Posted by mlife
Here on the east coast of the US we got a 5.9.... their are now reports that the washington monument is actually tilted from the quake.... WoW.. Im 4 hours from there and my whole house shook.... my 1st earthquake.
Posted by julias
I was just reading about this now.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne[....]ks-Washington-DC-New-York.html
Posted by masseur
The leaning tower of Washington?
but seriously, if you can feel the effects in orlando then even 5.9 must be fairly serious
but since when has there been quakes on that side of the US?
Posted by Bonovox
There is Washington & Washington state. But yeah very rare it hits east coast compared to west
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-08-23 20:07 ]
Posted by julias
Apparently there was an earthquake in the Washington, D.C. area on July 16, 2010, when a 3.6 magnitude struck.
Posted by mlife
On 2011-08-23 21:05:21, masseur wrote:
The leaning tower of Washington?
On 2011-08-23 21:05:21, masseur wrote:
but seriously, if you can feel the effects in orlando then even 5.9 must be fairly serious
Im actually in North Carolina this week... not too far from Charlotte... Called home and they did not feel it in Orlando
Posted by Bonovox
It is rare to feel quakes in New York so I believe
USA Today says it was felt in Canada I guess quakes can happen anywhere but on a smaller scale in mot regions not associated with them. But like even Britain they can hit occasionally biggish.[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-08-23 20:31 ]
Posted by masseur
On 2011-08-23 21:23:09, mlife wrote:
On 2011-08-23 21:05:21, masseur wrote:
but seriously, if you can feel the effects in orlando then even 5.9 must be fairly serious
Im actually in North Carolina this week... not too far from Charlotte... Called home and they did not feel it in Orlando
ah, ok. I was home in Sydney when the 5.6 earthquake hit Newcastle, NSW which is about 165km (100 miles) from Sydney, and we didn't feel a thing
Posted by Bonovox
I heard about that one yet even Australia does not get quakes like New Zealand next door does
Posted by tranced
I read that some pieces fell off the Cathedral.
Posted by masseur
Earthquakes in oz are very rare, especially of that magnitude, but while Aussie humour makes fun of NZ much like England does Ireland... NZ is at least 1000 miles away so we don't feel anything that NZ gets, not that we don't fully support them when disaster hits.
When nature hits anywhere we all have to be supportive so I'm waiting to hear the falluout from this latest one. I hear that flights are on hold and all sorts of businesses are evacuated etc etc etc
Posted by Bonovox
True indeed!! My brother felt 3 in Wellington months back when they went over to visit his wife's family there. It was only a week or so after Christchurch
But these ones in Wellington were not connected & not that big. People who don't experience them very often tend to have a nervous laughter about it afterwards like in the UK. They make jokes about it afterwards but deep down it's nervousness
Posted by julias
A Earthquake magnitude 6.9 quake has just hit Peru..
Posted by Bonovox
Peru gets them as regular as they have dinners
Posted by julias
Really? didn't know that bit like Japan then..
Posted by Bonovox
Yeah they are on the Ring of Fire which is around the pacific rim. One of the biggest ever quakes happened in Peru & Chile(near by) many years ago
Posted by mlife
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns...
Posted by Bonovox
Posted by jj03
the planets are lining up...hence why some places that have never had quakes before are having them. hope everybody is safe.
Posted by mlife
On 2011-08-28 17:04:00, jj03 wrote:
the planets are lining up...hence why some places that have never had quakes before are having them. hope everybody is safe.
Just shook my house a bit... not even any damge at all in my area that Im aware of....
Posted by Bonovox
On 2011-08-28 17:04:00, jj03 wrote:
the planets are lining up...hence why some places that have never had quakes before are having them. hope everybody is safe.
Rubbish. You can get a quake anywhere in the world at anytime. It's just sometimes places that don't get them as much sometimes they just do cos what happens anywhere else on the planet is making the continents constantly shift. Even Ireland which is practically free of earthquakes had a small 2.5 one in Co.Clare last year. Even Britain like we have seen but again it's never on the same scale as Japan,Indonesia or California. Some people though do believe that the tides & the moon have alot to do with quakes. Something to do with gravity. The moon has quakes too all the time. milfe have you experienced the hurricane too??
Posted by fluke9
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