shake rattle and roll

[artyartie]

While indulging my insomnia and watching BSG, I felt an earthquake! It might sound crazy, but as a native Californian, I actually miss the ground moving under my feet every now and then. Also, two years of being a geology major still makes me go earthquakes=yay versus earthquakes=freak out.

*pats the fabulous earth*

But the USGS has this nifty feedback feature, and 1900+ people have already reported feeling the quake - certain questions tell you what intensity you perceived, versus what intensity it was. This was only a 4.5, and we're over 30 miles from the epicenter, so this was just a light little shake. I don't even think it woke my Nana up.

Comments

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

That wasn't a quake - you saw Bamber and the earth moved. *g*

[rachel1975.livejournal.com]

I did have a real comment, too.

Having grown up and living my whole life in Ohio, you'd think I'd never have experienced an earthquake. But I did. January 31, 1986, I was 11, there was a 5.0 quake here in NE Ohio. Boy did I feel it. I was standing on a chair hanging up essays in the hallway of my school. That was freaky! It also caused a shelf to pull out of the kitchen wall in my parents house.

[aoife-hime.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, there actually was a bit of an earthquake in Wisconsin a few summers ago. I, of course, slept right through it (not that it was much to write home about in the first place).

[weeboopiper.livejournal.com]

Ah geology! That was my major.

The big quake we had last year caused a power outage here on Oahu.

The volcanic activity on the Big Island has increased lately. Some awesome pics and footage here:

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

[otahyoni.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm a little jealous. I'd like to experience a (very, very small!) earthquake sometime. Go Earth!