and switching right into report mode..

+Asdf 12403 LOOLXD

I was too

unlike the dude from the other station lol "earthquake we're having a earthquake!!" lol

SMMGOFFICIAL which is why I watch ktla every damn day cause it is that badass.

That's why the girl instinctively grabbed onto him. WIN

Major props to the black dude...not one item looted.

Hahaha but not like asians we never panic! Yeah right when Godzilla come through yall be trippin screaming gayica gayica "i seen the movie" hahahaha (rush hour2) Chris Tucker hahaha

yes

we also felt that here in the Philippines @ Baguio City @ July 16, 1990. yikes!

There's probably going to be one like the Northridge one

DJ t.b.m.h Yeah, the San Andreas fault, its been due for awhile now.

yup and I am going to record it

DJ t.b.m.h You shouldn't worry about recording it :P

I was in Compton, Ca at my girlfriend's house when her house swayed...

It's better to enjoy the lead up to it because it was strong

"We were hit while being irish"

It also depends on where the quake originates from. The shorter the distance, the stronger the jolt. You can have a 7.5.... but if it is way out of the bay area...by the time it reaches you, it has lost a ton of energy. So just because it started as a 7.5, doesn't me you out in the bay area got the full 7.5 magnitude. LA's quakes often have epicenters that are directly under densely populated communities.... like this 4.4, for example. It was short, but the intensity was more noticeable because the Fox Studios set was only a few miles from the Epicenter.

his site is the best :) www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php Shows raw earthquake raports automatic (A) and manual (M) even smaller and buggus once, red is medium generated from from raports ;] USGS picks relevant once and mediums the data (as each station raports different values)

It truly is and I'm sad that it happened to Japan.

You are lucky to have best building codes on planet

Have you lived in Los Angeles long?? I was here for the Northridge earthquake and this one was just a jolt. I went back to sleep. I'm more afraid of those Hurricanes and Tornados. You get a warning and for what? You still can't stop it. All natural disasters are crappy but if I had to choose, I'll stick with the earthquakes.

Speak for yourself buddy. We've had a bit of a quiet decade, but I remember in the 90's quakes like these were frequent and common. I am very much used to them. I lived only a few miles from Northridge in 1994. My house shook so violently.

Yeah dude. We r know as a earthquake city. Its scary cuz we havnt seen any this big in a while and they are frequent. But they r back now.

Thru Los Angeles is in effect of Pacific plate (aka "Ring of Fire"), most active tectonic plate on earth, north america part of it was surpriselly pretty calm in recent decade, but a big one might come any moment.

Madeline, he's being sarcastic.

La diferencia entre sismos en Chile, Y los de Los Angeles, es que en Los Angeles, el epicentro siempre esta directamente debajo de la ciudad. En Chile, se originan fuera de la ciudades grandes. Es por eso que aun siendo solo un 4.4, el movimiento se siente mas fuerte por que no hay mucha distancia de donde se origina. En este caso, el estudio estaba solo unas 3 or 4 millas del epicentro. El temblor del 2010 tenia un Epicentro de 317 kilometro al sur de Santiago. Te imaginas si el epicentro fue solo 6 o 7 kilometro fuera de la ciudad???

were doomed, l0l we're facing an 8.0 quake relatively soon

It definitely seems stronger, but officially it was a 4.4. Perhaps it was a shallow earthquake, that's why.

sandro rukhadze it was very close to the studio

idk

Big earthquakes can happen in California too.

My nana and papa were in the chile incident I'm happy they survived

en chile no es nada plisssss 9.0

Diana Vargas - Si pero en Chile ustedes tienen mucha distancia del epicentro. 317 KM al sur de Santiago en 2010. Si, estoy de acuerdo que obviamente en Chile los terremotos sun demasiados fuertes, pero por lo menos la energia viaja cienes de kilometros antes de llegar a las ciudades grandes. Los Angeles no tiene este tipo de ventaja. La gran mayoria de temblores grandes o chicos empiesan justo bajo de la ciudad y no pierden energia hasta que ya se van alejando de Los Angeles.

It might have felt like a big one because of how close to the epicenter they were, and 7.1 is still not that big :P, try to feel the 8.8 ritcher 2010 Chile

Your point is good, but according to experts, an earthquake measuring 3 to 5 degrees is considered mild, 5 to 7 is moderate to Strong, with 7-8 VERY STRONG (Haiti, Indonesia, China etc) and if exceed 8 degrees is considered OMG Catastrophic (Chile). So this earthquake (close to epicenter) I consider that it was not strong but maybe they were located in some building and obviously, everyone knows is going to shake more, so it's scary! THANK GOD it wasn't a Strong earthquake otherwise the building would have collapse and because of that I don't considered it was strong. Frighten will always be at the moment because you dont know how long and how strong will be, you got to protect no matter what. The first time I felt the one that really scare me was 5.7 richter and many houses and buildings were damaged, no wounded; a year later was 7.1 sooo, still have memories of that night. I dont wanna feel an 8 richter, but, how do I know it won't happen?

PrettyOne ☺ Well always just in case, i always get to a safe place when the ground starts moving because earthquakes are unpredictable! Sometimes they start kinda slowly but then boom it intensifies a lot! Like back in 2010 i thought it was just some random little tremor, but when it started to get stronger and stronger i realised that it was a big one, when i got outside it was incredible to see the cars jumping off the ground because of how strong the eartquake was!. Because Chile is a seismic country we are always prepared for this stuff, every single building/house that is built since 80's i think ,are prepared for strong earthquakes,for tall buildings is very important for them to shake because that's how they don't break during an earthquake, my house didn't have a single crack on its walls/roof, it holded very good! But i sincerely don't think there could be a strong earthquake in the U.S. because is not a seismic country, the intensity of an earthquake depends on how much energy is acumulated on the tectonic plates! Chile is placed in middle of 2 tectonic plates so is natural to expect a great acumulation of energy and its sudden realease. We're currently waiting for another strong one on the north of Chile, since it hasnt been any strong earthquake in more than 100 years! We've been having lots of tremors right now but nothing too serious, I hope it keeps like that because it means that energy is not being acumulated anymore and its has been releasing it in short and weak tremors. So I recomend you in an earthquake to stay calm, have a clear idea of where the emergency exit are and DON'T RUN that can get you killed seriously. But don't panic, don't expect any strong earthquake in the U.S. :)

I wish everyone in Chile get well soon after the last earthqueake! God protect us all! ♥

It was a big one, but didn't cause much damage like the one back in 2010, i did not felt last earthquake because i was far away from the epicenter ,phew!

Yes, it was. Earthquakes are happening all the time, 24/7, but I bet you don't feel it, as I don't either, so if your house is shaking, it is a big earthquake!

Fenistere Inc. Chile has deep subduction earthquakes so a 4.4 would feel like nothing if it's 20-30 miles below the surface, an earthquake within the top 10 miles of the earths crust feels a lot more sharper and produces high ground accelerations, the shaking in this footage is typical of quakes at this depth and magnitude, the magnitude and intensity has no correlation in quakes!!!!