Stardate 20040615.1540

(Captain's log): Whoa! Just had an earthquake here! Sharp enough jolt to startle, but not enough to damage anything. I'm not really used to that kind of that kind of thing.

The USGS says there was a magnitude 5.1 out under the ocean SW of here:

About 40 seconds later there was a 4.7 up north of LA. I think I noticed that, too.

One sure sign that this wasn't very serious is that I had no trouble accessing the USGS site. After the 7.1 we had five years ago, It took me something like 20 minutes to get in, even though that quake happened about 3 AM.

Update: It seems I wasn't the only person here in San Diego to notice. (heh)

Update: They've revised the estimate to magnitude 5.2. The quake originally reported north of here was apparently a calculation mistake and its report was withdrawn.