Dec. 10—Lodi was a little shaken up Monday afternoon after residents reported feeling an earthquake centered in western Nevada.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.5-magnitude temblor centered 14 miles from Yerington struck at 3:08 p.m., some 138 miles from Lodi.
Lodians commenting on the News-Sentinel’s Facebook page shared what they experienced as the quake hit.
“Wow, that was scary,” said Dianna Garcia, adding “that was my first time ever feeling an earthquake.”
“I was feeding my baby and the bed was shaking so we ran to the doorway,” Amber Neyrick said.
“Sitting on my bed and felt it strongly and my hanging lantern was swaying,” Kelly Marzolf Hampel said. “That’s my telltale earthquake sign.”
“It shook me and my husband as we sat at the kitchen table,” Sandra Acox Jackson said.
Carol Smith Good was one of the few that didn’t feel the quake.
“I got a loud alert on my phone about it, but I didn’t feel anything,” she said. “But my dog was barking like crazy.”
“Sloshing aquarium!” Judith Crary said.
“My work monitors were doing the samba,” joked Jen Walters.
Monday’s temblor was four days after a 7.0 quake rattled much of Northern California.
That quake, centered 45 miles southwest of Eureka in the Pacific Ocean, triggered a 45-minute tsunami warning Thursday morning.