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Californians are no strangers to earthquakes, but Tuesday's tremor in the Los Angeles metropolitan area was an unsettling experience for both long-time residents and newer arrivals.

For some, the event had an element of thrill.

When iReport contributor John Carroll moved to Hollywood from Switzerland in 2005, he was haunted by photos of collapsed overpasses from California earthquakes in years past. Read full article »

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