Earthquake - have you experienced it? How did it feel?

Ive experienced 2 earthquakes, however both times I slept through them, the one time I remember all of my friends had put on their facebook status's "I cant believe I survived an earthquake" I put on my status "I am thinking, what earthquake? I didnt feel anything" As we dont get many earthquakes in the uk it was a pretty big deal for everyone. The next earthquake, again I was in bed fast asleep and was told about it the next day!

just one time i experience with earthquake and i feel low scala richter,because my position is so far for earthquake centre,so i can feel earthquake with low scala richter.i headache at that time and want to vomit.

I have experienced a few. I am from California and I remember the earthquake in 1994 and how scared I was. I have always hated earthquakes and the last couple of earthquakes (the one in Haiti and the one in China) have made me cry. It can be scary because things become damaged,

Sweetie, i have never experienced something like that. And i don't think i ever want to. It sounds and looks scary enough. TATA.

in my country does not has earthquake but i have tried it already that was when a neighbor country got a terrible earthquake and it affected us until we can feel how the block was moving that was so scary and i do not know what to do cos my house in the 11 floor so no point of running .

Hello there, I have experience earthquakes. Last time as a 5.6 like a year or two years ago and the fault was somewhere in my area. And then another one was like 2 or 3 weeks ago in california where it as around 4 am in the morning. It felt as if there was a big wind shaking. It would be scary to face such calamaties like earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, etc.

The Sylmar quake, 1971, and the Northridge quake, 1994, were the two big ones that I felt. I've been in many small quakes. In the Sylmar quake, I had no idea what was happening. In the Northridge quake, I did. It was frightening, but not terrifying.

it was in 1991 when the mount pinatubo, a very quiet volcano in the north part of luzon, the philippines. miles and miles away, when it erupted, i was in the 11th floor of a building in the city of makati. the quake shook the building vertically as i felt it and later, i feel that i was shaking sideways. as we go down the building, everybody was so scared but no one rattled. all vehicles stopped and traffic was everywhere. as i walk away from the building, i still feel the shakes and i looked back at the building, i saw it as if it was still shaking.

hi vandana madam, regarding the earth quake,i have experienced one time when i am in teens i think,i am in first floor,some jurk was happened a while,but i have not known that it was earth quake,but after some time i know that it was earth quake,recently one month back i think there is small earth quake at Rayachoti,near by area to Kadapa,have a nice day

hi vandana7, I had experienced earthquake for so many times. Of all those earthquakes, what I won't forget is when I was still in high school. I was sleeping then when I hear my brother telling me to wake up. He is on the door of my room and seems to be holding something. I do not know why he is waking me up. All I can remember is his face that seems to be very nervous. Before that, I heard the dogs barking so much. And when I finally open my eyes, I feel like someone is swaying me on my bed. I woke up immediately when my brother said there is an earthquake. I got off the bed get out of my room. I stay calm and just trying to feel the earthquake if it will continue or not. Thanks God, it doesn't last long. My brother was so scared that time. He told us that he was just watching tv when he heard the barks of the dogs and it alarms him. Then he feels something shaking and when he realize its an earthquake he holds the tv and computer. He was so nervous and he doesn't know how he was able to wake us up.

Actually we experienced earthquake here in the Philippines but not totally destructive unlike what happened to Haiti and some other part of countries. That was really horrible and scary hope and pray that it will not come or happen it again, however there's prophecy about this so I nothing I can do about this but to pray for it and trust GOD.

I have experienced so when I was still 8 years old. It was the 1991 Killer Earthquake that shook Northern Luzon of the Philippines. I was too young to know about earthquakes that time. I thought that it's the end of the world because I even don't know what that is called when the ground began to shake and buildings start to crumble. We were lucky to still have our home after that earthquake. There were many travelers before that were stranded in the highway our home was near so they stayed for many days until the highway was opened. There were relief goods delivered to us by the government by chopper because roads are inaccessible. We still experience casual minor earthquakes unlike that 1990 quake but it is still heart stopping at those times.

What was the word for earthquake phobia? Yes, I've experienced several earthquakes and I would have to say it's a very scary feeling to live in an old building and in an risky area, and also knowing there's not much you can do about it. So yeah, I do feel scared of it, but after it actually happens and I do not know how but I manage to gain my cool in the moment and hide under door (survival instinct I guess). I wouldn't live in Japan, that's for sure.

I havent experienced an earthquake.

When I was nine or ten I remember waking up one night to the table lamp shaking. I was freaked out at first because I thought something supernatural was happening but then I realized it was an earthquake and thought it was pretty cool. I think if it's a big earthquake or a hurricane it would have a devastating effect and people would need to work to rebuild their houses and it would be hard. Hopefully the earth won't shake so much that it breaks stuff.

I have had many close calls. In fact, an earthquake happened not too far away from where I was one time. It was far away enough for it not to have any damage. However, it was close enough where I could feel the shaking from it. So, I think I narrowly avoided a disaster during that time. The ground really shook to the point that it was jarring. Tornados happen rather close by too. Especially during that time of the year. They never really hit anywhere close, at least they have not hit close all that recently. However, it has had some rather close calls pretty much down the street. A ways down the street for certain, but enough where I am breathing a sigh of relief and feeling like I had narrowly dodged a disaster. Come to think of it, I have never really felt like I was a direct part of any disasters. However, I have gotten perilously close. That can be a bit of a horrifying feeling a lot of the time when it happens. To know that had things been a bit different, you might have been right in the path of things. Perhaps as nearly as much as you would be if caught in the middle. Still, if I'm missed, I feel a sigh of relief.

I do not have any personal experience of any such calamities. But there is a feeling to personally experience how earthquake feels like. It certainly doesn't feel good when somebody is affected by such natural calamities.

I have yet to experince that and i would hate to go thru some of the things that people who have experience have. My heart goes out tho them and their families, the suffering they go thru i don't think i could bare it. I pray that they get the help and the resourses needed to rebuild. I would not like to be in a earthquake or or tornado either.

I am happy that I don't live in a seismic zone.Here we have some earthquakes but I found out about them from the news broadcast and in fact if they don't mention it on the tv I won't even know there was an earthquake.

I too had an experience of earthquake. But there was no damage as result of it. Earthquake seemed to be like shivering of earth. All the things in my room, bed,chair all was moving by itself(I was in the third floor of my hostel). All of us rushed out from the hostel. Really it was a very fearful experience for all. Poor earth what she will do if she cannot withstand all the sins of humans!!!!!!!!!!!!!