Earthquakes! :D

[Zoebird]

We've been quaking here since Friday -- I think our biggest was a 6.8 -- and since that one, we've been having 3-ish aftershocks and the occasional 4.7-4.9. Pretty cool, really.

Everyone is fine, but it's wild how they just rolling out every 5 minutes or so. :)

Oh, and my sister had her son -- Henry David. :)

[razz]

I saw the news of the quake in NZ and wondered how you were doing. They are such a surprise and unsettling. Congratulation on the addition!

[CathyA]

Yes, quakes can be really cool..........if they don't cause your house to fall down on you! Glad that didn't happen to you.
Here in Indiana, they're pretty uncommon. Although several years ago, I woke up feeling like my bed had dropped, and things were rattling. It was a quake.
This planet is so cool!
Enjoy your quaking!
And congrats to your sis!

[Mad_Hen]

I live in CA, but happily not close to a fault line. I have felt a few quakes (once from an office on the 15th floor, when we became aware there was a quake only because all the doors started swinging) and I still can't get over that unreal feeling the world takes on when they are happening. My earliest memory of an earthquake is when I was a little kid. I remember playing outside and getting confused when I saw the lawn rolling at me, much like above an wave does before it breaks. Then I heard my mother screaming at me and all pandemonium broke loose. ;). We lost a few dishes in that one, and I honestly doubt I would have even remembered it, except it is the only time I ever saw my mother totally freak out, and I think that cemented the moment in my psyche.

[ApatheticNoMore]

Ever worry they are just pre-quakes to a bigger earthquake? I would :~)

[sweetana3]

The Alaskan Earthquake in 64 was not preceded by any "pre quakes" but thousands of aftershocks. I was there.

[Gardenarian]

That would make me very nervous, Zoebird. Hang on!

[Zoebird]

Well, after the 6.8, we had a 30% chance of a bigger one, but that goes down every X number of hours after the larger one. We haven't gotten one any higher than 5.2 since then. That one came at about 1 am last night, and then we had little rumblers every 5 minutes since then. By the time I finish this post, we're due for another. Usually 2-3s, and the occasional 4-4.6.

Anyway, everything is fine here. It's far enough from the city to not cause christchurch like damage (where people died, buildings collapsed, and the downtown is cordoned off -- or was for a year or more). We just had a few buildings evacuated, a few broken windows (repaired yesterday).

And our building (with our offices) inspected yesterday and All Clear by noon. So far, so good.

[RosieTR]

Funny how others' natural disasters often seem even more frightening than whatever your "normal" disaster usually is. I get kind of freaked by ours (wildfires, tornadoes/Tstorms/hail and blizzards) but can't even imagine an earthquake. I remember my friend from CA in TX feeling nervous about stacked furniture, which nobody in TX gave a second thought to, because there wasn't an earthquake risk. When there was a tornado warning, the CA friend had no idea what to do while the Texans were blasé. They all freaked in a light snowstorm, though, and made me drive (from CO)!
Glad to hear everything turned out OK for you, Zoebird. Did you grow up in earthquake country or is this kind of new?