blissful
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Did you feel the quake? Are you okay NY and NJ?
Northern California, another? Stay safe!
Northern California, another? Stay safe!
I agree. It certain is scary and I am also glad you are okay.I'm glad you are okay @pepperhead212 Scary for sure!
I was upstairs in my house, putting clothes away, when it happened. At first, I thought it was a train, on the track about a block and a half from me, which sometimes rattles the bottles in my liquor cabinet, but it got worse than any of those had ever been, and I could see the door, and things on the dresser moving for several seconds. I later found out that it was a 4.8 level EQ, with an epicenter about 45 or 50 miles N of me, so it was probably about a 3 around here. This is all everyone is talking about on the news, which I usually only look at for the weather!
Nothing seems damaged, with no leaking gas lines, or anything else like that.
I saw that. It was the first I heard about it. Then I saw a couple of emails coming in from news sources. No one really expects earthquakes on the East coast, but we get them here in Southern Quebec too. Never too very big, so far.I felt it. Cats were a little upset. I posted in the weather thread.
I have slept through a couple, here on the island. The first time I felt one, I was waiting for a bus at Cabot Square, not far from the Atwater Metro. I thought we were feeling the trains or a truck. But, it kept on going and then I noticed the lamp posts swaying. I told the lady I was talking to that we should get out from under the concrete roof that protects people waiting for buses, from rain, etc. She was at least as surprised as me that we were feeling an earthquake.I only remember one earth quake. Like taxy, on the island of Montreal. It was a rumble that started in the basement and worked its way up. Very strange feeling but for some reason I knew right away what it was. Was not severe at all and I was more excited to finally experience one than to be afraid. My daughter was walking to school (and reading a book at the same time ) and says she never noticed a thing.
casey???, isn't there a difference between fracking, which I thought caused 'sink holes' as the earth above collapses due to no support - and an earthquake which is caused by the tectonic plates moving and causing movement all the way up to the crust.
Hmm.. I've never heard that and did not realize they replaced the oil with water. I thought they just drew out the oil leaving an underground cavern that may or may not be able to support itself.
I knew that there was more than one reason for sink holes but they seem to becoming more common - or perhaps just more reported on.
The water casey was talking about that they use for fracking is injected into the ground at very high pressure in order to break the rocks that contain the oil, which, in some cases, can create enough pressure on tectonic plates to cause them to slip. That's how fracking can cause earthquakes.casey???, isn't there a difference between fracking, which I thought caused 'sink holes' as the earth above collapses due to no support - and an earthquake which is caused by the tectonic plates moving and causing movement all the way up to the crust.