Earthquake testimonies

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Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (7 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Flat ironing my hair when thisnone started. Came on quick, loud and very shaky. House was rolling a bit. Nothing fell over but my coffee sloshed out of the cup a bit.

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (8 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Deep rumble, shook us awake.

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (8 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 404 min

Im glad my baby was still asleep i just stayed in my bed but ive been anxious ever since

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (8 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 152 min

Woke me up. Currently using boinc on Android with the quake project. I hope they can use this data.

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Shook quite a bit. Started to go for cover.

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Hard shaking.

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (10 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Spilt hot coffee all over me,that one was a rough one.

Witness location : Ridgecrest (USA) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

4.8 was definately felt. Shook things pretty good and a few things fell over what little there is sitting up right.

Witness location : Inyokern (USA) (20 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Woke us up a bit early this morning, a good jolt but short lived and no damage to be found

Witness location : Inyokern (USA) (25 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Woke me up and lasted for a gd 2 mins. Here in inyokern

Witness location : Inyokern (USA) (25 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 59 min

Short but intense. I dropped and covered.

Witness location : Inyokern (USA) (29 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Big shaking here in China Lake Acres. Woke us all up.

Witness location : Weldon (USA) (63 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

It was Strong enough to wake me up heard my closet door shaking I felt the bed rolling

Witness location : Lake Isabella (USA) (74 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Could tell Ridgecrest must be getting hit again. Keep feeling the 4.0's and above. Seemed to last about 4 seconds.

Witness location : Edwards (USA) (75 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 131 min

Woke me up. Wouldn't have known it was an earthquake if not for the alert.

Witness location : Mojave (USA) (84 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

we live on base at Edwards. very slight rattle of our cabinets. prolly wouldn't have known if the alert hadn't of popped up.

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (96 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 116 min

Shook us awake

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (96 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt in Tehachapi!

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (97 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

It was short but powerful

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (97 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 614 min

Woke me up, bed was shaking, windows were rattling. Husband was on the toilet and said he felt nothing. :/

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (97 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 180 min

I was in bed, it was faint and I wasn't sure it had really happened at first.

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (97 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Quick shake

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (98 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Shook me awake

Witness location : Tehachapi (USA) (106 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt it

Witness location : Death Valley (USA) (112 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 312 min

Tremor about 10 seconds ahead of 1 bigger shake

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (112 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Rolling motion

Witness location : Adelanto (USA) (114 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

A rocking shake woke me up.😒

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (114 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Oh help please go away

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (114 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Just a little shake, as if someone was try to wake me up!

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (115 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

The alarm is what woke me, than I felt a shake. Now I am up

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (115 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Bairly felt it, but it was felt

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (116 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Was just sitting and drinking my morning coffee i felt me recliner shake a bit as if someone was behind it shaking it and at the same time heard things in the house rattle. Very quick but felt it

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (116 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt it shake pretty goodthrough the concrete floor

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (117 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

My house shook briefly and then I felt the ground rilling but it didn’t last long.

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (118 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Quick jolt

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (118 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Little rocking

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (121 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Felt in sylmar.

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (122 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 328 min

We felt a little movement. Our cat definitely felt it.

Witness location : Littlerock (USA) (123 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Just the house shook and creaked for a sec

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (123 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Woke me up here in Palmdale. I think I'm starting to get used to them, I had no reaction.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (124 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

Felt rocking as I was still in my bed... dealing with vertigo so was not sure until I contacted my friend and she confirmed actual earthquake.

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (124 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Woke me up in Lancaster

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (125 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Woke me up from a sound sleep to bedside lamps shaking.

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (125 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

2 to 3 second shake. Bed shook pretty good, nothing fell over.

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (125 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt that one much they all make me a bit nervous right now

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (125 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Quick jolt. Not much back and forth movement. It lasted about 2 seconds.

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (125 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Apple Valley (USA) (126 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Definitely felt that. It was a small shake. Thought I dreamt it until I just checked the internet...

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (127 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 64 min

Sit in bed I asked my husband if he moved his leg because I felt the bed shake

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (127 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Rockin and rolling

Witness location : Apple Valley (USA) (127 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt a small jolt, windows rattled a tiny bit and it lasted a few seconds.

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (127 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 659 min

6.4 Ridgecrest we live in Palmdale

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (128 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Slight shaking

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (128 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Felt this one rock the bed, it was short.

Witness location : Pinon Hills (USA) (128 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 60 min

Slight lateral movement; about 3-4 seconds.

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (128 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt in Palmdale shook hard woke us up

Witness location : Palmdale (USA) (129 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

In Palmdale, we woke up to our bed shaking, and the jewelry on our night stand rattling.

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (129 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Woke us up. Was sleeping on second story.

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (129 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt like the house was pushed.

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (130 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Shook my couch

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (131 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Fast moving

Witness location : Victorville (USA) (131 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Just a little shake

Witness location : Porterville (USA) (132 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1047 min

Sitting in my car and felt a slight rolling shake for about 2 to 3 sec. In porterville CA

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (133 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

3rd floor of downtown Bakerfield building. We got wobbly.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (133 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Rocking the 3rd floor of downtown Bakerfield building.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (133 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 284 min

Tables shook, blinds.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (133 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1052 min

Tremor

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (135 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 99 min

I was awake in bed and felt it rolling while my blinds were rocking back and forth.

Witness location : Phelan (USA) (135 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt that one.

Witness location : Hesperia (USA) (137 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 93 min

I was sound asleep when I felt a quick jolt and heard the windows rattle.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (137 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

I didn't feel it personally but my pool started swaying a bit.

Witness location : Porterville (USA) (137 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

I was just laying in bed waking up, it's super quiet and felt my bed slightly shake back and forth. After feeling the aftershock from the 7.1 ridgecrest earthquake I am a little more aware and sensitive to my surface of land I live on. Feels like vertigo.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (138 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 529 min

Felt it sitting on the couch with my daughter

Witness location : Acton (USA) (138 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

One sharp jolt followed by low shake.

Witness location : Acton (USA) (138 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Light jolt.

Witness location : Bakersfield (USA) (140 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Building made noises blinds started moving and could feel moving.

Witness location : Wrightwood (USA) (142 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 321 min

Quick shaking not violentWrightwood, Can

Witness location : Strathmore (USA) (145 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 122 min

175 miles northwest of Ridgecrest. Dogs alerted

Witness location : Santa Clarita (USA) (155 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Thought one of the kids was running down the stairs. Quick jolt. 3 sec max

Witness location : Santa Clarita (USA) (157 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt this one laying in bed. Whole house wobbled and closet doors rattled.

Witness location : Santa Clarita (USA) (158 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Heard the house shift.

Witness location : Canyon Country (USA) (158 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

The bed shook and woke me up and I also heard the windows rattling.-6:15am canyon country

Witness location : Valencia (USA) (160 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Definitely felt this one in Santa Clarita.

Witness location : Castaic (USA) (162 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Jolt first....one-minute later was side-to-side motion for a few seconds....

Witness location : Valencia (USA) (164 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

6:15AM 7/12/19 Valencia, CA 91355 I’m n bed on the 2nd floor and just felt very soft rolling I thought someone was tapping the bed.

Witness location : Tulare (USA) (164 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Didnt last very long. Was in the car felt like some one was rocking it.

Witness location : San Bernardino (USA) (165 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt like a slow rolling one

Witness location : Sunland (USA) (166 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Felt it in Sunland!

Witness location : Sunland (USA) (166 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

I felt it in Sunland!!!

Witness location : Sylmar (USA) (166 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I heard my kitchen cabinet squeaking about 5-7 seconds and thought oh no it’s a termite but found out it was small aftershock- I was standing up so I didn’t feel any rolling

Witness location : San Bernardino (USA) (167 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 168 min

Felt the rolling/ rumble

Witness location : Big Bear City (USA) (168 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

I live in big Bear Lake California and knew it was a earthquake right away I posted on my Facebook page at exactly 6:12 AM I live in a two story log cabin, I fear my dog is getting used to them she and I are so sensitive to them

Witness location : Sunland (USA) (170 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1024 min

Slight shift.

Witness location : Rancho Cucamonga (USA) (170 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

My bed was shaking.

Witness location : Highland (USA) (171 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

My wife caught this one.

Witness location : San Dimas (USA) (171 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Sitting on the couch and felt it move San Dimas ca

Witness location : Visalia (USA) (171 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 122 min

Barely felt it.. very short

Witness location : Visalia (USA) (172 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

In KD hospital. Woke us up.

Witness location : Highland (USA) (172 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1087 min

Felt slight shake and my dog barked too.

Witness location : Rialto (USA) (172 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 55 min

Sleeping woke me up

Witness location : Granada Hills (USA) (173 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Very light movement from side to side.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (174 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

I’m a Pasadena resident and it woke me up.

Witness location : San Marino (USA) (175 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 625 min

Slept through this

Witness location : Porter Ranch (USA) (175 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt a little shaking in Northridge.

Witness location : Visalia (USA) (176 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 213 min

It woke me and scared my dog. She's had her fill of earthquake.

Witness location : Pomona (USA) (176 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Noticeable in Pomona.

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (177 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 185 min

Heard the dresser rattle and the bed shook a bit.

Witness location : San Bernardino (USA) (177 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

5th floor building on rollers

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (177 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt a light shaking. Could hear things in bathroom cabinet rattling

Witness location : North Hollywood (USA) (178 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt here in north Hollywod

Witness location : Colton (USA) (178 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

No

Witness location : Van Nuys (USA) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

My dog looked up like something was happening.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (180 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 285 min

Quick jolt

Witness location : North Hollywood (USA) (180 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I was getting ready for work I was sitting in my bed.whwn it was a small swinging type

Witness location : Simi Valley (USA) (181 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 125 min

I felt this in east Simi Valley

Witness location : Simi Valley (USA) (182 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Mild rolling

Witness location : Sherman Oaks (USA) (183 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Light shake

Witness location : Sherman Oaks (USA) (183 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Light shake

Witness location : Winnetka (USA) (183 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Un jalon

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (185 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Felt the walls shake.

Witness location : Riverside (USA) (185 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Hard creek in my garage, no biggy... came upstairs and seen this huge red blob on my screen.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (186 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Was in bed felt subtle shaking

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (187 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Building creaked, 707 Wilshire 47th floor, LA

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (187 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Heard the windows rattle and felt my bed shake.

Witness location : Moreno Valley (USA) (187 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

Another steady shake

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (187 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Woke me up in Koreatown, LA with gentle shaking.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (187 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Light shake

Witness location : Simi Valley (USA) (188 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

In Simi Valley -- felt back & forth movement just before getting out of bed.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (188 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1017 min

In the LA area, fast quick jolt

Witness location : Riverside (USA) (188 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

A Slight wave shake

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (190 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 59 min

I was in bed and i felt like a wave

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (191 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Definitely felt the jolt.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (192 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Woke me up.

Witness location : Riverside (USA) (193 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Short role, mild shaking then it shook faster and with more strength, into a long roller.

Witness location : La Habra (USA) (193 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

barely shook but felt it

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (193 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Made by car rock back and forth. I felt it pretty good!

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (194 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Thought it might have been people upstairs moving but it didn’t sound right. Just a very slight brief rattle.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (195 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Very very slight rocking

Witness location : Beaumont (USA) (196 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Just a little shake

Witness location : Santa Monica (USA) (197 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

currently laying in bed, which hasn’t rocked this much since the mid 90s quake.  Mind you, I’m 81. Feeling relieved it’s over. -Beth

Witness location : Downey (USA) (197 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 169 min

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Witness location : Moreno Valley (USA) (198 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Didn't feel anything over here Moreno Valley

Witness location : Anaheim (USA) (200 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 74 min

From Anaheim. CA

Witness location : Joshua Tree (USA) (204 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 194 min

It was subtle but noticeable

Witness location : Garden Grove (USA) (207 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 420 min

Was sitting in my truck and it felt like a car bumpped my car. And again just now same thing we just had another quake now

Witness location : Garden Grove (USA) (208 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 126 min

I was in the shower sorry no pictures in the shower

Witness location : Santa Ana (USA) (211 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1319 min

Muy buena

Witness location : Las Vegas (USA) (211 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 810 min

Jiggly

Witness location : Ventura (USA) (213 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Woke me up in Ventura, thought was my cat jumping on the bed but was a quake instead

Witness location : Long Beach (USA) (215 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 856 min

It felt like a light jolt. I thought I was going crazy and imagining it, but I was right.

Witness location : Las Vegas (USA) (215 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Daggett CA, near Barstow. Shook my semi like someone just ran into my truck.

Witness location : San Jacinto (USA) (215 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Rocking motion in San Jacinto.

Witness location : Hemet (USA) (217 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

I was sitting on the couch and felt it sway left to right at 6:12 am on 7/12/19

Witness location : Lemoore (USA) (217 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

I felt it this morning. It was a little shake. I didn’t realize it was a earthquake until I seen a post on Facebook. I thought it was my husband moving in bed.

Witness location : Las Vegas (USA) (220 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt a short 5-10 secs of a rolling quake in centennial hills near las vegas

Witness location : Las Vegas (USA) (220 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Rolling quake felt for about 5-10 secs in centennial hills, NW Las Vegas

Witness location : Costa Mesa (USA) (223 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Sitting in my car I felt it rock back and forth a few times. Costa Mesa, CA

Witness location : Idyllwild (USA) (226 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 113 min

I barely felt it up here in Idyllwild Ca.

Witness location : Laguna Woods (USA) (227 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt it in Aliso Viejo

Witness location : Palm Springs (USA) (227 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 129 min

Got woken up by the quake. Very faint though compared to last week's quakes

Witness location : Las Vegas (USA) (229 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 616 min

I was sleeping when TV started shaking

Witness location : Aliso Viejo (USA) (229 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Little vibration.

Witness location : Newport Coast (USA) (229 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

I'm in a 4 story building w/ 10 condos per floor; just felt a big sway of the building while sitting reading. Done in a second or two.

Witness location : North Las Vegas (USA) (231 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 128 min

Was sleep it woke me up

Witness location : Fresno (USA) (236 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Quick shake

Witness location : Oceanside (USA) (269 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Slight rocking

Witness location : San Luis Obispo (USA) (293 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 997 min

Dont know, my dog was.acting wired and I felt my chair vibrate

Witness location : San Diego (USA) (330 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1211 min

A lot of vibrations a little shaking

Witness location : Chula Vista (USA) (338 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 269 min

Small rumble and shake.

Witness location : Marysville (USA) (1431 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

It was one movement north to south with a rumble

Witness location : Northridge (USA) (2963 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Very little movement

Witness location : Holly Springs (USA) (3486 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Woke me up little shake