A Different Kind of Quake

[Stalemate]

<a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/story.asp?id={7F179000-90B3-4335-90F1-3DE6F11D4711}" target="_blank">Canada.com</a> has a report on a quake which occured near Plattsburg but sent shockwaves far into Canada also.

This was the first time I've ever actually felt an earthquake - and no, I didn't like it.

Especially since I was taking a leak at that time in the morning.

Real funny, explaining to your kids why you're moipping up the bathroom so early.

[Draggar]

I was reading about it on my phone while I was at work.

Registered mag 5.1 and happened about 6:50am local time (EST).

I didn't feel it here, but I was fast asleep then..

Glad there was no reported damage or injuries..

Quakes east of the Rockiers are much worse than west of the rockies..

[Draggar]

If this happened in California, the circles would have beenmuch smaller.

You can see the waves were felt as far as Boston, NH, and Ontario. I wouldn't doubt it was felt in Maine and New Jersey also.

[jaeger]

Not bad. Count yourself lucky that that quake wasnt significant. The fun doesn't really start until ya hit 6.5+.

[craigmodius]

Nothing quite like waking up to the bed shaking. Of course I thought "Damn my Girlfriend's cats must be getting pretty fat to shake the bed like that! Ah well, back to bed zzzzzz"

[Draggar]

[quote]Originally posted by jaeger:
<strong>Not bad. Count yourself lucky that that quake wasnt significant. The fun doesn't really start until ya hit 6.5+.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Not on the east coast... No building codes, and the land doesn't absorbe them as well as the west coast does.

If it happened about 100 miles south, we could have been looking at some damage, not too much, but some, maybe a little even significant.

Luckily it literaly happened in the middle of nowhere.

[TrackMan]

I live west-central connecticut on the border of CT and Massachusetts. We felt nothing over here.

[Major Kong]

Now living in the earthquake capital of the North American continent we have had several tremors just in the 4 months we have lived here. The recent earthquake in NY was shallow 5 Klicks (a lot of times shallow quakes are associated as magmatic - but not in this case). There are some huge fault lines in the "Eastern" US (i.e. New Madrid and Saltville faults), but because of the age and stability of the geology shakes above micro-quakes aren't common. Usually these quakes are geologic tension relief, but not tension relief for those who live around the epicenter. For those who would like more info the USGS has some excellent information.

[Morticia Addams]

Seen the subject and I was like HUH what a diffrent kind of Quake??? I was going to go tell Taz what why didnt you tell me anything ????

[jay015]

Sure is a weird way to be woken up. My wife & I looked at each other with dumbfounded looks not knowing how to react since we are not used to this. We had the baby with us at that point, my step-daughter who was scared came to join us in bed & right after, our 2 cats. So after the initial shock, we ended up with an early morning family gathering in bed!

[Draggar]

[quote]Originally posted by pakprotector:
<strong> "Eastern" US (i.e. New Madrid
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Shudders at the thought of another New Madrid quake - 2 largest quakes in history were recorded there about 150-200 years ago, 9.2 and 9.1...

[quote]<strong>
For those who would like more info the USGS has some excellent information.</strong><hr></blockquote>

My favorite website (OK, TelNet site) during college, Its an awesome site for geology information, they even have info about hurricanes, volcanoes, etc...

[Draggar]

[quote]Originally posted by TrackMan:
<strong>I live west-central connecticut on the border of CT and Massachusetts. We felt nothing over here.</strong><hr></blockquote>

From the look of the map, looks like where you were would have been equivelant to a 1.5-1.8 magnitde.
Large trucks going up the street would shake your house more than that.
You probably slept right through it...

Just hope Cape Ann or the CT river doesn't act up again..