dduuuddee WTF was that
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dduuuddee WTF was that
I felt little tremors in LA before but this was more than that.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
It was only a 5.9.
Braineack's being a ***** about it: https://www.miataturbo.net/showpost....postcount=9297
Braineack's being a ***** about it: https://www.miataturbo.net/showpost....postcount=9297
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I was under the lift doing an oil change and was thinking why the frack is the car shaking up there and ran out of the garage. Now I know, and nothing fell/collapsed. Yay!
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not sure, i ran to doorway and screamed earthquake, everyone stared at me. i was shaking, went to rick for comfort, then ran down 7 flights of stairs out to my car.
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...usc0005ild.php
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 5.9
Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 37.975°N, 77.969°W
Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region VIRGINIA
Distances 45 km (27 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia
55 km (34 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia
64 km (39 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia
82 km (50 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Parameters NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0005ild
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 5.9
Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 37.975°N, 77.969°W
Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region VIRGINIA
Distances 45 km (27 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia
55 km (34 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia
64 km (39 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia
82 km (50 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Parameters NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0005ild
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
Yeah, that's true. They usually don't make the news around here unless they're a bit more dramatic. The Easter Quake of 2010 was a 7.2, and remember that it's a logarithmic scale, so that's about 90x as powerful as a 5.9.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes.
7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes.
7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond.
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Yeah, that's true. They usually don't make the news around here unless they're a bit more dramatic. The Easter Quake of 2010 was a 7.2, and remember that it's a logarithmic scale, so that's about 90x as powerful as a 5.9.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes.
7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes.
7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond.
Minor quakes, in California standards, are major events on the east coast.
2 things to take note of though.
(1) The ground here (as in east coast) is HARD and dense, and as such and transmits well.
(2) Earthquake isn't much of a concern, so buildings and structures are not engineered with earthquake safety in mind.
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7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond.
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I'm in south jersey and we got hit decently. My monitor connections ripped out of my tower. I'm a 25 year old working in an office full of middle aged women. I have so many claw marks on me and I think I got a half attempt at an hj. A+
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