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Message: [QUOTE="crewbear742, post: 3208929, member: 7435"] The last quake I experienced was the Big Bear quake in June 1992. It's the only quake that ever scared me. We then lived in Corona. There is a pattern to earthquakes. You feel the amplitude of the shaking increase and at a certain point you learn to expect that the amplitude will start to decrease. Maybe 45 seconds from start to finish. Small quakes are not infrequent so you get used to it. During the Big Bear Quake, we were woken up on a bright Sunday morning. We waited for the amplitude to reverse but it kept on increasing through the point we expected it to turn around. Leap out of bed, grab the daughter, and head for a door frame. But then it started to subside. One of the many reasons I don't miss California. [/QUOTE]