Mojave Desert, slightly injuring four of the 155 passengers. It also cracked an overpass on Interstate 40. But occurring in the remote desert, the quake caused little damage, even in the populated areas I to the south rind west.The quake's effect in the Valley was more psychological, logical, confusing people during the night and stirring excitement among some who felt the shakes of their first temblor.
Don Kurtz just got home from a dance in Sun City when the shaking slid him off the toilet.
-I'm,69.1 thought I was having a stroke," he said. "The tile was rocking, the bathroom floor was moving like I was on a waterbed. Then I knew what it was, but I thought, 'Not in Phoenix.' "
Kurtz, a retired railroad worker, went to wake up his son.
"He just thought I was crazy," he said. "But I noticed the dogs barking, so I knew it really happened."
The Associated Press contributed to this article.