Experience earthquakes (not scared)?

[Dappl3]

Here in NZ we get hundreds of earthquakes a year, most so small you cant feel them. But every now and then the ground reminds you who is truly is charge. Come to think of it i haven't felt one for a while.

Anyway, anyone out there get earthquakes? If so, are they big or small most the time? I hate the "instant" ones where you just violently shake without warning. The ones that start with a light jolt and intensify are actually the ones i like. I must be crazy if ish likes earthquakes xP and i do, a little reminder of the forces deep down, but at the same time i hate em cos they cause huge damage and casualtys, not nice.

Wuf wuf!
Furpup out~
(ya, he's cleaning his tail again)

 

[Spilo]

Very normal! I get them all the time

well, not alllll the time, but they're common :3

 

[Dappl3]

Oh of course, the Pacific ring of fire smooths right past your location. Up over California and up to Alaska, and yeah. Do you have any apps that tell you of any earthquakes? We do here.

 

[Guifrog]

I live in the middle of the South American Plate, which could explain why I've never experienced any... But there is a city about 100km/62mi from here that I often hear is having small tremors, apparently because it's located right on a shear zone.

 

[sleepy kitty]

I live in upstate NY. I've only experienced one earthquake when I was around the age of 9 or 10. I woke up one morning and the entire apartment was shaking. My mom thought the house was being demolished and freaked out.

 

[Dappl3]

I live in upstate NY. I've only experienced one earthquake when I was around the age of 9 or 10. I woke up one morning and the entire apartment was shaking. My mom thought the house was being demolished and freaked out.

Oh! Yesh you would literally be immune to em! Wuf! Lucky.

 

[Pomorek]

I can understand that you're fascinated with earthquakes, I have it like that with powerful thunderstorms. Myself being from a tectonically dead area (Poland), my only experience with quake of any sort was when they brought down a huge factory chimney some half kilometer away. I was home, felt a strong jolt, looked out to see what's up and the very prominent tall chimney was gone.

I have relatives in northern Sweden, they get harmless plate-rattling tremors from the tensions in the rock dating back to the ice age. The whole region was pressed down by ice and it keeps rising back to this day. I do want to experience this but so far had no luck.

Yeah, guess you can tell, geology is one of my special interests.

 

[Icepaw]

CA tends to get some every so often but the only one I kinda felt turned out to be from one miles away and here's the funny thing, only me and my mother felt it. Thankfully was far enough away from us all we got was some gentle shaking but my dad and the dog to this day still think we're both crazy as they didn't feel it. Aftershocks are weird but for those who endure the true quakes I hope you all stay safe as those can get real scary from what I hear

 

[Dappl3]

CA tends to get some every so often but the only one I kinda felt turned out to be from one miles away and here's the funny thing, only me and my mother felt it. Thankfully was far enough away from us all we got was some gentle shaking but my dad and the dog to this day still think we're both crazy as they didn't feel it. Aftershocks are weird but for those who endure the true quakes I hope you all stay safe as those can get real scary from what I hear

The ring of fire passes by CA and up past Alaska so yea, expect some geological action there. ^~^ very interesting to hear your experience! Isn't it strange how others can "feel" an earthquake, one may say it was huge , another says it was light.

I can understand that you're fascinated with earthquakes, I have it like that with powerful thunderstorms. Myself being from a tectonically dead area (Poland), my only experience with quake of any sort was when they brought down a huge factory chimney some half kilometer away. I was home, felt a strong jolt, looked out to see what's up and the very prominent tall chimney was gone.

I have relatives in northern Sweden, they get harmless plate-rattling tremors from the tensions in the rock dating back to the ice age. The whole region was pressed down by ice and it keeps rising back to this day. I do want to experience this but so far had no luck.

Yeah, guess you can tell, geology is one of my special interests.

Awesome, i take my hat off to you. Geology is a very complicated feild to study I've had a go at it myself and it was very interesting especially ores that hold the rarest of metals locked up in their chemistry make-up. Where uranium actually comes from a lot do not know, even in New Zealand we have uranium ore in the ground. Over in Poland i can't remember if they are geologically active but i guess i guess i found out now! Wow all the way up there? How very interesting you get earthquakes in that part of the world, you see, doesn't matter where you are, the earth plays by its own rules. And i freaking love a good thunderstorm, i crave them honestly.