Wheee! We had an earthquake this morning!

@TheHorse (241176)

Walnut Creek, California

August 13, 2026 1:48pm CST

I was sitting at my desk, thinking about getting dressed for my opthamology appointment at Kaiser, when it happened. OK, it was only a slight jolt, followed by maybe two or three seconds of shaking. My pulse rate did not increase. Eeyore stood proudly on his shelf and did not fall.. I said to my self, "Eh, maybe a 4.0 at the epicenter. About 2.8 here." I could not,tell from which direction it came. Sometimes I can. It turns out it was a 3.9 or so, centered about 50 miles Southwest of here. No serious damage, but some pictures did fall off of walls near the epicenter. Have you experienced earthquakes? Do you enjoy them?

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@snowy22315 (214809)

• United States

13 Aug

Yes, and no. Personally, I found the aftershocks to be worse than the original quake.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Do you know why that is?

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@snowy22315 (214809)

• United States

14 Aug

@TheHorse They struck at the most inopportune times like when we in bed and feeling vulnerable. What did kitty think of the quake?

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@snowy22315 Good question. She slept right through it.

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@wolfgirl569 (142415)

• Marion, Ohio

13 Aug

Only one small one and wasn't thrilled

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@wolfgirl569 (142415)

• Marion, Ohio

14 Aug

@TheHorse It was a good ways from us

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@wolfgirl569 Do you remember the magnitude at the epicenter? Yesterday's was about 3.9 30 or so miles South and West of us in Pleasant Hill..Here it must have been about 2.6.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Where was it?

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@AmbiePam (132795)

• United States

13 Aug

I have, and things fell off my bookcase, but it only bothered me because both times it woke me up.

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@AmbiePam (132795)

• United States

14 Aug

@TheHorse Yes, and it surprised me. My groggy self thought wait, is Jesus back?

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Things fell off your bookcase? Sounds like at least a 4.8. Eeyore fell off only once.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@AmbiePam Heh. Must have been a pretty serious quake.

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@LadyDuck (505519)

• Italy

14 Aug

Yes, I have experienced several earthquakes during my life. I do not enjoy them, but if I am outside I am not really concerned. My only fear is to be buried alive.

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@LadyDuck (505519)

• Italy

14 Aug

@TheHorse - Not at all, when I look at the images of people buried for days in Venezuela I feel sick.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@LadyDuck It's hard not to.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Being buried alive would not be pleasant. .

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@Deepizzaguy (126574)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

14 Aug

I have not experienced any earthquakes but I have seen television which is scary for the fear of building roofs falling on me.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@Deepizzaguy Yeah. I have never experienced an earthquake like that.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

I have never been in an earthquake like that.

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@Deepizzaguy (126574)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

14 Aug

@TheHorse It is scary seeing videos on the internet when buildings fall down when the eyewitness films the disaster.

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@teamfreak16 (48753)

• Denver, Colorado

13 Aug

I was in a small one in Nevada when I was a kid. It shook the house a little for a few seconds.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Sounds like the ones we have here kind of regularly. Did you find it exciting?

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@teamfreak16 Ours don't usually last more than 5 secs or so.

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@teamfreak16 (48753)

• Denver, Colorado

14 Aug

@TheHorse - After a few seconds, yes. Having never been in one, it kind of freaked me out for the first couple seconds.

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@celticeagle (195833)

• Boise, Idaho

14 Aug

What excitement. I was at home alone in the living room of the apartment i was living in back in the early 80s when things started rumbling, tipping. The floor lamp nearly tipped over but I caught it. It last only a few minutes and wasn't real shakey. We also had a slight one here a couple years ago. I can still remember one that happened when I was about eight years old. Have you been through many?

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@celticeagle (195833)

• Boise, Idaho

14 Aug

@TheHorse ........Yes, thank goodness.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Yes, but they have mostly been pretty benign, like the one this morning..

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

@celticeagle No earthquakes so far today.

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@toniganzon (82807)

• Philippines

14 Aug

The last one I experienced that was quite strong happened at almost 10pm and we just ordered our food. Power went out right away. We got out of the house and our food came one hour late because restaurant staff all went out of the building. It was the first time we experienced such a strong earthquake that lasted awhile. But we were fortunate compared to other cities. They suffered a lot of damage and there were a number of deaths.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

I am glad you were OK.

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@LeaPea2417 (40051)

• Toccoa, Georgia

13 Aug

You are lucky it was not worse. I have experienced only a tremor.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Most of ours here are little more than a tremor.

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@RasmaSandra (102217)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

13 Aug

I have had the floor move beneath me a couple of times when I lived in NYC. I wonder how this could affect California. Just read that Hawaii might get their first big hurricane in about 30 years,

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@RasmaSandra (102217)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

14 Aug

@TheHorse well if a supper duper hurricane sweeps over Hawaii the waves must form some kind of danger,

@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Affect California?

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@JudyEv (391161)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug

I've only ever experienced one which was very slight although it more or less demolished a small country town. And no, I don't enjoy them.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Was the small town close(r) to the epicenter?

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@JudyEv (391161)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Aug

@TheHorse I think it was pretty much smack bang on the epicentre. The town was Meckering. From Wikimedia: The shallow fault was about 32 kilometres (20 mi) long around the western side of the town of Meckering.

@Shiva49 (28879)

• Singapore

14 Aug

I did once in India when I was in my early teens. But it was not reported in newspapers. I clearly felt the jolt.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

No damage you could see?

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@Shiva49 (28879)

• Singapore

15 Aug

@TheHorse No damage but I felt the tremor for a few seconds. I recall holding on to the window grills.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Aug

@Shiva49 Ah, that sounds a little more serious than our recent 'quake.

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@jaylar (4336)

• Kingston, Jamaica

14 Aug

we have lots of little quakes in Jamaica. we're used to it... at least most of us are. Always some wacko panics and starts running up and down the street.

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

Heh. Most Californians just go to Facebook and post "Did you feel it?"

@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Aug

@jaylar (4336)

• Kingston, Jamaica

14 Aug

@TheHorse we walk around the plaza and say the same thing

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@Wrexxo (10922)

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13 Aug

Who would enjoy experiencing an earthquake.. It can never be a pleasant experience

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@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

I like predicting what will happen next. It's funny how we are used to them here.

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@ptrikha_2 (49966)

• India

14 Aug

We have seen a few earthquakes in last few years. Some like in 2005 and then 2015 were more impactful. Many floors in the buildings shook. 2015 one was very devastating for Nepal.

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@ptrikha_2 (49966)

• India

16 Aug

@TheHorse How intense was that? Did you faced any particular challenges?

@TheHorse (241176)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Aug

I still lived in Iowa when the big one hit here in 1989.

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@Traceyjayne (15215)

• United Kingdom

14 Aug

We don’t really have earthquakes here ……they are rare and if we do have them it’s really just like being jolted or pushed , nothing more ! I know we are lucky here.