Earthquake !
By topffer
@topffer (42156)
France
April 28, 2016 9:17am CST
The Gallic were fearing only one thing, that the sky would fall on their head. It happened this morning to a car parked in my street. At about 9 am the wood floors cracked in my house during a few seconds
. It was an earthquake
. I am in an area with a near zero earthquake risk so I was very surprised. I turned the radio on. This one was a honorable level 5 earthquake with a center at about 60 miles from my home.
Many houses in my neighborhood have large gardens or parks. The house near mine has a large park, but it is rented for office use and the park is a wild space not maintained anymore. When the earthquake happened a part of the wall of the park felt in the street, damaging seriously a car. Fortunately nobody was hurt, but in the following minutes the street was full of firemen and policemen. I waited a few hours to take a photo.
Did something unusual happened to you today ?
. It was an earthquake. I am in an area with a near zero earthquake risk so I was very surprised. I turned the radio on. This one was a honorable level 5 earthquake with a center at about 60 miles from my home.
Many houses in my neighborhood have large gardens or parks. The house near mine has a large park, but it is rented for office use and the park is a wild space not maintained anymore. When the earthquake happened a part of the wall of the park felt in the street, damaging seriously a car. Fortunately nobody was hurt, but in the following minutes the street was full of firemen and policemen. I waited a few hours to take a photo.
Did something unusual happened to you today ?23 people like this
25 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Apr 16
Yes, there is an elementary school up the street. One hour before these stones should have hurt children. The car and the stones are now removed, but the safety fences are still there, because the wall is probably dangerous and might continue to fall.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
28 Apr 16
Now I am scared, this is also a zero earthquake risk area. I remember we had several in Monaco during the years I lived there. There are tall building there, I remember one that was pretty scary, I fell off the chair, I was scared. Are you safe? I hope you had no major damages.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Apr 16
It was a big surprise. I never remember to have had an earthquake since I have moved here, and there are no specific building rules to follow against earthquakes in this city. I suppose it was the earthquake of the century
.
My house has apparently no damage and my car was in the garage, so everything is ok.
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My house has apparently no damage and my car was in the garage, so everything is ok.3 people like this
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
2 May 16
I just got up, so, not much has happened. I'm glad the earthquake didn't cause much more serious damage.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
2 May 16
@topffer It seems that there is no such think as zero-risk?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
2 May 16
@1hopefulman Sadly true when it comes to natural disasters. I remember that we had a kind of tornado in 1999, and this country is also supposed to have 0 tornadoes. I hope that the next earthquake in my area will happen next century
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@much2say (55669)
• Los Angeles, California
10 May 16
This reminds me of the '94 Northridge earthquake. My car was parked inside my parent's garage. My dad had a lot of stuff up in the garage rafters - a lot of our childhood history was up there I guess. So when we were finally able to get inside the garage, I saw that my sister's old desk (with an attached chair) had fallen off and landed on my front windshield 
. Yep, it shattered the windshield all right. I live in the heart of earthquakes.
In your photo, good thing no one was standing right there when that happened!
. Yep, it shattered the windshield all right. I live in the heart of earthquakes.
In your photo, good thing no one was standing right there when that happened!1 person likes this
@much2say (55669)
• Los Angeles, California
12 May 16
@topffer It may have been more original, but the damage was done all the same!
I have lived here all my life . . . it gets to the point where you only jump with "big" earthquakes. But level 5 for a place that ordinarily does not get earthquakes, that's quite huge.
Oh, I'm glad the children were ok. Our 94 earthquake happened around 4 in the morning . . . it would have been really bad if it happened when everyone was awake and out and about!! 
I have lived here all my life . . . it gets to the point where you only jump with "big" earthquakes. But level 5 for a place that ordinarily does not get earthquakes, that's quite huge.
Oh, I'm glad the children were ok. Our 94 earthquake happened around 4 in the morning . . . it would have been really bad if it happened when everyone was awake and out and about!! 1 person likes this
@topffer (42156)
• France
10 May 16
A desk on the windshield is certainly more original and would have done a better photo than a stone. I have quite no experience in earthquakes : it was only my second level 5 earthquake, and the first in this area.
There is an elementary school at the top of the street, and an hour earlier the street was full of children... I read that many tiles felt, but fortunately nobody has been hurt
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. I have quite no experience in earthquakes : it was only my second level 5 earthquake, and the first in this area.
There is an elementary school at the top of the street, and an hour earlier the street was full of children... I read that many tiles felt, but fortunately nobody has been hurt.1 person likes this
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
28 Apr 16
Nothing really unusual about this day. It was pretty normal.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
29 Apr 16
@OneOfMany Or you have really a deep sleep. It lasted only a few seconds, and I realized after that it was an earthquake. It was the second in my life, and the last one I hope.
. It lasted only a few seconds, and I realized after that it was an earthquake. It was the second in my life, and the last one I hope.2 people like this
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
28 Apr 16
@topffer I have supposedly been through several, but I never notice them. I slept through one that woke others out of sound sleep. I worked through another that made people stop everything. Either I'm rampantly oblivious or I'm so natural with the world that a slight shake doesn't bother me.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
2 May 16
@Marcyaz I was the first to be surprised. It lasted only a few seconds, and I realized that it was an earthquake when it had already ended
. I was more afraid when I heard the sirens of the firemen and the police near my home, and realized that a part of my neighbor's wall had felt down. Happily my house and garage had no damage.
. I was more afraid when I heard the sirens of the firemen and the police near my home, and realized that a part of my neighbor's wall had felt down. Happily my house and garage had no damage.
@topffer (42156)
• France
29 Apr 16
It was the second one for me, but I was a teen when I experienced the first one, and I had completely forgotten what it was. It does not lasted long enough to be scared. I was more scared a bit later when I heard the sirens of the firemen and realized that a wall had fallen near my house.
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
28 Apr 16
oh my! i'm so glad that nobody was seriously injured with that quake. there's always a danger'f gas lines 'n the like that jest makes one cringe. so glad those folks responded so quickly. stay safe's ya can, hon. the world, she's a changin'!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Apr 16
It is not impossible that some problems happened with gas lines. I am reading online in a newspaper that many tiles have fallen and some walls are fissured, but that nobody was hurt. I believe it was the earthquake of the century, as we never have earthquakes in my area, and this one was quite important.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
28 Apr 16
@topffer i'll keep ya'll'n my thoughts, hon.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
2 May 16
@ridingbet Yup, natural disasters might do a lot of victims. We have no typhoons in this area, but more and more strong storms, due to global warming
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 May 16
@topffer it is worse if we are stricken with quakes, deadlier with typhoons even
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
28 Apr 16
I came across two zombies, which were not real zombies, but were two homeless and drunk men; however, from the distance they look like zombies. Hope everything comes to normal in your city.
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@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
3 May 16
Sriously, I could never prepare for something like that, wished it would end for me quickly if a big one comes around.
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
31 May 16
It was a very quiet day here... where you live... it must have been very frightening!
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
29 Apr 16
Good thing nobody was hurt. We are quite jittery when hearing of news about earthquakes due to the warning by seismologists that an earthquake fault in Metro Manila is already "ripe" and when it moved, there will be massive destruction of lives and property.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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28 Apr 16
Nothing unusual happened today. Still work but I'm happy because it keeps me busy.
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