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Any damage from the earthquake in Shattuck?

Didn't know there was one. Had not heard anything on tv. We usually have several small ones a month.

4.1 and deep. Not very long in time or much ground acceleration. By California standards, it was a nonevent.
But, for Shattuck, I bet it was a big deal.

Uncle Carl would say, “Earthquake’s are like a divorce, the closer you are to the epicenter the much stronger the event feels.” Carl would also say, “The first one is always the biggest. After a few you just roll over and try to go back to sleep and forget about the sound of pots and pans hitting the floor and doors slamming.” I am not sure if that was about quakes or divorces.

Social etiquette dictates the following post-quake decorum:
I feel the earth move under my feet by Carole King is the official song of the day.
“Did you feel it” is a USGS website to report your experience, it is not a phrase to say to women you don’t know.
If someone ask how you are, the only correct answer is, “I’m fine but a little shaken.”

I was staying in a motel 1984 in Escondido. Was waken by my bed shaking thought a fat woman was trying to wake me up. It stopped, after I figured out I was alone went back to sleep.