At 6:25 a.m. PST on Monday morning, March 17, the Los Angeles area was a bit shaken up … by a 4.4–magnitude earthquake.
The quake was centered about 15 miles outside of downtown LA, and seems to have woken up the majority of Hollywood with a bit of a jolt. As of 9:30 a.m. PST, there has been no significant damage related to the earthquake (unless you count missed beauty sleep in Tinseltown), but that doesn't mean some temperamental tectonic plates haven't given the Twitterverse something to buzz about.
Perhaps David Spade put it best:
Brace yourself LA Its not over. All day you get to hear everyones "earthquake story". #soboring #literallyallday
— David Spade (@DavidSpade) March 17, 2014
And everyone felt the need to chime in, too. After all, what do you do in the face of disaster other than tweet about it?
So this just happened. #earthquakehttp://t.co/Ibsbnds7hG via @youtube
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) March 17, 2014
Usually I sleep through earthquakes. NOT that one! Wow. GOOD MORNING!!!!! 😃
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) March 17, 2014
"I hope my pixie dust jar didn't break, otherwise all my shoes are going to fly away." #earthquake #my6yrold
— Constance Zimmer (@ConstanceZimmer) March 17, 2014
How every gangster in LA woke up from the earthquake http://t.co/sCqUwN2RRU
— Damon Wayans Yunior? (@wayansjr) March 17, 2014
Me this morning waking up to an earthquake #freakedthefuckout looool http://t.co/NvrgKmGx43
— Vanessa Hudgens (@VanessaHudgens) March 17, 2014
All this earthquake spam in my feed is making me miss LA... I think. Wait...
— Adelaide Kane (@AdelaideKane) March 17, 2014
Earthquake #own #wheresOprahwhenyouneedher #🙏 http://t.co/OTc4Zqkt6Q
— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) March 17, 2014
Earthquake was scary? Were all ok though! Anyone else feel it?
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 17, 2014
Good morning guys! We are all safe! Hope everyone else is too❤️not the most pleasant way to wake up with everything shaking 😳
— Hilary Duff (@HilaryDuff) March 17, 2014
I would come up with a witty tweet about the earthquake, but if I'm being honest I was asleep through the whole thing. Futons = comfiness
— Rico Rodriguez (@StarringRico) March 17, 2014
Earthquake- check! Cold- check! Breakfast in bed- check! It's been a very eventful morning and it's only 8:42 am #mymantakincareofme #loved
— Ashley Tisdale (@ashleytisdale) March 17, 2014
here's how it goes now..."oh my God, earthquake...where's my phone? I have to tweet!"
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March 17, 2014
Ugh... Hate waking up that way -still shook
— Jessica Alba (@jessicaalba) March 17, 2014
Jesus. How gossipy are the birds outside. It was an earthquake and now it's over. Shut the fuck up and go back to sleep!
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) March 17, 2014
That earth quake just scared the shit out of me!!!!
— Kelly! (@KellyOsbourne) March 17, 2014
Well that was a nice welcome home...an earthquake. All's well here at the Shatners.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 17, 2014
earthquakes with Kris Jenner: she makes you run outside at 6am in your running shoes to wait for the… http://t.co/eIl0OJuJmm
— Kendall (@KendallJenner) March 17, 2014
why was my initial reaction to this earthquake "holy shit it's the aliens I'm screwed"
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 17, 2014
I also find it funny I thought to check twitter to make sure it WAS an earthquake, not the world coming to an end. Half kidding...half not.
— Dianna Agron (@DiannaAgron) March 17, 2014
My bed hasn't seen THAT much action since . . . the last earthquake.#INeedSomeJokes
— Retta (@unfoRETTAble) March 17, 2014
I'm up. I'm up! Quit shaking the bed.
— Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) March 17, 2014
That was the scariest earthquake this lil New York girl ever experienced in Cali. Unbelievable this time.
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) March 17, 2014
That Earthquake!!!.......is the Only reason I just wet the bed...#earthquake
— Lamorne Morris (@LamorneMorris) March 17, 2014
HOLY HELL we just had an earthquake! #shaking
— LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (@leannrimes) March 17, 2014
But luckily, someone came forward about the true cause of distruction…
Sorry LA, that was me. I farted.
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) March 17, 2014
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