Did we just have an earthquake? (12/5 8:22pm)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

My building just shook pretty good for about 10 seconds. Did anyone else feel it or was it some local phenomenon?

[alphabassettgrrl]

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/116-35.htm says there was an earthquake just a moment ago. 5.5 near Barstow and 29 Palms.

[Disneyphile]

Yes, we did.

5.5 near Ludlow

My chair swayed a bit, and I thought I was dizzy and going to pass out or something, because it was very slight rolling with no pre-shaking.

Then, I noticed the bird's toys swinging slightly, so I checked the earthquake site.

[CoasterMatt]

chili cheese fries, with bacon.

[Kevy Baby]

Yes

[lindyhop]

Yes. And then it stopped.

[katiesue]

nothing here. It's so dull with no real earthquake action.

[Not Afraid]

nada

[Gemini Cricket]

No no. You have it all wrong. It's only 7:51pm here right now. The earthquake hasn't happened yet.

[Not Afraid]

Oh, GC....you have a whole set of faults to worry about.

[alphabassettgrrl]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/hv00031731.php Hawai'i has earthquakes. Little ones.

[Andrew]

I didn't feel anything.

[Gemini Cricket]

Hawai'i has earthquakes. Little ones.
Ooh. Tori Amos!
:)

[alphabassettgrrl]

A crazy redhead!

[RStar]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/hv00031731.php Hawai'i has earthquakes. Little ones.

Yes, but that's vulcanic in nature.

[JWBear]

Didn't feel it here, but we were watching Iron man at the time.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I was sitting in a meeting, and as the room started to move everyone in the room seemed to notice, except the speaker, who plowed ahead, not sure why he was losing his audience. A few minutes later, he used the phrase, "I was a little shaken," which caused the entire room to burst into laughter. When it was explained to him that we had just had an earthquake, he just said, "Oh, I wondered what was going on." The confusion on his face was priceless.

[lindyhop]

Apparently last night's shaking and another one this morning were both aftershocks of a 1999 earthquake in the desert. A little late I'd say. I prefer my aftershocks to be prompt and in the same century.

[BarTopDancer]

Really freeking slow news day too.

How do they know it's an aftershock and not a new one.

[Not Afraid]

Did we have an aftershock at around 2:30 am? The cats woke me up and they were a bit freaked out. Calliope's tail was the size of a raccoon.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I can't find the section now, but on the USGS site there is a piece about aftershocks. As near as I can remember, if it's the same fault, and a smaller quake, they call it an aftershock.

There have been continuing small shakes from the same area as the original. Several were around 2:30.

[Not Afraid]

Yea, I went looking at the site, but the aftershocks were so small around that time. If I didn't feel the 5 pointer I doubt I'd feel an aftershock. The cats could've been freaked out about anything. Maybe a real raccoon was looking in our window.

[Kevy Baby]

Apparently last night's shaking and another one this morning were both aftershocks of a 1999 earthquake in the desert. A little late I'd say. I prefer my aftershocks to be prompt and in the same century.It wasn't just a different century, it was a different millennium!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Just because people couldn't feel it, doesn't mean the animals couldn't. Animals can frequently react to things that we don't notice.

[wendybeth]

A bit off topic, but I watched a show the other day on the New Madrid fault line and the massive series of quakes in the 1800's there. Scary stuff- I had no idea that the quakes were that intense and that they lasted for so long. If it happens again, it will be beyond catastrophic.

[Scrooge McSam]

A bit off topic, but I watched a show the other day on the New Madrid fault line and the massive series of quakes in the 1800's there. Scary stuff- I had no idea that the quakes were that intense and that they lasted for so long. If it happens again, it will be beyond catastrophic.

Living right on the Mississippi river, the thought that a quake could be massive enough to cause that sucker to reverse course creeps me right the **** out.

[wendybeth]

I know, Scrooge- that, and the fissures and geysers opening up everywhere, along with the mind-numbingly long duration of the series of quakes.....insane. I'm surprised the area was ever resettled. Makes any other quake we've had in human history here in this part of the world pale in comparison.

[Scrooge McSam]

Well, it's all loess up there, much like here... basically silt. Very soft

Reelfoot Lake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelfoot_lake) is pretty though... so there's that ;)