BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)

Subject: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:24 PM

The whole house shook and it sounded like an explosion. Earthquake????? Jacqui and Kendall felt it too.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: gnu
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:26 PM

I hope it was them.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: gnu
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:28 PM

Nothing in the news yet. What time did the earth move?

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:34 PM

Richter: 4.6.
Epicenter: 5km W of Hollis Center, Maine.
Date and time: October 16, 2012 at 23:12:22 UTC.
Latitude and Longitude: 43.611°N, 70.661°W
Cause: Jacqui found out!

--from the USGS site on current earthquakes.

Subject: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:40 PM

It's just been announced by survivors that an 4.6 earthquake has struck in York County, Maine. Damn, and I was hoping to finish baking up the pork tenderloin. Now I have to dig out of our house and evacuate to New Brunswick!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:48 PM

news is saying 20 miles north of Portland. My whole street was outside sure that someone's furnace had exploded.
Kitties are not happy.

Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 07:57 PM

Three miles west of Hollis. We felt it here in Nottingham, NH. Well, I HEARD it, but Tom SAW stuff dancing on the table and woodstove.

Went to all the earthquake reporting sites and WMUR right afterwards, but nothing had been reported yet. And I didn't report it because I wasn't sure.

Nothing major fell off the house.

My first Maine earthquake was when I was living in Cape Porpoise in 1978-ish. I was on the phone upstairs in a very old house whose foundation was precariously on ledge on one side only. And I DID think the furnace was blowing up!

This time, too, that's the first thing we checked. (Well, second. I went to a couple earthquake reporting sites but nothing had been reported yet.)

"Our" fault is similar to the one in California -- but nowhere near as active. And the last really big New England earthquake was in Connecticut in the 1700s. Not a lot of high rises then...

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:15 PM

USGS summary page:

Magnitude 4.6 - 5km W of Hollis Center, Maine
2012-10-16 23:12:22 UTC

I was wondering why a friend in southern Vermont was talking about earthquakes today...

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:21 PM

I just thought a big truck had lumbered by the house but Judy did wonder if it were an earthquake. So we checked Google.

Dinner was fine.

Now for the debate!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:22 PM

A neighbor of mine was in California for the last big quake. She came back to NYC really shaken. A big pot of water set to boil on the stove was empty when the quake was over. I envied her the experience.
This is my third quake and by far the biggest jolt. No longer envious.
SINS, comforting rattled kitties.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:23 PM

Sinsull-

No, it wasn't your imagination.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:24 PM

My neighbors and I all heard an explosion about 5 seconds into the shaking. We each thought our furnace had exploded. Very strange stuff. A bit of single malt is helping calm my nerves.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:29 PM

Felt it (and heard it) here, too, Sins.

I think there was a smaller one this morning around 8, too.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake in Maine!!!
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:48 PM

And people worry because I live near the Yellowstone Caldera! Maine breaks off and becomes part of Greenland, California drops off and becomes an island....

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that??????????
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:53 PM

I don't worry about you and the caldera, Rap. When that thing blows you will not have time to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye. Greenland ain't so bad. Just don't want to be part od Massachusetts again.
SINS, who is no longer intrigued by earthquakes.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 08:59 PM

Exactly my point when people ask me if I'm worried about living near it. If/when it blows what can I do about it? Run in with a giant cork?

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 09:09 PM

I thought it was a super wind gust, but it kept going... for at least a couple seconds! From photos on Facebook, I see that it seemed to cause a lot of plastic chairs and garbage cans tipping over.
The neighbors' dogs were going nuts, but that's part of their normal routines. I thought it might have been an earthquake, and it was. I don't know if my insurance covers earthquakes.

It's been down-graded to a 4.0

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: gnu
Date: 16 Oct 12 - 10:57 PM

Greenland?! Nay, if Maine starts adrift us chokers'll set a line on er and drag er back where she blongs. Not ta worry.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 06:38 AM

My DiL felt it in Salem Mass.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: ranger1
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 07:48 AM

I guess it was felt as far as Connecticut. According to the news at 11:00, it was the second quake originating from that spot in the last two years.

J-boy and I were at his parents' house having dinner and doing laundry and we thought the washing machine was off-balance.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 07:52 AM

It's all Obama's fault (no pun intended)!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: kendall
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 08:24 AM

I thought it was a sonic boom. Nothing fell over.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Becca72
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 08:36 AM

I thought my landlord had driven his van into the house. That was STRANGE!
Between Zumba Brothel and an earthquake Maine is making national news this week...great!

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: EBarnacle
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 09:36 AM

Eckshually, it was just Charley Noble imbalancing the state by returning home from Brooklyn.

"I don't know where I'm a-gonna go when the volcano blows."

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 10:02 AM

Irony - I laughed when my agent tried to sell me earthquake insurance last time around. Now there's a crack in the sunroom wall that I do not believe was there before last night.
Ah well.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 11:39 AM

We had a tremor of that size near Montreal. It felt like someone farted with his/her ass pressed against a plexiglass window.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 11:47 AM

Spaw has an alibi for that day.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 12:07 PM

It kinda felt like that here, 9, except it was an ass pressed against every glass window farting in unison hard enough to cause the roof to make going-to-come-off-now noises... which would probably mean the fart flash mob would have been on the inside of the house.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 01:05 PM

Rufus the cat was startled, confuzzled and upset at the time of the quake.

He'd been in an odd mood all day, more aggressive than usual, more active. Tried to tire him out around supper time by having him chase a feathered stick in circles. He'd snapped at me twice earlier for no reason. Not like him at all. Like he was on edge all day.

My first words were "What the fuck was THAT?!?" as I dashed from the computer towards Tom at the table on the other side of the kitchen. Second thought was that Tom had fallen. I HEARD it more than was aware of shaking (although it registered as either Tom falling, the deck falling off the house or the furnace having a fit).

First confirmation of the quake was at Facebook as it hadn't registered yet at any of the earthquake or news websites.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 01:52 PM

Many people heard the same explosion I heard but scattered around the state. Only one guy in the office here heard it. Some felt a wave move under them. I felt the house being scraped off its foundation. Must have something to do with the ground below or the age of the building. Poor freddie is still rattled but the lady cats are fine. Of course Freddie was alone outside when it happened. Poor baby.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Ed T
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 01:59 PM

If Maine becomes part of Greenland, where will New Brunswick folks like gnu do their USA shopping (at par)? And, where will he convert his Lonnies and Twoonies for

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Dave Swan
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 01:59 PM

4.0? In California we call that a snooze alarm

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 02:03 PM

Romney did it! (Another simply GIGANTIC lie.) Chongo will issue a statement shortly to calm public fears.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: frogprince
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 02:31 PM

Isn't it nice when a couple both feel the earth move at the same time...?

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: gnu
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 02:37 PM

Ed... I addressed that problem above but shared no ulterior motives. BTW... they owe us 2.17 cents on the dollar at the moment but they still sell stuff at lower prices than our retailers.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 04:56 PM

I'm all for splitting off from the mainland USA. Maybe we could cuddle up to Nova Scotia.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 07:12 PM

No. My plan is to become Main(E)land USA when the great earthquake comes and everything west of the Hudson River drops off into the Pacific. It's been my plan for years.
Actually knew a man in NYC who invested big bucks in land in Nevada for when the Big One hit and he would have water front property.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 07:15 PM

That was Lex Luthor, I think.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 09:58 PM

At 10:54 a.m. PST on February 28th, 2001, I was sitting at the computer (probably on Mudcat) when the apartment building I live in began to shake. I'd been through a couple of these before, so I knew what it was. But this sucker just kept right on going!!

After about twenty seconds, the computer went off and the lights went out. I began to think that the whole building (built in 1910) was going to wind up in my lap. I thought about heading for the door, but I had visions of bricks raining down on my neck, so following advice I'd heard, I positioned myself in the doorway, which is supposed to be one of the structurally sounder parts of a building, and just hung on.

It began to feel like it was going to go on forever!! But finally it ebbed and everything got quiet again.

A couple of guys who lived upstairs came running down to check and make sure everyone else in the building was okay, then go check for possible structural damage. Fortunately, other than some cracks in the brickwork (since fixed) everything was okay. This old pile has managed to survive through a number of rattlers over the years.

Fortunately, about twenty minutes later, the lights came back on. Once they crawled out from under their desks, Seattle City Light was on the job.

Seattle is not that far from the San Juan subduction zone, which is almost identical to the fault that caused the recent Fukushima quake. And geologists keep telling us that the last BIG ONE was about 300 years ago, and we're overdue for another BIG ONE. Whoopie.

This was dubbed "the Nisqually quake." It lasted for a bit over forty-five seconds and measured 6.8 on the Richter Scale.

The San Juan subduction zone is what keeps such bumps as Mount St. Helens, Mt. Baker, and Mt. Rainier, and some of the other Cascade peaks hissing, burping, and venting steam, sometimes emitting a pretty impressive belch, as did Mount St. Helens in 1980!

The Seattle area is a pretty fun place to live. It's a giggle a minute around here!!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: gnu
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 11:26 PM

A giggle and a squirt?

Oh, my, Don. I may have sqirted over that! Scarey stuff, indeed.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Oct 12 - 09:24 AM

No one, no one, has sent our Maine Governor any relief funds (in small unmarked bills) in response to his declaration of "A State of Emergency." No one at all!!!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Oct 12 - 10:09 AM

State of Emergency???? Did the mural get cracked?

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Oct 12 - 06:53 PM

Chongo has advised the public not to get "too shook up" about the recent earthquake. He also promised to build huge shock-absorbers under the state of Maine once elected, through a make-work project that is expected to employ at least 50,000 people, apes, and monkeys for a solid 3 years.

Can Romney or Obama match that?

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 20 Oct 12 - 10:07 PM

Some people in RI who live south of me felt it. Local TV stations were flooded with calls. I was home, but I felt and heard nothing. I only learned about it on the nightly news.

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 20 Oct 12 - 10:34 PM

A report at MSNBC earlier today indicated that several places generally south of Maine but nearby reported a "new event" in which the "ground shook" and "there was a loud noise."

Somewhat suspiciously, the Geo Svc and others reported that no earthquakes were recorded near the time in queation. Several people said it might have been a sonic boom, but others said it didn't sound like one. Several said "I dint heer nuthin' pass me the jug."

Sorry I didn't snatch a link, but I thought I'd wait for more details.

The "event" was along the east coast, so it probably wasn't a Spaw echo. It might have been just one of our good ol' boys doin' a bit of fishin' but a blast as big as what some reported wouldn't leave much fish to take home and I can't think of one of ours who'd misjudge the charge by that much.

Maybe I'll check back later if I get really bored. - - or maybe I won't.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Irene M
Date: 21 Oct 12 - 06:59 AM

In Hyannis at the time, probably eating supper; and completely oblivious. Two Irish lady visitors saw the "Breaking News" on the TV and promptly revised their plan to visit Maine "in case of aftershocks"!
They seemed to have calmed down a couple of days later and accepted my copy of the Downeaster timetable.
I tried to tell them that 4.2 wasn't that strong, and that when we had the 5.2 here, some people slept through it (depending on how their home was built).
Had a couple of 4. somethings here and it depends on the distance and depth whether it is a bang or a wave motion.

Irene in Derby, UK

Subject: RE: BS: Did anyone else feel that? (Maine earthquake)
From: Ed T
Date: 21 Oct 12 - 10:00 AM

Moderate Quake Shakes Central California