Only 5.5? Must have been shallow, or placed just right.
When I lived in California we didn’t even look up for a 5.5.
When I lived in California we didn’t even look up for a 5.5.
California's soil, sandy/loamy, dampens the long distance effects of most quakes. Wherein east of the Mississippi, the bedrock allows even a 5.5 quake's effects to 'travel' much greater distances.