So I just experienced my first earthquake

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I was smack on a fault line (as in within 50 feet or so) when a 5.5  earthquake occurred. It was surprisingly mild.

[12th Doctor]

I slept through the one, and only earthquake I have ever been in.  I was living in Erie at the time.  I think it was around 4.0 and the epicenter was near Meadville.

As was mentioned, you don't need to be near a huge fault to get quakes.

[J. J.]

I've been in two that I've felt.

[Ronnie]

4.6?  That's nothing.  I was there during the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles, and it literally threw me out of bed.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

To me, Friday's tremor felt nothing out of the ordinary. If anything it felt as if those living below my residence were renovating the deteriorating flat once more! However, I did realise it was more than a 9PM renovation when two people I were conversing with at the time replied instantaneously "Conor, did you feel that?".

On a different matter altogether, I was amused when news reporters from Sky News pronounced Reservoir correctly upon they received reports that the tremors had reached as far as Melbourne's northern most suburbs. And I'm sure I wasn't the only person who was

How do they normally pronounce it (and how is it properly pronounced)?

[Smid]

To me, Friday's tremor felt nothing out of the ordinary. If anything it felt as if those living below my residence were renovating the deteriorating flat once more! However, I did realise it was more than a 9PM renovation when two people I were conversing with at the time replied instantaneously "Conor, did you feel that?".

On a different matter altogether, I was amused when news reporters from Sky News pronounced Reservoir correctly upon they received reports that the tremors had reached as far as Melbourne's northern most suburbs. And I'm sure I wasn't the only person who was

How do they normally pronounce it (and how is it properly pronounced)?

The ending is the difference... wah vs war. I think the locals tend to pronounce it more like "war."

[Platypus]

To me, Friday's tremor felt nothing out of the ordinary. If anything it felt as if those living below my residence were renovating the deteriorating flat once more! However, I did realise it was more than a 9PM renovation when two people I were conversing with at the time replied instantaneously "Conor, did you feel that?".

On a different matter altogether, I was amused when news reporters from Sky News pronounced Reservoir correctly upon they received reports that the tremors had reached as far as Melbourne's northern most suburbs. And I'm sure I wasn't the only person who was

How do they normally pronounce it (and how is it properly pronounced)?

The ending is the difference... wah vs war. I think the locals tend to pronounce it more like "war."

Reservor vs. Reservwah, basically. I'm in the wah camp

[Fmr. Emperor PiT]

To me, Friday's tremor felt nothing out of the ordinary. If anything it felt as if those living below my residence were renovating the deteriorating flat once more! However, I did realise it was more than a 9PM renovation when two people I were conversing with at the time replied instantaneously "Conor, did you feel that?".

On a different matter altogether, I was amused when news reporters from Sky News pronounced Reservoir correctly upon they received reports that the tremors had reached as far as Melbourne's northern most suburbs. And I'm sure I wasn't the only person who was

How do they normally pronounce it (and how is it properly pronounced)?

The ending is the difference... wah vs war. I think the locals tend to pronounce it more like "war."

Reservor vs. Reservwah, basically. I'm in the wah camp

     Me too! Not that I've ever heard of anyone pronouncing it like reservor, but still!

[dialectical fetishist]

I've lived through 2 earthquakes, both about 3-5 on the Richter scale, and both of them I slept through

[Lunar]

Alas, that image of Alaska will be the Bay Area someday.

[Lunar]

Big Earthquakes like to occur on Catholic holidays. 


That Alaska one happened on Friday,

 and then there's this one from All Saint's Day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake


Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, 2005 - day after Christmas


Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1984 - Easter Sunday

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Alas, that image of Alaska will be the Bay Area someday.

Ha... like "Our Town" would be playing in San Fran.

[Smid]

Apparently there's been another one:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25205709-661,00.html

I was on the other side of town, though, and didn't feel it.

[Tik]

I didn't feel it either, I was in a shopping center. Everyone I've talked to said it was pretty pathetic.

[12th Doctor]

See, this kinda thing makes me laugh at people in "Earthquake Zones".  Yeah, once a decade, or two, you get a bad one, but let me tell you there is no such thing as a "pathetic tornado."  And I have gone through about one a year my entire life.  Pacific Rim Drama queens.

[dead0man]

Tornados can be pathetic.  They are not all home destroyers.  Earthquakes are much more dangerous and scary than a tornado.

[12th Doctor]

Tornados can be pathetic.  They are not all home destroyers.  Earthquakes are much more dangerous and scary than a tornado.

What force of nature causes the most damage in the United State on average, each year?

And even a pathetic tornado does alot worse than a pathetic earthquake.

[Senator Sbane]

See, this kinda thing makes me laugh at people in "Earthquake Zones".  Yeah, once a decade, or two, you get a bad one, but let me tell you there is no such thing as a "pathetic tornado."  And I have gone through about one a year my entire life.  Pacific Rim Drama queens.

An earthquake can destroy a whole metropolitan area while a tornado is going to affect a narrow portion of the area. Thus neighboring areas can help the affected while in an earthquake zone its chaos for miles on end. It is more similar to a hurricane I would say, but a really strong earthquake is much worse than a hurricane. And not to mention hurricanes can be predicted days before impact and can be prepared for.

[dead0man]

I believe it's drought or flooding, but I can't seem to find a cite.

Tornados can be pathetic.  They are not all home destroyers.  Earthquakes are much more dangerous and scary than a tornado.

What force of nature causes the most damage in the United State on average, each year?

Droughts or floods...I can't find a cite though.  It certainly isn't tornados or earthquakes.

And even a pathetic tornado does alot worse than a pathetic earthquake.

I'd think both would do little if any damage at all.  Think of the opposite though.  What would do more damage, the worst tornado ever or the worth earthquake ever?

[12th Doctor]

See, this kinda thing makes me laugh at people in "Earthquake Zones".  Yeah, once a decade, or two, you get a bad one, but let me tell you there is no such thing as a "pathetic tornado."  And I have gone through about one a year my entire life.  Pacific Rim Drama queens.

An earthquake can destroy a whole metropolitan area while a tornado is going to affect a narrow portion of the area. Thus neighboring areas can help the affected while in an earthquake zone its chaos for miles on end. It is more similar to a hurricane I would say, but a really strong earthquake is much worse than a hurricane. And not to mention hurricanes can be predicted days before impact and can be prepared for.

Tornadoes travel in packs.

[12th Doctor]

I believe it's drought or flooding, but I can't seem to find a cite.

Tornados can be pathetic.  They are not all home destroyers.  Earthquakes are much more dangerous and scary than a tornado.

What force of nature causes the most damage in the United State on average, each year?

Droughts or floods...I can't find a cite though.  It certainly isn't tornados or earthquakes.

And even a pathetic tornado does alot worse than a pathetic earthquake.

I'd think both would do little if any damage at all.  Think of the opposite though.  What would do more damage, the worst tornado ever or the worth earthquake ever?

Actually it is tornadoes.

The worst earthquake, by far, but the "worst" Earthquake happens once every 50 years, or more.  The "worst" tornado happens twice a year, somewhere in America

[Senator Sbane]

See, this kinda thing makes me laugh at people in "Earthquake Zones".  Yeah, once a decade, or two, you get a bad one, but let me tell you there is no such thing as a "pathetic tornado."  And I have gone through about one a year my entire life.  Pacific Rim Drama queens.

An earthquake can destroy a whole metropolitan area while a tornado is going to affect a narrow portion of the area. Thus neighboring areas can help the affected while in an earthquake zone its chaos for miles on end. It is more similar to a hurricane I would say, but a really strong earthquake is much worse than a hurricane. And not to mention hurricanes can be predicted days before impact and can be prepared for.

Tornadoes travel in packs.

Yes outbreaks can occur but its unlikely a mass of tornadoes will destroy the whole Dallas metro.  The bay area or La could be destroyed by a large enough earthquake.

[dead0man]

Actually it is tornadoes.

cite?

[Senator Sbane]

Actually it is tornadoes.

cite?

If we are talking about property damage then floods is the obvious answer. Human life I am not sure about.

[Fmr. Emperor PiT]

Actually it is tornadoes.

cite?

If we are talking about property damage then floods is the obvious answer. Human life I am not sure about.

     Though I doubt that it would be earthquakes. Even in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the death toll was only about 3,000.