Thread: Darling, the earth just moved for me... (earthquake!)

Another earthquake here, 4.8 Richter, only 8 Km away. One sharp bump.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua...f3az#executive

Last one was in March, same magnitude.

Let's start an earthquake experience thread - any stories to tell?

I survived Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 - 2nd largest volcanic eruption in the last century. I lived in Manila at the time - we had multiple earthquakes for days.

One felt in Chiang Mai, around 2006, one felt in BKK around 2010-ish.

Was maybe 20-30 stories up both times so some water in glasses sloshed around. Think a bloke in Nong Khai died when a wall feel on him in the 2nd one.

That's it. Pretty meh.

^We have so many here folks rarely even comment on them - other than last year when we got hit by an 'earthquake cluster' of a couple hundred during about a five day period with an epicenter very close to my house...like ten km or so. That shit will put your nerves on edge after a day or two.

I bet.

Can you get annual earthquake insurance there as part of the policy?

Would kinda suck having yer house collapse, to say the least.

Was in Mandalay when the one that messed up Bagan happened. Building shook pretty moderately for a while- I'm glad I wasn't on the Grade 1 campus, lovingly known as "Classic Campus". This translate as it was built when the generals were in power- my classes could probably built something better with Lego

I felt a swaying whilst in a building in Taipei years ago....there had been one off the East coast. The psychological effect was interesting : I found it disorienting; I had no stable reference point any more.

A few tremors in PI late 80s, everyone sort of just looked at each other not sure whether to smile or panic.

Originally Posted by Simon43

Another earthquake here, 4.8 Richter, only 8 Km away. One sharp bump.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua...f3az#executive

Last one was in March, same magnitude.

Let's start an earthquake experience thread - any stories to tell?

Simon,

Did you run outside to see if there were any apprehensive single women standing in the street?

Was a kid during the 1990 Central Luzon earthquake - mag 7.9 or 8, still remember it - was scary. Badly affected areas were Cabanatuan & Baguio cities, was probably 6.5 in my area. That was the year before the Mount Pinatubo eruption. As for Mt Pinatubo, we didn't get tremors in my area, but we got ashfall. I remember going out in the morning and all the plants outside were white. I thought it was snow.

Felt an EQ around 2 years ago as I was about to sleep. I felt my bed move, and thought it was an earthquake. I listened for sounds of panic from my neighbors. If they went out, I would go out too. Since it was just normal for them, nobody was bothered, so I shrugged and went to sleep. The morning after, I looked online and it was a 4.5 or 4.8, off the coast of Mindoro. In PI, earthquakes below 6 are nothing to write home about. It's normal, just like typhoons.

Re: the earthquakes that Davis mentioned last year, which was near his area - I was abroad during that time. According to my folks, there was some shaking in my hometown, but they weren't particularly worried.

At present, my workplace is near the West Valley Fault, which passes through areas in Metro Manila, Cavite and Laguna. According to local scientists, the "big one" may be just around the corner. For the past two or so years, we've had fire AND earthquake drills at the office. Formerly, it was just fire drill. Other offices (and even malls) have conducted their EQ drills.

Who's gonna take in the refugees when Yellowstone blows?

^if Yellowstone blows, all of us will die - problem solved.

[QUOTE=katie23;3786437]Was a kid during the 1990 Central Luzon earthquake - mag 7.9 or 8, still remember it - was scary. Badly affected areas were Cabanatuan & Baguio cities, was probably 6.5 in my area.

I missed 1990...arrived about two weeks later.

Two earthquakes I have experienced was in Newcastle, just north of Sydney and the other in a high rise Hotel in Jakarta.

Both really terrifying experiences and I really am in awe of the power of mother nature when she gets angry.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

The first one lifted the house up and dropped it again on it's pilings, while the girl friend was screaming get into the doorways. Scared the fuck out of me. I think the epicenter was about 60 miles north from us and it was something like a 4.3.

Wasn't a 4.3 to do all that. 4.3 makes the pictures on the wall move a bit. We don't even get out of bed here unless it's near a 6.

A big factor in determining the violence of a particular quake is how shallow it is and how near the epicentre the affected area is. The 22 February 2011 Christchurch temblor was "only" 6.3, but it was a relatively shallow 5 kms deep directly under the Port Hills which are just south of the city. Much of Christchurch is built on reclaimed swampland with an enormous aquifer underneath. Imagine throwing a shot put on a water bed. The quake was like that as the Port Hills were lifted then instantly dropped.

Earthquake in PI yesterday, mag 5.4, around noon, epicenter near Nasugbu town in Batangas province. Some minor shaking. Colleagues said they felt it and were a bit scared. I didn't feel it, as I was in a moving vehicle at the time.

^Same here. I was in the car and never felt it. Read about it after I got home.

Was in Iba Zambales 1991 Pinatubo i have to admit i thought it was the end of the world,scariest experience i've ever had,was with the wife & 4 year old daughter nothing to do except wait it out.

^Pinatubo was impressive. My first. I was in Manila, but had to drive to Clark the next day to try to rescue millions of dollars of gear from two warehouses there. Incredible devastation. And a trip I never want to repeat. Scary stuff.

I survived the Loma Preita earthquake in 1989. We were mixing rocket propellent in a 750 gallon mixing station. The mix station shut off.