TEMBLOR SHAKES UP MEMORIES NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE REPORTED IN RIPPLE EFFECTS OF COASTAL QUAKE.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer Although centered more than 150 miles away, Monday's earthquake was felt more strongly across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. than any temblor since January 2001 - and, for many, brought back memories of the Northridge Earthquake nearly 10 years ago. Still, the magnitude-6.5 quake centered near Cambria on the Central Coast caused no major damage or injuries in urban Southern California. Some people headed toward door frames and hallways in downtown Los Angeles' high-rise buildings, but the quake didn't pack enough force more than 100 miles from its epicenter to knock items off shelves. Most quake-acclimated Southern California residents took the mild rolling in stride. ``I felt it for about 10 seconds,'' said David Crandall, an attorney who felt the quake in his third-floor Calabasas law office. ``It shook everything, but nothing fell over. I was surprised to hear it was a 6.5.'' The 11:16 a.m. earthquake shook the Valley harder than any quake since the magnitude-4.3 temblor centered two miles northeast of downtown San Fernando on Jan. 13, 2001, according to data compiled by TriNet, an earthquake-tracking project of the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. , the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Geological Survey. Monday's quake was felt more strongly throughout the Valley than a magnitude-3.6 quake near Simi Valley on Oct. 29 and a magnitude-3.9 quake near Valencia on Aug. 26. But the magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine Earthquake - its epicenter in the Mojave Desert, about 100 miles northeast of the San Fernando Valley - rocked the Valley with much more intensity when it struck early in the morning Oct. 16, 1999. The earthquake Monday was felt locally as a smaller version of the Hector Mine temblor - a rumbling series of rolls that spanned about 15 seconds. Caltech seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis Kate Hutton said that sensation is typical of larger earthquakes, whose force disperses over wide distances. ``They were both pretty good rollers as far as being felt for a number of seconds across a wide area,'' she said. Monday's quake triggered a number of phone calls to the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. , spokesman Jim Wells said, but there were no reports of damage. Customers served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. were not affected, nor was there any damage to municipal water or power facilities, DWP spokeswoman Carol Tucker said. Officials in Ventura County and nearby Carpinteria just into Santa Barbara County reported no injuries or significant damage caused by the temblor. But in the southern portions of Santa Barbara County, Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. reported that 2,750 customers lost power; nearly 1,000 customers had power restored within two hours while the rest were expected to be on line by nightfall. At the Ventura County Courthouse The Ventura County Courthouse, located in Ventura, California, was designed in 1910 by one of the early pioneers of architecture in Southern California: Albert C. Martin, Sr. and at the Sheriff's Department headquarters in Ventura, phone lines were temporarily knocked off line after the quake after the quake (神の子どもたちはみな踊る but were restored within five minutes, although emergency calls did get through during the outage. ``We were surprised we didn't receive a large number of calls due to it,'' said Capt. Bob Lemay of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. , who added that the department briefly considered opening an emergency operations center The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level in an emergency situation, and ensuring , but dismissed the idea after determining that the quake's impact in the county was minimal. Staff Writer Rachel Uranga contributed to this report. James Nash, (213) 978-0390 james.nash(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Friends and family members of one of Monday's earthquake victims comfort each other moments after learning of the person's death in the collapse of a two-story building. The coastal quake hit the town of Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
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