Northern California experienced a magnitude 5.7 earthquake at roughly 8:47 p.m., Thursday. News sources report the quake was centered near Lake Almanor in the Sierra Mountains.
The DrsC were watching Ask This Old House on PBS TV when it struck. As is typical, we heard it a couple of seconds before we felt it.
We sustained no damage; the epicenter was dozens of miles northeast of our winter place. As native Californians we're somewhat accustomed to earthquakes.
I'm reminded of long-haul trucker CB slang for the east and west coasts. They were called "the dirty side" and "the shaky side" respectively -- we're on the left coast, where the earth does sometimes shake.
