Kia Ora,

The recent spate of quakes that have been happening, is a sure sign of the impermanent nature of all things...

So enjoy life don't waste it by filling it with regrets....

Metta Zenda

Dont be so afraid to die, that you forget how to live.
I forget who said that, but still.

We got a bit of the aftershock at my house in NC, I was upstairs, on the toilet (lol) when i felt and heard the house shaking a little, I thought it was something outside, or the air conditioning messing up, when my mom screams up at me that the whole house is shaking, me, annoyed that she was yelling at me while I was on the can shouted back "maybe its an earthquake!" (jokingly) turns out it really was one.   Lasted about 15 seconds.

That's why what you do is so important, ars longa, vita brevis after all.

Kia Ora,

Apart from the many small ones that virtually go unnoticed, I've only experienced one big one a 5.2 and this was in between the two major quakes in Christchurch... Last October I was at a conference there and sitting in the conference hall when it struck...The floor started to roll and the walls wobbled, not frightening but quite a surreal experience...But then again the other name for NZ is "The Shaky Isles" for obvious reasons...

Christchurch I should point out "was" not known for quakes so these came as quite a shock/surprise... The so called aftershocks continue, some quite major... 

Metta Zenda    

I was talking with the Pathologist at the Lab I have just retired from, on Friday evening.  Talking about my need to transition, he said that there are a lot of people who put things off until it's too late.  Better to act than miss out.

Karen.

And the religious right is saying these earthquakes are God's judgment against America.

And the religious right is saying these earthquakes are God's judgment against America.

And I blame plate tectonics.  As always you're free to choose between science and superstition.

Some people are alarmed at the frequency of wars and natural disasters in the past few decades...
But we probably have fewer number of wars today than in the past 3000 years of human history. And it's only because in the past few decades we've developed the technology to communicate information on natural disasters so quickly and easily that we know much more about them. I can believe though that we have more typhoons and hurricanes due to climate change, but earthquakes?

That said, one earthquake near you is indeed enough to kill you. But then impermanence, more than just treasuring what you have today, is also about accepting that people including ourselves will die unexpectedly. For me, I will readily admit that it's hard to really do so without feeling sad. Still, I like reading texts about it.

I was on Susan's yesterday, sitting on my couch in my 5th floor apartment. I live in Southern Ontario, about an hour south of Toronto.

I started rocking back and forth... the wind was blowing really strong, as it usually does, so I assumed the wind was just moving the building ... until I realized that's never happened since I've lived here...

I have never felt that before. We do get some shaking now and then from earthquakes miles away but I've never actually felt it... It was kinda awesome I mean, as long as no one was hurt t the epicentre.

I've been taking notice of these natural and manmade disasters too, kind of conspiring about some 2012 type stuff. I definitely don't think the world is ending or the Apocalypse is coming, but times are probably changing. Slowly but fast enough for us to notice something's up.

If anything does kill off most of us around 2012 it'll probably be us. Some country will drop a big bomb on some other country and ->-bleeped-<- will hit the fan. History likes to repeat itself, and explosions like to get bigger.

But again, I'm just light-heartedly talking conspiracy theory. It's a good point though, enjoy each day and live it like it's the last. Don't hold back in fear of the unknown, no chains so unworthy to hold you as those of a vain regret.

I was at work when it happened. I felt a slight tremor and looked around to see if anyone else was feeling it. Then a second later there was a loud rumble and the whole store started to shake and sway really hard. A couple people fell over, but no one was hurt. Everyone started to call and text their loved ones, then it was back to work.

Quote from: tekla on August 24, 2011, 11:55:57 AM
And the religious right is saying these earthquakes are God's judgment against America.

And I blame plate tectonics.  As always you're free to choose between science and superstition.

...Or someone had this bright idea of pumping sewage and other waste into a deep seam here in the north Denver metro area in the 1960's to get rid of it.  We started to get tremors until someone put 2 & 2 together.  They slowly ceased since then.  The first one was in ~1963 when me and my brother were in our bunks listening to the radio to a talk show when our bunk shook.  I heard it as well.  Before we could figure it out, the host of the show was giving a shake by shake account over the radio.  We went upstairs to tell mom, but she knew what it was.  She raised us early on in the L.A. basin and remembered the bigger ones.  She even saw the S wave ripple across the ground in one of them as if it was water! 
  Joelene

I've heard three opinions about the one in Washington, DC:

There is a large underground fault running through Virginia to DC.  The Republicans are calling it Obama's fault.  Obama is calling it Bush's fault.

It was caused by all the American forefathers collectively rolling over in their graves.

It was the result of a 14 trillion dollar check bouncing in Washington.

Maybe God just hates politicians.

Not many earthquakes in Australia.  Maybe we are doing something right, if you believe in Divine Intervention.  Which brings up the question,  how do Fred Phelps and Co cope with that?

Karen.

Karen,
The reason we don't get earthquakes is because the kangaroos keep jumping along the ground keeping the earth flat. Didn't you do science?


Cindy

I thought it was the wombats burrowing that took up the slack!   Actually we do get a few, just not all that many serious ones. Newcastle comes to mind.

Seriously though, why would anyone give any credence to a Mayan prophesy about 2012, when they couldn't forsee that the Spanish were about to subjugate all of Central America?

Karen.

Quote from: justmeinoz on August 25, 2011, 04:51:38 AM
I thought it was the wombats burrowing that took up the slack!   Actually we do get a few, just not all that many serious ones. Newcastle comes to mind.

Seriously though, why would anyone give any credence to a Mayan prophesy about 2012, when they couldn't forsee that the Spanish were about to subjugate all of Central America?

Karen.

I thought that always referred to football?
Cindy

Living near DC, in VA I felt it pretty hard. It does however, drive the point home, that anything can happen, so really to seize the day and live life, really should be the lesson we learn. I am going to live my life, I won't wait.

Not many earthquakes in Australia

No, but almost every other poisonous animal, reptile, and insect seems to have settled there.

I was at the library but didn't feel anything. My wife felt it. She saw the chair and kitchen table vibrate. Some people felt it strongly, others didn't at all.