MARIBEL GONZALEZ, WMUR NEWS NINE. AND TONIGHT WE SPOKE TO A GRANITE STATE NATIVE WHO MOVED TO ARCATA, CALIFORNIA, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AND FELT SHAKEN. KIND OF LIKE WHAT HIT THIS HOME HERE. ANOTHER VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT 7.0. PETER RHODES SAYS HE WAS AT WORK WHEN THIS QUAKE HIT. I LOOK UP, I SEE THE LIGHTS ARE SHAKING. JUST THE WHOLE BUILDING MOVING UP, DOWN, LEFT AND RIGHT. I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS JUST KIND OF STANDING THERE SHOCKED BECAUSE I’VE NEVER BEEN IN AN EARTHQUAKE BEFORE. DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
New Hampshire native living in California describes earthquake experience
A New Hampshire native who recently moved to Arcata, California, experienced a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck northern California on Thursday. Peter Rhoades said he was at work when the quake hit.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<“I look up; I see the lights are shaking. Just the whole building up, down, left and right. I didn’t really know what to do. I was just kind of standing there shocked because I’ve never been in an earthquake before. I didn’t know what was going on,” Rhoades said.The earthquake is the largest to hit the U.S. this year.
A New Hampshire native who recently moved to Arcata, California, experienced a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck northern California on Thursday.
Peter Rhoades said he was at work when the quake hit.
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“I look up; I see the lights are shaking. Just the whole building up, down, left and right. I didn’t really know what to do. I was just kind of standing there shocked because I’ve never been in an earthquake before. I didn’t know what was going on,” Rhoades said.
The earthquake is the largest to hit the U.S. this year.
