Looking for a wild Friday night at the movies in Los Angeles? Start with an apocalyptic blockbuster on its opening weekend, add a 5.1 magnitude earthquake just after 9 p.m.

Of the millions of Angelinos who rode out the temblor Friday night — the second strong one in two weeks — thousands did so from a seat at their local cinema. And by all accounts, many were watching Darren Aronofsky's Noah — for which all the shaking turned out to be nothing more than a free experiential enhancement.

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Nothing quite like the end of the world scene in Noah starting and 20 seconds later your movie theater starts shaking from an earthquake.

— Philip DeFranco (@PhillyD) March 29, 2014

The quake jolted much of SoCal from its epicenter near La Habra, an inland community about 30 miles south and east of downtown L.A., causing about 3,000 people to lose power, scattered water- and gas-main breaks, and a nasty mess for store owners who had their work cut out for them Saturday morning.

Photo from one of our viewers of OC Quake damage #lahabra pic.twitter.com/cbDaRGoXMM — Mark Mullen (@MarkMullenNBC) March 29, 2014

Only minor injuries were reported, including a rockslide in Carbon Canyon that overturned a car:

#EARTHQUAKE: Rockslide after quake overturned car, driver suffered minor injuries: @BreaPD http://t.co/hD2ehTBPfD pic.twitter.com/gnn7NV30o4 — NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) March 29, 2014

More than 30 aftershocks were recorded in the area throughout the night. But moviegoers got the biggest shock, in the form of a serious 4D experience.

Now I read about the earthquake. It hit just after the flood did in NOAH. Seriously wondered if the Chinese had snuck in 4D. All clear now.

— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) March 29, 2014

 

Um ok so the real life earthquake right in the middle of the animal stampede in Noah sort of freaked me out...

— ilaria urbinati (@ilariaurbinati) March 29, 2014

 

Watching Noah in the theater and the earth starts shaking. 5.1 earthquake. Seats rocking back and forth and people panicking. It was great.

— Lexi Johnson (@LexiKJohnson) March 29, 2014

So experiencing an earthquake during the whole "Is man worthy of survival?" speech in Noah was preeettty creepy, I must say. CC @ThinkHero

— Jennings Roth Cornet (@RothCornet) March 29, 2014

 

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