Holy crap EARTHQUAKE!

[GL]

Check out the Canadian seismograph plots (sensors picked it up in eastern Canada):

Plots

Notice that Station PNT(out in B.C.) has a solid bar as it's graph. It musta really been shaking

-GL

 

[bworrell]

Raised datacenter floors (as I found out) sure rock-n-roll in an earthquake.

 

[Aquaman]

They say that we are lucky that the epicentre was so deep. It's the shallow (surface) quakes that cause all of the damage and are far more dangerous.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[flood]

no damage at the UW that i've seen so far.
I was working on my research in the lower basement of the EE building (6 stories of concrete above me). Jumping under a table wouldnt help much - might has well hold a piece of paper above you - so we all ran like hell up the stairs.
first it started shaking up and down a little bit.. i thought there was something wrong with my chair.. i looked around at some other people and they were looking around too... i thought it was some building machinery (a/c, heat and stuff is in the lower basement).. then it started shaking side to side in big swings... it lasted a looong time.. a good minute or more.
Fortunately, the EE building is just a few years old and is very earthquake safe. No damage, but a lot of things fell over

 

[dennilfloss]

10 miles NNE of Olympia puts the epicentre only 10 miles from Russ and DanC (they live in Kent). I hope they're OK.


Rock The Cashbah (The Clash)

 

[Duvie]

Actually sounds like two quakes in close time proximity to each other...first one was 4.7 or 4.9 then the second one was 7.0.....

The earthqauke was 30 miles below the surface and most likely was a minor subduction zone quake...speculating on the second quake may have been triggered by the first deep quake putting pressure and tension on the surface faults in the seattle region.

depending on location in portland area may result in the event lasting 15 seconds to more than a minute...I am located near the airport which is an area that has been filled over the decades with silt and sand dredgings from the columbia river. Here the quake lasted for more than 30 seconds and items continued to jiggle like "jello" due to the soil type for adiitional 30 seconds. This quake was a roller that built up gave one good shake then faded back down.

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

Here in Coquitlam (Vancouver, BC), I was at school when the quake hit. All of us grade 12 students were on the feild for our group grad photo. Few of us felt it at all since we were outside. Inside the building (which is 3 years old) there was shaking and swaying of many things - enough to freak people out, but not enough to do any damage whatsoever. The power for at least our block was out (I'm guessing it was a preventative measure by BC Hydro, but I don't know for sure), and because it took so long to come back on, we all got sent home.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

I can remember the Northridge (LA) quake back in the early 90's. They said that was a 6.9, but buildings fell over all over the place and people died. My friend had a backyard seismograph and it registered 8.0+. There was a big cover up by FIMA so they wouldn't have to pay so much out after the quake. My friend called FIMA and said, Hey I recorded it as a 8.0+ quake. Later that day some guys showed up at his house and took his seismograph. They said they were with FIMA and the government and they needed his machine to do some testing. He has never seen his machine since and when he calls FIMA and everybody else they have no idea what he is talking about!!

 

[Viper GTS]

I just talked to Russ on the phone. He's fine, but he has no power.

For all you Borg out there, he told me to tell you that your keys will automatically flush directly to DNET, so don't worry about that.

Viper GTS

 

[THELAIR]

30,000 people without power in Port Coquitlam (suburb outside Vancouver BC) sporadic Cell and tellpehone coverage for most of the lower mainland.

Cousins on Vancouver Island said they havnt had phone serivce for about an hour but its back up now, they are investing in scuba gear in case a tsunami comes

Im in Calgary and we didnt feel a damn thing... guess those rocky mtns absorbed it all

 

[Harvey]

As a Californian, I was wondering when we were going to start exporting our number one product.

Serially, I hope all in the area are OK. Russ phoned me, today, and asked me to post a message to the TA Cube folks in Distributed Computing forum. He has no power, but he, his crack rack, and his shop are OK.

He said the quake registered around 6.5. Even Californians regard that as greater than a tourist grade shaker. :Q

 

[arod324]

Hehe, I love how he thinks about the RC5 and trying to keep those blocks crunching, first, above all things.

 

[Entity]

Harvey,

It's been reported by several places as a 7.0 now. It's really good to hear that Russ is ok. I was 30 miles away, and it scared the hell out of me. Our building is closed down now because a bunch of asbestos in the ceiling blew down during the quake. Hopefully I didn't breathe too much of that crap.

Rob

 

[Balt]

<Our building is closed down now because a bunch of asbestos in the ceiling blew down during the quake. Hopefully I didn't breathe too much of that crap.>

Um, I would definitely check up on that. Don't mess around with that stuff

 

[dennilfloss]

If it's long-fiber asbestos, you have little to fear. Even if it's short-fiber, a short one-time exposure shouldn't hurt you much depending on how much you inhaled.

Breathe (Pink Floyd)

 

[DannyLove]

DID YOU SEE THE PEOPLE PANIC on the videos in CNN, jesus. that is really scary.

 

[Carrot44]

Glad to hear everybody is ok. I went thru a few quakes in Japan and the One in Oakland CA They are not fun. But We all rocked a bit here in Spokane 275 miles to the east.

Ken

 

[RossMAN]

LMAO Check out this locked Free earthquake! thread in the Hot Deals forum.

 

[IBhacknU]

So what happens if this earthquake 'loosened up' the underground magma/geography? I recall reading that one of those mountains/dormant volcanoes up there (Mt. Rainer?), is just itching to let go one of these days.

When it does, it will be a major catastrophe.

:Q

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

I think Mt. Baker's itching to erupt.

 

[dennilfloss]

A small earthquake was what finally triggered the landslide that removed part of the rhyolite plug and adjacent deposits on top of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. The result from the decompresion was like popping the cap off a warm beer. Mt. Hood is currently steaming, which means that the magma ain't too far below. The magma is also very shallow under the surface below Yellowstone Park, ready to become a supervolcano if a strong intraplate earthquake hits there and breaches the cover.

I'm Still standing (Elton John)

 

[TheFacelessMan]

It seems the world has been having quite a few sizable earthquakes lately. I wonder when California will have it's next Big One? Does the San Andreas run through Washington or is that a different fault line? All this makes you kind of wonder. One plate rubs and all the others soon follow suit.

 

[DannyLove]

and i was thinking about moving to Seattle... I hope california doesnt sink into the pacific anytime soon, I wouldnt want to wake up with the fishes

 

[Tominator]

When I heard about the quake and the News said it centered south of Seattle, I couldn't help wondering if Russ had scored!

 

[Viper GTS]

I couldn't help wondering if Russ had scored

That would be even more earth-shattering than the quake was.



Viper GTS