Earthquake!!!

[JoitheArtist]

I was just rudely awakened by a 4.4 quake! Not one of those rumbly rolling ones, either--everything shook like crazy!

Southern California--what a crazy ride!

[Nurian]

I hope everything's okay.

Give me a tornado. I have some warning and they tend to stay away from city limits.

[JoitheArtist]

I hope everything's okay.

Give me a tornado. I have some warning and they tend to stay away from city limits.

That's exactly why I hate tornadoes--the warnings. I spent half of my growing up years being freaked out by tornado watches and tornado warnings. If I'm gonna die in a natural disaster, I'd prefer not to know that it's coming.

[HYHYBT]

Sorry, I just love the wording: "I was just rudely awakened by a 4.4 quake!"

What the world needs now is *polite* earthquakes

[JoitheArtist]

Sorry, I just love the wording: "I was just rudely awakened by a 4.4 quake!"

What the world needs now is *polite* earthquakes

Oh, we get those--they are these funny, rolling quakes where you don't really feel much of anything, almost like you're drifting in the ocean and a big swell catches you for a minute. I love those!

But this quake was loud, sudden, and jerked the whole house around rather roughly. Stupid tectonics.

(and now, the earthquake song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ne0HosLdr4 )

[dalesys]

So the earth moved for you... wish it would for me

[Sheldonrs]

So the earth moved for you... wish it would for me

A lot of it depends on your position....

on the map. ;-)

[protege]

Nice save, Sheldon

Seriously though, we've had a few 'quakes here in Pittsburgh. Not enough to rattle windows, but enough to set off the seismograph at the museum.

[Food Lady]

Glad you're ok, Joi. I gotta call my mom.

[JoitheArtist]

Glad you're ok, Joi. I gotta call my mom.

Unless it's a 5.0 or above, there's usually not any damage. Maybe one or two broken knickknacks, but that's about it.

Funny thing though; I'd just been chatting with someone a few hours before, commenting that it'd been a while since we'd had a quake. Next time I'm keeping my mouth shut!

[Soulstealer]

It reminds me of the earthquake the midwest got summer of 2007. I suddenly wake up in the wee hours of the morning and my first thought to myself is 'when did my bed get a vibrate option'?

[dalesys]

My workplace is right on the Wasatch Fault, which is expected to kick off at about 6.5-7.3. When it does, this valley's going to look like the old song "Oh Sinner Man"

Run to the mountains? ... Rocks rollin' downhill
Run to the shoreline? ... Lake is a sloshin'
Run in a circle? ... Ground liquefying

All on that day

[AdminAssistant]

My folks live pretty much right on the New Madrid fault line. Luckily, there hasn't been a major quake in a while, but there's been some really subtle activity and a few 2-3 pointers. Here's hoping it stays that way!

[Megg]

I slept through it, and it seems the epicenter was quite close to my house. It was enough to knock my clock off the toybox (not a super stable place for it anyway )and make us almost late this morning, but I didn't even feel it.

[JoitheArtist]

I slept through it, and it seems the epicenter was quite close to my house. It was enough to knock my clock off the toybox (not a super stable place for it anyway )and make us almost late this morning, but I didn't even feel it.

Geez, how did you not feel it? I'm a 40 minute drive from the epicenter, and it woke up my whole house! But then, we all sleep on the second story, and that does tend to amplify the shaking...