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Question The earth moved

9 years 3 months ago #1 by Dawnfyre
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    • aka an earthquake hit last night.

    www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/...outh-coast-1.3384066

    just felt like a big truck hit the building and made it shake for a second to me.
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    9 years 3 months ago #2 by elrodw
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    • And here I thought you were talking about stupendous sex! :)
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    9 years 3 months ago #3 by Astrodragon
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    • I bet his wife/girlfriend was impressed! :D
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    9 years 3 months ago #4 by Arcanist Lupus
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    • Congratulations! I now name you an honorary Californian!
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    9 years 3 months ago #5 by lighttech
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    • a 4.3 to a 4.8 heck here in California that's called Monday

    call me when you actually FLY out of the bed on a 6.0+----lol
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    9 years 3 months ago #6 by ~Archangel~
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    • Well in the US you worry about the 'Big One' and California sliding into the ocean. Up here in Canada we worry about Newfoundland sliding back. :P
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    9 years 3 months ago #7 by Valentine
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    • Actually that is a Wednesday, as there was a 4.4 earthquake in California today.

    I prefer Midwest earthquakes, where everyone gets to share.
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    9 years 3 months ago #8 by lighttech
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    • hey cali breaking off would be a good thing! I get beach front!
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    9 years 3 months ago #9 by Dawnfyre
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    • I figured the earth moved title would get attention ;)


    We actually get a lot of very minor quakes in BC, as in barely 1 on the scale.

    having one large enough to be felt 50+ km away and 42 km up is a rare situation.

    I just shrugged and went back to reading since it was over in a few seconds.
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    • try mine some time! on the northridge one a 6.7 my TV FLEW! across the room 20 feet BEFORE big stopped by the cable!
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    9 years 3 months ago #11 by Domoviye
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    • This is why I like being on the Canadian Shield. It hasn't had a significant movement in about a billion or two years. Ground is suppose to stay in one place, not be a carnival ride.
    9 years 3 months ago #12 by Arcanist Lupus
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    • It's good when the earth kicks a bit - that's how you know it's healthy!
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    • Domoviye wrote: This is why I like being on the Canadian Shield. It hasn't had a significant movement in about a billion or two years.


    Hmm no significant movement for about a billion years? Now that is a bad case of constipation. :lol:
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    • Not my problem.
    And if earth movements are so good, you just tell that to Pompeii.
    9 years 3 months ago #15 by Valentine
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    • Dawnfyre wrote: I figured the earth moved title would get attention ;)


    We actually get a lot of very minor quakes in BC, as in barely 1 on the scale.

    having one large enough to be felt 50+ km away and 42 km up is a rare situation.

    I just shrugged and went back to reading since it was over in a few seconds.


    The last one I felt, my third earthquake, was 5.2 and about 150 miles (240 km) away. It shook my mobile home enough for me to wonder what it was. The earthquake was felt in central Wisconsin about 375 mi (600 km) from the epicenter.
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    • Valentine wrote:

    Dawnfyre wrote: I figured the earth moved title would get attention ;)


    We actually get a lot of very minor quakes in BC, as in barely 1 on the scale.

    having one large enough to be felt 50+ km away and 42 km up is a rare situation.

    I just shrugged and went back to reading since it was over in a few seconds.


    The last one I felt, my third earthquake, was 5.2 and about 150 miles (240 km) away. It shook my mobile home enough for me to wonder what it was. The earthquake was felt in central Wisconsin about 375 mi (600 km) from the epicenter.


    at that 150 mark you got what we hare call the 'rolling' sometimes its actually fun! but at the 15 mile mark I was at for the 94 one its a sledgehammer

    just so you know this every point is 10 times more damage
    so a 5.2 is 80 times less than a 6.0 in damage potential
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