We lived in an apartment just a few miles from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake (back in '94). That one had major vertical displacement (a real roller), and so much so that it actually bounced us out of bed; it was as if we were on a trampoline. For those that don’t know (I know I didn’t at the time), when you’re near a quake like that, the sound is such that it could only be described as a 100 car freight train barreling along at full speed just outside your window. Looking at the community pool later, it looked as if 1/3 of the water got sloshed out. (Also out – and on a homeward bound airplane later that day – was the mother of one of our co-workers. She was visiting and had had enough.)
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