A earth shakeing wakeup call

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I didn't, but other people in my town reported it.

A long time ago there was an earthquake here in Salt Lake that made the people where I worked abandon the building. Later when I picked my wife up from her mother's they said they hadn't felt it at all, but they saw it reported on the news...from a cable station in Denver, 600 miles away!

CCIP · 08-23-11, 01:16 PM

I had the opposite last year though. We had one about that same size hit last june, and I felt it but other people wouldn't believe me till they got it on the news (although I initially didn't know what it was, just that my body immediately went into high alert mode, like something was wrong but I didn't know it). My parents were right under the epicenter of that one, they said there was extremely loud rumbling all through the area.

Hope everything's okay with this one! A couple of my good friends in the DC area, including ones that I'm visiting tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend, have just been evacuated from work... no word from them since, but I'm gonna hope it's all just proper precaution.

vienna · 08-23-11, 01:21 PM

News radio here in Los Angeles reported the National Quake Center rated it at 5.8 on the Richter Scale; hell, that's barely more than a door slam in california...

Rockstar · 08-23-11, 01:22 PM

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I initially didn't know what it was, just that my body immediately went into high alert mode, like something was wrong but I didn't know it).

Funny, I've done that too. Way back in my teenage years I suffered a couple of fainting spells. One day in my bedroom I thought I was getting lightheaded again, until I turned around and noticed the curtains swaying.

Many years later I was visiting my dad, and was awakened in the night by...something. Then I heard the fish tank sloshing, until I remembered there was no fish tank. I went to the back yard to see water sloshing back and forth in the swimming pool. I never felt the quake, but I saw its results.

FIREWALL · 08-23-11, 01:29 PM

Liveing in So. Calif, I'm kinda numb to ones in the 3.0 to 5.0+

There usually Aftershocks months after the 6.0 plusers

It's to the point the news doesn't report unless it's significant.

To those that aren't used to it it, can be quite a shock. No pun intended.

Be prepared for the Aftershocks. Some can be bigger that the initial Quake.

AVGWarhawk · 08-23-11, 01:33 PM

It completely rocked my office in Hanover MD. I looked at my coworker when it just started. The floor under my chair was pulsating. I said to him, "This is a earthquake." He did not believe it. Then the entire building was rocking. The damn walls were swaying. We make a beeline to the door. As soon as we got to the door to the outside it stopped. Absolutely wild and a bit scary.

flatsixes · 08-23-11, 01:33 PM

Made for an interesting few minutes. Biggest hing that's happened here in Richmond since April 1865.

Growler · 08-23-11, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by flatsixes

Made for an interesting few minutes. Biggest hing that's happened here in Richmond since April 1865.

Winner!

Looks like a lot of East Coasters are going to have lively dinner conversations tonight.

Careful with those sodas and beers, though.

vienna · 08-23-11, 01:53 PM

When the Nortridge Quake hit in 1994 (6.7 manitude), I was working in an office and one of our interns was from Wisconsin and had never felt an earthquake before. However, she managed to sleep right through it and came in to the office highly disappointed to have missed the quake. BTW, each full level on the Richter scale is 10 times the strength of the previous leve, e.g, a 3.0 is ten time stronger than a 2.0, etc. So you people back east may think you felt a big one, but the Northridge Quake was roughly 10 time bigger than today's quake.

Incidentaly, it was nice to see something finally moving Congress.l..

flatsixes · 08-23-11, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

So you people back east may think you felt a big one, but the Northridge Quake was roughly 10 time bigger than today's quake.

Says you! Extensive damage reports are streaming in from all over Virginia!

Castout · 08-23-11, 06:43 PM

5.8 is not that strong probably.

In strong earthquake people would find it terrifying even just standing up as the ground moves into every direction as if an invisible giant playing with it. Standing up would be scary and requires a struggle somewhat but especially strong nerves, running however would be IMPOSSIBLE without falling all over. In strong earthquake most people would kneel down with hands holding the ground out of fear and to get a sense of bearing/balance.

Most people would think that earthquake causes mere tremors but they couldn't be more wrong as in truth the ground would literally move all over the place.

if it was just tremor, mild shaking or swinging that would mean the earthquake is not that strong or not that near or not that shallow but if the ground literally moves all over, start praying and get out as fast and as best as you can if possible.

Platapus · 08-24-11, 07:39 PM

I was working the election polls inside a concrete walled middle school auditorium. That place shook for a long time

Glad we did not have to evacuate.

Oberon · 08-23-11, 01:54 PM

Task Force, be more discrete when you conduct underground nuclear tests, m'kay?

Task Force · 08-23-11, 02:16 PM

SSSHHH!!! don't let them know what it actually was!

It was a earth quake... err the PC gods are angry because im getting parts to fix my pc... (gotta give more sacrifices)

08-23-11, 01:16 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I had the opposite last year though. We had one about that same size hit last june, and I felt it but other people wouldn't believe me till they got it on the news (although I initially didn't know what it was, just that my body immediately went into high alert mode, like something was wrong but I didn't know it). My parents were right under the epicenter of that one, they said there was extremely loud rumbling all through the area. Hope everything's okay with this one! A couple of my good friends in the DC area, including ones that I'm visiting tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend, have just been evacuated from work... no word from them since, but I'm gonna hope it's all just proper precaution. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-23-11, 01:29 PM	#6
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Liveing in So. Calif, I'm kinda numb to ones in the 3.0 to 5.0+ There usually Aftershocks months after the 6.0 plusers It's to the point the news doesn't report unless it's significant. To those that aren't used to it it, can be quite a shock. No pun intended. Be prepared for the Aftershocks. Some can be bigger that the initial Quake. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-23-11, 01:33 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It completely rocked my office in Hanover MD. I looked at my coworker when it just started. The floor under my chair was pulsating. I said to him, "This is a earthquake." He did not believe it. Then the entire building was rocking. The damn walls were swaying. We make a beeline to the door. As soon as we got to the door to the outside it stopped. Absolutely wild and a bit scary. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-23-11, 06:43 PM	#12
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	5.8 is not that strong probably. In strong earthquake people would find it terrifying even just standing up as the ground moves into every direction as if an invisible giant playing with it. Standing up would be scary and requires a struggle somewhat but especially strong nerves, running however would be IMPOSSIBLE without falling all over. In strong earthquake most people would kneel down with hands holding the ground out of fear and to get a sense of bearing/balance. Most people would think that earthquake causes mere tremors but they couldn't be more wrong as in truth the ground would literally move all over the place. if it was just tremor, mild shaking or swinging that would mean the earthquake is not that strong or not that near or not that shallow but if the ground literally moves all over, start praying and get out as fast and as best as you can if possible. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 08-23-11 at 06:55 PM.

08-24-11, 07:39 PM	#13
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I was working the election polls inside a concrete walled middle school auditorium. That place shook for a long time Glad we did not have to evacuate. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-23-11, 01:21 PM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	News radio here in Los Angeles reported the National Quake Center rated it at 5.8 on the Richter Scale; hell, that's barely more than a door slam in california...

08-23-11, 01:22 PM	#4
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08-23-11, 01:33 PM	#8
flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Made for an interesting few minutes. Biggest hing that's happened here in Richmond since April 1865.

08-23-11, 01:53 PM	#10
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	When the Nortridge Quake hit in 1994 (6.7 manitude), I was working in an office and one of our interns was from Wisconsin and had never felt an earthquake before. However, she managed to sleep right through it and came in to the office highly disappointed to have missed the quake. BTW, each full level on the Richter scale is 10 times the strength of the previous leve, e.g, a 3.0 is ten time stronger than a 2.0, etc. So you people back east may think you felt a big one, but the Northridge Quake was roughly 10 time bigger than today's quake. Incidentaly, it was nice to see something finally moving Congress.l..

08-23-11, 01:54 PM	#14
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Task Force, be more discrete when you conduct underground nuclear tests, m'kay?

08-23-11, 02:16 PM	#15
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	SSSHHH!!! don't let them know what it actually was! It was a earth quake... err the PC gods are angry because im getting parts to fix my pc... (gotta give more sacrifices) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"