By A STAFF REPORTER
LA HABRA, CA – The weekend of March 28-30, put nerves on edge and had SoCal’s Indian-Americans gritting their teeth, as they not only put up with the 5.1 magnitude quake on March 28 evening but with a swarm of tremors and aftershocks that continued at regular intervals. As Lajwant Kaur of La Habra, the epicenter of the quake said very simply summing up...
LA HABRA, CA – The weekend of March 28-30, put nerves on edge and had SoCal’s Indian-Americans gritting their teeth, as they not only put up with the 5.1 magnitude quake on March 28 evening but with a swarm of tremors and aftershocks that continued at regular intervals. As Lajwant Kaur of La Habra, the epicenter of the quake said very simply summing up...
what everyone India Journal spoke to said, “It is very scary.” Added Fullerton city resident Geetha Senra, “it seems to go on and on.” Said Usha Ghiya of La Habra Heights, who was startled when the first quake hit and chose to go out when the next one began, “I have started keeping a flashlight by my pillow and a pair of shoes by my bed, just in case of an emergency.”
The quake struck at 9.09 pm on March 28 and centered 1 mile east of La Habra, the United States Geological Survey, said. It created power outages, structural damages to homes and businesses and ruptured gas and water lines. Around 2,000 customers were left without power said Southern California Edison after the quake, including Ghiya. “But we were prepared with our flashlights,” she reported adding, “even the phones stopped working for a bit.” In Fullerton, about four miles from the epicenter, Indian-American property
The quake struck at 9.09 pm on March 28 and centered 1 mile east of La Habra, the United States Geological Survey, said. It created power outages, structural damages to homes and businesses and ruptured gas and water lines. Around 2,000 customers were left without power said Southern California Edison after the quake, including Ghiya. “But we were prepared with our flashlights,” she reported adding, “even the phones stopped working for a bit.” In Fullerton, about four miles from the epicenter, Indian-American property
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