Earthquake!!!

[NoahFence]

I guess we just had a (preliminary) 4.5 earthquake in Maine. I'm practicing my guitar and the whole house shook.

check that damage!

 

[Olowkow]

Devastating!

Is this on the news or what???

 

[NoahFence]

Local news I would think.


That picture should be rotated by now. I wonder why it's not refreshed?

 

[paulhutch]

That was the first one I ever felt in the 45 years I've lived in southern New England. It was pretty cool to finally feel one.

USGS page for the quake is here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000d75b

 

[Arisia]

Hmmm, I thought a large wind gust hit the house a few minutes back, might have been this instead.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Poor kitties!

Here's the USGS notice. (Slightly different from Paul's link.)

Mag 4.6, 3 miles deep,

5 km (3 miles) W of Hollis Center, Maine
21 km (13 miles) NW of Biddeford, Maine
21 km (13 miles) NW of Saco, Maine
22 km (13 miles) WNW of West Scarborough, Maine

 

[volcano]

If you felt it and haven't yet reported it, do so at this link: Did You Feel It?

(More reports means better Shake Maps for future hazard assessments!)

 

[NoahFence]

I just did that reporting. Pretty cool tool! Wasn't sure how to respond to the damage so I just said no damage. I don't think they count 1/4 pound wooden kitties with a high center of gravity.

 

[Lisa Simpson]

I don't even move off the sofa for a 4.6 .

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I don't even move off the sofa for a 4.6 .

But 4.6 does wake you up when you are asleep.

 

[NoahFence]

I don't even move off the sofa for a 4.6 .

Yea... I've never felt one though. I imagine my reaction is not unlike a Floridian faced with 6 inches of snow, something I find amusing...

 

[applecorped]

I felt it in Weymouth, MA. It interrupted my board game with the kids!

 

[seayakin]

I felt it near Cambridge ma

 

[Stellafane]

Felt it here in Vermont. House shook for about 5 seconds or so, with a low rumble. No damage. First unambiguous earthquake we felt since moving here 10 years ago.

 

[NoahFence]

I felt it in Weymouth, MA. It interrupted my board game with the kids!

Weird, one brother in Weymouth felt it, and another in East Weymouth didn't. That's where I grew up!

 

[Dinwar]

A 4.2 out east can be felt a LOT further than a 6.2 out in California. And if someone more savy with math than me took a look at this we could probably start to figure out the shape of those remanent plates of rock underlying that part of the world (seismic waves will move faster through solid rock than broken rock). Very cool!

Also, stay away from windows. During my second quake in California the manager felt the quake and walked to the window to watch the building shake. Problem is, even a minor quake can distort the glass enough to shatter it--and which way the glass flies is pure chance. One of the lesser-known dangers.

 

[applecorped]

Weird, one brother in Weymouth felt it, and another in East Weymouth didn't. That's where I grew up!

East Weymouth people have no feelings!

 

[Magyar]

We lived in ca for a long time and we are used to larger ones. We felt it but we're not sure that it was a quake

 

[RedRatSnake]

I was in the shower and didn't feel it, but my son did, his computer monitor and tv stand started to vibrate.

 

[NoahFence]

East Weymouth people have no feelings!

I can see Hingham from my house, so I'm refined.