Comments | leora: Hey East Coasters

leora

Hey East Coasters

Aug 23, 2011 13:50

I hope you're all okay. From what I've read, it seems like people have pretty much been fine. I've heard from various people, so that's good. I hope you're all alright. I know some people who were pretty freaked out though, and I can understand that. It was a reasonable-sized quake and people really weren't expecting it. And I know some people ( Read more... )

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ukelele August 24 2011, 01:20:08 UTC

Couple seconds of shaking in NJ (where I'm visiting), rattled doors a bit, didn't knock things off shelves, just enough for us all to look up and go "...what? should we panic?" and not long enough for us to actually reach conclusions on that front. Not the least bit damaging around here. I found it discombobulating mostly after -- I mean, I went to college in southern California and the first earthquake I feel I'm in New Jersey? And then, of course, the wondering whether there would be any aftershocks (no; or not that I could feel up here, rather).

leora August 24 2011, 01:55:44 UTC

I've been feeling weird thinking, well, I'm unaffected being in California and thus nowhere near the earthquake. I'm surprised you hadn't experienced one before, but I don't know the frequency in Southern California or how close to a fault you were. I'm not sure how many earthquakes I've felt other than to say at least three and fewer than ten. But they were all fairly small ones, sometimes knocking something over or being startling, but nothing of any significance. The only people who seem to have been particularly disturbed by the quake that I know were people in Virginia, who presumably felt it a lot more strongly. Although still everyone seems fine, for which I am quite glad. I sometimes enjoy small earthquakes, but I have no desire for large quakes that harm people to hit anywhere.

ukelele August 24 2011, 02:12:44 UTC

I was surprised I hadn't, too! I mean, there were some, but mild enough I didn't notice. *googles* Looks like the San Andreas runs about 30 miles from Claremont at its closest point so, yeah, close.

leora August 24 2011, 02:26:32 UTC

Huh. Well, quakes are weird and somewhat random.

fitfool August 24 2011, 11:51:33 UTC

Felt really minor in southern NH so it was just fun and novel. We didn't even consider heading for safety. I spent the time surfing online trying to confirm whether or not this was the same earthquake felt by a co-worker a moment ago down in North Carolina (we were on a conference call)

kirinn August 24 2011, 13:08:23 UTC

Yeah, I fulfilled a geek stereotype by tweeting about the quake (from NC) while it was still happening. Very noticeable here but no lasting effects. At first I wondered if it might be an *extremely* heavy vehicle nearby, or construction on the roof. Definitely shook the whole building.

ukelele August 24 2011, 14:12:03 UTC

Yeah, I'd just been talking with one of the people here about how they were having maintenance trouble with a pump in the building and my first thought was "oh crap, it exploded".

fitfool August 24 2011, 22:31:50 UTC

I don't tweet myself but I'm glad people like you do since it was really quick to confirm (even as it was still happening) that others in the area were feeling it too. I love tech! I thought it was the train at first since I live right next to the tracks but there wasn't a train going by. Once it got stronger, building here also seemed to shake (but very minor); nothing in our apartment fell over.