Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board 4.7 Quake not far from Lone Pine

Anyone feel this a little earlier this afternoon?

CaT

I was camped below San Gorgonio when a 4.7 occurred. Since I was in my sleeping bag, with my head on the ground (well, on a pillow), it was really cool listening to the rumble way deep in the earth before the shaking occurred. And the shaking, of course, in a 4.7 is pretty minimal for us Californians who've been through many earthquakes, including some pretty bad ones with major damage and scores perishing. (Being a third-generation San Franciscan, my life was most definitely shaped by the 1906 earthquake, long before I was born, but that is another story.)

It looks like it was southwest of Malpais Mesa, across 190...

We didn't feel anything, and we live just south of that area. Apparently there were lots of smaller earthquakes, both before and after, the 4.7. Looks like it wasn't too far from the Cero Coso geothermal plant.

It's been very windy this spring, and especially so in the later afternoon. It would be easy to confuse the rumble of a quake with yet another wind 45mph wind gust.

Live in Lone Pine, wife felt it, I did not. Barkeeper at Jake's said a few empty beer bottles above the register shifted. We have a shop with pottery in town, shelves and pottery did not shift. Only thing in shop that moved was a small whisky flask that fell on a display table.

Warm Regards, Keith