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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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 Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:39 pm Post subject: Eathquake! |
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| A big one just hit here and now I think we're having a smaller aftershock. I feel kind of dizzy and nauseous .... Hope everyone is OK. |
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Eathquake! |
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| A big one just hit here and now I think we're having a smaller aftershock. I feel kind of dizzy and nauseous .... Hope everyone is OK. |
Everything OK where I am at... Just a slight shaking, but it was felt much harder in el DF proper.
http://news.yahoo.com/major-7-6-earthquake-mexico-pacific-coast-usgs-182522363.html
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 120 miles east of Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday.
The USGS located the epicenter of the quake at 15 miles east of Ometepec in Guerrero state at a depth of 10.9 miles.
Also hope everyone is well... |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Be safe, everyone. |
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Isla Guapa
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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You can tell how shook up I am - I misspelled "earthquake" in the subject line of this thread!  |
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DebMer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope all is well with y'all. |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Pretty bad up here on the fifth floor, they don't usually affect me, but I admit I got a bit dizzy! |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Just felt another aftershock two hours later! |
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johntpartee
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| It's in all the news in China, too. Must have been a bone-rattler. |
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Isla Guapa
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| Just felt another aftershock two hours later! |
I felt a pretty big aftershock about half an hour after the big one and a teensy one maybe an hour or so after that. I think that things are back to normal by now, including my internal equilibrium. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| Pretty bad up here on the fifth floor, they don't usually affect me, but I admit I got a bit dizzy! |
I've been in a couple of shakers while up on higher floors in buildings. Quite the sensation how height amplifies the effect. |
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Dragonlady
Joined: 10 May 2004
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Location: Chillinfernow, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Rockin' and a rollin' all the way here in Boca.
School was evacuated. We all stayed in the open green areas as we watched the new two-story covered (but open-sided) arena sway - it was rather spectacular.
But other than a little bit of concrete crunching, and a few excited kids who'd never been through one before, all was well.
Hope that all is well with Dave's members and their families and friends.
DL |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Another one this morning (Thursday 22 March) at 10.50. It was 5.4 apparently, but I only felt a small shake, I thought it was a truck passing by! |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| Another one this morning (Thursday 22 March) at 10.50. It was 5.4 apparently, but I only felt a small shake, I thought it was a truck passing by! |
I don't remember ever having so many aftershocks after a quake here. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| Another one this morning (Thursday 22 March) at 10.50. It was 5.4 apparently, but I only felt a small shake, I thought it was a truck passing by! |
I live on a narrow street in Mexico City. When the occasional large truck rumbles on through, my building usually shakes. I probably thought this aftershock was just another vehicle coming down my street. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Phil_K wrote: |
| Another one this morning (Thursday 22 March) at 10.50. It was 5.4 apparently, but I only felt a small shake, I thought it was a truck passing by! |
I don't remember ever having so many aftershocks after a quake here. |
I don't either, but keep in mind that this was the biggest one here since the 1985 monster quake. |
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