Sunday, September 25, 2011

My first earthquake in 1992

At approximately 4:57am on June 28, 1992 there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 that was centered near Landers, CA.  


Here is the story what happened to me.

I was visiting my family in California because I had not seen them in a long time.  Often in the wee hours on of the cats in their home would come for love in the wee hours of the morning.  I enjoyed giving the attention cause then I would go back to sleep after.  This morning about 4:30am one of the cats had come to spend time with me and was sitting on my chest for quite some time while I petted them.  I was just starting to get sleepy again when the cat jumped up and launched off me like a bat out of hell.  I was like hmm I wonder what hat was all about.  Not 30 seconds later I heard this roar/rumble then the earth started shaking.  I literally was like hmmmmmmmm.  After it ended my brother who was also sleeping in the room asked me.... So what did you think of your first earthquake?  All I said was interesting!  It was one of the biggest ones they ever had in years at the time. Since the shaking did not bother me that much I decided to stay.  I have been through probably 7-10 earthquakes since  but probably only 4-5 that were considered really significant enough to cause damage.  I love them.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

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Apparently we had an earthquake the other day in the wee hours and I woke up at that time but I figured it was me shaking cause I shake alot  lmao fml

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

US is dancing

The earth is constantly moving but there are several places in the world that are typically very seismically active.  One of those places is the West coast of the USA.  The last two days however the US has a little bit of unusual activity with considerably larger than they are used to earthquakes.  Here is the the info from the USGS site as of  this posting.  Keep in mind the earthquakes are in reverse order:


MAP5.92011/08/23 17:51:0437.881-77.9520.114 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA


MAP3.92011/08/23 14:11:1337.032-104.6905.014 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Cokedale, CO
MAP2.62011/08/23 12:03:5637.055-104.7615.016 km ( 10 mi) SW of Cokedale, CO
MAP2.12011/08/23 10:40:0937.556-105.0315.06 km ( 4 mi) NNW of La Veta, CO
MAP2.32011/08/23 10:29:3237.149-104.6084.71 km ( 1 mi) ENE of Cokedale, CO
MAP3.22011/08/23 09:37:5737.099-104.7115.09 km ( 6 mi) WSW of Cokedale, CO
MAP2.52011/08/23 09:32:2237.248-104.7055.014 km ( 9 mi) NNW of Cokedale, CO
MAP3.82011/08/23 07:17:5837.099-104.6104.85 km ( 3 mi) S of Cokedale, CO
MAP3.22011/08/23 07:01:3537.109-104.5505.02 km ( 2 mi) WSW of Starkville, CO
MAP3.52011/08/23 06:56:5937.110-104.7225.010 km ( 6 mi) WSW of Cokedale, CO
MAP5.32011/08/23 05:46:1937.070-104.7004.011 km ( 7 mi) SW of Cokedale, CO
MAP3.02011/08/23 02:48:5237.056-104.7265.013 km ( 8 mi) SW of Cokedale, CO
MAP4.62011/08/22 23:30:2037.050-104.7745.017 km ( 11 mi) SW of Cokedale, CO
MAP2.92011/08/22 13:52:3437.094-104.7095.010 km ( 6 mi) SW of Cokedale, CO