I experienced my first earthquake today. I was in my agent's office and suddenly there was a loud noise and the whole building began shaking. Everyone panicked a little bit and ran to stand in the office doorways. When the shaking stopped after about 30 seconds, the building felt like it was swaying on a boat for about another 25 seconds. It was very scary and I was quite shaken up. Within 5 minutes it was on the news and the Internet that it was a 5.6 Earthquake!
When I got home to my apartment a few hours later, it looked like a scene from a bad horror movie. The books on the shelves were right to the edge and some had fallen off. All of the pictures in the apartment had fallen off the walls. My jewelry box was halfway across the room and the jewelry was strewn about the floor and a few potted plants were smashed to bits with dirt everywhere.
Fortunately, nobody seems to have been badly hurt and as far as I've heard, there was not much structural damage in the LA area.
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