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Title: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: SGOS on August 09, 2020, 08:52:26 AM
I was sitting at my computer at 8:15 this morning when I started to get jolted.  About 15 minutes later, I googled https://earthquaketrack.com/recent and it was already posted, probably without anyone touching a keyboard. 5.1 magnitude, 54 miles from my house; Epicenter: Sparta, North Carolina.
Title: Re: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: SGOS on August 09, 2020, 08:58:26 AM
That's the first time I've visited that site.  I get the impression that the world must experience a quake around every 15 minutes.
Title: Re: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: Hydra009 on August 09, 2020, 02:49:40 PM
I was sound asleep.  But I knew someone in Charlotte who felt it.

Earthquakes, especially big ones, are pretty uncommon around here.  The only one I personally remember experiencing was the 5.8 in August 2011 that felt like an 18-wheeler driving too close to the house.  A slight rumbling for like 15 seconds, not damaging anything but enough to startle me.  No aftershock.
Title: Re: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: drunkenshoe on August 10, 2020, 05:02:30 AM
Hang in there, take care. We are having them often. Short time ago we had a 5.2.  You never get used to it I guess.
Title: Re: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: SGOS on August 10, 2020, 06:58:30 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on August 09, 2020, 02:49:40 PM
The only one I personally remember experiencing was the 5.8 in August 2011 that felt like an 18-wheeler driving too close to the house.  A slight rumbling for like 15 seconds, not damaging anything but enough to startle me.  No aftershock.
I remember 2011, I had just moved to Virginia.  I was sitting on my porch, and the wind was perfectly calm.  I remember the vinyl siding on my house making the same rattling noise it does when the wind blows, which perplexed me, because it was a dead calm.  Then I felt vague tremors and realized what was happening.
Title: Re: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on August 10, 2020, 07:44:02 AM
Spring of 1969, Saturday morning, Indiana. Earthquake. WTF? Not a big one, but it rocked the chair I was in. You never forget your first.
Title: Re: Earthquake on Virgina/North Carolina Border
Post by: Baruch on August 10, 2020, 09:41:24 AM
My first circa 1968 Long Beach CA.  I noticed the pictures on the wall were swinging back and forth.  Mom was in the shower.  We got her dressed and stood out in the front yard with legs spread, you could feel the ground wave like you were on a ship.  No damage, so it was a fun joke on my mom.