Earthquake, in WY?

[Tom]

We were watching a movie last evening when, at 11.30pm, we heard a small 'thud' at the rear of the coach. Thought it was an uninvited visitor (either an inebriated human or wildlife wandering through our lot in the dark). I waited a while to look online, and saw a (tiny by CA norms) 2.3 earthquake had occurred a couple of miles north of us. At 12.15am we felt a very minor shaking for a couple of (literally 2) seconds - that was reported as an aftershock. Online research showed that WY gets lots of earthquakes across the state, and there's a major fault line at the foot of the Tetons. Nobody told me that before we bought this lot.

 

[Derby6]

Lol. You’ll be fine.

 

[Tom]

Lol. You’ll be fine.

We've lived in California for 45 years, so not bothered by a 2.3 quake

I was home when the 1989 Loma Prieta quake hit (6.9). I instantaneously jumped into the doorway of my office (the only time I've done that). Looked back into the room to see the walls flexing back and forth, and a tall bookcase tore off the wall, dumping all its contents on the floor. The noise was pretty loud! Later went around the house picking up furniture and stuff that had fallen onto the floor, some broken.

BTW I later re-built that bookcase - had to cut the shelves short and re-attach them. Still have it in my home office 36 years later.

 

[Rene T]

Suck it up buttercup!!!!

 

[Tom]

We've lived in California for 45 years, so not bothered by a 2.3 quake

When we first moved to CA (1980) my office was on the second floor. I had a microfiche reader (remember those) and, whenever I tried to view any films, they were virtually unreadable because the building was continually shaking.

 

[SpencerPJ]

Are you sure you didn't stub your toe and jumping around in the RV at that hour just felt like an earthquake

 

[John From Detroit]

We were watching a movie last evening when, at 11.30pm, we heard a small 'thud' at the rear of the coach. Thought it was an uninvited visitor (either an inebriated human or wildlife wandering through our lot in the dark). I waited a while to look online, and saw a (tiny by CA norms) 2.8 earthquake had occurred a couple of miles north of us. At 12.15am we felt a very minor shaking for a couple of (literally 2) seconds - that was reported as an aftershock. Online research showed that WY gets lots of earthquakes across the state, and there's a major fault line at the foot of the Tetons. Nobody told me that before we bought this lot.

Detroit is on the New Madrid fault line. I recall one evening I suddenly felt a bit weird for a couple seconds as my coffee rippled and much of our camera net went offline for about a minute. Everybody else was all "What was that?" I got it. Earthquake. First one of many where I was awake to experience it (Usually I sleep through them) (Have slept through San Francisco type or so I am told).

 

[Tom]

Are you sure you didn't stub your toe and jumping around in the RV at that hour just felt like an earthquake

I'm sure USGS wouldn't record my toe stub as an earthquake

 

[Tom]

Talking about things that go bump in the night, I was reminded of this thread.

 

[TonyL]

And no, I didn't fall over Jackie, and I'm in Idaho

 

[garyb1st]

I was home when the 1989 Loma Prieta quake hit (6.9). I instantaneously jumped into the doorway of my office (the only time I've done that).

I was in my office in Century City CA at the time. My boss and I walked out of our offices and just looked at each other. Our 13 story building was gently swaying which is a bit disconcerting when you're on one of the top floors. We knew it was a big quake but had no idea it was 400 miles north.

 

[RayIN]

I was in Cody, WY once for a hunting trip. I stayed in my MH in my friends driveway. We partied hard that night as next morning we to meet the guide and leave town for the Beartooth mountains.
Next morning my friend asked if I felt the shaking. I guess I gave him the deer-in-the headlight look, because he burst out laughing and asked; do you remember those 11 shots of Jack Daniels you had last night? He said we had a drinking contest with the outfitters crew.

 

[Tom]

Our 13 story building was gently swaying which is a bit disconcerting when you're on one of the top floors. We knew it was a big quake but had no idea it was 400 miles north.

We had colleagues who were traveling on business back East. All they saw were the TV news clips of San Francisco, which looked pretty bad. They all lived further South in the Santa Clara valley, and closer to the epicenter, so they assumed their homes were destroyed. With electricity and phone lines out, they couldn't call home, and just assumed the worst.

The quake actually whipped the peninsula around like a long tail on an animal, and San Francisco on the tip of the peninsula was really whipped around. Parts of the city were built on reclaimed land, so it took the brunt of it all.

Because of the TV stuff, we found ways to get messages to family in the UK to let them know we were OK, and not to assume the worst.