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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Earthquake 10/16/12 at 16:54:32 We just had a 4.6 quake here. Scared the crap outta me. I thought I had an uneven load in the washing machine but I wasn't doing laundry.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Earthquake Reply #1 - 10/16/12 at 17:49:29 Are they fracking in the area?
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #2 - 10/16/12 at 22:36:27 The Mayan calender. It's happening. http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/hazards/quake/quake-faq.htm#q9
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Re: Earthquake
Reply #3 - 10/17/12 at 14:18:28

THaaaat's why I fell down! It wasn't the tequila shooters at all! Wink

In my area there is this great big slab of basalt that southern Ontario is on. Very stable, and we hardly ever feel a quake. Just a little shudder now and then like a train going by nearby. The worst I remember was some years ago when I was working nights and was woken up by the bed shaking and pictures rattling on the walls.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28887 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #4 - 10/17/12 at 14:53:00 Sorry... dropped my watch.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #5 - 10/17/12 at 15:17:21 When the world does end,.... just turn yer' bike 'round and ride the other direction... ...
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J C Stokes Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 159	Re: Earthquake Reply #6 - 10/17/12 at 17:34:51 In New Zealands South Island, they aren't noticed at under six on the Richter scale.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28887 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #7 - 10/17/12 at 18:15:56 we notice them at 5 so we know to get out way of foreigners (non Californians) running for the door.
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360k+ Serious Thumper Offline Savage heart of darkness Posts: 680 Cartersville, GA Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #8 - 10/17/12 at 18:32:53 I am born & raised Californian, and so have been thru a dozen or so in my lifetime. The worst was the Loma Prieta in 1989. It was a 7.1, killed 63, and left 3000+ homeless. I was about 12 miles from the epicenter and it lasted 15 seconds... 15 verrry lonnng seconds!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #9 - 10/17/12 at 18:35:56 360k+ wrote on 10/17/12 at 18:32:53: The worst was the Loma Prieta in 1989. It was a 7.1, killed 63, and left 3000+ homeless. I was about 12 miles from the epicenter and it lasted 15 seconds... 15 verrry lonnng seconds! Boy!... I'd hate to be on a bike for that!... ...
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28887 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #10 - 10/17/12 at 19:09:53 pretty sure it was the northridge eq in 89 that a motor chippy lost his life when the overpass he was on collapsed.
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Re: Earthquake
Reply #11 - 10/18/12 at 06:09:41

You get used to them, I grew up in an earthquake zone, the way Mt St Helens is always rumbling, and Mt Rainier having the occasional belly ache, I got to where I'd sleep through most of them.

Here in west TN we're at the edge of the New Madrid Fault. Lots of mini quakes. Sleep through them too. We're on top of a huge aquifer, ever seen the ground wobble like Jello? It does here sometimes...

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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: Earthquake Reply #12 - 10/18/12 at 06:12:25 WD wrote on 10/18/12 at 06:09:41: ever sen the ground wobble like Jello? It does here sometimes... Not sober. --Steve
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Earthquake Reply #13 - 10/18/12 at 06:30:33 I wish that was my excuse but I very rarely drink anymore. A 12 pack lasts about 4 months at my house. Even cheap domestic swill loaded with preservatives (or more accurately, pervertatives) goes bad before I can finish a half rack.
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Re: Earthquake
Reply #14 - 10/18/12 at 08:14:04

Serowbot wrote on 10/17/12 at 18:35:56:

Boy!... I'd hate to be on a bike for that!... Shocked

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Actually a friend of mine was riding in the Santa Cruz mountains when it happened. He said he thot he had ran over something and had a blowout. By the time he got the bike stopped on the side of the road, the quake had stopped and he was surprised that both tires were full of air???

At home, when I opened the garage to check my Harley UltraGlide, I was sure I was going to find it lying on its side, but to my surprise it was still on the kickstand... except rotated about 90 degrees sideways away from the garage door??? That means that much of that time the tires had to have been off the ground - yikes! That would have been hard to watch in real time :'(

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