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Post by lisae on May 11, 2025 12:59:25 GMT
Yesterday morning, I sat down on the sofa to work up a grocery list. DH had gone for the day and it was really quiet. I suddenly heard something like a bump, like something hit the wall. I thought it was coming from the basement. Had I let in a critter by accident when I'd been gardening on Friday?
I investigated but found nothing. DH had left his garage door up and it was a bit windy for 9 ish in the morning so I thought maybe something had blew into the garage or got knocked over.
Anyway, I forgot about it until I watched the news last night and heard there was an earthquake in Tennessee yesterday. I looked up the time and it was when I'd heard/felt the bumping sound. I am 200 miles away by car but closer if I could measure the distance directly across the mountains.
I've never felt an earthquake before but I really think that was what it was.
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Post by librarylady on May 11, 2025 13:09:12 GMT
I can relate. About 10 years ago we had our first earthquake. When it hit, I went to the front porch to see what was happening. As you said, it felt like a car had hit the house. Several other neighbors were outside looking also. We had about 2 months of small earthquakes. Citizens felt the quakes were caused by fracking for oil in the area. The oil people denied the fracking was the cause, but when the fracking stopped, the earthquakes stopped.
It was a peculiar sensation. One night it was as if we could feel it advancing through the earth and coming to us from the area of origin.
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Post by atomicdog on May 11, 2025 13:30:23 GMT
We felt it here in Sc too! Heard a big banging kind of sound and thought someone downstairs was making noise and then all the dishes started rattling!
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Post by lindas on May 11, 2025 13:43:32 GMT
The one that hit in Virginia back in 2011 was felt as far away as Baltimore, Md so I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that you felt it. I still remember standing outside and feeling the ground rolling under me.
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Post by Tearisci on May 11, 2025 13:48:27 GMT
I grew up in the PNW and was working at an LSS during the big Nisqually quake. It felt like a truck hit the building and then things just started swerving around. That was the worst quake I've ever been in.
Now I live in DFW with a low risk but we have tornados. Not sure which is worse!
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Post by lisae on May 11, 2025 13:48:58 GMT
The one that hit in Virginia back in 2011 was felt as far away as Baltimore, Md so I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that you felt it. I still remember standing outside and feeling the ground rolling under me. Was that the one that damaged the Washington Monument? I was in Blowing Rock that day and missed it but people where I lived felt it. |
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Post by airforcemomof1 on May 11, 2025 15:28:02 GMT
I live very close to the epicenter of this quake. I was in my car in the driveway and definitely felt it and It was extremely loud. So many other states felt it is amazing to me.
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Post by alsomsknit on May 11, 2025 15:55:34 GMT
The one that hit in Virginia back in 2011 was felt as far away as Baltimore, Md so I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that you felt it. I still remember standing outside and feeling the ground rolling under me. This was my first experience with an earthquake. I was laying on the bed and it started shaking. First thought was DH was pushing it to be funny. He was at work. 🤣 |
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Post by lindas on May 11, 2025 16:09:06 GMT
The one that hit in Virginia back in 2011 was felt as far away as Baltimore, Md so I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that you felt it. I still remember standing outside and feeling the ground rolling under me. Was that the one that damaged the Washington Monument? I was in Blowing Rock that day and missed it but people where I lived felt it. That was the one. |
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Post by busy on May 11, 2025 16:16:15 GMT
I grew up in the PNW and was working at an LSS during the big Nisqually quake. It felt like a truck hit the building and then things just started swerving around. That was the worst quake I've ever been in. I was at work in Astoria the day of that earthquake and it was strong enough there that my monitor fell off its riser and some books fell off the shelves in my office. My husband was broadcasting at the Tacoma Dome that day, so when I heard the epicenter was initially described as "30 miles south of Seattle," I was totally freaked out (everything was fine - they resumed broadcasts after a fairly brief break; no damage). It's still wild to me that it was felt so strongly so over a hundred miles straight line distance away. |
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Post by Tearisci on May 11, 2025 16:27:47 GMT
I grew up in the PNW and was working at an LSS during the big Nisqually quake. It felt like a truck hit the building and then things just started swerving around. That was the worst quake I've ever been in. I was at work in Astoria the day of that earthquake and it was strong enough there that my monitor fell off its riser and some books fell off the shelves in my office. My husband was broadcasting at the Tacoma Dome that day, so when I heard the epicenter was initially described as "30 miles south of Seattle," I was totally freaked out (everything was fine - they resumed broadcasts after a fairly brief break; no damage). It's still wild to me that it was felt so strongly so over a hundred miles straight line distance away. I was in Kent, just south of Seattle and we felt it really hard. My ExH was in downtown Seattle and their office was above the 5th Avenue Theater and the floor started buckling because of the expanse and high ceilings of the theater below. I've never been in anything like that even though we were pretty used to quakes. |
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Post by pilcas on May 11, 2025 16:31:41 GMT
We had an earthquake in NY about a year ago and there was definitely a noise right before I felt the shake.
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Post by busy on May 11, 2025 16:47:47 GMT
I've never been in anything like that even though we were pretty used to quakes. Same!!! Since most of downtown Astoria is built on fill, liquefaction is a risk in an earthquake, plus it makes the motion of an earthquake feel very strong. It was scary, even though I'd been in plenty of other smaller quakes. |
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Post by Zee on May 11, 2025 19:16:25 GMT
It was a 4.1 at the epicenter in TN. My house shook here in Metro ATL! The ceiling was creaking too!
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Post by carhoch on May 11, 2025 19:34:14 GMT
We felt it pretty good here in northern Georgia , I knew what it was because I was in Virginia in 2011.
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Post by garcia5050 on May 11, 2025 20:54:25 GMT
I’ve been through quite a few big ones and you never get used to them. When they are small, you sit there wondering if it’s going to get bigger. Than you turn on the news, and they always say, it could be a foreshock.
So now I don’t turn on the news. I just go to the geological site to find the location and size.
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Post by gracieplusthree on May 11, 2025 21:03:08 GMT
Yep . I'm less than an hr from the epicenter
So everyone here felt it.
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Post by edie3 on May 11, 2025 21:56:43 GMT
The one that hit in Virginia back in 2011 I felt that one in NC! So bizarre, I could feel my desk move on the 4th floor. |
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Post by sweetpeasmom on May 12, 2025 2:38:10 GMT
We felt it here in NE Ga. At first we thought it was a large truck driving by. Quickly realized it was longer than that would be. I didn't ever see anything moving but a friend near by said she could see the shift, almost like a glitch in the matrix.
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