Wheee! A small earthquake! Have you ever felt an earthquake?

@TheHorse (220068)
Walnut Creek, California
December 3, 2024 6:41am CST
I was shifting from my back to my side just after 1 AM. when I felt a slight jolt, But nothing after the jolt. "What was that? Oh, a minor earthquake." I didn't bother to get out of bed to check on it until just now Turns out it was a 2.7 with the epicenter a couple of mikes South of here. Have you ever felt an earthquake? I was still living in Iowa when the 1989 World Series earthquake hit Northern California. I have felt a bunch of smaller 'quakes here, but nothing like that.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (68888)
• United States
3 Dec
Yes! We had an earthquake on my birthday in 2008. It felt like a truck hit the house.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (68888)
• United States
3 Dec
@MarieCoyle — I can imagine it was much worse for you because you were a lot closer to the epicenter. I don’t think there was any damage reported in Louisville, but the news came on not too long after the second jolt and reported it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
That's how they start here. Truck hits house. Then some shaking.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
@MarieCoyle I wonder how they sensed it coming.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13120)
• Ireland
3 Dec
@thehorse I used to live on the fault line running down east Africa. Lots of tremors to be felt. One big one took out our kitchen but mostly they were just small ones.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13120)
• Ireland
3 Dec
@TheHorse We just called them big or small. Early 60s with little info from outside world.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
@xFiacre Got it.
The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
Wow! What was the magnitude of the big one?
Anna
@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
3 Dec
I felt several, the strongest when I lived in Monte Carlo, many books dropped from the shelves, it was pretty scary.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec
I have never been in one where books fell from shelves. However I was in one in Indiana where the needle in my stereo bounced across the record I was listening to. And of course Eeyore fell of my shelf during one.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
11 Dec
@TheHorse - We lived on the first floor so it was not too bad, one of our friend who lived at the 42nd floor said that the building was "swinging" and he was scared.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Dec
@LadyDuck It would be weird to be in a skyscraper during an earthquake.
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amnabas
@amnabas (14623)
• Karachi, Pakistan
3 Dec
No i never experience here.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
Do they ever have them there?
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
10 Dec
I "felt" a small one. I say "felt" because my uncle didn't believe me.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec
Was it for sure real?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
17h
@JESSY3236 Got it.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
21h
@TheHorse It was when there was earthquake near DC. I think it was real. I live in NC.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec
I felt an earthquake when I was in my teens. It was a good few miles from us but all the cups in the cupboard were shaking.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
Was it exciting? Or scary?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Dec
@JudyEv Interesting. If I get my mojo working tomorrow, I'll talk about Richard Hughes's novel, "A High Wind in Jamaica," In which both an earthquake and a typhoon occur.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec
@TheHorse I suppose it was scary. I don't think we'd had an earthquake in living memory so I had no idea what was happening.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (181947)
• United States
3 Dec
Yes, that 6.4 East Coast Earthquake was centered in this county. The aftershocks scared me more than the quake itself. They were fairly intense as well. I think there was just a small 2.4 quake when we were gone for Thanksgiving.
RUBESH
@Manasha (2807)
• Pondicherry, India
3 Dec
Wow, that must have been a bit surprising in the middle of the night! A 2.7 quake is usually pretty mild, but it’s always interesting to feel one, especially when you’re half asleep and trying to figure out what’s going on. It’s good that it didn’t cause any issues, though!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
I sometimes dream abut earthquakes. So I had to check in the morning to see if this one was real.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Dec
We had a very small one here a few years back.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
I experienced one in Indiana. I was surprised.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec
I have felt the floor or earth move a couple of times when living in NYC, Glad it was nothing serious for you,
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec
Yeah. I made a note of time, but didn't look it up until the next morning.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (43332)
• United States
4 Dec
I lived in California for a few years. I have felt some awesome earthquakes, scary as all get out. You will know if the quake is enough to get up and check. My brother's house was on fire during the 1989 quake. The neighbors put it out with a hose or two. There was a lot of damage in that quake. I could not call him for days or over a week because the lines were out. I think it was before most people had smartphones.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Dec
I think you're right. I remember calling from Iowa. No connection. All land lines, I think.
Fleur
@Fleura (30539)
• United Kingdom
3 Dec
A couple of very minor ones here, and slightly more worrying one in California when I was in a hotel and was woken by the bed shaking.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30539)
• United Kingdom
3 Dec
@TheHorse Must have been 1998
The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Dec
Heh. When did the California one happen?
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Yumeko
@aureategloom (11087)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
3 Dec
i felt many "slight" earthquakes and one that was strong.
Gayle Harrelson
@2ndchances24 (9219)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
3 Dec
I think you mean miles & not mikes but I get what your saying YES I have been in a few earthquakes & they're no fun at all I'm not talking light 1's either but some real shakers.