5.2 mag. tremor...

[nois-or-e]

So Marissa and Katie (wife and daughter) just got a good scare when our whole flat started shaking and the dust started coming from the corners of the room... I grabbed marissa, yelled out to katie who was in bed and ran out the front and waited for the 2nd wave ;__;
Neither of them have experienced tremors before, and in this area, the last one was in the early 80's.

I know it was pretty weak compared to some parts of the world, but the live news just updated it to 5.5 magnitude and mentioned that it was the worst one we've had in over 100 years. So... Share your earthquake stories here I guess...


Edit - some links:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/qu...619-20m88.html
http://www.news.com.au/national/stro...-1226401631728
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...age/usb000ajek

9.9km deep and within 5km of where our flat is x:

[SKG_Scintill]

Here's my earthquake story

[supermousie]

Just down in Victoria huh?
Glad to hear that you guys are safe 8)

I don't think I've ever experienced an earthquake/tremor. I'm not keen on going through one either...

[nois-or-e]

It wasn't so bad, my 'dad' instincts kicked in and within about 3 seconds marissa and I were out of the house, katie wasn't far behind xDD

A friend of ours was saying that the last one around here was smaller and in the 80s, my grandparents neighbours fish tank exploded, and a few doorways have been reported to either fit better or completely borked.

[tofurox]

One of my friends lives up there. Glad everything wasn't too bad.

[nois-or-e]

Where are they at?

[tofurox]

Victoria. Well not exactly a "friend", but you know, a guy I talk to on the interwebs.

[nois-or-e]

Yeah... Where in vic xDDD The epicentre was like 3 miles from my house~

[kommisar]

largest earthquake we've had here in the past century is 3.2 in sussex


we have no seismic activity whatsoever lmao. glad to know you fellas are safe



http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.g.../top10-eng.php

[who_cares973]

I've slept through 5.5 earthquakes

[Winrar]

I haven't experienced an earthquake while awake. Slept through all of them.

[MikeShinoda12345]

Living in Taiwan... you don't sleep through most your earthquakes.
We actually just had a 5.something last week at 6 AM. Never have I experienced one with its epicenter as close as it was to you, though

[Arntonach]

Sat through a 6.1 earthquake in San Diego, which isn't saying much, and the recent 5.8 earthquake in Virginia, which I didn't even feel. Still don't want to go through a nasty one.

[Emo_Saur_]

5.3 at work, wasn't a big deal at all to me.

[Ksl33zy24]

earthquake!!!!

[Bluearrowll]

The last earthquake that "hit" Toronto, I was getting a haircut. It wasn't much of an earthquake, but the shaking was enough to startle the barber, and force me to have shorter than intended hair. lol

[Zageron]

I've slept through a few 4.0 I believe, not a big deal. But our area is expecting a 9.0~9.7 in the next 50 years. The last one we had completely wiped out Tokyo, and our entire west coast was mauled by 10-25m high waves. (1700)

Not looking forward to that too much.

[BOSS_pjpaveloffga]

I live in palm springs right on the San Andreas fault
earthquakes are my life

[Kagome]

Originally Posted by BOSS_pjpaveloffga

I live in palm springs right on the San Andreas fault
earthquakes are my life

Lived there for 11 years. Earthquakes became no big surprise.

[who_cares973]

yeah living on the san andreas fault for most of my life meant no biggie for earthquakes

im still waiting for the big one we're suppose to get here in cali ~_~