JCC The OFFICIAL Earthquake Thread

Why do I always think you live somewhere between North Africa and Pakistan???? I know you lived in the United States too. Just keep thinking you left town.


I experienced on Earthquake in my life. The place was south of Erie Pennsylvania near the Ohio boarder. The year 1998. A magnitude 5.2 according to Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Pymatuning_earthquake

Earth quakes are very rare in this region of planet Earth. It was a Friday afternoon and I was taking a nap in bed in a 4th and top floor apartment.

I was awaken by the movement and a noise. But that nose might have been something I felt more than heard, like super deep base.

My immediate thought was someone or something was under my bed shaking it. In a moment that thought passed and I was aware it was an Earth quake. I sat up in bed and just sort hung on. it was surprising how much jarring movement there was. Everything was shaking in what felt like a rumble. The closest experience I would equate it to was being on a boat in choppy water.

I remember seeing bottles in the room with liquid in them and the liquid was all moving the same way. Not like a T.Rex approaching in Jurassic Park creating concentric circles with its heavy foot falls. The liquids were moving in a circular or wave like motion - all perfectly in sync. The bed was actually moving like those old table top football games.

And then it was over. What a strange singular experience. I’m glad I’ve never had that experience become common place.

 

@Jedi_Sith_Smuggler_Droid I grew up in Pakistan, but spent my 10s onward in SF Bay Area until recently. I now live in Michigan.

It's cold.

 

Up to like a 6, those earthquakes just liven up the day in California. (in contrast, I'm still surprised no one died in the Virginia quake)

You were warned about that.

 

Not your typical earthquake zone. A bit strong to be a fracking related quake though. My money is on a natural, once in a hundred years quake.

 

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Turkey

 

Death total may be up to 10.000., altough we'll never know the syrian numbers.

 

And in South Plainfield, NJ. At first, it seemed like a big truck was passing the building, then we realized it was either a really big truck, or it was a tremor. No damage, just a feeling of surprise.

 

Felt it here in Boston. The house stared rocking. Thought it was just strong wind (left over from yesterdays nor'easter) but it continued on for like 30 seconds.

Can't believe it centered in NJ. That's pretty far.

 

Yeah I felt it on Long Island. I didn't actually feel the last one in this neck of the woods while I was still working in Manhattan; but this one I certainly felt.

 

Reports are it was a 4.8 centered near Lebanon, NJ in Hunterdon County. That's maybe 25 miles or so from us.

 

What flavour?

 

I was on the phone with my son as the earthquake started. His apartment shook but he said it was very brief.

 

So the local news just reported on the earthquake today. While it was an incredible phenomenon for this area, no one could've been prepared for the real news story of the day, that they believe that they've found one of the last phonebooths anywhere in the world.


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@Ahsoka's Tano This is completely useless information, but there are still roughly 100,000 pay phones left in the US, and none are in New York City, though a significant number (20%) are still in the state of New York. I have no idea about telephone booths in the US, but I think they are down to about 2,000-3,000 red telephone booths in the UK. Regardless, the phone booths in both BTTF 2 and the picture phone in 2001 were totally off:

 

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Sounds like they got a nice aftershock. Wish I was home, it sounds like fun.

 

Yes, a 4.0 aftershock hit at about 6:00 p.m. Not as long or violent as the initial quake (Windows shook.) We’re fine.

I’m glad most people are okay too.

 

More LA earthquakes, so it's keeping things lively
Just shy of a 5
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew1723490420/executive

 

There was some concerning discourse recently coming out of Southern Japan about a potential mega quake. From the experts, not armchair geologists. There was a 7.0 and a few weaker ones last week.