My first earthquake... awesome!

[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.
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* 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.)

[ZubrAZ]

must be one of greatest things to feel in a life-being experience. like an imponderability

[circmand]

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.
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* 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

[WormGod]

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

I slept through it.

[RickOKC]

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

[circmand]

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

[Travelin2]

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.

[vt_maverick]

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.

[VX KAT]

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"!!

[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 .

[Anita]

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

[RickOKC]

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

YIKES, you're a magnet for natural disasters! 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.

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!

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!

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"!!

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.

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 .

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.

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

Ha ha... we use dust devils here - stirred, not shaken.

[handeeman]

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

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.

[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.

[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