KungFuPanda Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I thought I felt something yesterday, but I moved on. Today, again, the house rumbled. Ya know, I don’t live in CA so WHY is this a thing I’m feeling? Anyone else feel this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Looks like there was one near Dover DE https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Parts of the northeast actually have big seismic issues, and the fault is overdue to go again. Google New Madrid fault if you want to freak yourself out :) And that’s the biggie, but there is definitely movement along the Appalachians and Catskills too. Like, what part of the Appalachian mountains??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Looks like there was one near Dover DE https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Hmmm, I live close to Dover and didn't feel anything. Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 So funny - half my friends all felt it quite clearly and I felt nothing. It sounds like it was a little bigger than the one several years ago, 6 years? That one I really felt and I felt like that one damaged my house and now feeling a little anxious wondering if this one did too.... (and it's because my house is 150 years old with moderate structural issues -- not because I'm an "oh my goodness, it's an earthquake!!!" person) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 So funny - half my friends all felt it quite clearly and I felt nothing. It sounds like it was a little bigger than the one several years ago, 6 years? That one I really felt and I felt like that one damaged my house and now feeling a little anxious wondering if this one did too.... (and it's because my house is 150 years old with moderate structural issues -- not because I'm an "oh my goodness, it's an earthquake!!!" person) There have been maybe 3 or 4 earthquakes in my neck of the woods. I haven't felt one (and I've been in 2 other earthquakes, so it's not like I'm totally oblivious). One time, friends within a 2 hour radius of me felt it, friends all in my town felt it. Me? I was standing outside with my husband (who was laying on the ground under our car) and neither of us felt it. Earthquakes can be weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Parts of the northeast actually have big seismic issues, and the fault is overdue to go again. Google New Madrid fault if you want to freak yourself out :) And that’s the biggie, but there is definitely movement along the Appalachians and Catskills too. Nope. Nope. Happier not knowing, but thank you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I live in the suburbs west of Philadelphia and we felt it. I thought it was just a heavy truck going by but one of ,my kids was chatting with a friend in southern Jersey and both noticed it. I spent most of my life on the west coast so earthquakes don't freak me out too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 So funny - half my friends all felt it quite clearly and I felt nothing. It sounds like it was a little bigger than the one several years ago, 6 years? That one I really felt and I felt like that one damaged my house and now feeling a little anxious wondering if this one did too.... (and it's because my house is 150 years old with moderate structural issues -- not because I'm an "oh my goodness, it's an earthquake!!!" person) See that one I felt quite a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 i didn't feel it. I have one friend who says she did. I didn't feel the one 6yrs ago because I was driving in the car, but we were listening to local live talk radio - so we experienced it live. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Oh, man! I didn’t feel it or know this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I felt this one but dh who was 20 miles away did not. I remember feeling the one from 6 years ago because that was the day of ds’s OT eval so we were in a room with swings hanging everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I'm finding it completely strange the number of people in the exact same area that didn't feel it (and not the ones driving a car and such) like the several friends that were home, doing nothing much at all, and noticed nothing. And then someone just down the street said it was very obvious while another said their office building was obviously moving. So odd... please let my house have not felt it either!I was scrambling to get out the door, grabbing supplies for the first out of the house trip without diapers on trip, so I was a little preoccupied and can this phase (potty training) please be over already?And this just renews my earthquake anxiety -- ugh. It's fairly on par with the fear of a house fire too -- both further heightened because of the age and structure of this house. I was being all antsy about the 2 tiny little earthquakes some friends in Columbia, MD felt in the past month, those quakes were really nothing at all, but still. Now to have one that is actually measurable makes me want to go find some industrial spotlights and look at my house, right now! And the anxiety is from watching the slow shifting of our house overtime that appeared to take an accelerate jump in shifting, we're fairly sure it correspond around the last "larger" earthquake. I'm sure the house is still not falling down around us, but I start to wonder if those little quakes are shaving 5 years off it's lifespan and just what is that lifespan.... Oh and we do plan to fix the problem, but we're still at least 3 years out from doing so as we manage some other financial needs first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Judging by Facebook about 50% of the people in my area felt it. Dh and I were sitting watching tv and neither of us felt it. Last time we had one a few years ago, I felt a few minutes of vertigo while sitting down. It was really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 We are too far away to feel this one, I think. We lived closer during the one 6 years ago. My kids were younger and came absolutely unglued. It was during naptime, too, but the kids weren't quite asleep. That was a very disorienting and exciting couple of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 I’m thinking maybe I felt it because I was laying on my bed, on the second floor, in total quiet. Had I been moving around or somewhere noisy it could have been easily missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 We had one here in Maine a few years back; my MIL and DH felt it but I did not even though I was sitting right next to them. I grew up in earthquake country. They don't really freak me out, but it was surprising to find out that they happen here occasionally. MIL is getting pretty used to them in OK now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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