When was the last time you felt an earthquake?

Wile_E_Coyote · 11-15-2007, 10:48 AM

I remember back in the late 60s & early 70s we had some small tremors here in Missouri. Just enough to rattle the windows or shake nick nacks on a shelf. Don't recall any since, well maybe from the Kelli - October thread

Frazod · 11-15-2007, 10:57 AM

I've done a hurricane, a tornado and a couple of floods. Never experienced an earthquake that I can remember.

**gblowfish** · 11-15-2007, 10:57 AM

1989 or 1990. I was in a church camp in Marshall, Indiana for the FCA shooting video. Sitting in a cabin on top of a bunk bed. Pictures on the wall started clapping, jumped off the top bunk, ground felt like I was standing on a waterbed.

By the time I figured out what was going on, it was over.

Epicenter was down around Cairo, IL, close to New Madrid Fault.

It shook skyscrapers in Chicago, Memphis and Indianapolis.

Weird...

Think it was the last really big shock east of Mississippi River.

StcChief · 11-15-2007, 10:57 AM

http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/lib/bigquake.htm

I remember growing up in Macomb Il playing football on that day....

SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('09-nov-1968'),'Day') AS DAY FROM dual

DAY
---------
Saturday

1 row selected.

playing pickup back yard football leaning against outside clothes line poll between plays.

you could feel wood poll shake.....

Neighbor lady comes outside Dishes rattling in cabinet.

This is 150 M N of STL.

JBucc · 11-15-2007, 10:58 AM

Never. I'm sure I've felt some small tremors but I've never thought "EARTHQUAKE!"

RP_McMurphy · 11-15-2007, 11:00 AM

Hmmmmmmm last time I was at Arrowhead and Jason Whitlock got out of his seat.

Jilly · 11-15-2007, 11:00 AM

never an earthquake, wouldn't have a clue what it felt like

**Iowanian** · 11-15-2007, 11:00 AM

Many of the lucky ladies with whom I've pleasured have trembled and shaken.

**Skip Towne** · 11-15-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

Many of the lucky ladies with whom I've pleasured have trembled and shaken.

**morphius** · 11-15-2007, 11:12 AM

It was probably the fifth or sixth, most coldest day in my entire life... Oh wait, never mind, I have never felt one.

Mr. Laz · 11-15-2007, 11:12 AM

never

**TrebMaxx** · 11-15-2007, 11:19 AM

1987 for me. I was a little north of Cincinnati OH on a funeral detail while in the Army. I remember a couple of months before that one while at Ft. Knox KY there was a larger trembler and I thought it was pretty cool at the time, I don't know if all the beer that had been consumed that night made it seem cooler.

JohninGpt · 11-15-2007, 12:17 PM

Went through a 7.7 (that'sa biggun) in the Philippines in 1990. Over 1800 people killed. Thankfully I was not at the epicenter, and we were not asked to clean up.

**Manila-Chief** · 11-15-2007, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JohninGpt

Went through a 7.7 (that'sa biggun) in the Philippines in 1990. Over 1800 people killed. Thankfully I was not at the epicenter, and we were not asked to clean up.

I was about to ask which one ... then I reread your post. I think my last big one was Mt. Pinatubo ... but, have experienced many in the Philippines. 3.0 and 4.0 are kinda common and one doesn't pay much attention to them. Most of the time one does not experience an earthquake unless they are sitting or lying down.

JohninGpt · 11-15-2007, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Manila-Chief

I was about to ask which one ... then I reread your post. I think my last big one was Mt. Pinatubo ... but, have experienced many in the Philippines. 3.0 and 4.0 are kinda common and one doesn't pay much attention to them. Most of the time one does not experience an earthquake unless they are sitting or lying down.

The epicenter was Bagio (sp?). A high rise hotel or two collapsed and killed a bunch of folks. I was setting 500lb concrete fenceposts in the hills around the fuel farm a Subic Bay. After the quake, the supervisor was screaming at me for being a 3rd Class Builder and not knowing how to use a level. I just turned up the radio so he could hear what had happened, he had been standing next to the concrete truck and didn't even notice the quake.

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gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17646178 VARSITY	1989 or 1990. I was in a church camp in Marshall, Indiana for the FCA shooting video. Sitting in a cabin on top of a bunk bed. Pictures on the wall started clapping, jumped off the top bunk, ground felt like I was standing on a waterbed. By the time I figured out what was going on, it was over. Epicenter was down around Cairo, IL, close to New Madrid Fault. It shook skyscrapers in Chicago, Memphis and Indianapolis. Weird... Think it was the last really big shock east of Mississippi River.
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JohninGpt Dammit Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Busted Stick, IT Casino cash: $5328304	Went through a 7.7 (that'sa biggun) in the Philippines in 1990. Over 1800 people killed. Thankfully I was not at the epicenter, and we were not asked to clean up.
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