My first earthquake... awesome!

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10/13/2010, 01:32 PM
RickOKC

My first earthquake... awesome!

Well, it was awesome after finding out it was definitely "just an earthquake." *

It started with a boom, continued with a rumble like thunder and ended with a little sideways lurch. COOL! Everything took place in just a few seconds and it measured 4.5 on the RICK-ter scale.

I know, "lame", but I've always wanted to experience an earthquake so I'm excited. I've been disappointed in the past when I would hear on the news that one had happened nearby but it wasn't big enough to be noticeable.
___
* It upset some people at the office because the overall sound and feel was very reminiscent of the Murrah Building bombing in 1995 (also on a Wednesday, also around 9am.)
10/13/2010, 03:30 PM
ZubrAZ

must be one of greatest things to feel in a life-being experience. like an imponderability
10/13/2010, 03:33 PM
circmand

4.5?

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Originally Posted by RickOKC

Well, it was awesome after finding out it was definitely "just an earthquake." *

It started with a boom, continued with a rumble like thunder and ended with a little sideways lurch. COOL! Everything took place in just a few seconds and it measured 4.5 on the RICK-ter scale.

I know, "lame", but I've always wanted to experience an earthquake so I'm excited. I've been disappointed in the past when I would hear on the news that one had happened nearby but it wasn't big enough to be noticeable.
___
* It upset some people at the office because the overall sound and feel was very reminiscent of the Murrah Building bombing in 1995 (also on a Wednesday, also around 9am.)

thats barely a thunder rumble
10/14/2010, 07:14 AM
WormGod

We had that measly one a couple months ago here in the DC area.

I slept through it. :bgwo:
10/14/2010, 01:02 PM
RickOKC

I finally found a link that shows the extent of the damage.
10/14/2010, 01:07 PM
circmand

Just as a point of interest

I have been in a 4.8 quake
2 Floods
4 hurricanes
and
2 tornadoes.
10/14/2010, 01:57 PM
vt_maverick

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Originally Posted by RickOKC

I finally found a link that shows the extent of the damage.

ROFL... I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.
10/16/2010, 09:38 AM
Stephen Biko

You are lucky you weren't driving. I've been through a bunch of 4+ quakes while in the car and they are no fun at all - you don't even notice them.
10/16/2010, 10:29 AM
VX KAT

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Originally Posted by RickOKC

I finally found a link that shows the extent of the damage.

x2!!
Having lived in LA for 15 yrs...been thru quite a few. Was driving on the freeway when the "Whittier Narrows" quake hit in 1987 (I think)...thought my tape deck was skipping a bit and I also recall the car kind of zigging back and forth a bit, I thought it was just the grooves in the cement throwing me....got to work..OH, that's what that was! Then the '94 Northridge "big" quake....431 am...whole house was rocking & rollin'....so what did I do?...I started holding the wall unit so it wouldn't tip over...until first hubby said "Get AWAY from the wall unit"!! :goof:
10/17/2010, 02:19 AM
Sprey

Come to New Zealand we get earthquakes all the time XD As you may have seen on say the International news Our Christchurch has been getting hit hard with them lately!. Ive been in id say over 50 at least. Must admit have woke up to one before realised it was small and feel back asleep while it was just finishing :p.
10/17/2010, 10:01 AM
Anita

As a native of Los Angeles and having experienced every earthquake since the Sylmar, a 4.5 would merely stir my martini. :winkb:
10/18/2010, 08:55 PM
RickOKC

Quote:

Originally Posted by circmand

I have been in a 4.8 quake
2 Floods
4 hurricanes
and
2 tornadoes.

YIKES, you're a magnet for natural disasters! :p Where did you find the tornadoes? I've been in Ok for most of my 40+ years and have only had what I consider to be 1 close call. I've still never actually seen one.

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

ROFL... I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.

Hee heee! I wish I could claim credit for the "disaster photo." That started hitting email the day after and I thought it was hilarious!

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Originally Posted by Stephen Biko

You are lucky you weren't driving. I've been through a bunch of 4+ quakes while in the car and they are no fun at all - you don't even notice them.

That's what a co-worker said. He was driving at the time and didn't notice either!

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Originally Posted by VX KAT

x2!!
Having lived in LA for 15 yrs...been thru quite a few. Was driving on the freeway when the "Whittier Narrows" quake hit in 1987 (I think)...thought my tape deck was skipping a bit and I also recall the car kind of zigging back and forth a bit, I thought it was just the grooves in the cement throwing me....got to work..OH, that's what that was! Then the '94 Northridge "big" quake....431 am...whole house was rocking & rollin'....so what did I do?...I started holding the wall unit so it wouldn't tip over...until first hubby said "Get AWAY from the wall unit"!! :goof:

Sounds like what we always do here. "Tornado?!? Let's go outside and look!" (Instead of running for shelter. ;)) Not like I'm telling you something new since you lived in TX.

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Originally Posted by Sprey

Come to New Zealand we get earthquakes all the time XD As you may have seen on say the International news Our Christchurch has been getting hit hard with them lately!. Ive been in id say over 50 at least. Must admit have woke up to one before realised it was small and feel back asleep while it was just finishing :p.

LOL! That's also what we do here (during tornado warnings.) You get used to it so it's no big deal. I just got to a point where I never thought I'd ever experience an earthquake so I was happy to finally see what it was like. They are SO uncommon here and when they do happen they are so tiny that NOBODY notices.

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Originally Posted by Anita

As a native of Los Angeles and having experienced every earthquake since the Sylmar, a 4.5 would merely stir my martini. :winkb:

Ha ha... we use dust devils here - stirred, not shaken. :grino:
10/18/2010, 09:12 PM
Ldub

I got jolted out of bed in the wee hours, back around 1985 on the Big Island.

It was quite an experience, since I was from MN & was only familiar with blizzards, flooding & tornadoes.

IIRC, it was 6+, & I remember thinking that I was going to die at the whims of a rather large 6 x 24" glue lam ceiling beam.
10/18/2010, 09:34 PM
PK

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Originally Posted by Ldub

I got jolted out of bed in the wee hours, back around 1985 on the Big Island.

It was quite an experience, since I was from MN & was only familiar with blizzards, flooding & tornadoes.

IIRC, it was 6+, & I remember thinking that I was going to die at the whims of a rather large 6 x 24" glue lam ceiling beam.

Didn't know you were down in Aussie in '85 Dub.:smilegray:(

I coulda taken a day off school to meet up with ya.
;):bgwo:

PK
10/18/2010, 09:44 PM
Ldub

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Originally Posted by PK

Didn't know you were down in Aussie in '85 Dub.:smilegray:(

I coulda taken a day off school to meet up with ya.
;):bgwo:

PK

L0L Mr K...:laughing:

It was the Big Island of the Hawaiian variety...:smilewink
10/19/2010, 04:45 AM
Travelin2

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Originally Posted by circmand

I have been in a 4.8 quake
2 Floods
4 hurricanes
and
2 tornadoes.

Oh yeah, well I've been married for 29 years.
10/19/2010, 05:41 AM
handeeman

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Originally Posted by Anita

As a native of Los Angeles and having experienced every earthquake since the Sylmar, a 4.5 would merely stir my martini. :winkb:

Now that would be my kinda earthquake.....if only I knew how to make a martini. "Shaken not stirred"
Growing up in Oklahoma I got quite used to the earthquakes....it was the tornados that scared me. One hit my home town once when I was a kid and they said it did hundreds of dollars in damage.
10/19/2010, 08:22 AM
vt_maverick

Quote:

Originally Posted by PK

Didn't know you were down in Aussie in '85 Dub.:smilegray:(

I coulda taken a day off school to meet up with ya.
;):bgwo:

PK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ldub

L0L Mr K...:laughing:

It was the Big Island of the Hawaiian variety...:smilewink

(In my best Crocodile Dundee voice) "That's not an island, THIS is an island." :D
10/19/2010, 08:48 AM
nfpgasmask

I've never felt any real big ones, but after moving out here to Reno we had some tremors and yea, a totally bizarre feeling.

Bart
10/19/2010, 10:57 AM
tom4bren

In my young & stupid days, I visited LA during all 4 of their major seasons: earthquake, fire, mudslide, riots.

The last earthquake I felt in LA, I was at the airport waiting on a flight & I was the only one who noticed. It didn't hit the local news at all but was reported on national news later that night.
10/19/2010, 11:29 AM
samneil2000

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Originally Posted by nfpgasmask

I've never felt any real big ones, but after moving out here to Reno we had some tremors and yea, a totally bizarre feeling.

Bart

You are really missing out. :p
10/20/2010, 08:16 AM
Chopper

Acapulco Mexico is built around the edge of a circular bay rimmed by mountains. The beach is all pebbles rather than sand, and about a mile out is a little island in the center of the bay. Every time we'd walk on the beach, (we'd feel more than hear) there'd be a rumbling and a little vibration you'd feel on the soles of your bare feet. Finally I asked someone and learned....Acapulco Bay is a volcano rim....the island is the cone plug! They say it never stops rumbling...pretty cool:bwgy: