My First Earthquake
Hehe, that title sounds like a kids toy: My First Earthquake(tm), now with
more death and destruction!
At any rate, here’s the info
title="Event: nc40146204">from the USGS. It was a 3.9 so apparently not
that strong. The center was less than a mile from my place. Basically it
went like this: First I thought there was either a really large truck
outside or someone was moving furniture upstairs (which shouldn’t happen as
the folks up there are out of town and I’m watching their place). That lasted
for a couple of seconds and then there was a jolt. It felt like it moved
East to West through the house. Polly (cat) got freaked out and ran. Joe
(other cat) was just laying there.
It was interesting, and now I’ve lost my earthquake cherry.
(update @ Thu Sep 4 20:05:28 PDT 2003)
Apparently there was a
title=" Event: nc40146208">second quake about 1 hour 15 minutes after
the first one. I didn’t feel that one.
