Did You Feel It, Too?

Sockeye · 06-23-10, 01:46 PM

Earthquake up here, shipmates.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...arthquake.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1614941/

Apparently not an unheard of occurrence, but definitely interesting. A 5.0 magnitude quake for those more in the know than me.

The building here shook like a soundless tuning fork for a few moments, but everything's cool. And by "everything's cool", I mean the newsmen have something other than G20 protests to go apesh!t over.

EDIT:

Originally reported as a 5.5 magnitude, but now a 5.0 "moderate".

CCIP · 06-23-10, 02:00 PM

Yep. The house was going side to side here, it was really strange. I thought it was a tornado at first since we have severe thunderstorms on the way here. Apparently it was "19km deep, centered approximately 61km north of ottawa", which is EXACTLY where my parents live. Called them, they're fine, apparently in their area there was deafening rumbling, but the shaking itself wasn't too bad (although their house stands on stilts in a lake bed, which probably softened it quite a lot).

That reached pretty far though - as I say, my house was swaying, and that's about 400 miles from the epicentre...

Méo · 06-23-10, 02:18 PM

didn't feel anything, it was at 1:41 PM ?

I was taking a siesta.

Blacklight · 06-23-10, 02:52 PM

Funniest thing. We live in Connecticut. We didn't feel a damn thing, but my wife got sent home early from work (with pay) because the earthquake killed all the servers they work on.

TLAM Strike · 06-23-10, 04:12 PM

A stack of buckets fell down at work, I guess that was the quake but I didn't feel anything. Found out it happened on the news. The Jeweler next-door noticed- all his display cases were shaking.

I asked all the customers if they felt it, most said no. One (This cute Asian nurse) thought I was pulling her leg!

gimpy117 · 06-23-10, 05:19 PM

yeah i was in the car!

Springs tend to dampen that stuff

But it could be felt in Traverse City, MI

FIREWALL · 06-23-10, 05:22 PM

We get them all the time so, I never pay any attention to them.

To common of an occurrence here.

Wolfehunter · 06-23-10, 05:30 PM

Yes. I was on my PC and my chair started to the Jig. My desk and monitor was going with the beat. It was soo weird. This shaking had rhythm.. I was enjoying the beat...

I'm serious it had a cool rhythm...

Task Force · 06-23-10, 06:34 PM

Awww... nothing down here.

krashkart · 06-23-10, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

We get them all the time so, I never pay any attention to them.

To common of an occurrence here.

When I lived in Idaho we could sometimes feel tremors rolling in from your neck of the woods, after some of the larger quakes. They were very moderate and usually lasted for weeks, but it was really odd sometimes to be sitting down to dinner and suddenly see the hanging plants start swaying for no apparent reason.

I guess the fault lines there have to shift around a little to accommodate California's tantrums.

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Yep. The house was going side to side here, it was really strange. I thought it was a tornado at first since we have severe thunderstorms on the way here. Apparently it was "19km deep, centered approximately 61km north of ottawa", which is EXACTLY where my parents live. Called them, they're fine, apparently in their area there was deafening rumbling, but the shaking itself wasn't too bad (although their house stands on stilts in a lake bed, which probably softened it quite a lot).

That reached pretty far though - as I say, my house was swaying, and that's about 400 miles from the epicentre...

Glad your folks are unharmed.

Question: how did they manage to build their home 19km underground?

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I asked all the customers if they felt it, most said no. One (This cute Asian nurse) thought I was pulling her leg!

You did remember to give the nurse her leg back, right?

Sailor Steve · 06-23-10, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

Funniest thing. We live in Connecticut. We didn't feel a damn thing, but my wife got sent home early from work (with pay) because the earthquake killed all the servers they work on.

Way back when (1974) we had a 'quake here in Salt Lake that rocked the place I was working at. When I got off and went to pick up my wife at her parents' house they told me they had felt nothing at all...but they had seen it on the Denver station they were watching on their brand-new cable TV.

TLAM Strike · 06-23-10, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

You did remember to give the nurse her leg back, right?

Damn if I had my way it wouldn't' have mattered since she wouldn't have been able to walk for a week anyways...

5' nothing, 95 lbs of pure cuteness.

Working in a restaurant near several doctor's offices and beauty salons has its perks when it comes to eye candy.

NeonSamurai · 06-24-10, 12:48 AM

The quake was jiggly yes

Admiral8Q · 06-24-10, 03:35 AM

Who would have thought, an earthquake in Toronto. Wow! That just goes to show how unpredictable the world is.

Weiss Pinguin · 06-24-10, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Working in a restaurant near several doctor's offices and beauty salons has its perks when it comes to eye candy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

The quake was jiggly yes

So that's why everyone still lives in California...

06-23-10, 01:46 PM	#1
Sockeye Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 127 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Did You Feel It, Too? Earthquake up here, shipmates. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...arthquake.html http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1614941/ Apparently not an unheard of occurrence, but definitely interesting. A 5.0 magnitude quake for those more in the know than me. The building here shook like a soundless tuning fork for a few moments, but everything's cool. And by "everything's cool", I mean the newsmen have something other than G20 protests to go apesh!t over. EDIT: Originally reported as a 5.5 magnitude, but now a 5.0 "moderate".

06-23-10, 02:00 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Yep. The house was going side to side here, it was really strange. I thought it was a tornado at first since we have severe thunderstorms on the way here. Apparently it was "19km deep, centered approximately 61km north of ottawa", which is EXACTLY where my parents live. Called them, they're fine, apparently in their area there was deafening rumbling, but the shaking itself wasn't too bad (although their house stands on stilts in a lake bed, which probably softened it quite a lot). That reached pretty far though - as I say, my house was swaying, and that's about 400 miles from the epicentre... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

06-23-10, 02:52 PM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Funniest thing. We live in Connecticut. We didn't feel a damn thing, but my wife got sent home early from work (with pay) because the earthquake killed all the servers they work on. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

06-23-10, 04:12 PM	#5
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	A stack of buckets fell down at work, I guess that was the quake but I didn't feel anything. Found out it happened on the news. The Jeweler next-door noticed- all his display cases were shaking. I asked all the customers if they felt it, most said no. One (This cute Asian nurse) thought I was pulling her leg! __________________

06-23-10, 05:19 PM	#6
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	yeah i was in the car! Springs tend to dampen that stuff But it could be felt in Traverse City, MI __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army Last edited by gimpy117; 06-23-10 at 06:38 PM.

06-23-10, 02:18 PM	#3
Méo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Quebec City Posts: 1,153 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 0	didn't feel anything, it was at 1:41 PM ? I was taking a siesta.

06-23-10, 05:22 PM	#7
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	We get them all the time so, I never pay any attention to them. To common of an occurrence here. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-23-10, 05:30 PM	#8
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	Yes. I was on my PC and my chair started to the Jig. My desk and monitor was going with the beat. It was soo weird. This shaking had rhythm.. I was enjoying the beat... I'm serious it had a cool rhythm... __________________

06-23-10, 06:34 PM	#9
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Awww... nothing down here. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-24-10, 12:48 AM	#13
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	The quake was jiggly yes __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

06-24-10, 03:35 AM	#14
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Who would have thought, an earthquake in Toronto. Wow! That just goes to show how unpredictable the world is. __________________