***Earthquake Strikes Wide Area Of Southern California***
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:53 pm
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 has been widely felt through the southern half of California today.
The quake was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles. The quake is being described as very minor and there was no jolting, according to a witness San Francisco.
It was centered nearly 11 miles north of Cambria, Calif., according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. That's a coastal town about 35 miles northwest of San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Cambria is about 185 miles northwest of Los Angeles -- and near the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif.
The quake was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles.
Tad Weber, managing editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, about 30 miles southeast of Cambria, said he was in a meeting when "all of a sudden there was a jolting and we look up and see the building swaying. I dove under a desk to wait it out. At first we thought it was a heavy truck but it just kept going. We all called our families and they were all OK."
The quake was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles. The quake is being described as very minor and there was no jolting, according to a witness San Francisco.
It was centered nearly 11 miles north of Cambria, Calif., according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. That's a coastal town about 35 miles northwest of San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Cambria is about 185 miles northwest of Los Angeles -- and near the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif.
The quake was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles.
Tad Weber, managing editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, about 30 miles southeast of Cambria, said he was in a meeting when "all of a sudden there was a jolting and we look up and see the building swaying. I dove under a desk to wait it out. At first we thought it was a heavy truck but it just kept going. We all called our families and they were all OK."
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