# Hello, Mr. Earthquake! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070 "2012-08-29T20:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/1 "2012-08-29T20:33:31Z")
I’d judge you to be epicentered somewhere in the Chino Hills area, at maybe a 5.5. Off to the USGS site to check if I have the _faintest_ idea what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/2 "2012-08-29T20:43:42Z")
[Google says yes](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33.9070,-117.7788(M4.1+-+Greater+Los+Angeles+area,+California+-+2012+August+29+20:31:00+UTC)&t=h&z=8&iwloc=A). Guess I better call my mom tonight and hear if anything fell off the shelves. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/3 "2012-08-29T20:44:43Z")
[Huh.](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/) 4.1, Yorba Linda. Not bad, I’d say. **Devil’s Grandmother**. She _should_ be all right. The coffee mugs under the cupboard swayed a little, but nothing else, not even the swag lamp hanging over the dining room table. ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/4 "2012-08-29T21:18:45Z")
Yup, lotta shakin goin on since the 7.3 El Salvador Quake on the 26th, then a good 5.2 one in Brawley. The Americas side of the ring of fire has been very active all week. Not that I would happen to have that page open all the time or anything…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/5 "2012-08-29T21:53:04Z")
I’ve never felt an earthquake and I hope I never do. I mean, _terra_ is supposed to be _firma_, not move around. Back in 1974, while in the Army, I knew a gal from Alaska. She went through the Good Friday quake of 1964, and said she saw the ground rolling like waves on water. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/6 "2012-08-29T22:05:44Z")
Wait, that _wasn’t_ my imagination? Earthquakes in high rise buildings are just weird. I really thought I had been losing my mind. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/7 "2012-08-30T00:20:28Z")
I’d be scared, I think. how do you know it’s isn’t Mrs. Earthquake? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/8 "2012-08-30T00:36:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve never felt an earthquake and I hope I never do. I mean, _terra_ is supposed to be _firma_, not move around. I felt [this one](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2275158.stm) 10 years ago. I thought it was kind of cool, partly because we never get “proper” earthquakes in the UK (in fact noticeable ones are very rare indeed), and partly because it was 1am and I was quite drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/9 "2012-08-30T01:25:52Z")
[A little earthquake music for you](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_mvejvEdKc). ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/10 "2012-08-30T01:44:24Z")
I felt **[these](http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x627657958/Earthquake-shakes-parts-of-Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri-Arkansas)** **[quakes](http://www.kmbc.com/5-6-Magnitude-Oklahoma-Quake-Felt-In-KC/-/11664900/12263802/-/anvqt6/-/index.html)** last year. (There were also **[ones in Arkansas](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/28/earthquake-in-arkansas_n_829048.html)** that we felt here.) I will not forget the profound rumbling that was sensed in the bones from the Oklahoma quake. It rattled my monitor and the windows, and there was a deep low rumble that encompassed all. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/11 "2012-08-30T01:47:05Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve never felt an earthquake and I hope I never do. I mean, _terra_ is supposed to be _firma_, not move around. I’ve been in a few small quakes, and that’s the part that always alarms me. Things that should be 100% rock solid and reliable, suddenly are completely unsafe and unpredictable. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/12 "2012-08-30T02:03:30Z")
Am I the only one who actually enjoys quakes? Provided they’re not strong enough to actually cause too much damage, of course, but strong enough to feel. They’re fun. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/13 "2012-08-30T02:21:48Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > Am I the only one who actually enjoys quakes? Provided they’re not strong enough to actually cause too much damage, of course, but strong enough to feel. They’re fun. I agree. But we don’t have them up here. (When the San Juan fault lets loose though… :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/14 "2012-08-30T02:29:27Z")
There’s that split-second between feeling it and deciding whether to or not to move your butt–that’s kind of thrilling. And when you decide it’s not the big one, that is rather enjoyable I guess. Fortunately for me I’ve never gotten past the “uh-oh, maybe I’d better get outside” stage. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/15 "2012-08-30T02:50:41Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > Am I the only one who actually enjoys quakes? Provided they’re not strong enough to actually cause too much damage, of course, but strong enough to feel. They’re fun. I used to feel somewhat similarly until I started working o the 40th floor of my building. I’m not all that anxious to feel a big one from there. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/16 "2012-08-30T03:26:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [A little earthquake music for you](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_mvejvEdKc). No, [earthquake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGdyMgvRNEg) music. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/17 "2012-08-30T03:32:31Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > No, [earthquake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGdyMgvRNEg) music. No, [earthquake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHi4UHT7ZKo)music! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070/18 "2012-08-30T03:34:59Z")
How about some [Earth Quake music](http://youtu.be/gPVSoeZj8ho)?