Epicenter One Mile from Home
On Friday, March 28, 2014, the ladies from church had a Women’s Movie Night. I was sitting on a couch watching the movie. Suddenly, I felt a jolt, then a violent shake for 20 to 30 seconds. All the ladies were sitting tight, praying while things in the kitchen were tumbling down.
As soon as the quake stopped, our attention went to News channels. We found out that there was a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck ONE mile east of La Habra where I live, resulting in isolated power outages and damage that included ruptured water mains and broken glass in Orange County, California. The temblor was one in a sequence of more than 20 quakes that hit the area within less than two hours, seismologists said.
I had never experienced an epicenter of earthquake so close to home. I was anxious to get home to access the damage. As soon as I opened the door, I found my favorite crystal vase with a dozen red roses on the floor. The vase was chattered. Then I found my husband’s miniature car collection fell on the floor. Rushing to the living room and I saw my collection of angels fell sideways, but fortunately was not broken. Opened the front door, and I saw a couple garden sculptures were broken. Anxiously, I ran upstairs and downstairs, and the garage to check everything. There were other damages, cupboard doors swung open, and things fallen on the floor also.
It was quite a scary moment!
Glad you only had a few broken/shook up things, and no injuries from the earthquake! When in Japan, we had them quite often, some larger than others, but while we were there no huge ones. It did shake our hanging shell lamp, and once ‘rode’ the bed, which was on wheels across the room with my kids. 🙂
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Yes, Japan is sitting on on the fire ring. Yet, lots of people living there! Yes, I’ve seen news report showing thing sliding back and forth during quake!
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goodness-I can not imagine! I m glad it was not worse.!
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I know. It’s was pretty scary in some areas! Thank you so much!
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I am so glad you are safe. That was a close shave. Take care.
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Thank you so much!!
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😲 I’m glad that you and your angels were okay. Perhaps they weren’t damaged because they had been in flight earlier, watching over you. 🙂
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I like that! They were watching over me, and my symbols of my guardians!!!
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😇 😇 😇 🙂 ❤
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♥*♥*♥*♥*♥*♥
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OMG!! Its scary!!
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Yes, it was, and that was my third experience of earthquake. When my daughter went to a babysister, the care taker practiced earthquake drill with the kids!!
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We too have had such scary experiences in India.
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When the last tsunami hit Thailand, the waves came all the way to Hawaii.
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glad that your were alright
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Thank you so much!
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I bet it was a scary moment. When I lived in southern California (Oxnard) I felt the 1971 Selmar earthquake 6.7 and there was a 6.1 just off the shore near Oxnard a couple years after that but it was probably closer to 10 miles away. So I’ve not felt what you did. Glad you are okay.
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Yes, Cee, thank you! it was scary. The first one I felt was in 1987. I thought I had a flat tire. My babysitter’s whole block lost their chimneys. After I dropped of my daughter and went to school. The parents still dropped off the kids after 8:00am, the quake was 7:42am at 5.9 magnitude. Well all the staff stayed until all the kids got picked up.
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How scary!
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Thank you. Yes it was!
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It is true that we need to live everyday of our lives to the fullest, never knowing if a jolt will come out of the blue.
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It’s so true!
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One reason I don’t think I could live in California: the earthquakes! I’m so glad it wasn’t any worse for you and your husband. What a nightmare that must have been, though!
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He works pm shift at the hospital. I waited for him to come home to shows him the photos, because I cleaned up most of the things. I only live through 3 earthquakes in 30+ years in CA. The one in San Francisco was worse. The second tier of FWY collapsed on the first tier. People were trapped for a long time!!
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Oh no, how horrid! I guess I just can’t imagine living in a place where the earth literally shifts … but, then, I live fairly close to the coast, where we get hurricanes, and we also live in the lower part of the “tornado belt,” so some people probably would say the same about living in southeast Alabama. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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We went to NC after hurricane Katrina and saw what happened!
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Not a pretty sight at all! It was absolutely devastating!
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I must agree even seeing the trace of it.
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I sure remember earthquake drills in school as a kid there; I grew up in Yorba Linda but my aunt and uncle lived in Newhall near fault line and their house literally cracked in half in that big earthquake of the 70s. I recall seeing the overpasses broken in halves and a just a portion still standing. All her china and dishes came out of the cupboards as well. I’m glad you were safe. We deal with tornadoes here.
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Tornadoes are more scary. I’ve seen news. Swirl the whole house and drops it elsewhere shattered!! Hope that it doesn’t come often! I don’t think there is any way to prepare for it!
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No there really is no way to prepare unless you are fortunate to get a warning and get to the basement and even then not always safe. Or even worse if you don’t have a basement, we don’t right now. We’ve had several trees go down and nearby tornadoes hit houses so it’s been pretty close.
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I guess nowhere is really “safe” from natural disasters! We just enjoy the present and live one day at a time! Hope you’ll safe in all cases!
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Thank you, you as well. I believe if it’s my time to go, it’s my time to go. I try to use wisdom and yet everybody has a designated time for leaving this earth, right?
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I agree with you! We keep life simple. We won’t miss ‘things’ when that time comes!
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It was such a blessing that you were with your church friends when the earthquake hit! I am thinking of your husband’s collection. We have so many Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars that belonged to our son. I would be crushed if they were all over the place. He had them in cases…in just the right order! We have left the cases just like that in the room that was his! And then i would be worried about my mother’s music boxes…so many stories behind everything! And our daughter’s doll collection! Oh my!
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Yes, that was the reason I ran all over the house to check everything. I experienced 3 earthquakes in southern CA, that one was the closest!
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We both love California, but I would be very concerned about earthquakes! But then again…we have tornadoes in North Texas quite a lot!!!
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Well, that’s it. Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis (Asia). We all have a share of the nature’s constant movements that may result in disasters! I had seen typhoon #10 (maximum) as a kid in Hong Kong!
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Yes, every part of the world has something beautiful as well as something treacherous…part of God’s plan. Treacherous happenings in nature and life can be deceiving, I think! Conditions seem ideal, but can take a differing route at anytime. That is where our faith delivers needed courage and resilience!
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It is so true! That’s the way I feel it and trust God for it. That’s no way to escape danger. It’s up to God whether it come to me or not!
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Wow! Glad you are safe!
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Thank you very much! Yes, our friends kept giving info to each other… monitored the aftershocks… posted pics on FB…
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That’s nuts. Glad those don’t come often!
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Thank God, only 3 times in 30+ years!
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❤️
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Thanks! 🙂
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WOW! How scary, so glad you made it through okay!
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Yes, thank you! It was scary!
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That must have been scary! I’m glad your angels were not broken.
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Thank you so much! I’m glad they were intact! Many of them have stories behind them so they are memorable items!
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Indeed a scary moment. But glad that you all are safe!
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Thank you! It was scary!
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