# Mother-fucking Earth Quake! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762 "2016-12-28T08:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/1 "2016-12-28T08:36:21Z")
Wife is out for the night, so I’ve got DBT up to eleven. Rattled a ornament off the Christmas Tree. Almost sent a PM to Bo. But at 12:19, the house shook more than my stereo can account for, and the tree is dancin’ and shit is swingin’… A genuine Mother Fucking Earth Quake! You heard it hear first. I figure an epicenter somewhere in the eastern sierra, maybe in mono county. Maybe farther north. My shit is Rockin’! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/2 "2016-12-28T12:00:09Z")
The news and Google says a 5.7 located in Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/3 "2016-12-28T12:07:19Z")
Hawthorne, Nevada to be specific. We couldn’t feel a thing here in Las Vegas but apparently it was felt as far away as Fresno, CA. [Story here](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-57-quake-strikes-near-hawthorne-nev-hgpm-story.html). ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/4 "2016-12-28T18:47:53Z")
A 5.7 and you’re freaking out? Pfffft. Amateurs. Come back when you have a real quake. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/5 "2016-12-28T19:01:38Z")
Dialectical Behavior Therapy up to eleven? What does that even mean? ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/6 "2016-12-28T19:04:49Z")
I believe he’s referring to Drive-By Truckers. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/7 "2016-12-29T15:37:41Z")
The couple of after-shocks were pretty cool, too! > [@usedtobe](#): > > Come back when you have a real quake. Okay, but I’m not bringing any pie. > [@Sefton](#): > > I believe he’s referring to Drive-By Truckers. Nailed it! The louder you play it, the better it gets. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/8 "2016-12-29T17:02:00Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > A 5.7 and you’re freaking out? > > Pfffft. Amateurs. > > Come back when you have a real quake. As a native Southern Californian, a 5.7 would be noticed if it happened there. No Big Thang, and no one would freak out over it, but people would talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/9 "2016-12-29T17:13:12Z")
Apparently a number of folks felt it here in Sacramento. At our house, all 4 humans, 2 cats, and 2 dogs slept right through it. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/10 "2016-12-30T01:42:47Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I believe he’s referring to Drive-By Truckers. I thought it was the Dave Brubeck Trio. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/11 "2016-12-30T05:51:22Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > I thought it was the Dave Brubeck Trio. That rare album when one called in sick. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fucking-earth-quake/775762/12 "2016-12-31T06:25:03Z")
Ms Hook and I felt all three shocks in Carson City. You could hear things rattling around a bit but no damage.