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Originally Posted by Esteban
The scariest quake for me was the Sylmar quake in 1971. Was a magnitude 6.6 and was at around 6am. Just turned 16yo and lived in L.A. in an upstairs apartment with my family. The whole building started shaking violently. I was asleep with my cat in my room and I woke up and ran outside in my underwear with my cat under my arm. Will never forget it. At least 58 people died.
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I was 5. I remember that one though, for other "traumatic" reasons. My father had the habit of sleeping in his birthday suit, and without his glasses he was well beyond legally blind. He grabbed me, mom grabbed my 1yo bro, and we all huddled in the hallway door frame.