Earthquake this morning!

Takayuki wrote:
wrote:
I didn't find out for sure until several hours later when I got
online and had received messages from my neighborhood email list
about the quake. It wasn't a really strong one - 4.2 - but it was
only one km from my house, so I was practically on top of it. Other
people in my neighborhood had really felt it, too.

A few years ago, there was a 3.6 earthquake centered on the sea off
the coast of Massachusetts. I remember I felt the ground shake as
though a tank had driven by. I'd never felt an earthquake before, but
I was immediately sure that's what it was, because the neighborhood
was otherwise completely quiet.

Back in 1976 there was a quake along the New Madrid about a hundred miles
north of Memphis. It was a biggie, 6.9 or so. I was walking down the
hallway in my parents' home when suddenly I was jolted slightly off balance.
I looked and the lamp on my nightstand was swaying back and forth. Mom was
up in Ohio for her fathers' funeral and Dad and I were home alone. We
called her and she didn't believe us. LOL Then Dad proceeded to tell me to
pack a bag so we could go to a shelter because of aftershocks. Um, Dad, you
can't run from an earthquake. It's not like a tornado; they'll be at the
shelter(s), too.

Reelfoot Lake was formed by a quake here in 1912. It's a BIG lake. Legend
has it the ground shook so hard the Mississippi river ran backwards.

Jill

On Jul 21, 1:42 am, Takayuki wrote:
wrote:
I didn't find out for sure until several hours later when I got online
and had received messages from my neighborhood email list about the quake.
It wasn't a really strong one - 4.2 - but it was only one km from my
house, so I was practically on top of it. Other people in my neighborhood
had really felt it, too.

A few years ago, there was a 3.6 earthquake centered on the sea off
the coast of Massachusetts. I remember I felt the ground shake as
though a tank had driven by. I'd never felt an earthquake before, but
I was immediately sure that's what it was, because the neighborhood
was otherwise completely quiet.

We did have an earthquake one time, back in the 70's. I'd forgotten
about it. But we live
40 miles from the largest artillery base in the US. They "practice"
sometimes and the
windows rattle a little even this far away. . I just thought
it was them playing with their bombs.

Sherry

Cantate wrote:

Do your cats sit there and look at you as if they are saying, "Make it
stop"? Mine do.

After the loud noise woke me up, I turned on the light to find Smudge
crouching in the little space between the bed and the nightstand. When
I said her name, she stepped out a little and looked up at me as though
to say, "Mom, what was THAT??"

Licky was under the bed with big, glowing eyes. Roxy snoozed peacefully
throughout the proceedings.

Joyce

jmcquown wrote:

Reelfoot Lake was formed by a quake here in 1912. It's a BIG lake. Legend
has it the ground shook so hard the Mississippi river ran backwards.

That sounds very poetic!

Joyce

Sherry wrote:

On Jul 20, 7:17 pm, wrote:

There was a small earthquake in my neck of the woods early this morning.
However, I felt it very intensely because it was only one kilometer from
my house.

Here's what I wrote to Winnie, who just emailed me to ask about it:

I am fine, but the quake jolted me out of sleep (it was around 5 in the
morning) and scared me to death! I didn't actually feel anything, but I
heard a loud, crashing sound and that's what woke me up. I thought at
first that the cats had knocked something over. Then I thought maybe someone
had tried to break into the apartment, so I got up and checked everything
out, but nothing was toppled over or broken, and no signs of entry.

So then I thought it might have been an earthquake, especially since when
I woke up, I found Smudge cowering in the little space between my bed and
the night stand beside it. So I looked under the bed, and yup, Licky was
crouching under there with shining eyes. Poor kitties! Only Roxy continued
to sleep blissfully, my little Zen master kitty.

I didn't find out for sure until several hours later when I got online
and had received messages from my neighborhood email list about the quake.
It wasn't a really strong one - 4.2 - but it was only one km from my
house, so I was practically on top of it. Other people in my neighborhood
had really felt it, too.

Joyce


Having zero experience with earthquakes, that sounds scary. I was
curious, does a 4.2
damage your house structurally?

No, that's considered "mild". (Scarcely noticeable, unless
you're right at the epicenter - easy to confuse with a truck
driving by.) They don't start causing damage until they get
up around magnitude 6 or so.


Sherry

Takayuki wrote:

wrote:

I didn't find out for sure until several hours later when I got online
and had received messages from my neighborhood email list about the quake.
It wasn't a really strong one - 4.2 - but it was only one km from my
house, so I was practically on top of it. Other people in my neighborhood
had really felt it, too.


A few years ago, there was a 3.6 earthquake centered on the sea off
the coast of Massachusetts. I remember I felt the ground shake as
though a tank had driven by. I'd never felt an earthquake before, but
I was immediately sure that's what it was, because the neighborhood
was otherwise completely quiet.

I think earthquakes CAN happen ANYWHERE, it's just that some
areas of the world lie on more active fault lines. (The
worst quake in the U.S. was in Missouri somewhere, back in
the early 1800's.)

On Jul 21, 4:53 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Sherry wrote:
On Jul 20, 7:17 pm, wrote:

There was a small earthquake in my neck of the woods early this morning.
However, I felt it very intensely because it was only one kilometer from
my house.

Here's what I wrote to Winnie, who just emailed me to ask about it:

I am fine, but the quake jolted me out of sleep (it was around 5 in the
morning) and scared me to death! I didn't actually feel anything, but I
heard a loud, crashing sound and that's what woke me up. I thought at
first that the cats had knocked something over. Then I thought maybe someone
had tried to break into the apartment, so I got up and checked everything
out, but nothing was toppled over or broken, and no signs of entry.

So then I thought it might have been an earthquake, especially since when
I woke up, I found Smudge cowering in the little space between my bed and
the night stand beside it. So I looked under the bed, and yup, Licky was
crouching under there with shining eyes. Poor kitties! Only Roxy continued
to sleep blissfully, my little Zen master kitty.

I didn't find out for sure until several hours later when I got online
and had received messages from my neighborhood email list about the quake.
It wasn't a really strong one - 4.2 - but it was only one km from my
house, so I was practically on top of it. Other people in my neighborhood
had really felt it, too.

Joyce

Having zero experience with earthquakes, that sounds scary. I was
curious, does a 4.2
damage your house structurally?

No, that's considered "mild". (Scarcely noticeable, unless
you're right at the epicenter - easy to confuse with a truck
driving by.) They don't start causing damage until they get
up around magnitude 6 or so.


Sorry to keep bugging you...but I'm just really curious about this.
So, like our house for example,
over the years the foundation has shifted and we had cracks appear in
the hall ceiling. I was thinking, that's what
an earthquake really is...the ground shifts. Are the houses in S.F.
and other EQ-prone areas, built
special? To prevent damage to the foundation?

Sherry

wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

Reelfoot Lake was formed by a quake here in 1912. It's a BIG
lake. Legend has it the ground shook so hard the Mississippi
river ran backwards.

That sounds very poetic!

Joyce

I wouldn't know about the quake of 1912 Eagles nest at Reelfoot Lake.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

Reelfoot Lake was formed by a quake here in 1912. It's a BIG
lake. Legend has it the ground shook so hard the Mississippi
river ran backwards.

That sounds very poetic!

Joyce

I wouldn't know about the quake of 1912 Eagles nest at Reelfoot Lake.

Jill

Earthquakes are part of my family history. My mother, who was 21 at the
time, lived with her mother and grandmother in the Los Angeles area in 1933.
There was a big earthquake, centered in Long Beach, California, on March 10
of that year. My mother was so shaken that she told her mother she was
planning to elope the next day. They went ahead with the elopement, even
though she had told. They drove to Yuma, Arizona and were married on March
11, 1933.

Joy

jmcquown wrote:

wrote:

jmcquown wrote:

Reelfoot Lake was formed by a quake here in 1912. It's a BIG
lake. Legend has it the ground shook so hard the Mississippi
river ran backwards.

That sounds very poetic!

I wouldn't know about the quake of 1912 Eagles nest at Reelfoot Lake.

I totally don't understand this response.

scratching head

Joyce