Earthquake!

[Crazed_Insanity]

I really like Melbourne and Christchurch when I visited those places a while back. (More so than Sidney and Auckland) It felt right at home as if I'm in Southern California but with nicer and more laid back folks... I guess they are also very similar when it comes to earthquakes too! Hope these place beef up their building codes so that historical structures won't all disappear...

[Dicknose]

The 5.9 in Victoria is the biggest since European settlement - so they are rare and not very big.
We didn't feel it here, although felt even further away than us.

NZ is a different story - its an active plate edge, so earthquakes, volcanic activity, decent mountains!

[FaultyMario]

There was a 6.5 in Japan.

Doug's OK.

[Cam]

There was a significant earthquake here last night. It woke me up and things were shaking. It is the first one I’ve felt since living in South Carolina.

[Crazed_Insanity]

According to my app, it registered as a 3.3. If you were still a Southern Californian, that should not have woken you up.

[sandydandy]

Can’t remember the last time we had an earthquake here. They seem cool. The small ones I mean.

Still true.

[Tom Servo]

Guess it all depends on how deep and how close it is, but your So Cal days must feel a little far away now

[FaultyMario]

Today we only do a drill, not a real earthquake.




A few minutes later:

M 7.6 - 37 km SE of Aquila, Mexico
IX - Did You Feel It Index
VII - ShakeMap
YELLOW - Prompt response assessment

Time
2022-09-19 13:05:06 (UTC-05:00)
Location
18.367°N 103.252°W
Depth

[Crazed_Insanity]

Major one in Taiwan and now in Mexico as well... Pacific rim sure is getting busy...

Good thing you guys are prepared!

[FaultyMario]

She's gone.



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