It was a typical Monday on the Lincoln Heights Senior Heart — till the floor began shaking.
Anthony Montiel, the power director, stated the seniors dealt with it extra calmly than he did.
“I’m extra scared than anybody else, with them being seniors and having extra life expertise,” Montiel stated with amusing.
“It felt like a truck hit the constructing,” he stated of the magnitude 4.4 quake centered in El Sereno. It was like a robust jolt that lasted a couple of seconds, and nothing like a rolling earthquake.”
Monday’s temblor — centered close to the senior middle in northeast Los Angeles — brought about little harm and no identified accidents. However the quake, albeit modest, left many rattled.
In Highland Park, home windows rattled and canine barked, and occasional spilled off a desk. Elsewhere in Alhambra, photographs have been knocked off the shelf, drawers opened and footwear have been thrown from a rack.
The quake struck at 12:20 p.m. Its preliminary epicenter was in El Sereno, about 1,000 ft southwest of Huntington Drive and Collis Avenue.
The earthquake brought about a water pipe to burst at Pasadena Metropolis Corridor, the place water leaked for about an hour earlier than it was turned off, metropolis spokesperson Lisa Derderian stated.
It additionally brought about a difficulty with elevators on the constructing, and an worker was caught in one of many vehicles for about 20 minutes earlier than being let loose. The elevators will probably be closed till they are often repaired.
The fireplace division is conducting surveys across the metropolis, and an engineer is being despatched to the Rose Bowl as a precaution to evaluate for any points.
Residents ought to take the earthquake as a reminder to all the time be ready for a serious catastrophe.
“This could possibly be a precursor of a bigger quake. We wish individuals to be ready, not scared,” Derderian stated.
Darlene Hampton, a senior workplace assistant within the Pasadena metropolis supervisor’s workplace, was serving to a resident at Metropolis Corridor when the shaking began.
“She was having a bit unhealthy day,” Hampton stated concerning the resident. “I used to be in a position to calm her down, and we simply stated, ‘All the things’s going to work out, proper?’ After which the earthquake hit. However we have been doing a bit prayer too.”
All staff and prospects have been in a position to go away the constructing safely, Hampton stated, and wait exterior till the hearth division arrived.
“The humorous factor is as she’s going out the door, I stated, “You see how shortly God works?’ ”
