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Guy Courchesne
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 Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:17 pm Post subject: Shake shake shake, earthquake |
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Veracruz got a 5.7 quake this morning...not very large (no reports of damage in Veracruz yet) and we felt it in DF.
When it comes to danger in Mexico, earthquakes (and getting hit by a car) have me more worried than anything else. I'd always wanted to experience an earthquake before coming here and in 2003 I got my wish with a 6.9. Never want to be through one again.
DF runs city-wide earthquake drills on Sept. 19th of every year as a reminder of the devastation of the 1985 quake that hit this city hard. |
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MotherF
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Felt it down here. And the report for Oaxaca City is they felt an aftershock as well. |
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Isla Guapa
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| What time of the morning was it felt in Mexico City? While I was lazing about in bed, I felt a slight shaking of my bed, but just put it down to the same shaking that occurs when a big truck comes down my narrow street. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Another one this morning, 6.5 in Veracruz. This one was a lot stronger and had me running out of my building with daughter in tow. |
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MotherF
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| When it comes to danger in Mexico, earthquakes (and getting hit by a car) have me more worried than anything else |
You looked pretty worried when you were crossing the road in front of my car the other week in Patriotismo!  |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| What time of the morning was it felt in Mexico City? While I was lazing about in bed, I felt a slight shaking of my bed, but just put it down to the same shaking that occurs when a big truck comes down my narrow street. |
It was about 8:10 or 8:15, I was in a class and we felt and saw the table move. Buildings all around were evacuated. I had just left Mexico a few months before the 1985 earthquake, but got to experience it second hand as I had many family members that were effected. One of my brother in laws worked in the old Hospital Juarez, which was totally destroyed. He worked in the basement, and if he hadn�t been late to work that day, he would have been another casuality, everyone in his department died, as well as many others. He knew around 30 people who died that day. By the time we came back to Mexico 6 months later things were a little more under control, but you could still see signs of disaster everywhere. I�ll admit that I freak out when there is a tremor and run out of wherever I am like hell. |
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NinaNina
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| It was looooooong, and that's coming from a Californian. It set off our neighborhood earthquake alarm. What are those for, anyway? |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
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| When it comes to danger in Mexico, earthquakes (and getting hit by a car) have me more worried than anything else |
You looked pretty worried when you were crossing the road in front of my car the other week in Patriotismo! |
That was you! I spent the whole day wondering who it was...glare from the windshield meant I could only see an outline of a person waving. |
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Isla Guapa
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I must the only person in Mexico City who didn't feel a thing. Shortly after the seismic event struck, I was dozing lightly in bed when I was awakened by my cell phone buzzing with a text message asking if I was OK. Glad to hear that everyone's fine. |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| I must the only person in Mexico City who didn't feel a thing. Shortly after the seismic event struck, I was dozing lightly in bed when I was awakened by my cell phone buzzing with a text message asking if I was OK. Glad to hear that everyone's fine. |
Apparently the epicenter was in a lightly populated area, thank G-d, and there have been no reports of major damage, and no injuries. But, while looking for news on the earthquake I saw that there is a 7.1 tsunami warning in Japan. |
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Dragonlady
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| ...and again today, May 5th. Getting a bit regular, isn't it? |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| That's 4 quakes since late February...remember, the world ends on May 21st. |
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AGoodStory
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Phil, how did you do that? I thought I had a bug on my screen!  |
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