We just had an earthquake!

[Fred]

At 11:09 my wife and I felt the house shake. I thought a tree fell on the house or something. Turns out there was an earthquake 3.8 magnitude, that was centered near Hot Springs, NC. Wow. I like it better when the ground is still.

 

[Robert Stanton]

Heh. Grew up in CA. You can sorta get familiar to it, but you can never get used to it.

 

[brandon mena]

Wow that's gotta be a scare. Closest thing we get to a quake down here in Miami is when my roomate rips one on the couch in front of all of us.

 

[The Ape]

Sorry to hear about the quake, we have another Hurricane hitting Palm Beach County tomorrow night/early Friday. I feel your pain.



Ape Out.

 

[Fred]

There was reports of people as far away as GA and KY feeling it. I'm going to bed!

 

[WXMotorSports DecalsPartsAccs]

Odd for NC to have one? I've experience 7.2 and 7.4 earthquakes...no fun at all.



Thanks,

SST

 

[Gypsy me]

building swaying with me in it was all I needed...and I was not even in CA!



I could not even phathom 7. anything ! (scarey stuff)

 

[Jim Johnson]

Well, it took longer than I expected, but something like that was bound to happen: My wife actually washed her own ST yesterday! :lol:

 

[Gypsy me]

:lol:

 

[Dre L]

Felt one in NYC on a couple of occasions. Odd sensation.

 

[Nelson Atwell]

I lived in California for almost nine years of my life. I slept through most of the earthquakes. The North Ridge earthquake was a bit scary, and I lived three hours north of LA. It woke me up from a sound sleep, because it was shaking the bed so bad. I knew immediately that something bad was happening somewhere, because northern Santa Barbara County is not usually the epicenter of quakes.

 

[Mark Grumpy]

I lived in SoCal a while. I was in San Bernardino, 35 miles or so from the 7.4 (?) in 91ish that was up near Big Bear. Not a pleasant feeling to be thrown out of your bed at 6 in the morning.



The one that really bothered me though was just a small one, 4. something. BUT, I was under the car which was on stands with no wheels on at the time. It started swaying a tad. I think I was twenty yards down the driveway still lying on my creeper before I even realized what it was. :blink:



grump

 

[Rodger Tellefson]

See, earthquakes aren't as bad as hurricanes or Torndoes. How you experience the quake depends on 3 things: 1) The type of material in the ground, different material will transmit the vibration more quickly (granite more quickly than sandy material); 2) Whether it is a horizontal or vertical quake. We live in the Sacramento Valley where the material is mostly sandy (over simplification), so most of the quakes here aren't experienced as bad as they could be. I would not live in the San Francisco or Los Angles areas for more than just the earthquakes being more severe in those locations.

 

[Fred]

Well, it took longer than I expected, but something like that was bound to happen: My wife actually washed her own ST yesterday!

So THAT'S what did it!! :lol::lol:

 

[user 62785]

Earthquakes definitely do not make you day, week, month, or year. I was born in Los Angeles and spent much of my childhood living there and in Anchorage, Alaska. Seems my parents must like living in earthquake country.



I think the worst quakes I remember were in or around 1970 or so. We had flown down to L.A. from Anchorage and got caught in a big ole California rumbler. When we returned home to Anchorage we got caught in another big quake in Anchorage.

 

[Kevin DeRieux]

I've lived in San Diego for over 35 years. They happen every day. Most you can't feel. You get use to them and it's extreemly rare for them to cause damage.



I've lived in San Diego for over 35 years. They happen every day. Most you can't feel. You get use to them and it's extremely rare for them to cause damage. There is a website where you can track them. I’ve attached the link for San Diego but you can put in other locations.



http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/27.37.-120.-110.html



Enjoy.

 

[Bill V]

Not many people are aware of it, even in that region, but both the eastern and western ends of Tennessee have major fault lines, that are both active. Further, when earthquakes hit on those faults, they tend to have far more widespread (geographically) effects than in California. One that is a "5" on the Richter scale in this area will do far more damage than a "5" in California, both because it will travel farther (see the map for a comparison of two earthquakes of similar magnitude), and because the people and structures in those areas are far less prepared for earthquakes.



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One of the worst earthquakes this country has ever seen occurred in the early 19th century in that area, epicentered near New Madrid, Missouri. If that same earthquake were to hit today, both Memphis and St. Louis would be long-term federal disaster areas, likely with thousands of deaths.