My 1st earthquake

[MicksZ3]

About 7:15 this morning, sitting in my chair watching the morning news. The house started slightly shaking like a train was going by, then it got rumbling, pictures banging around, my chair was shaking, lots of noise, mostly me yelling at Jr to wake up. It lasted 15-20 seconds. All I can say is that I don't want to experience a Major quake. This was enough.

I'm about 200 miles from the Wells Nevada. They had the 6.0 quake.

[TexZan]

I was in San Jose a few years back and started to feel queasy. I heard that was a common "symptom" of quakes so I noted the time. After I got home I found out there was a 4.0 quake at the exact same time. Interesting feeling. No shaking, no rumbling...just slightly sick to my stomach.

I agree, though...I don't want to be around for a big one!

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[PaulR]

I rather like the small ones now. Just so long as they stay small.

I was a few miles from the 7.0 in the Loma Prieta (CA) quake in '89.
Not a fun 30-second "ride". Couldn't even get home for a day due to road closures - hillsides collapsed, car-sized boulders on the roads.

...and they say that wasn't even the "Big One". Hmm.
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[y2kguru]

third floor of the county office building in Redwood City, CA and thought it was all over. The intensity just kept increasing. I dove under my desk to avoid all the stuff falling and being thrown around. That was the longest 15 seconds of my life until I rolled my M Roadster at Thunderhill.<img src="http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/gallery/photos/photos-04-2004/13-2908598.jpg"height=225width=300><img src="http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/gallery/photos/photos-04-2004/13-8802959.jpg"height=225width=300>
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[ZeattleDave2002]

on top of some wetlands. Scariest thing I've ever experienced. There's no way those rooms could have distorted as much as they actually did. Walking was completely impossible.

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