<p>What happened at USC with today's earthquake?</p>
<p>The ground shook a bit :) It was a longer-than-average quake but wasn't particularly strong, just enough to knock precariously balanced and stuff that rolls around.</p>
<p>I was on the 5th floor of a building, and after a couple minutes of discussion of whether we should leave the building, went back to work (in retrospect, you should always leave the building by stairs after a sizable earthquake like that)</p>
<p>After a while we got the TrojansAlert text message saying no injuries or significant damage reported on campus, plus calls from my mom and the mom of the other student I was with. :)</p>
<p>(Parents can sign up for TrojansAlert too, I think, and it seems like a good idea)</p>
<p>I was on campus. I didn't feel a thing but got the alert. This is really not a big deal when one is levelheaded. Maybe it's a native Californian thing to not freak out at the earthquakes, lol. =P</p>
<p>I was on campus and definitely felt the quake. They evacuated our building, but let us back in within an hour.</p>
<p>I was sleeping at a house right off campus, and at first I thought someone was shaking my bed, but then after looking around I found there wasn't anyone in the room. Then I heard someone shout "EARTHQUAKEEE!!!" And I was like, "oh." The end.</p>
<p>My sister goes to UCLA and received about 5 text messages about the earthquake from their alert system. Kind of amusing.</p>
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<p>One thing I learned from the news reports: supposedly a 5% chance of a strong aftershock, tapering off to 1% after 24 hours. But aftershocks can happen up to a week after the quake.</p>
<p>I live on the Row and I slept through the earthquake. Lol...</p>