Re: [californiadisasters] Earthquake I Experienced 24 Years Ago Yesterday

I remember that quake real well.  I lived in Glendale at the time and I had just returned home from a date.  It made me jump into the doorway, the house was shaking pretty good.  Kylie, what a coincidence that you commented that you cannot wait to experience a quake in the email for this quake.  Several days before this quake I struck up a conversation with a young lady while we waited in line at Cal State LA. She was a freshman who grew-up on the east coast and when I mentioned that she had missed the Whittier Narrows quake in 1987, she said she would die to be in one.  I told her that was the wrong choice of words, we (CSULA) had a student (Lupe Elias-Exposito) die during the quake. Now, on Saturday morning I was on campus studying for upcoming finals.  I had left a message with a friend asking if I could get a copy of her notes for a class I missed and told her where to find me.  Saturday morning she walks into the room with her roommate, and low and behold her roommate is the gal I talked to earlier that week.  When I asked her about her 1st quake experience I found out that she was still terrified 8 hours later.  After finals she went home for Christmas break and didn't return (yes, because of the quake).  Every year at this time I think of the quake, that story and chuckle.

Now Kylie, I hope you have a better experience than that young lady when you experience your first quake.

Bill

PS - my major at CSULA was Geology.

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Kylie Johanson <kyliejohanson@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I've only been living in California for six days now. I really cannot wait until I get quaked really good! So far there have been like, magnitude 1s all over Southern California lately. Of course, I'm quite realistic about this. I don't expect earthquakes everyday.

From: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: CaliforniaDisasters <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>; California's Earthquake Forum <californiasearthquakeforum@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 2:45 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] Earthquake I Experienced 24 Years Ago Yesterday

 

Type of Faulting: left-lateral strike-slip, with very minor reverse motion
Time: December 3, 1988 / 3:38 am PST
Location: 34° 8.47' N, 118° 7.96' W Directly below the city of Pasadena.
Magnitued: M_L5.0
Fault Involved: Raymond fault
Depth: 15.6 km

 Apart from its effects on local residents, this quake was notable for a few seismological details. First, it was followed by an unusually small number of aftershocks for a quake of its magnitude, the largest of which was hardly noticable -- only a magnitude 2.4 (unless the Montebello earthquake is considered an aftershock of this event). Second, it served to bring the debate over the sense of motion of the Raymond fault closer to an end, by providing a clear example of left-lateral movement most likely located along that fault.

Source: http://www.data.scec.org/significant/pasadena1988.html

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