Jul 29 2008Earthquake hits Los Angeles to San Diego
In case you guys are in a bubble, a major seismic event (a.k.a. a freaking 5.8. earthquake) was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego. CNN reports:
The quake's epicenter was about 2 miles southwest of Chino Hills and about 5 miles southeast of Diamond Bar, the USGS said. Chino Hills is about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
There were no immediate reports of injury or damage in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told The Associated Press. San Bernardino County fire dispatch did not have reports of damage, AP said.
No major injuries which means Heidi and Spencer are still alive. Dammit, God, you missed! I hear the phone lines are a mess, but from the sound of it, everyone's just a bit "shaken up." Get it? I'm horribly inappropriate. But in all seriousness, The Superficial hopes everyone's doing alright and your loved ones are safe. (Unless you're related to Ashton Kutcher, then I rescind my prior statement.)

Reader Comments
1. lulu - July 29, 2008 3:21 PM
Haven't felt it in Ohio yet ;)
2. steve - July 29, 2008 3:21 PM
!
3. Sportsdvl - July 29, 2008 3:22 PM
How am I supposed to believe in God if the quake didn't kill Heidi & Spencer?
4. TOOL - July 29, 2008 3:28 PM
So no Arizona Bay today then....
5. Danny - July 29, 2008 3:29 PM
I live about 40 Miles south of Chino, hit hard here ( thought my plasma was going to fall) but everything is good!
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/118-34.htm
6. Dr. Otto Van DerWahl - July 29, 2008 3:31 PM
Remember folks, stop, drop and roll.
7. veggi - July 29, 2008 3:34 PM
Oh well, hopefully there will be some reports later of elderly people dying of heart attacks and babies smothered under fallen bookcases.
8. Truth doctor - July 29, 2008 3:34 PM
They'll claim heath ledger heroically rose from the dead to make dark knight 2. In reality, it was all a hoax. He was hiding in Sonora, Mexico with a 12 year old.
9. manny eylicio - July 29, 2008 3:34 PM
are you sure not just one of them?
10. FaFa - July 29, 2008 3:35 PM
It was pretty nuts, I'm still shaken by it. It was little at first but then it felt like the building was swaying and lasted forever. Now my cell phone isn't working. It was actually a 5.4 earthquake, they just announced it.
11. Josh - July 29, 2008 3:35 PM
@4
Bill Hicks called and he wants some fucking credit.
12. House - July 29, 2008 3:38 PM
it wasn't that bad here...i live in Oceanside in Sd county...i was actually in my car so i thought it might have been a gust of wind but then i look at the cars around me and they were shaking too so that was trippy.
13. Elmer Palmer - July 29, 2008 3:38 PM
Oh please GOD I hope Hayden Pannetierre is just fine!!
14. Deacon Jones - July 29, 2008 3:38 PM
I guess Kim K tripped in the dressing room....Du'oh!
15. Blaargghh - July 29, 2008 3:39 PM
Eh, it was no big deal. Little bit of a jolt. Love how the news is making a huge deal out of it here. Talking to idiots..."Oh well, I was totally prepared...I have an earthquake kit in my closet" It was a freakin' 5.4, woopdy doo! Local news are seriously now doing flyovers of local schools to show kids lined up in the soccer fields after evacuations...
16. c.rine - July 29, 2008 3:43 PM
yeah, woke me up in the valley
17. darling ralphy - July 29, 2008 3:43 PM
who gives a shit. its not like anyone needs california. its hollywood and junk. get rid of it. we should nuke the damn place ourselves.
18. it's me Fuckers! - July 29, 2008 3:44 PM
too bad the whole fucking state didn't fall into the Pacific... I wonder what the US would do without Hollywood?
19. Jacqueline Hyde - July 29, 2008 3:45 PM
I miss the Northridge quake. Man, that was a fun ride. Bring it, San Andreas!
20. Brittany - July 29, 2008 3:51 PM
I felt it 90 miles north of LA in Santa Barbara!
21. rest of the U.S. - July 29, 2008 3:57 PM
FUCK!!!
Earthquakes, fires, AIDS...what the fuck do we have to use to wipe out California? The residents are like a highly resistant strain of herpes.
22. Akare - July 29, 2008 3:59 PM
You guys are chickens. Tell me when it is a 7.5 or an 8 like the onces I've felt before and THEN call me...
23. OC Dee - July 29, 2008 4:02 PM
I felt it in the OC. I'm glad it was only a 5.4 and not like the Northridge earthquake.
24. ZoomBoy - July 29, 2008 4:07 PM
WHO CARES!
Just leave Vegas since I'm going there in the fall. The rest of the West can fall into the ocean.
25. ph7 - July 29, 2008 4:07 PM
Epicenter: Kim Kadashian's toilet seat.
26. Clem - July 29, 2008 4:13 PM
Brooke Hogan musta had beans for lunch.
27. drama - July 29, 2008 4:17 PM
Its still on the news after 2 f-in hours, wtf?!?! NOTHING happened, no buildings broke, houses shook a little. it was only 5.4, big deal, if youve lived in cali your whole life thats nothing. my house shook for about 5 seconds, yea the whole housse shook but thats only because its a piece of crap house, i mean, it was so small i thought it was just one of those pre earthquake shakes and in a few seconds hell was gonna break loose, but nothing else happened
28. ^^ - July 29, 2008 4:24 PM
They are all drama queens in Cali.
29. Norabbitsthanks - July 29, 2008 4:25 PM
I live in San Diego and felt it pretty well. First California earthquake for me! Woo Hoo!
30. Blarrgghhhhh - July 29, 2008 4:31 PM
Into our second hour of coverage on the local news...douchebag reporter from KTLA describing what the earthquake felt like...hello? You're local news!!! We all felt the same thing!!! It's crap like this that makes it embarassing to be from California...that and Speidi...
31. HAHA - July 29, 2008 4:34 PM
LMFAO LMFAO @ #14
32. Richard McBeef - July 29, 2008 4:45 PM
FAT! OMG like that earthquake needed to go to a gym or something. gross. still I would hit it.
33. Dave - July 29, 2008 4:49 PM
The good part is that there were no victims.
34. House - July 29, 2008 4:51 PM
what's the deal with all the Cali bashing? When we're fcking gone, see who makes your damned wine, trains your military, grows your fruit and vegetables
All of that makes me want Cal to break ties with this screwed up nation of ungrateful pricks.
35. Shelby - July 29, 2008 4:51 PM
@18 Honestly, IMO America would be alot better people wouldnt' be sitting on their ass all the time watching TV and movies... America might become physically fit if hollywood disappeared...then it would lead to all the fat geeks gettin out of there basement and influencing there ideas that hid in there fat rolls and are now free... the world would be a better place without hollywood
36. #25 - you are my hero - July 29, 2008 4:53 PM
25 - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
37. hautepocket - July 29, 2008 4:58 PM
I just had my earthquake cherry popped in a high rise in downtown LA. I seriously thought I was going to die.
38. iHateDems - July 29, 2008 5:23 PM
We were rattled 75 miles south, near Hemet.. way cool........... Oh, too bad earthquake didn't happen under Obama....
39. shakennotstirred - July 29, 2008 5:32 PM
I got a free back massage out of it!....
We may have shaky ground... but look out your back yard and tell me why the cows are flying... Wecome to Cali now go back to Kansas where you belong...
40. dan - July 29, 2008 5:52 PM
Epicenter: Kim Kadashian's toilet seat. ---> AAAAaaaAAAaaahHHHjajhahjahahajhaaajajhajhajhajhajhahjajhajhajhajhaaaaaa!
41. Mike Oxbhig - July 29, 2008 6:44 PM
@34 ...wahhhhh wahhhh wahhh...WRONG
First of all Idiot, flakey ass California isnt the only place in the world that makes wine, trains the military and grows fruits and vegetables.
You do however hold the record for the most gangs, criminals, illegal aliens, DUIs and definitely the flakiest, most uneducated bunch of ignoramuses that have ever presided in the United States. Nowhere else are the people so empty-minded that they would even think of allowing the things Ca. allows, aside from France or some other pseudo-socialist euro-trash shithole.
Get out of your treehouse and get with the program granola nutz!
42. Cockpuncher - July 29, 2008 7:32 PM
@23: STOP calling it "The OC".
a) No one gives a shit that you live there
b) You look douchey doing it
43. Jon - July 29, 2008 7:51 PM
I live in California (Loma Preitta ring a bell?) and a 5.4 is a goose fart. It's not a major "news worthy" quake unless it's a 6.5 and up. Drama queens.
44. cfiacats - July 29, 2008 8:44 PM
Who cares? whole stupid state could break off the continent for all I care. And it would probably be a better country for it. Fucking Californians.
45. malox - July 29, 2008 10:33 PM
that was no quake kim kardashian farted.
46. Don - July 29, 2008 10:34 PM
Fucking quake broke my 400 dollar AMG bong.. god damnit.
47. Vake - July 29, 2008 11:11 PM
Small cakes. I survived a 7.8 earthquake in western China 2 1/2 months ago. Not a scratch. You hollywood types need to go back to reporting what's important- covering mindless celeb drivel.
48. mooples - July 29, 2008 11:49 PM
I was in long beach at sunset beach, didn't feel shit and was right at the ocean. the waves rose a bit though.
49. thisithink - July 30, 2008 12:56 AM
yeah.. i felt it. i am housesitting ontop of a mountain. good times. it wasn't big enough to be scary, just freaky b/c it always takes a few minutes to realize that youaren't imagining the ground moving. odd.
50. House - July 30, 2008 1:26 AM
@ 41
Ohh right, because yeah, you know everyone in Cal, and you know all the bunch of retards that live here. I bet you know all of the unedecated masses. Not to forget to mention the fact that we have one of the highest quality state-run college systems that pretty much make it impossible for anyone short of having a 4.0 gpa to get into. But sure, we're a bunch of ignorant hicks, hippies, eurotrash-embrasing, latte-sipping, liberal hoohahs, well because skippy says we are. Yes, the uneducated Californian masses that lead the country in medical research, stem cell research and robotics. Well, those damn Californians, how dare they discover the polio vaccine.
I bet you live in the middle of fcking nowhere in a trailer park with your sister/cousin/mother/wife *yes, all in one* where the most exciting part of your day is taking a bath in a bucket that also serves as toilet and a kitchen sink.
Well, that's a humble Californian point of view on everything south of New York and east of the West Coast.
Boy, it's fun being a dumbass!!!
51. cole... - July 30, 2008 1:52 AM
what a way to wake up from a hangover...it's my first as i am from texas originally...i was really just mad that it woke me up and my bed wasn't where i left it the night before...
<3 cole...hollywood@cahuenga
52. Jeniffer - July 30, 2008 4:15 AM
Recently, quite a few celebrities and pro athletes were said to appear on the millionaire luxury club "R I C H L O V I N G.C O M" to hook up with hot girls, ladies, models... OMG!!! Are these famous guys fond of internet dating for now?? Maybe they are indeed so rich that they feel boring sometimes to need new things? It was reported on MSN Charlie Sheen has found his girl there last May
53. Why - July 30, 2008 4:40 AM
I think is sad how some up you are so imature. People making making fun of dead earthquake victims. So dumb. And not everyone here in california is superficial.
54. Why - July 30, 2008 4:41 AM
I think is sad how some up you are so imature. People making making fun of dead earthquake victims. So dumb. And not everyone here in california is superficial.
55. Why - July 30, 2008 4:41 AM
I think is sad how some up you are so imature. People making making fun of dead earthquake victims. So dumb. And not everyone here in california is superficial.
56. Why - July 30, 2008 4:41 AM
I think is sad how some up you are so imature. People making making fun of dead earthquake victims. So dumb. And not everyone here in california is superficial.
57. Why - July 30, 2008 4:42 AM
I think is sad how some up you are so imature. People making making fun of dead earthquake victims. So dumb. And not everyone here in california is superficial.
58. Why - July 30, 2008 4:42 AM
I think is sad how some up you are so imature. People making making fun of dead earthquake victims. So dumb. And not everyone here in california is superficial.
59. kat - July 30, 2008 9:27 AM
i think it's sad that you can't hit the 'Post Your Comment' button just once.
60. bonespur - July 30, 2008 9:57 AM
#34...I'm with you. I'm 3rd generation Califormian and I can tell you this state was a great place to grow up in the 50s and 60s.
Then we had an influx of shitkickers from the midwest, the south, and back east. Now they have all fucked up California and have the gall to bitch about it and refer to it as "That land of fruits and nuts."
NOTE: All of you go back to wherever the fuck you came from. Then we Californians can secede from the United States, form a new country, apply to the USA for foreign aid, and live happily ever after.
Of course we'd have to wait until Bush is out of office so he doesn't start a war with us for causing Hurricane Katrina.
61. **fu** - July 30, 2008 12:00 PM
#50, I wish you would shut your "unedecated" mouth. you are making us Californians look stupid. Move to Canada now!
62. Mike Oxbhig - July 30, 2008 12:24 PM
@50...Wrong again pedro.
California doesnt lead the the country in medical research, robotics etc. That would be the "Research Triangle" of Raleigh/ Durham NC. You ought to have heard of it as Duke, UNC, Wake Forest and NC State whip the west coasts ass in pretty much every collegiate sport there is.
As as far as the BS about having to have a 4.0 to get in to a college in Cali, wrong again. You guys have the highest population of illegal aliens in your colleges and I can damn sure guarantee they didnt have 4.0s to get in. Your little bleeding hearts felt sorry for them, so youve succeeded in dumbing down what WAS a decent educational system, to mediocre at best.
Want an example?...your quotes about the education system are false. Look it up einstein. Another one? Polio vaccine was invented by Louis Salk at the University of Pittsburgh. Another? The largest stem cell reserach facility is at The University of Wisconsin and, again, The University of Pittsburgh. I can give more if you like, but I think those prove my point that you must be a recent graduate of one of theose "stellar" establishments.
Face it...the way things are going, your colleges will soon be offering English as you second language. Way to go and stand up for the fact that this is america and if one wants to be here, they need to abide by American rules and languages.
You ought to check your spelling when calling others "uneducated", as you mispelled the word itself... ironic huh?
And no, I live in a house I own, in a beach community with 7 years of UNC educational system education. Sorry to disappoint you, but the highlights of my day arent the same as yours you listed.
Im pleased to know, as I guessed, that you think its fun being a dumb ass. Now put you "Obama is my homeboy" tshirt on and go climb some trees in protest, or play some frisbee at the latest "Al Gore is god" gathering with the other 30 idiot libs in your section 8 apartment complex. You are dismissed.
@60 -3rd generation? so youre not a local either then huh, Juan? Well how about a little history of the "golden shower" state. It was formed and populated in its earliest days by those you call shitkickers from the midwest, the south and back east. You seem mad because its not all mexicans and gang members. Those poor blacks huh?...you guys keep getting racially profiled as gang members and hoodlums. If you were to succeed, you wouldnt get any government financial aid, which is what most of you live on and need because of al lthe fires.earthquakes/social policies for drug addicts/illegals and poor ex cons. Bush wouldnt need to start a war. Wed send over all the hunters, race car drivers and dominant sports players to bitch stomp all you pansy liberals. It could actually just be a verbal war, where we could insult you guys until youre crying and waving your white flags like your buddies the french.
63. YER LAME - July 30, 2008 1:45 PM
where the hell would you idiots go for vacation if cali fell into the pacific?
64. Jackson - July 30, 2008 2:03 PM
It is a good thing Kim Kardaskank always wears a girdle or else the earthquake would have had her big fat sqaure ass flapping up and down!
65. Rochelle Becker - July 30, 2008 5:22 PM
Thousands of articles appeared within hours of the July 28th Chino Hills quake. Hundreds of those articles cited the quake's proximity to the San Onofre Nuclear Plant. Hundreds also cited the loss of cell phone availability. Had the quake resulted in damage to the nuclear facility emergency planning would have been seriously hampered.
Perhaps California needs to seriously consider the impacts of allowing aging reactors to extend current operating licenses for an additional twenty years. Both reactor facilities have recently been licensed to store high level radioactive waste onsite. And both reactor facilities are located on earthquake active coastal bluffs.
If you would like to ensure that production of highly radioactive waste is limited to current operating licenses (2025 term), please contact the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, www.a4nr.org
66. californiacheese - July 31, 2008 6:51 PM
The news reports were wrong, the shaking and rumbling was just Khloe Kardashian falling down some steps...all joking aside.
California is a great state. FOR SOME PEOPLE. And by some people, I mean the coolest, most awesomest kind of people. I am a first generation California Barrio Princess, proud of it. Although I can appreciate the beauty of each of the 50 states, except for North Carolina, Wtf is there in North Carolina, is it like Texas junior? And California doesn't have to prove itself in College Football-we have mickey mouse, Huntington Beach, Venice Beach, Big Sur, San Francisco, Napa Valley, need more reasons to come visit? Oh and by the way California Mexicans are BETTER!