 6.9, too. I've been through dozens of quakes before, and these two are the only ones I realized "it's an earthquake!" within 2-3 seconds.
I was in a theater and thought someone was kicking the back of my chair It was in a mall theater and rocked big time. Swaying back and forth. Not nice.
I'm a lot closer to the epicenter here. It felt like Loma Prieta. The ground shook side to side quite noticeably, and it was a long (time) one. I'm wondering if there's a lot of damage in Mexico. Their building standards aren't close to as good as ours.
Pretty good aftershock just now, much shorter, certainly not a 6.9, but definitely people noticed it.
I felt it, but didn't want to say "Did you feel that earthquake?" to the misses cause she didn't feel it. I had been drinking for a few hours and I didn't want her to be like, "How drunk are you?" LIKE ITS ANY OF HER GOD DAMN BUSINESS HOW DRUINK I AM! There is a zombie jesus out there somewhere today!
I didn't feel anything, but I did hear what sounded like one my roommates leaving the apartment and closing the door. A few minutes later, I heard there was an earthquake. Maybe that was it? I felt nothing in my room.
It may be in Mexico but it will sneak over the border by morning. We taxpayers will be taking care of its aftershocks for years.
