Comments on: 13 Essential Talking Points for the Earthquake Enthusiast

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:26:00 +0000

I definitely believe that animals can hear the earth (earthquakes are loud) or sense the movement on its way as it was my dog’s barking that woke me up from an after school nap just before the Lome Prieta earthquake in 1989 and not the earthquake itself.

By: Miss Nae

Miss Nae — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:51:43 +0000

How funnt that this blog was posted. At 6AM GMT+10, Guam was shook by a 5.4 earthquake 13 miles away from our capital Hagatna.

Who ever reposted is physic. Hee Hee!

By: Sahar

Sahar — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:42:01 +0000

Uh oh. The University of San Francisco is one of my top choices for colleges…might have to rethink now!

By: Bill Eccles

Bill Eccles — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:58 +0000

11a. Richter was also known around town for his “beam seismograph,” which contributed to cause for the divorce.

(OK, I made that up.)

By: Kinglink

Kinglink — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:10:58 +0000

Considering both atomic bombs dropped during war (and pretty much most tests) are detonated in the air, a 5.0 on the Richter scale is pretty terrifying.

Anyways another good article!

By: Sheldon Siegel

Sheldon Siegel — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:37:04 +0000

I was living in Los Angeles when the Northridge quake hit. I would have slept through it if my roommates hadn’t banged on my door and called my name. I woke up to all my books bouncing off the shelves. Luckily, we had no damage. We DID have about 10 extra roommates for about 2 weeks since the apartment building next to our house was a wreck inside. It was kind of fun. We plyed board games every night and ordered take-out a lot.

By: Cincy Scott

Cincy Scott — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:31:46 +0000

I survived the massive earthquake that hit the New Madrid fault in St Louis in 1990.

What massive earthquake? Oh yeah, there wasn’t one. However, scientist Iben Browning had pinpointed the date when it would hit (12/2/90). A lot of people took the day off, just in case, but there was no appreciable seismic activity recorded those days…

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:00:58 +0000

That last one is pretty freaky…

So, I took a trip through work to southern California in September. Seeing as how my company did not pay for me to have my own rental car, I had one day off that was spent at the hotel. That day just happened to be a day that there was a natural disaster-themed marathon on TV. So, while I’m watching a special on the New Madrid earthquakes, a 3.2 quake hits the town I’m visiting. It was a little creepy.