Revived this stream to respond to @panda’s GETTING BACK INTO THE POOL (after 2 years away) - #473 by panda. I grew up in San Diego/Coronado/Chula Vista (you know, Northern Tijuana!). Earthquakes were so common, they didn’t really phase us all that much. We’d challenge the other kids at school after an earthquake (or having had one while already there) and bet whether it was a 3.2, 4.7, or whatever! Some friends had a pool and lost about a 1/4 of their water with one. My brother and I were at Boy Scout camp at Cuyamaca and out with a group at a tree house once when we heard the oak leaves start to rattle in the distance and move close real quick; the ground started shaking and one of the boys took off running. My brother yelled at him “Where you goin?!” The response, “I don’t know, but I’m getting out of here!” My brother yelled back, “Yeah, but where you goin’ to go?!” The boy stopped dead in his tracks…
Glad the damage was relatively lite and few serious injuries.