Earthquake hits Seattle (4.5 magnitude)

[MikeInJc aka M.I.A.]

Not much as of yet to hit the news but here's a link to start off with.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/uw01301325.php

Here's more from Foxnews http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485619,00.html


SEATTLE — There are no immediate reports of damage from a 4.6 magnitude earthquake that rattled the Seattle and Puget Sound area at 5:25 a.m. Friday Pacific time. But it woke a lot of people up.

The U.S. Geological Survey says it was centered 16 miles northwest of Seattle near Kingston, in Kitsap County. The preliminary magnitude could be revised.

The shaking woke up Robert Lyden on Anderson Island in Puget Sound.

"It shook the house like something had hit the roof," he said. "It just woke us up." Other than knocking a water fountain off his deck there was no damage.

Lacey Menne says it shook her home as she was preparing to go to work at the Coastal Cafe in Kingston.

"It wasn't strong enough to make anything fall," she said. "It was like, what is that? I think it might be an earthquake. It's totally an earthquake!"

Seattle radio and TV stations report callers around the Puget Sound area felt the shaking for 10 or 15 seconds.

[D'KanSkinFan]

Uh oh~

I remeber when this moutain blew 20 years ago; I swear the ashes floated clear to Kansas. Oh wait, that was our bar b que that fell over.;)

Heads up all you EMS workers~ *Respiratory alert* comin' :cheers:

[wantarace17]

paging toe jam!

[China]

So maybe we'll have one huge seismic event along the west coast. You could have the volcano near Anchorage in Alaska blow at the same time Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Ranier blow, meanwhile having an 8.0 earthquake along the San Andreas fault.

[Burgundy Burner]

Well, I hope that won't happen China. A lot of my family lives in the Sea-Tac region. Well, for those in family who are seahawk fans, hehehe...

Paging Disaster Dude - aka Toe Jam.

[Stophovr6]

Well, I live in Seattle. Didn't wake me up but that's not saying much. No one seems to be too concerned about it.

[ljs]

I felt the one that hit near Tacoma about 7 yrs ago...i was 90 miles away. fun times.

[BigMike619]

you know what we call a 4.5 quake in So Cal?

Tuesday.

[MissU28]

you know what we call a 4.5 quake in So Cal?

Tuesday.


haha...I was just thinking....4.5??? That's not news.

[BALLz]

It's a trap...Yellow Stone is trying to divert attention away from itself before it destroys the world.

[BigMike619]

haha...I was just thinking....4.5??? That's not news.

funny story...

I get to SD in 92 for the first time and I am laying in bed with my girlfriend and its about 6AM. I feel the ground start to move and I immediately jump up and stand in the doorway. Hey!!! Thats what we were always taught and what I saw on TV. I think the quake was maybe a 4. at max. I look over at her and Im really nervous and she is just laying there laughing her ass off at me being completely naked and holding on to the door jam.

then I go to Guam and I am in an 8.3 and I realize why I looked so dumb..

[MissU28]

When I feel an earthquake, I think it's really cool, not scary. I say that now, until I get into a big one, then I will put my foot in my mouth. Until then, I like them.

[BigMike619]

When I feel an earthquake, I think it's really cool, not scary. I say that now, until I get into a big one, then I will put my foot in my mouth. Until then, I like them.

big ones arent really scary either while they are happening. you can see the earth and hear it moving. its when **** starts falling and blowing up that it freaks me out. and then the aftershocks too.

[MissU28]

big ones arent really scary either while they are happening. you can see the earth and hear it moving. its when **** starts falling and blowing up that it freaks me out. and then the aftershocks too.


What blows up?

[BigMike619]

What blows up?

electrical transformers and gas main lines.

stuff like that.

[Tastes Like Chicken]

funny story...

I get to SD in 92 for the first time and I am laying in bed with my girlfriend and its about 6AM. I feel the ground start to move and I immediately jump up and stand in the doorway. Hey!!! Thats what we were always taught and what I saw on TV. I think the quake was maybe a 4. at max. I look over at her and Im really nervous and she is just laying there laughing her ass off at me being completely naked and holding on to the door jam.

then I go to Guam and I am in an 8.3 and I realize why I looked so dumb..

Mikey, we know the real reason she was laughing chum :) ;)

[BigMike619]

Mikey, we know the real reason she was laughing chum :) ;)

ouch. you know you are just lining yourself up

[Thiebear]

So 100 miles south of Alaska a Volcano going to blow.
Then Seattle 4.5
Next fault line and fires with a few mudslides..

I think the west coast will have no more tax worries.

[MikeInJc aka M.I.A.]

ouch. you know you are just lining yourself up

Don't bother BM, his defense is going to be "I'm only half asian":silly:

[ljs]

So 100 miles south of Alaska a Volcano going to blow.
Then Seattle 4.5
Next fault line and fires with a few mudslides..

I think the west coast will have no more tax worries.
hahah true. And if it breaks off at the Cascade mtn range, I'll have only a 2 hr drive to the "new coast".

when the one hit Tacoma/Seattle in 01? I was working graveyard, so sleeping at the time of the quake. I woke up and thought my dogs were fighting on my bed, so I yelled at them and went back to sleep. Got to work that night and everyone was tripping out.

[Tastes Like Chicken]

ouch. You know you are just lining yourself up


don't bother bm, his defense is going to be "i'm only half asian":silly:

lol

[Califan007]

When I feel an earthquake, I think it's really cool, not scary. I say that now, until I get into a big one, then I will put my foot in my mouth. Until then, I like them.
I used to be like that until the 94 quake. That one pretty much freaked everyone out. I remember my ex-wife and I jumped up, grabbed our daughter, and stood in the doorway (like Mike said lol), and the thing seemed to go on forever. Really violent shaking. Then, it just stopped. I tried calming my ex down by saying "Don't worry, if it were really bad, the electricity would have gone out." Literally 1 second later, all the lights went out lol :paranoid:...

Ever since that quake, whenever there's a quake violent enough for me to feel the room moving, I start reliving the 94 one.

[BigMike619]

was that northridge?

[Califan007]

was that northridge?
Yep...and at the time I lived in Simi Valley lol...

[BigMike619]

oh damn!! i was in Guam doing the 8.3 quake of my own...lol

[Califan007]

oh damn!! i was in Guam doing the 8.3 quake of my own...lol
Dayum.

I think the northridge one was something like 6.8...

And I was wrong: I lived in Thousand Oaks at the time lol. That's only about 5 miles further away, though. My brother-in-law lived in Northridge during it, however. There were cracks in his apartment walls afterwards.

[BigMike619]

Dayum.

I think the northridge one was something like 6.8...

And I was wrong: I lived in Thousand Oaks at the time lol. That's only about 5 miles further away, though.

your rumbles were up and down and when we shook it went side to side.

we lost power for a month and fresh water for 1.5. we used to shower in the rain and fill trash cans to have water to flush the toilets.

[Califan007]

your rumbles were up and down and when we shook it went side to side.

we lost power for a month and fresh water for 1.5. we used to shower in the rain and fill trash cans to have water to flush the toilets.
Good goobly goop lol...That's some serious **** to have to live through AND deal with afterwards for so long.

The worst we had it was no power for a day or two, I think. And of course no phones for awhile. I remember going to a nearby gas station the next morning, and since the power was out we couldn't pump gas and the cash register didn't work. People just left their money on the counter for whatever food they bought. At Sears later, the place was packed with people buying flashlights, batteries, supplies, etc...the place had zero electricity and they set up makeshift cash register lines near the entrance. We were all sharing experiences while standing in line, the place filled with people laughing and venting and what not. It was really lound in there.

Then suddenly there was an aftershock, pretty big one, and everything in Sears shook and rattled. We all ran outside into the parking lot..and then it stopped. We walked back in, and the place was dead silent, as if the reality had come back to us collectively. We couldn't wait to just buy our **** and get the **** out of there lol...

[BigMike619]

hahaha...its funny how a good aftershock does that.

we would be working on the flight line and in Guam you can see the rain moving across the land because where we were it was very flat. they would literally annnounce it on the 1MC and we would all (m and f) strip to our shorts and stand in a long line. one side had a shampoo bottle and you would have your own bar of soap. we would do that whenever it rained and make sure the cans were under the rain gutters.

I think that is also why I can drink any beer and not think it tastes bad. There was NO refrigeration so we lived off a lot of sandwiches and dry cereal and beer. warm or cold when you need a beer you have a beer.

[Jumbo]

I can tell you "quake veterans" that 9.2 magnitude is kinda scary from experience. And dozens of aftershocks over 6.0 for weeks will also keep you alert. :D

I also a few miles from epicenter of the 6.8 in '01 between Olympia & Tacoma. Wasn't so bad by comparison, but still a big deal around here and a fair amount of damage.

[BigMike619]

where were you at for a 9.2?

[HOF44]

where were you at for a 9.2?

Alaska, largest quake ever recorded in North America.

http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/alaska-tsunami-quake-0807.jpg

[Jumbo]

Alaska, largest quake ever recorded in North America.




In fact, that was 4th avenue (anchorage) and I was right there later that day. the neighborhood i was in was about 7 miles away from that shot. one big apt building across my street sank a whole floor. i was trapped in a basement. i was just a few months before turning 10. it was very attention-getting. :)

[Califan007]

hahaha...its funny how a good aftershock does that.

we would be working on the flight line and in Guam you can see the rain moving across the land because where we were it was very flat. they would literally annnounce it on the 1MC and we would all (m and f) strip to our shorts and stand in a long line. one side had a shampoo bottle and you would have your own bar of soap. we would do that whenever it rained and make sure the cans were under the rain gutters.

I think that is also why I can drink any beer and not think it tastes bad. There was NO refrigeration so we lived off a lot of sandwiches and dry cereal and beer. warm or cold when you need a beer you have a beer.
Holy crap! lol...

[Califan007]

I can tell you "quake veterans" that 9.2 magnitude is kinda scary from experience. And dozens of aftershocks over 6.0 for weeks will also keep you alert. :D

Holy crap x 2!! lol...

[HailinginSeattle]

I actually got a text at exactly 5:25am, thought that what was woke me up, but maybe it was the quake

[mjah]

The list of the top 10 largest magnitude earthquakes in the US reads like this:

1) Alaska
2) Alaska
3) Alaska
4) Alaska
5) Alaska
6) Alaska
7) Alaska
8) Alaska
9) Missouri
10) California

That's interesting for at least three reasons... :D

[Jumbo]

The list of the top 10 largest magnitude earthquakes in the US reads like this:

1) Alaska
2) Alaska
3) Alaska
4) Alaska
5) Alaska
6) Alaska
7) Alaska
8) Alaska
9) Missouri
10) California

That's interesting for at least three reasons... :D
Everything we were doing was fully authorized.

[boysetsfire]

In fact, that was 4th avenue (anchorage) and I was right there later that day. the neighborhood i was in was about 7 miles away from that shot. one big apt building across my street sank a whole floor. i was trapped in a basement. i was just a few months before turning 10. it was very attention-getting. :)

Man Jumbo. That photo looks like it was taken in the 50's. So you must be like 70 or 80 now. :silly:

[BigMike619]

In fact, that was 4th avenue (anchorage) and I was right there later that day. the neighborhood i was in was about 7 miles away from that shot. one big apt building across my street sank a whole floor. i was trapped in a basement. i was just a few months before turning 10. it was very attention-getting. :)

wow dude, I thought I had a good one to talk about. THAT had to have been just bananas.

they did tell us though that we were lucky our reef was so big or else a tsunami would have definitely followed and wiped out that little island completely.

[Jumbo]

So you must be like 70 or 80 now. :silly:

dude.

I don't make fun of the way you dance.



:D

[boysetsfire]

dude.

I don't make fun of the way you dance.



:D

Hey man. Atleast I know my moves aren't no where near this bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQu_NLRvULM

:cool:

[BigMike619]

dude.

I don't make fun of the way you dance.



:D

hey man, back off the dude.

he can dance if he wants to
he can leave his friends behind

because his friends dont dance and if they dont dance then theyre no friends of mine!! :silly:

[Rdskns2000]

When there's a quake that 6 or even higher; then you are talking.

[Burgundy Burner]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1964_03_28.php

Historic Earthquakes

Prince William Sound, Alaska
1964 March 28 03:36 UTC
1964 March 27 05:36 p.m. local time
Magnitude 9.2

Largest Earthquake in Alaska

This great earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 128 lives (tsunami 113, earthquake 15), and caused about $311 million in property loss.

Earthquake effects were heavy in many towns, including Anchorage, Chitina, Glennallen, Homer, Hope, Kasilof, Kenai, Kodiak, Moose Pass, Portage, Seldovia, Seward, Sterling, Valdez, Wasilla, and Whittier.

Anchorage, about 120 kilometers northwest of the epicenter, sustained the most severe damage to property. About 30 blocks of dwellings and commercial buildings were damaged or destroyed in the downtown area. The J.C. Penny Company building was damaged beyond repair; the Four Seasons apartment building, a new six-story structure, collapsed; and many other multistory buildings were damaged heavily. The schools in Anchorage were almost devastated. The Government Hill Grade School, sitting astride a huge landslide, was almost a total loss. Anchorage High School and Denali Grade School were damaged severely. Duration of the shock was estimated at 3 minutes.

Landslides in Anchorage caused heavy damage. Huge slides occurred in the downtown business section, at Government Hill, and at Turnagain Heights. The largest and most devastating landslide occurred at Turnagain Heights. An area of about 130 acres was devasted by displacements that broke the ground into many deranged blocks that were collapsed and tilted at all angles. This slide destroyed about 75 private houses. Water mains and gas, sewer, telephone, and electrical systems were disrupted throughout the area.

The earthquake was accompanied by vertical displacement over an area of about 520,000 square kilometers. The major area of uplift trended northeast from southern Kodiak Island to Price William Sound and trended east-west to the east of the sound. Vertical displacements ranged from about 11.5 meters of uplift to 2.3 meters of subsidence relative to sea level. Off the southwest end of Montague Island, there was absolute vertical displacement of about 13 - 15 meters. Uplift also occurred along the extreme southeast coast of Kodiak Island, Sitkalidak Island, and over part or all of Sitkinak Island. This zone of subsidence covered about 285,000 square kilometers, including the north and west parts of Prince William Sound, the west part of the Chugach Mountains, most of Kenai Peninsula, and almost all the Kodiak Island group.

This shock generated a tsunami that devasted many towns along the Gulf of Alaska, and left serious damage at Alberni and Port Alberni, Canada, along the West Coast of the United States (15 killed), and in Hawaii. The maximum wave height recorded was 67 meters at Valdez Inlet. Seiche action in rivers, lakes, bayous, and protected harbors and waterways along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas caused minor damage. It was also recorded on tide gages in Cuba and Puerto Rico.

This great earthquake was felt over a large area of Alaska and in parts of western Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada.

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[Jumbo]

The place they call Turnagin Heights was mainly a newer subdivision called Turnagin-by-the-Sea. I went out there with my 22 year old cousin who I was staying with and some other adutls to help folks the next day after we got our own situation a little setteled in Mountain View which was a "suburb" of Anchorage. I remember I thought it looked like a giant had taked a bunch of houses and buildings set up on a blanket laid flat (like I was doing as a kid then) and then shook the blanket so it got it all piled up with everything strewn everywhere and all lumpy. That's what it looked like. Very heady stuff. I still remember all the emotional turmoil all around me very clearly, as well as everyone working togehter to help each other. We were out there until after midnight working and there were a few other kids only a few years older than me.

[Toe Jam]

Calm the **** down. This **** happens, mother****ers.

I don't need no damn earthquakes to ****ing tell me that some major natural ****ing disaster is going to happen sometime soon.

[Disco Dave]

So maybe we'll have one huge seismic event along the west coast. You could have the volcano near Anchorage in Alaska blow at the same time Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Ranier blow, meanwhile having an 8.0 earthquake along the San Andreas fault.

Mt. Augustine Alaska

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