True enough, but most folks never experience one right smack dab at the epicenter.
I remember feeling the Sylmar quake of 1971 at our house in the southern part of the county. We were more than 40 miles away from the epicenter, and it shook every stud and rafter in our house. Even the electrical transmission towers out back were swaying back and forth.
I lived in Sylmar when that quake hit.
I will never forget it.
Didn’t have running water for a whole week.
No gas for a week and a half.
Back then, most people thought we were being bombed.
“Sylmar quake of 1971 “
I was in Orange County when that quake hit. I don’t remember ever being scared by an earthquake until that monster hit. A friend had their pool emptied by the quake, with all the water roaring through their house like a tsunami.
I remember the Sylmar quake. I lived about 20 miles from the epicenter.
It’s the strongest quake I ever felt. It seemed to last an eternity. All kinds of strange noises from the wood frame house. Windows rattling, floor shaking. Time really slows down when you are experiencing terror.
No one who’s been through something like that ever forgets it.