Dealing with earthquakes

I live in city that had a 6.8 earthquake a few days ago. Nobody died, but I am off work for the second day while they check the building to make sure it's safe for us to return.

I used to not mind earthquakes too much, but after the Christchurch earthquake here two years ago a big one really freaks me out. The cat is acting strange too. She is constantly begging to be only outside and isn't sleeping. We are getting constant aftershocks as well.

Any earthquakes where you live?

 

No earthquakes here...

:2thumbsup:

 

I live in Southern California, so maybe one or two.

 

I'm in LA and we're used to it. We haven't had a big one for a while though, makes me think we're about due for one.

 

Definitely feels like earthquake weather out there....

 

We on the San Andreas fault

 

I lived in California for 10 years, never felt an earthquake.


I'm on a very solid piece of rock here... I suspect there are caverns under it though. Very weird compass readings but nothing's shaking.

 

In the country I live...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGt7DyVTGqg"]Strongest Earthquake in Decades in Britain - YouTube

 

Lived in SF for 30+ years and rode out a few. I was in the big one in '89 and I've lived through major hurricanes and in Tornado Alley. I'll stick to dealing with quakes, at least they give you a fair shake.

 

You talking about the most recent one with the center in, I believe, VA?

Anyways, yea... that one I felt... shook things..made a loud vibration noise.. pictures shook...

a few years before that... there was another one the one neighboring county that I felt..

and apparently I slept through one when I was six...

PA isn't really known for earthquakes but we are getting more of them.

anyways glad you are okay, wiccan witch!

 

Okay... yea... I was in Lancaster county for that one (Columbia- right near Landisville actually) where I used to live in 2008 and it was the same for me... only Dan was like "was that thunder? was that fireworks? etc.." And I said "it seemed like an earthquake..." - no idea why I'd say that as I didn't remember any other earthquakes before than that I noticed and then my mom texted and said "there was an earthquake!"

And the VA one... that one had to have been sometime in the past 2-3 years cause I lived here where I live now and felt that one too... the whole walls vibrated here and stuff... and once again, I knew what it was right away... but there was still speculation w people here... "was that an earthquake? an explosion? etc.."


oh..and those 2 felt/seemed about the same to me. But one of them was weaker and originated MUCH closer and one was stronger and much further away epicenter so makes sense..

 

We have pretty frequent small earthquakes. A few years ago we had a 6.9. I was living in this total shack at the time and I actually thought, at first, that my house was just collapsing. Where I live most of the time, there are three different fault lines that all meet right off the coast.

 

I live just west of Phoenix AZ USA , we dont normaly get earth quakes hear . There have been far off quakes that could be kind of felt hear . Years ago I had this dream that the devil was after me , I woke up with my watter bed shaking , then heard there was an earth quake in Yuma AZ , I think . You might want to make what is known as a " bug out bag " a few cloths items , easy to cook food , ect. keep it in your car in case you need to split in a hurry ..
p.s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_out_bag

 

The big earthquake that struck near here in Sept 2010 was based about 75 mins drive from me & it was terrifying & the deadly one after that in February the following year was felt less here but still a bad feeling,
And again this week a lot have been happening up the top of the South Island of NZ.
They are big ones but have not caused any deaths - thank goodness !

 

hi, yeah i'm amongst these current earthquakes! i'm in Blenheim and we are having them all the time - big ones too. constantly shaking which is a bit freaky but starting to get used to them now. where abouts are you from?

 

I have no earthquakes, no floods, no tornados, no volcano eruptions, nothing.
Really boring place...

 

^^^ You should move...

 

I'm in the capital. Hasn't been too bad since the big one on Sunday. Fingers crossed! Sounds like it was pretty bad in Blenheim, too. Take care.