It was magnitude 3.4. Californians probably wouldn't even notice such a thing, but it was unusually strong for Pennsylvania.
When the earthquake occured, my wife and I were in separate rooms on the first floor of our house. I was sitting in a room that's right on a cement slab, and my wife was sitting in a room that's above our basement.
We both heard a low rumble, like an explosion, and the whole house shook. It wasn't enough to knock pictures off the walls or items off shelves. It didn't even wake any of the kids sleeping upstairs. Neither my wife nor I have experienced an earthquake before though, so it startled us.
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Yep. Earthquake.
12 months ago by sjgadsby
sj, how strong was it?
we have had minor tremors here in the UK, but nothing major.
12 months ago by lcuk
It was magnitude 3.4. Californians probably wouldn't even notice such a thing, but it was unusually strong for Pennsylvania.
When the earthquake occured, my wife and I were in separate rooms on the first floor of our house. I was sitting in a room that's right on a cement slab, and my wife was sitting in a room that's above our basement.
We both heard a low rumble, like an explosion, and the whole house shook. It wasn't enough to knock pictures off the walls or items off shelves. It didn't even wake any of the kids sleeping upstairs. Neither my wife nor I have experienced an earthquake before though, so it startled us.
It took us a few minutes to figure out what we had felt. We weren't sure until we checked the U.S. Geological Survey website: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2008bcah.php
12 months ago by sjgadsby
yeah, we don't normally have anything like it either, its unnerving when the earth moves under you.
we have always joked my missus could sleep through an earthquake and we were right, she was oblivious until I woke her.
12 months ago by lcuk