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My first earthquake

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wow work in NY and the whole building shook. Turns out it was 5.9 and in DC. I would hate to feel a big earthquake.

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I slept through it. This is now 2 earthquakes I've slept through.

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I was in a 5.9 in LA that was pretty scary.
I was sitting on the john at like 6am when the rumbling started.
I was trying to remember what I ate when I realized it was an earthquake and not me.
😳😳😳😳

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you must be from out of town.
ever ride the 7 train in queens? the elevated platform rattles every time a trains comes in.
as r.j. fischer once said, "i thought it was the subway."

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Originally posted by tonytiger41
you must be from out of town.
ever ride the 7 train in queens? the elevated platform rattles every time a trains comes in.
as r.j. fischer once said, "i thought it was the subway."
We felt it here in Pennsylvania, we live north of Philly about 70 miles. For some reason we don't have cell phone service right now. There is no signal from the local towers, can't call 611 or 911. Isn't that great. A smallish earthquake hundreds of miles south and we can't call emergency numbers. Smallish because that is a normal day Los Angeles, my home city. Like the song says, Born in East La, I was Born in East LA, Cheech and Chong.

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Originally posted by zakkwylder
I slept through it. This is now 2 earthquakes I've slept through.
i also missed my first and only earthquake... earthquack sounds better though.

better luck next time 😵

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Originally posted by trev33
i also missed my first and only earthquake... earthquack sounds better though.

better luck next time 😵
Here is a link to what I found out, I was not the only one with no cell phones:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-cell-networks-clogged.html

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Here is a link to what I found out, I was not the only one with no cell phones:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-cell-networks-clogged.html
makes sense.

did it actually do any damage to anything?


I was also sleeping through it in Southern New England. My wife felt it leaning against a copy machine, the technician here felt it sitting in a chair on wheels. No one else here felt it. The woman at the post office felt it sitting in her car. Said it felt like someone was rocking her car, she thought it was her full tank of gas acting up as she pulled up to an intersection.

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Originally posted by trev33
makes sense.

did it actually do any damage to anything?
Not a whole lot of damage. There was one report of an early 20th century house used as a business that lost two chimneys but no obvious damage here. As of right now, 4:30 pm tuesday, there still is no cell phone signal here. No service, not even for 911.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
I was also sleeping through it in Southern New England. My wife felt it leaning against a copy machine, the technician here felt it sitting in a chair on wheels. No one else here felt it. The woman at the post office felt it sitting in her car. Said it felt like someone was rocking her car, she thought it was her full tank of gas acting up as she pulled up to an intersection.

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Just what the heck are you talking about there Phlab? 😕

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Just what the heck are you talking about there Phlab? 😕
Sloshing.