earthquake

[cellio]

This afternoon I was in a meeting when someone else said the room was shaking. I hadn't noticed but did after she pointed it out. I figured it was a large truck rumbling by outside; she said it felt like an earthquake ("but smaller", I said). Who knew that a magnitude-5.0 earthquake on the border of Ontario and Quebec could be felt in Pittsburgh?

The coworker, it turns out, used to live practically on top of the San Andreas fault and is sensitized.

Comments

[gardenfey.livejournal.com]

I'm rather surprised that I didn't notice it.

[cellio]

And you're a lot closer. I guess you were in a well-cushioned building.

[gardenfey.livejournal.com]

Either that, or I was more distracted (the kids are home from school this week). :)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

The earthquake led to the evacuation of the building that houses our pediatrician's office, but neither of us felt it.

[cellio]

That surprises me, but I guess in the moment you don't know whether it's a 4.0 right under you, a 5.0 a couple hundred miles away, or an 8.0 farther out but the impending shock wave is going to be a doozy.

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

I live a mile or so from the San Andreas fault, but am desensitized rather than sensitized. Many <4.0 quakes have happened quite nearby without me even noticing. Something in my brain just says "eh, small quake, nothing to see here, move along" and it doesn't register.

Not the best survival trait.

[cellio]

Not the best survival trait.

True, but it helps you sleep through the night. :-)

[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

The news here in NYC had interviews with people who had felt/seen it, but I didn't notice...

[cellio]

I guess whether you feel it depends as much on the construction of the building you're in at the time as it does on distance.