Pacific Ring of Fire activity
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Creamer
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It's all a matter of perspective. In 1983 I was living in a 3rd floor apartment in San Diego. I had played basketball that morning and was sitting around talking and having a couple of beers with friends when one of them brought I had not been through an earthquake yet as I had jsut moved there a couple of months previous. I had not and said do you really feel the tremors or are they just recorded and he said "Oh you feel them - it is just a quick shake and then its over - no big deal. If it is a real quake you will know it." that night I awoke to a big shake and then it was over. Nothing really happened except my bike leaning up against a wall fell over. I rolled over and went back to sleep thinking i had just felt one of those tremors. the next morning the paper headlines were "Major Earthquake Shakes Area". Apparently this was one of the larger earthquakes to ever hit San Diego. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
cat fever
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I had a small (by earthquake standards) earthquake happen just behind my house. The sound was incredibly loud. I felt the ground move as the boom sounded then it was over. I'm glad that's all it was. When the news reported it they said the USGS didn't even know there was a fault in that area.
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Was in an elevator Gillette Wyoming in 1984 and the thing starts banging us off the walls- when we got to the Lobby floor - we hear the receptionist yelling earthquake. Told her well that's a good thing other wise you need to call Otis immediately
Earlier this year there was an M 5.8 in nearby Montana and I thought the dog was rubbing on my reclining chair- told the dog to knock it off and then noticed no dog and the shades on the windows were swinging.
If interested- There is a guy ( Dutchsinse) on youtube that does earthquake forecasting and many weeks he gets about 70-80% right
and he did forecast an M7.- for a quake SE of the Aleutian chain for this week.
Earlier this year there was an M 5.8 in nearby Montana and I thought the dog was rubbing on my reclining chair- told the dog to knock it off and then noticed no dog and the shades on the windows were swinging.
If interested- There is a guy ( Dutchsinse) on youtube that does earthquake forecasting and many weeks he gets about 70-80% right
and he did forecast an M7.- for a quake SE of the Aleutian chain for this week.
orezok
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There have been 2 large earthquakes in the Mojave since I've been here. Landers at 7.3 and Hector Mine at 7.1, both within 40 miles. They do get your attention. The second picture is a bowling alley that lost an entire wall.
The second picture is a bowling alley that lost an entire wall.
bunyip
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We are about 20km from a small fault that has a bit of a grumble every so often, sometimes there is some small shaking but more often everything goes very quiet and their is an eerie feeling that is difficult to describe.
The fault runs through one of the few underground coal mines but there was not much evidence of collapse as a result of the tremors, the mines have not operated since the 1940's due to operating costs rather than safety.
The fault runs through one of the few underground coal mines but there was not much evidence of collapse as a result of the tremors, the mines have not operated since the 1940's due to operating costs rather than safety.
Not sure how much gravitational stress impacts volcanism and plate shifting... I found this link to try and get more familiar with the night sky.
I do remember seeing this winter's stacking of planets coming up last summer and wondering if there would be unusual weather or geological activity... moderns don't put much stock into planetary conjunctions and alignment, but the ancients would plan marriages, ceremonies, battles, etc. to occur on "auspicious" days--whatever that means.
I don't have an opinion, but find it interesting to see where what was and when--hoping to understand a little more of the why, and how.
It does seem like things get a little more squirrelly when the big pullers are near each other in the sky--especially around new and full moon.
Has there been a statistically significant increase in activity?
Planet Positions - Dan Bruton
I do remember seeing this winter's stacking of planets coming up last summer and wondering if there would be unusual weather or geological activity... moderns don't put much stock into planetary conjunctions and alignment, but the ancients would plan marriages, ceremonies, battles, etc. to occur on "auspicious" days--whatever that means.
I don't have an opinion, but find it interesting to see where what was and when--hoping to understand a little more of the why, and how.
It does seem like things get a little more squirrelly when the big pullers are near each other in the sky--especially around new and full moon.
Has there been a statistically significant increase in activity?
Planet Positions - Dan Bruton
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NoTrespassing
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Not from what I've been looking at, it seems about the same as 2016 and 2017. I guess I was just paying more attention this year
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jerrybob
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Went through all the big quakes in Calif......some good shakers. One strange one......the Sierra Madre quake in the early 90's.....I think it was a 5.5 or 5.6 quake. We lived in a condo downsteam of the quake. It was described as a roller.....a big wave coming through the ground. Everything on a North/South wall was knocked off......our refrig. door flew open and everything came out........cabinets the same......everything on a East/West wall was fine.......pictures were not even disturbed.........very strange to see.
