I live in the US in Pennsylvania. Never in all my years have we had an earthquake that I could feel. I thought my house was coming down on top of me.

Still shaking like a leaf ;).

Laurie

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Shook maryland too

OMG Toucan...was that scary or WHAT?

Laurie

We've had 3 or 4 in the past 15 years.  Weird, ain't they?

Felt it here on Long Island close to the City.  Even had us evacuate just in case.

Quote - We've had 3 or 4 in the past 15 years.  Weird, ain't they?

I think the word I'd use is terrifying...lol.

Laurie

some glasses fell out of my kitchen cabinates and crashed on the floor, some medicatons fell out of the medicne cabinate in the bath room, a few nick nacks fell off the shelves nothing major.

Quote - some glasses fell out of my kitchen cabinates and crashed on the floor, some medicatons fell out of the medicne cabinate in the bath room, a few nick nacks fell off the shelves nothing major.

 

Here too, but since I'm 46. lived here nearly all my life and never had an earthquake I was slightly freaked out...lol.

Laurie

Maryland here too (38 years).  I saw my neighbors running out the house just as dazed as I was when it happened.  I thought we didn't get big ones out here...

I was right near the epicenter. It sounded like a helicopter landed on my roof. My first one.

staples Lauries feet to the ground dont worry, I will take care of you! You wont go anywhere. :)

Scary stuff I bet!

LOL Lzy. I think I could probably do without the staples :P

Laurie

Felt it here, too.    i'm in Bohemia, Long Island.   couple minutes of swaying sensation.

Duct tape? Super glue?

LOL

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LOL

Yes thanks. Less painful...lol.

Laurie

Quote - I was right near the epicenter. It sounded like a helicopter landed on my roof. My first one.

You alright richardson?

Laurie

About 20 years ago I was on the Greek island of Kefalinia, which was totalled by an earthquake in 1959.  By coincidence, that's the year I was born.

A few people there asked me where I was from, and when I told them I was from Sheffield, England (which I was at the time), they were overjoyed.  Turns out that the Royal Navy were in the area and went to the aid of the poor buggers.  First ship to arrive?  HMS Sheffield.

Anyhow, one afternoon, I was having a siesta and woke up to see my glass of Metaxa dancing across the nightstand.  The Former Mrs Therapy woke up terrified cause the whole place was shaking.  No damage done, fortunately. 

That's weird. I live in North Carolina. Right next to Virgina, but all I felt was a slight tremor. I did think a truck or train was coming, but  it didn't really shake hard enough to knock anything down.

 Fine, thanks. I cannot imagine what 8s and 9s must feel like nor would I ever want to "experience" it.

Older buildings kinda come apart. There are a lot of brick and lathe structures in this area that were never maintained properly aside from some repointing. I was standing in mine with 28 foot ceilings and it was active. Hard to describe but it seemed like a huge diesel jackhammer was being used on the walls. I was on the phone and they could not hear me above the din.

Perhaps this will not happen again for 100 years.

Might want to consider moving to California, where I live.

Seriously, they can be quite terrifying, whether you've experienced them or not.

Having lived in California for over 50 years and living through so many (big and small) I've lost count, I don't believe anyone who says they're "used to" them. Familiar with, yes, but they always scare me, primarily because of the total lack of control that one feels.

Also, having said that, one of the worst ones I felt was while stationed in Turkey in the early 60s. The pucker factor on that was off the chart!

Expect aftershocks, some of which can be worse, but most are less.

I'm so glad everyone is okay!!

I live in Missouri and I'm just waiting for one here. I cannot imagine how terrified you all were, I know I would be shaking in my boots for sure.

Stay safe everyone :)

HUGS

It's definitely a weird, helpless feeling when the ground moves under your feet :P I think the thing that freaked me out so bad was that I just could not conceive of it being an earthquake. Not here ;).

Laurie

this could be the beginning of even a worse one that could hit us hours to days from now.

2012?

for some reason I don't think this is the last of it....

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2012?

Yeah, look on the bright side.  :) 

normally when an earth quake of such magnitude strikes, it is followed by either a worse one or dmaging after-shocks, something like this is not normally over until it has done considerable damage.

course I have heard of earthquakes that have happened without leaving much damage but not in an area where earth quakes are not supposed to happen, no fault lines or tectonic plates here.......which makes it extemely odd that we even had one of such a magnatude at all

I think when things happen like that against the odds something spooky is going on....

Oh, but there are fault lines everywhere on the East Coast United States.  There is a major one just under Manhattan.  Another one under Long Island, and one around the Indian Point Nuclear Power station.  Over twenty years ago, an earthquake struct around that area sending shockwaves down into New York City.  IIRC, a small quake inflicted quite a bit of damage in one neighborhood in Brooklyn back in the fifties, almost toppling several building.

Nah, I wouldn't go overboard...lol. Things happen. Every so often whether in a short space or long, things happen. It's just one of those things ;). I never believed that 2012 was the end of the world coming from a Mayan that was dead before I was even born and who I never even knew :P.

Laurie

Yes, what hborre said. We don't get big earthquakes here, but we do get earthquakes. Nine times out of 10 we can only hear them but never feel em. And there are ancient fault lines in this area that for the most part don't move, but only once in an eon. That's what happened today.

When an earthquake hits, I always imagine the poor guy who just finished saying "...and if I'm lying, may God strike me down!".

I am in central North Carolina, and it shook for about 10 seconds here. I was on the second floor of our office, and was infusing I.V. medication on two patients. Nothing fell, but we could feel the shaking distinctly. The windows even rattled a little.

Most east coast tremors do not have much in the way of aftershocks, but this is the strongest that we have had in my lifetime (as far as I know).

Well, now I have experienced an earthquake, and that is quite enough for me.

lmk

I didn't feel anything. I am in the Bronx, NYC All I heard a weird sound like a low jet flying by overhead and felt like a little sonic boom.. About 3 seconds or less. Didn't feel any shaking or anything. My mother was asleep (naptime) and I was starting to work on a project for a client. I gave up after a couple of minutes because I couldn't get my hand or mouse to co-operate. Weird!

Quote - I am in central North Carolina, and it shook for about 10 seconds here. I was on the second floor of our office, and was infusing I.V. medication on two patients. Nothing fell, but we could feel the shaking distinctly. The windows even rattled a little.

Most east coast tremors do not have much in the way of aftershocks, but this is the strongest that we have had in my lifetime (as far as I know).

Well, now I have experienced an earthquake, and that is quite enough for me.

lmk

It lasted a little longer than 10 seconds in Raleigh. It took me that long to realize that everything was shaking. I sat here and felt the tremors continue even after the bigger one had died off.

I live about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh and I never felt a thing... of course I live right next to train tracks and I'm so used to the house shaking when they go past, I probably didn't notice it.

@lkindall,

Where are you in NC?...I'm in Mooresville (Just North of Charlotte and South of Statesville).

Although many around here felt it...I didn't...I was jammin with my friend Joe and we had it up loud...If I did feel anything, I probably would have just chalked it up to a thundering bass riff I was working on...lol

I have felt the Mossouri tremors here before though...very mild ripple wave.

Tom

Ok. apparently I slept through this. LOL. My brother who lives down the street from us, said he felt it.  We are in Pittsburgh. shrug

these quakes can be scary.  just think of all those guys in L.A. who saw freeways collapsing and cringe every time there's a joke about L.A. sliding into the ocean.  we wouldn't want that to happen to wash., d.c. either. 

p.s. be of good cheer:  they should have data soon that show the foreshocks already occurred and that there were just a few dozen minor aftershocks, which may have already finished.  the places to avoid in a quake are any areas not built on solid rock, e.g. avoid landfill, areas with large amount of topsoil, areas with deep sand layers, like that.

I heard!!!

Laurie, weren't we talking about this kind of thing yesterday?  Snow, floods and the occasional mild tornado?  Guess we can add earthquake to your area!

I'd positively drop dead from fright if the ground started to shake underneathe me!!

OMG...my sister saw that picture....lmao. Too funny :P.

Laurie

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Laurie, weren't we talking about this kind of thing yesterday?  Snow, floods and the occasional mild tornado?  Guess we can add earthquake to your area!

I'd positively drop dead from fright if the ground started to shake underneathe me!!

I may have for a couple seconds. I think I can safely say I was never so scared in my life..lol.

Laurie

Quote - When an earthquake hits, I always imagine the poor guy who just finished saying "...and if I'm lying, may God strike me down!".

:lol: Thats great hahaha

We had an earthquake here in missouri a few years back. I'd never been in one before then. It was a small one tho.

Actuly you kind of get used to it after a while, we have had at least 3 aftershocks over 4 in the last 3 days since the events listed below, I only felt 2 of them, even the cat seems to freak out less nowdays;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2011_Christchurch_earthquake

I did a quick search but wasnt able to find an accurate answer but the last numbers I saw from memory indicated there had been over 6ooo siesmic events in the region since the 7.1 in September.

I hope your recent quake is an isolated event, they are not a pleasent thing to live with.

grief my spelling! lol

I can't imagine ever getting use to that :P

And one of my cats does seem to still be traumatized...lol. A first for both of em, poor things.

I hope you and yours are all ok. It's been a terrible year for earthquakes so far.

Laurie

Hawkfyr:

I work in Greensboro. It may have lasted more than 10 seconds. I had time to walk to the window to see if there was some monsterous truck on Battleground Road. There was a little wind blowing, and I heard only a faint rumble, which I think was the building shaking. One patient asked if it was an earthquake and I replied that I couldn't think of anything else that it could be. Then it was over.

It wasn't frightening. I was standing, but the shaking wasn't strong enough to make me feel unballanced. It didn't make the I.V. poles sway. I am more concerned about huricane Irene. I was a paramedic in Surry County when huricane Hugo came through (years ago), and that caused a lot of damage there.

Everybody be safe.

LMK

<< lives in Northern California.

Just to make y'all feel better. This is from the Cal Berkeley seismology lab.

"Using the CNSS earthquake catalog, we retrieved earthquake data for 1988-1997 for the area of California. 372,826 earthquakes were retrieved. Thus, on an average year, approximately 37,300 earthquakes are recorded and analyze.  Magnitude > 6 1.2 per year, Magnitude > 6.5 0.6 per year."

JV

I know ya'll out west are laughing right now...lol. However, it was the scariest moment o my life :P.

Laurie

Quote - > Quote - When an earthquake hits, I always imagine the poor guy who just finished saying "...and if I'm lying, may God strike me down!".

:lol: Thats great hahaha

We had an earthquake here in missouri a few years back. I'd never been in one before then. It was a small one tho.

That's because the epicenter was actually over in Illinois. I was in Saint Louis at the time and It hit when I was asleep! I thought someone was climing into bed with me as I woke up and I lived alone! Talk about scary!

We just had two earthquakes nearby. one at 2.1 and another at 3.7 (felt that one). The epic center was just 5 miles south of my place. They occured minutes apart @ 11:29 PM PST roughly 30 min ago.

JV

I was reading the other thread here when the quakes struck the San Francisco area a few minutes ago.  That was surreal.  See my  post in the other thread about the earthquake.