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Willows / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 5-10 s : I rolled to floor and covered the back of my head with my palms. I whimpered and start to cry like little girl. I forget who I am or what it is going on by pretending my pony tails are not fake ones hold on by duct tape. The ground rumble noise, picture o | 5 users found this interesting.
Chico CA / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump / very short : I live in an old farm cottage and i was reading when the house "jolted" a little and then immediately once more stronger. I didnt know if something had fallen on the cottage because i could hear it mostly in the roof. Then i saw water in tea kettle was sw | 5 users found this interesting.
Biggs,CA (28.2 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Felt like a huge ag equipment passing but not accompanied by any motor sounds. And the pattern of vibration shaking was not predictable like an approaching/passing typical large too many tons truck. | 4 users found this interesting.
gridley, CA / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 1-2 s : First heard sound as a slamming door. A couple seconds later quaked. Not rolling more jolt. I was awake already. | 4 users found this interesting.
Gridley / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / very short : I was laying in bed and my house just sounded and felt like it was going to collapse or being shaken. Hard to explain. Very scary. | 3 users found this interesting.
Chico Ca / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : I was awake already and heard the vibration noise first then an intense jolt. It was over in a couple of seconds. I thought a car crashed in my yard. | 3 users found this interesting.
GRASS VALLEY (89.4 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Apartment, single level, stilted on one side,entire length, hillside with 6' deep space beneath. My experience is that at 6:45 a.m. on 12/27/2020, I am sitting at my kitchen table, situated above the above described stilted apartment side, and felt a dist | 2 users found this interesting.
Colfax, CA (101.4 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : I heard a rumbling outside that sounded like it was moving towards my home. Then there was a brief shake and the windows and some other things quickly rattled and then it was gone. | 2 users found this interesting.
Nevada City California Red Dog Road / not felt / vibration and rolling / very short : I was lying in bed and felt a VERY fast moving rolling followed by the sound of the house creaking maybe 3 different times. Our house is on andesite on granite. Earthquakes up here are often heard before felt. There was no Shaking it was very fast rolling | 2 users found this interesting.
Bieber ca (194.2 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s : I was sitting in my recliner drinkung a cup of coffee, my bf was sitting on sofa across from me...i felt my seat rumble, as if I were in an idling pick up...i felt it in my stomach. It was real quick. I felt it, he told me I needed to quit smoking pot. | One user found this interesting.
Gridley, ca (31.5 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s : Woke me up. I thought that it was a truck at first, but I realized a truck wouldn't have shaken my bed/wall. I then thought maybe it was thunder or an explosion, but didn't realize it was an earthquake until I saw the news. | One user found this interesting.
216 Denali Dr (30.8 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s : Heard quake before it arrived, rumbling followed by a loud crack of wood nearby. Single large shake. Items in house were disturbed. | One user found this interesting.
Chico (29.6 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / very short : Woke me from sleep, felt the house slide out and then back. Almost like a large limb fell against the house, or maybe a truck backed into it. | One user found this interesting.
Colfax, CA (101.4 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : I heard a rumbling outside that sounded like it was moving towards my home. Then there was a brief shake and the windows and some other things quickly rattled and then it was gone. | One user found this interesting.
Biggs,CA (28.2 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Felt like a huge ag equipment passing but not accompanied by any motor sounds. And the pattern of vibration shaking was not predictable like an approaching/passing typical large too many tons truck. | One user found this interesting.
Live Oak (36.5 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s : This was a very quick, single jolt that moved the sofa I was sitting on very slightly. I looked on your site because I thought it may have been a small quake. | One user found this interesting.
- Shook us out of bed Very quick but big jolt
Chico (31.6 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single vertical bump / 1-2 s : It felt like a wave of energy moved thru the entire apartment complex shaking the blinds and ceiling fans. | One user found this interesting.
near Willows, Glenn, California (3.6 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / simple rolling (tilting sideways along one direction) / 1-2 s : Heard thunder and then shaking | 2 users found this interesting.
Gridley, ca / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : Shook the house twice,felt like a far away explosion under our feet, we went outside to see what it was, the neighbors met us out on the street, they felt it also. | One user found this interesting.
Orangevale / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : A very light shift maybe 3 waves seconds to minutes of each one, cat acting unusual running about and protective, I was laying on bed, my head was north my feet south | One user found this interesting.
Yuba City / Light shaking (MMI IV) / very short : I was laying in bed, heard a loud noise felt the house shake and wondered what the heck is that, then it was over. Kinda scared me. | One user found this interesting.
Gridley, California / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : I was awake in bed, felt very minor movement. If I had not been awake I don’t think it would of woke me. Thought it might be earthquake checked phone and saw there had been minor quake near Willows. | One user found this interesting.
Placerville, Ca / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 5-10 s : Felt one large shake/jolt and then vibration feeling for a few seconds after. Initial jolt woke my daughter upstairs sleeping. | One user found this interesting.
Grass Valley, CA, home in desk chair / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 1-2 s : Not rolling. A jolt that was felt and heard by myself and my husband who was in a different room in the house. | One user found this interesting.
Gridley / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : 2 back-to-back instances. First was a very short “bump” feeling. Second instance had: Walls creaked, windows rattled, couch jerked, mandarin rolled off the top of a fruit centerpiece. Husband slep through it. | One user found this interesting.
Live Oak, Ca. / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / very short : Felt in Live Oak, Ca. off of North Butte Rd. I was awakened out of a dead sleep and my whole family woke up thinking something hit the house, like a car or I thought that one of my parents fell down in the house somewhere. An initial shake then done by th | One user found this interesting.
Chico Ca / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : I was awake already and heard the vibration noise first then an intense jolt. It was over in a couple of seconds. I thought a car crashed in my yard. | One user found this interesting.
Willows / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : Having experienced many earthquakes while living 1984-1985 in Los Angeles, compared to those earthquakes, this one felt milder shaking than what was described as a 5 then and was for shorter duration and more rapid shaking and lasted a couple of seconds. | One user found this interesting.
Live Oak, Ca. / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / very short : Felt in Live Oak, Ca. off of North Butte Rd. I was awakened out of a dead sleep and my whole family woke up thinking something hit the house, like a car or I thought that one of my parents fell down in the house somewhere. An initial shake then done by th | One user found this interesting.
11437 Ball Road, Grass Valley, CA / Light shaking (MMI IV) : I was having my coffee and felt the light shaking that went for about 20 seconds...heard my glassware shake in the curio. | One user found this interesting.
Chico, California / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 5-10 s : I thought it was a large truck passing at first but it lasted too long and shook harder than passing traffic. In bed at the time. | One user found this interesting.
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