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solreaper t1_itrvn4c wrote

Reply to comment by Bloorajah in Preliminary 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near San Jose by BusbyBusby

Here in Washington we have four types of earthquakes:

  • not an earthquake, yes it registered, it was just the mountain sleeping - constant
  • Is that an earthquake or the apartment swaying? - every few years
  • woah an earthquake! I can’t believe that one building was damaged and 101 got broken - every few decades
  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - every few centuries
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Bloorajah t1_itrxdz4 wrote

This scale is absolutely correct lol

We literally just had a 4.1 right by where I live a few days ago and I was bummed because my wife felt it and I didnt.

Biggest I ever got caught in was the “Easter Sunday” quake in 2010, that one was a 7.2 and my response was “oh wow yeah that’s an earthquake” and I got under a door frame. a few buildings collapsed nearby too.

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solreaper t1_itrxukp wrote

Washington has an insane amount of potential geological energy that just releases all at once on a thankfully very long span of time lol.

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Bloorajah t1_itrya6k wrote

It’s weird to realize that we are very well within the “ring of fire” up here. it’s all volcanoes from Shasta all the way up through alaska.

I’m at the south end of cascadia, so let’s hope the big one doesn’t happen in our lifetimes

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screechplank t1_itrzisf wrote

Would add "I should probably get under something solid."

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