Earth Quake!

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 12:33am #1

Just felt an earth quake for the first time. It was 4.6 in Maine. That was fairly freaky, never felt one before.

Details here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mc0dsp#summary

I ran in between the door frame of my bathroom. I'm on the third floor of an apartment complex so I would have been screwed if it was a bad one. Crazy stuff. :pac:

Have you ever felt one?

Chucken · 17-10-2012 12:34am

Maine?? Is that in town?

nacimroc · 17-10-2012 12:35am

Chucken wrote: »

Maine?? Is that in town?

Its in Cavan I think!

admiralofthefleet · 17-10-2012 12:36am

there is currently a riot in rathfarnham on dublins southside, honest

Chucken · 17-10-2012 12:36am

nacimroc wrote: »

Its in Cavan I think!

Ahhh right...I got my Maines in a tangle

Chucken · 17-10-2012 12:37am

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

there is currently a riot in rathfarnham on dublins southside, honest

Is that near The Hilton? Expecting riots there tonight.

1ZRed · 17-10-2012 12:37am

I'd call labrinth

im invisible · 17-10-2012 12:37am

its on the road to cavan all-right, and the further you go, the Mainer it gets

mackg · 17-10-2012 12:38am

I've never been in an earthquake so 4.6 doesn't mean much to me. What was it like. Was it shaking so much that it knocked over ornaments or furniture?

ilovesleep · 17-10-2012 12:38am

Chucken wrote: »

Maine?? Is that in town?

A quick google says it is a state in the new england region of north eastern usa.

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 12:42am

mackg wrote: »

I've never been in an earthquake so 4.6 doesn't mean much to me. What was it like. Was it shaking so much that it knocked over ornaments or furniture?

It wasn't that bad, but the whole apartment shook and the lights were shaking a good bit. It lasted about 20 seconds. It was deadly! A few car alarms went off as well.

Chucken · 17-10-2012 12:45am

ilovesleep wrote: »

A quick google says it is a state in the new england region of north eastern usa.

Oh I see!

rubytuesday86 · 17-10-2012 12:48am

Felt aftershocks of one whilst in Manchester a few years ago. Was in a parked car and the whole thing shook

Jhcx · 17-10-2012 12:48am

Ireland is too small that have a mini earthquake. Somebody needs to update the geography books, why didnt i get to notice this earthquake *touches wood that i dont experience an earthquake*

Where To · 17-10-2012 12:51am

Some bastards are out lamping rebbits here in Donegal

My name is URL · 17-10-2012 1:01am

[-0-] wrote: »

Just felt an earth quake for the first time. It was 4.6 in Maine. That was fairly freaky, never felt one before.

Details here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mc0dsp#summary

I ran in between the door frame of my bathroom. I'm on the third floor of an apartment complex so I would have been screwed if it was a bad one. Crazy stuff. :pac:

Have you ever felt one?

It's quite exhilarating isn't it?!

Felt a few during my time in San Francisco.

Where To · 17-10-2012 1:02am

My name is URL wrote: »

Felt a few during my time in San Francisco.

Pervert!!

akura · 17-10-2012 1:04am

We had a few up in Donegal

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 1:06am

My name is URL wrote: »

It's quite exhilarating isn't it?!

Felt a few during my time in San Francisco.

Absolutely! There have been 191 in the past 7 days all over the planet... there was another one near Montreal on 10/10, and that's not too far from here either. Hopefully that isn't a sign that there are more to come.

LD 50 · 17-10-2012 1:34am

Had one here in Wellington about 45 mins ago, NZ. It was about a 5.5 at a depth of 110km. 2nd one I've felt this week

Spread · 17-10-2012 2:04am

Chucken wrote: »

Maine?? Is that in town?

No, no chucken. Maine is not in the town. The town is in Maine. The epicentre was very near Limerick incidentally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick,_Maine

madma · 17-10-2012 2:10am

[-0-] wrote: »

Just felt an earth quake for the first time. It was 4.6 in Maine. That was fairly freaky, never felt one before.

Details here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mc0dsp#summary

I ran in between the door frame of my bathroom. I'm on the third floor of an apartment complex so I would have been screwed if it was a bad one. Crazy stuff. :pac:

Have you ever felt one?

This is an IRISH FORUM.. if its not too much trouble could you tell us the country your in if you could manage that it would be fantastic....

Spread · 17-10-2012 2:11am

madma wrote: »

This is an IRISH FORUM.. if its not too much trouble could you tell us the country your in if you could manage that it would be fantastic....

And this is the WWW!

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 2:17am

madma wrote: »

This is an IRISH FORUM.. if its not too much trouble could you tell us the country your in if you could manage that it would be fantastic....

I provided a link to the direct report which has a map on it and gives the actual coordinates of where it took place. What more do you want?

Lapin · 17-10-2012 2:24am

I don't know if this Maine place is on the coast,
but if it is my advice to you OP is 'Run like Fuk' - away from the coast.

Before the tsunami comes along and drowns you.

Tell everyone you see to run too.

Quickly.

madma · 17-10-2012 2:32am

Spread wrote: »

And this is the WWW!

I should be provided with the info without having to go check!

madma · 17-10-2012 2:35am

[-0-] wrote: »

I provided a link to the direct report which has a map on it and gives the actual coordinates of where it took place. What more do you want?

im just yanking your chain yanky!

someone i know over in US hadf there fcebook update about it.. they are ****ting it:pac:

JupiterKid · 17-10-2012 2:36am

Maine is like Cavan (hills and many, many lakes) but almost totally covered in New England trees which must be sporting lovely fall colours around now.:D

Yes, I felt an earthquake in Dublin as a 9 year old kid. It was in July 1984. I was playing with my lego in my bedroom when the house shook.:eek::pac: It was 5.5 on the Richter scale and was in fact the most powerful earth tremor Ireland has had in living memory. The epicentre was in Wales.

http://www.karlwhitney.com/journalism/irishmans29july2009.html

When I did my J1 in San Francisco, an earthquake was always in the back of my mind. My Dad was caught up in the big 1989 one.

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 2:56am

madma wrote: »

im just yanking your chain yanky!

someone i know over in US hadf there fcebook update about it.. they are ****ting it:pac:

I'm Irish and moved to America last year. I'm no yank ya mucker. :pac:

Spread · 17-10-2012 3:14am

Where are you?

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 3:17am

Nashua, New Hampshire.

Spread · 17-10-2012 3:21am

Hey! Was there in Lowes last Saturday and Applebees afterwards. Am living in Gilsum

reeb · 17-10-2012 3:35am

LD 50 wrote: »

Had one here in Wellington about 45 mins ago, NZ. It was about a 5.5 at a depth of 110km. 2nd one I've felt this week

Ditto. Scary stuff.

Cookie_Monster · 17-10-2012 4:16am

Its grand op, you get used to them and realise they're not that exciting. I even feel ghost ones now and then, tis weird

reeb · 17-10-2012 4:17am

Do you ****, sitting on the 15th floor of a building watching your lunch wobble along the table is terrifying :P

uck51js9zml2yt · 17-10-2012 4:19am

[Quote=[-0-];81285971]Nashua, New Hampshire.

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thought you were in Maine

antodeco · 17-10-2012 9:15am

If you see Tom Cruise running around, and loud fog horns, its probably just the aliens.

They took our jawbs!

CrackisWhack · 17-10-2012 9:21am

I experienced my first quake a few months ago in Melbourne, it was a 5.4, strongest in 3 decades here.

Brain Stroking · 17-10-2012 9:29am

I slept through a 4.8 in San Francisco in 1998. I was staying in Fisherman's Wharf though (which i think is built in a way that withstands earthquakes - i think).

Is this another symptom of the theory that those 2 huge Sumatran earthquakes recently has started a breaking in half of two tectonic plates in the US? Hence the earthquakes in Maine and other unusual places in the US?

17-10-2012 9:30am

[-0-] wrote: »

Absolutely! There have been 191 in the past 7 days all over the planet... there was another one near Montreal on 10/10, and that's not too far from here either. Hopefully that isn't a sign that there are more to come.

That's a great idea for a website actually - ratemyearthquake.com. It would have been very popular in Haiti.

token101 · 17-10-2012 9:39am

Felt one last week in Santiago, 5.7 it was. Thought it was a dodgy washing machine for the first second or two!! Felt one a few years ago in England as well, was very slight. It felt like a very slight vibration under the floor.

17-10-2012 9:46am

[-0-] wrote: »

I'm Irish and moved to America last year. I'm no yank ya mucker. :pac:

Do you intend to return to these shores for 'The Gathering', if so bring a wheelbarrow full of Yankee dollars.
By the way, I've never felt an earthquake, and my good lady wife assures me that the earth has never moved for her either.
Ba-boom, tish!!

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 12:29pm

9959 wrote: »

Do you intend to return to these shores for 'The Gathering', if so bring a wheelbarrow full of Yankee dollars.
By the way, I've never felt an earthquake, and my good lady wife assures me that the earth has never moved for her either.
Ba-boom, tish!!

What is this gathering you speak of. :pac:

Chucken · 17-10-2012 1:02pm

[-0-] wrote: »

What is this gathering you speak of. :pac:

http://www.thegatheringireland.com/

Please come home on holidays and give us all your money

:cool:

Rented Mule · 17-10-2012 1:07pm

[-0-] wrote: »

Just felt an earth quake for the first time. It was 4.6 in Maine. That was fairly freaky, never felt one before.

Details here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mc0dsp#summary

I ran in between the door frame of my bathroom. I'm on the third floor of an apartment complex so I would have been screwed if it was a bad one. Crazy stuff. :pac:

Have you ever felt one?

I was in a 5.5 earthquake in San Jose California back in the mis-90s. Hardly noticed it. The television news popped up with the 'Earthquake' headline a few minutes later. They made a bigger deal out of it than they should have to be honest.

[-0-] · 17-10-2012 1:27pm

Chucken wrote: »

http://www.thegatheringireland.com/

Please come home on holidays and give us all your money :cool:

I clicked around that site and ended up at an International Quilt Festival in Galway. How could I resist? :cool:

Lapin · 17-10-2012 1:41pm

reeb wrote: »

Do you ****, sitting on the 15th floor of a building watching your lunch wobble along the table is terrifying :P

And the moral here kids -

Don't eat jelly for lunch when you're that high.

saiint · 17-10-2012 1:44pm

2012

Spread · 17-10-2012 2:17pm

Chucken wrote: »

http://www.thegatheringireland.com/

Please come home on holidays and give us all your money :cool:

I notice that the one in Tuamgraney is MAY 2013. Please practice the below: Gathering Nuts In May

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuts_in_May_(rhyme)

Jay D · 17-10-2012 4:10pm

Felt a light shake in Wellington NZ before. Person I was with didn't even notice she was that used to the mild ones. That's been the height of it really.

LD 50 · 18-10-2012 12:30pm

Lapin wrote: »

And the moral here kids -

Don't eat jelly for lunch when you're that high.

And don't do drugs.

Earth Quake!

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