Earthquake

[bobomatic]

So I'm sitting here on my balcony this morning smoking my pipe with some nice mellow coffee to get the day going. I start to feel dizzy and thought I had an unusually high nicotine hit. Then the sliding glass door starting to shake and the plants were dancing more than usual. It was the first wave of an earthquake. My wife comes running in when the second wave hit pretty hard. Some nice herky jerky kind of motion. And then it was over. Twenty, thirty seconds of life in a jello bowl. 5.7 with the epicenter a couple of hours from here. No major damage. That was a smoke to remember.

 

[Grangerous]

Smoke to remember, indeed!

 

[Servant King]

Growing up in LA (well before my pipe smoking days, obviously), I know the feeling quite well. Coincidentally, Wednesday was the 30th anniversary of the Northridge quake, the epicenter of which I was less than a dozen miles away from at the time.

Also coincidentally, my favorite video game growing up was Quake. I would not recommend trying to enjoy a pipe while playing it, though...

 

[warren]

Quakes in your neighborhood will get your attention very quickly indeed! Lucky not to have deaths and destruction in any of the smaller population areas where building codes are unheard of.

 

[georged]

 

[woodsroad]

So I'm sitting here on my balcony this morning smoking my pipe with some nice mellow coffee to get the day going. I start to feel dizzy and thought I had an unusually high nicotine hit. Then the sliding glass door starting to shake and the plants were dancing more than usual. It was the first wave of an earthquake. My wife comes running in when the second wave hit pretty hard. Some nice herky jerky kind of motion. And then it was over. Twenty, thirty seconds of life in a jello bowl. 5.7 with the epicenter a couple of hours from here. No major damage. That was a smoke to remember.

Where do you live?

Here in SE PA quakes are rare, but not unheard of. The last one that made me take notice was probably 15 years ago. I was out on the deck, up on an extention ladder at the time. Hoo boy!

 

[woodsroad]

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[Green Hill Hermit]

HARPP.

 

[daveinlax]

We had something give our house in SoAZ a quick but very noticeable shake at about 9:50 MST this morning. It was very strange.

 

[bobomatic]

Where do you live?

I live in Colombia at the foot of an active volcano, Nevado del Ruiz. It's a really interesting active geographic location. There are a lot of hot springs and hot baths in the area. The building codes are actually pretty strict. Everything is designed with earthquakes in mind. However some of the really older buildings are suspect. All eyes now are on the volcano. The last time it erupted was in 1985 that killed 23,000 people. Mainly from the mud flows. There's a famous photo of Omayra Sanchez, a young girl who was caught in a mud flow. Rescuers were unable to free her. She eventually died of exposure. Google for the full story. It's really sad. In any event, the volcano and the earthquakes definitely keep it interesting.

 

[warren]

That graphic is only the "Ring of Fire."

HARPP

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Johnny came up with that song when he accidentally grabbed the Preparation H instead of the Vaseline.

 

[woodsroad]

That graphic is only the "Ring of Fire."


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Johnny came up with that song when he accidentally grabbed the Preparation H instead of the Vaseline.

A friend of mine that was working in Nashville many years ago was quite suprised when Cash stepped into the elevator that was taking him to ground level. “Where you going?” asked Cash. Without thinking, he quipped “Down, down, down”. Cash just looked at him and shook his head.

 

[kcghost]

I am glad I don't live in an area where earthquakes happen. But you never know when one of those things is going to get you.

 

[anotherbob]

Where do you live?

Here in SE PA quakes are rare, but not unheard of. The last one that made me take notice was probably 15 years ago. I was out on the deck, up on an extention ladder at the time. Hoo boy!

There was a small one where I live and most people didn't notice. I felt my house move and my first thought was someone drove a car through my garage. It was odd.

 

[Flatfish]

I am very fortunate here in Wales.
I have never felt an earthquake.
It rains but not like a monsoon.
It gets hot, but not for very long.
It gets windy but not hurricane force.
If we get snow its barely more than a few inches as a rule and much of it melts by the afternoon.
It gets cold and freezes, and bursts water pipes. But I've never seen an igloo.

 

[JOHN72]

In my area, on the southeast coast of Spain, it is frequent, almost daily. Especially in the Alboran Sea and the Canary Islands.

 

[Egg Shen]

Where do you live?

Here in SE PA quakes are rare, but not unheard of. The last one that made me take notice was probably 15 years ago. I was out on the deck, up on an extention ladder at the time. Hoo boy!

As a fairly recent transplant to SEPA I was not aware of this. I know from a seismic engineering perspective this is not a place where seismic reinforcement of structural steel is not dictated by code. But hearing this worries me. What magnitude was it? Did it move stuff around to the point where you’d worry about having your stash stacked?

 

[woodsroad]

As a fairly recent transplant to SEPA I was not aware of this. I know from a seismic engineering perspective this is not a place where seismic reinforcement of structural steel is not dictated by code. But hearing this worries me. What magnitude was it? Did it move stuff around to the point where you’d worry about having your stash stacked? View attachment 281031

That all looks so dangerously precarious. A person could be buried under that and starve to death before the rescue dogs find you. Where are you in Pennsylvania? I can safely store all this life-threatening stuff for you, at minimal cost.

Edit: Looks like it was in 2011, and not even in PA.

Historically, there have been some more severe quakes , though. This is from a 1976 USGS paper.

 

[Egg Shen]

That all looks so dangerously precarious. A person could be buried under that and starve to death before the rescue dogs find you. Where are you in Pennsylvania? I can safely store all this life-threatening stuff for you, at minimal cost.

Edit: Looks like it was in 2011, and not even in PA.

Historically, there have been some more severe quakes , though. This is from a 1976 USGS paper.

Thanks I guess I recall that Virginia one now that I read your link. I remember working near the rock quarry in montgomeryville and just thinking the quarry down the road was blowing up rock. I don’t recall anything being disturbed where I was renting at the time, but the place was such a dump I don’t think we’d have noticed. The Pymatuming one sounds substantial but that’s 6 hours away. The jars will stay where they are. I’m now in collegeville.

 

[sablebrush52]

I grew up in earthquake country. Kinda grew to enjoy them.