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« on: May 22, 2006, 01:33:44 AM »
I started thinking about this last night, when an earthquake hit. Tongue

As for me, yeah. Several times a year I go through one.
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2006, 01:41:22 AM »
An earthquake as in, one that caused damage, or any earthquake that could be felt?

No to the former, yes to the latter.
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2006, 01:56:11 AM »
Yes, but I was sleeping on all occaisons. They were minor though as Ottawa is near a puny little fault line.
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2006, 02:10:31 AM »
No, and I refuse to.
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2006, 04:18:11 AM »
Quote from: Senator Gabu on May 22, 2006, 01:41:22 AM
An earthquake as in, one that caused damage, or any earthquake that could be felt?

No to the former, yes to the latter.

Any earthquake that you felt.
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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2006, 04:41:22 AM »
Quote from: AkSaber on May 22, 2006, 04:18:11 AM
Quote from: Senator Gabu on May 22, 2006, 01:41:22 AM
An earthquake as in, one that caused damage, or any earthquake that could be felt?

No to the former, yes to the latter.

Any earthquake that you felt.

Ah, okay.  In that case, about five or six years ago, there was a weird extremely brief one where everything started shaking for only about two or three seconds.  Enough to freak me out at the realization of what was going on, but not enough to actually damage anything.  I don't think anything in our house even fell over.
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2006, 05:49:34 AM »
Quote from: Senator Gabu on May 22, 2006, 01:41:22 AM
An earthquake as in, one that caused damage, or any earthquake that could be felt?

No to the former, yes to the latter.
^       ^ (well it did bring down some loose roof tiles, though not on my block.)
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2006, 06:55:14 AM »
Yes, but it was very mild. I saw on the news that a gas station had been right over the epicenter; the attendant didn't even realize there had been an earthquake. It knocked a few small items off my shelf, though.
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2006, 10:57:46 AM »
Yes. A small one.
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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2006, 10:58:20 AM »
No. Not even in 1985 in Mexico, DF
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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2006, 01:20:36 PM »
« Edited: May 23, 2006, 02:30:37 PM by Alcon »
Yeah, the 2001 one.  It was kind of funny, actually.  I was in the fifth grade, and we were reading a story.  Right when we finished the line "and the ground shook like an earthquake" (or something like that), the ground actually started shaking.  The entire class was pretty freaked out.
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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2006, 03:34:43 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on May 22, 2006, 01:20:36 PM
Yeah, the 2001 one.  It was kind of funny, actually.  I was in the fifth grade, and we were reading a story.  Right when we finished the line "and the grown shook like an earthquake" (or something like that), the ground actually started shaking.  The entire class was pretty freaked out.

Shocked Kinda erie.

But I remember when that earthquake happened. That was the day I got my Learner's Permit.
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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2006, 03:38:18 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on May 22, 2006, 01:20:36 PM
Yeah, the 2001 one.  It was kind of funny, actually.  I was in the fifth grade, and we were reading a story.  Right when we finished the line "and the grown shook like an earthquake" (or something like that), the ground actually started shaking.  The entire class was pretty freaked out.

Is grown supposed to be ground?  That's pretty cool actually.  You must have had a sorceress for a teacher.
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« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2006, 06:45:58 PM »
Sure, been through plenty.  I'm a Californian.

Most of the archatecture is built (or retrofitted) to endure even fairly major quakes.   That's why even major quakes here (such as the Northridge quake a decade or so ago) have a relatively low death toll compared to less developed countries.  (And usually about half the death toll is questionable -  people who just happened to be having a heart attack at the time and the such).
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« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2006, 07:40:39 PM »
No. One of the nice things about living in the Midwest.
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« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2006, 08:51:06 PM »


Too many times to count (considering I lived in Hawaii, Guam, and California).
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« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2006, 01:29:06 AM »
Quote from: Nym90 on May 22, 2006, 07:40:39 PM
No. One of the nice things about living in the Midwest.

You'd think that at least.
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« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2006, 02:28:56 PM »
Two small ones, one in San Diego (I was visiting) and one in Western Pennsylvania.  The latter knocked the cover of an air conditioner, but I didn't realize it was caused by an earthquake until I saw it on the news.
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« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2006, 02:31:23 PM »
Quote from: jerusalemcar5 on May 22, 2006, 03:38:18 PM
Quote from: Alcon on May 22, 2006, 01:20:36 PM
Yeah, the 2001 one.  It was kind of funny, actually.  I was in the fifth grade, and we were reading a story.  Right when we finished the line "and the grown shook like an earthquake" (or something like that), the ground actually started shaking.  The entire class was pretty freaked out.

Is grown supposed to be ground?  That's pretty cool actually.  You must have had a sorceress for a teacher.

Yeah, it was.

It's even better than the teacher reading it, though.  It was the smallest, most timid kid in the class, and he was struggling through it - until he said that part, which he said with some convention.  It was creepily surreal.
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« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2007, 01:06:51 PM »
Norhtridge 94'
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« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2007, 01:57:58 AM »
Yes - although I forgot about it when I voted - only one - it originated from Erie, OH.
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« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2007, 02:02:03 AM »
My girlfriend has... She's like "They're so common where I live"...

We don't get them here in the Steel City much...
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« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2007, 03:38:38 AM »
Very minor one that I didn't even feel, remeber reading it in the paper
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