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Chris Higgins
Did You Feel it Too?
by Chris Higgins - March 2, 2007 - 11:00 AM

Living in the Pacific Northwest, I occasionally experience the wimpiest of earthquakes, and they are endlessly entertaining to gossip about with other terrified locals. One night, some months ago, I was reading in bed when…somebody grabbed the bed and started shaking it. Well…a quick trip to the web revealed that I was indeed crazy, and there had been a minor earthquake in the area. Thus began several days of talking about the experience with everyone I could find. (I guess what I really need is an earthquake simulator.  What a conversation-starter.)

Earthquake MapNext time you feel the shakes, check out the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program. The web site has live coverage of earthquakes throughout the US and the world, with interactive maps allowing you to drill down to your location. The site also includes daily Earthquake Facts and a Did You Feel It? page, which allows you to report your location and experience.

Also be sure to check out the Top Ten Felt Earthquakes, which includes one of my favorites — a Magnitude 6 quake in September 2006 centered in the Gulf of Mexico, which was widely reported throughout Florida and even into Georgia and the Carolinas.

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  1. I miss earthquakes! I lived in CA for 13 years (and might move back again at some point) and I loved them. Even the Northridge quake. Of course, I might feel differently if anyone I know had been injured.

    posted by Sheldon Siegel on 3-2-2007 at 11:23 am

  2. Living in California, this is a page I regularly visit. FYI, Google Earth has geologic filters that will show you historic epicenters and an available widget that let’s you see live earthquake data as well.

    posted by Jason! on 3-2-2007 at 11:26 am

  3. Living in Portland we kind of get snow and we kind of get earthquakes….to get the real earthquake experience one most go to the 2nd floor of OMSI. The earthquake simulator with Authenic Carol King music blasting away.

    posted by Mark on 3-2-2007 at 2:17 pm

  4. There is a freeware program for the Mac called SeisMac which uses the built in sudden motion detection in some laptops to detect tremors.

    I would have loved to have known about it when I was in South America since I felt tiny tremors all the time but everyone just said it was my imagination. My theory is that they were so used to these minute movements that they didn’t notice.

    A laptop may not be as sensitive as a paranoid norwegian though.

    posted by Storm on 3-3-2007 at 11:55 am

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