Minor Earthquake in Valencia

[cfc]

I've been living in Virginia since the late 1980s, but I come from central California, so quakes and tremors were just part of life's rich pageant when I was growing up. I remember playing under the Christmas tree when I was a kid. The tree started swaying back and forth, and I thought that Christmas was going to come crashing down on me like Santa through a termite-ridden roof. Then the tree snapped back into place--didn't lose one single ornament, either.

 

We actually had a quake in Virginia last year (a 3.2, as I recall), somewhere in the Shenandoah Valley in the NE part of the state. People still felt it in Williamsburg, roughly 150 miles SE of the epicenter. I was sitting in my office, working away, when people started gasping because of the "jolt. " I didn't feel a thing. As I told my coworkers: "I grew up in California. If it's less than a 4, I don't even notice it."

 

Oh, and Happy Belated Birthday, Elissa. A California quake is the gift that keeps on giving.

[4718]

I've lived in So Cal all my life, and have been through my fair share of earthquakes, including the '94 Northridge one. That one scared the crap outta me, it was like a bomb going off, just random violent shaking in every direction. The little ones can be creepy too, even if they're the rollers......those are even stranger.

[XANAX: The Ride]

In 2002, there was an earthquake with an epicenter about 2 hours from my hometown that registered somewhere around a 5 or a 6. I don't remember the exact strength, but it was weird. And yes, you might take note of my location. It was quite strange. It actually shook my house even with the distance between where I live and where the epicenter was. I never thought an earthquake would ever strike where I live.

 

I belive you are close to the Meridian Fault (I could be saying this wrong, but I know there is a faultline that runs through there). It is a very old & unactive fault, but it does happen on average of about once a decade.

[DenDen]

 

Elissa "don't like them!" Alvey

 

I'm with you! During my 6 years on the west coast, I experienced 5 EQ's, it doesn't matter how strong or weak they are, if you feel it, it just creeps the hell out of you.

[Dainty Aqua]

Due to my country's blessed geographical location, I will never encounter any earthquakes, typhoons, tornados, tsunamis, flood or other kinds of natural disasters.

 

However, I once encountered some mild tremors (lasted abt 10 mins) in central Tokyo in the wee hrs of the morning. I was sleeping on a tatami & I could feel the tremors beneath me.

 

They were rather mild though as my roommate actually slept thru it all. I was a light sleeper myself.

[momo1tx]

We actually had a quake in Virginia last year (a 3.2, as I recall), somewhere in the Shenandoah Valley in the NE part of the state.

 

I remember that earthquake! I didn't feel anything, except anger because the Simpsons got cancelled to talk about a tiny earthquake nowhere near where I was, that I didn't feel, and I didn't care about. Stupid Fox!