evo0o Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Singapore is so boring. Haha. No earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, cyclones.. Heck, we don't even have 4 seasons, haha. It's hot, hot, hot and oooo rain. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackweather Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 don't they say dogs start barking a lot before one hits? 586056375[/snapback] Yea that's what I thought too. Something about the A, B, and C "waves" that hit when an earthquake happens. A is some low frequency noise that dogs supposedly can hear and don't like, then there's B, and then C hit which deal the damage, but A's travel way faster. If that's what I remember..I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 :woot: Cali is going into the sea ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 wow, I hope this wasn't a warning of things to come, but of course I'm sure that your region gets plenty of earthquakes all the time.I'd definatley be securing all my breakable things, chances are that you wont have another one, but its better to be prepared, rather then sorry. I remember in 1989 we had an earthquake here in Newcastle, it was only 5.5, yet it felt much worse. Later on it was revealed that the mining underground had amplified the earthquake. It only went for a few seconds, but it felt like a few minutes. At the time I was only 7 years old, I remember being inside the house, by the time it finished we all ran outside, and I was too scared to go into the house afterwards. What I found interesting was how there were 2 kinds of shake, it started with a gentle rumbling, but built up into a up / down kind of shake, but then half way through it changed and it started shaking backwards and forwards. Did you notice that with the quake that you had today? 586056645[/snapback] those are called P and S waves. i don't remember which is which, but one is a rolling effect and the other is shifts sideways. i dont' know what this one was since it woke me up. sometimes you get one type and sometimes you get both. on jah side! :) Seriously, if you find your bed getting airborn lol. Stand under the closest door jam or under a solid desk. Running out in the middle of the street screaming omg, omg not a good idea. 586056698[/snapback] i got a t-shirt w/ the lion it and its glow in the dark :cool: yep... always stand under the door... holding my monitor and PC ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 so basicly it was a tremor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 no it was an earthquake.. well it depends, people here dont use the word tremors. the "big one" is called an earth quake/quake and the small ones that follow are called after shocks. i've never heard the term tremor being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMagic Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Experienced a small earthquake on the Greek island of Kefalonia a couple of years back. Pretty weird considering I'm from the UK (we're not near any earthquake zones), but apparently they get them all the time. I was in a restaurant looking out onto the street at the time. You could spot the Brits a mile off - they all stopped or screamed, and all the Greeks were carrying on as if nothing was happening :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonb_2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 There was another one in the same area today Decided to use this tread instead of making a new one because it is the same topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgEnTsMiTh Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 I live in Southern California and we just had a Short hard jolt. I live on a 2nd story and I almost fell over when I was walking into my office. Had tons of stuff fall over. 5.3 Magnatude they just said on the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w33zy Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 no earthqauke here "netherlands" only like 5000 seas0ns. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanVP Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Yeah...I live in Riverside and just felt the 5.3 quake...hell...it shook my 21 inch flatpanel monitor. Had to save the monitor from tipping over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Seattle has earthquakes AND the threat of Mt Rainier and Mt St Helens :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Another 5.3 earthquake rocks Southern California: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159826,00.html I think something bad is coming for you'll in California... wouldn't be a bad idea to MOVE while you still can! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted June 16, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 16, 2005 woohoo! just felt my #2 earthquake. no injuries or damage. centered in yucaipa. 3rd "semi" major quake in the past 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00nta Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 The UK does have some seismic activity, although admittedly not on the same scale as say the west coast of USA or Japan. http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/hazard/seismap2.gif Dunno what you'll make of this; when I went to my bed on 25th Dec. last year I had a premonition - it struck me out of the blue that there would be an earthquake in the near future and that it would be *somewhere* in Asia. So (sadly), it came as no great surprise to see the headlines on BBC news on Boxing Day morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dior_addict Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Was in class when this happened. It felt like someone is kicking my chair. So i ignored. Then everyone felt the same thing, and we realized it was an earthquake. After all those earthquake drill practices, no one followed them. We all just laughed. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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