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[Desertdi]

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@Susan Louise wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

4,000 miles to the East Coast???    I think folks are imagining things...

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@Desertdi  The waves across the country lasted 35 minutes - Miami Herald

East to west coast distance ranges from 2,671 to 3,527 miles...

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@Susan Louise     I'm in Phoenix, and was watching TV when it happened.   Not a creak or jiggle here (!)     And, I lived in So Cal for 25 years, so I know what it's like.....      di

[Anonymous032819]

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@Susan Louise wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

4,000 miles to the East Coast???    I think folks are imagining things...

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@Desertdi  The waves across the country lasted 35 minutes - Miami Herald

East to west coast distance ranges from 2,671 to 3,527 miles...

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@Desertdi 

Just because there were waves that lasted for 35 minutes, does NOT mean that it was felt by people!

The seismographs detected those waves. A seismograph records earthquakes, and can detect very faint movement, movement so small, humans can't feel them.

[Desertdi]

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@Anonymous032819 wrote:

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@Susan Louise wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

4,000 miles to the East Coast???    I think folks are imagining things...

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@Desertdi  The waves across the country lasted 35 minutes - Miami Herald

East to west coast distance ranges from 2,671 to 3,527 miles...

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@Desertdi 

Just because there were waves that lasted for 35 minutes, does NOT mean that it was felt by people!

The seismographs detected those waves. A seismograph records earthquakes, and can detect very faint movement, movement so small, humans can't feel them.

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@Anonymous032819     Ummm.......the title of this thread said "felt".   I guess I took that "literally".........

[Sooner]

The 1964 was more then 9 point--can't remember!  But 8 and up is biblical and don't discount how far they can be felt--depends.

And the earthquake scale is deceptive: Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude as measured on a seismogram  and that makes a big difference.

I remember reading the 1965 one a man and his grown son were in the yard and the waves in the earth were so big he could see his son, then not see his son.  Waves like that in your yard?  Get outta here!!!!!

And being as how there are differences in formulas for calculations, numbers can vary.  Also, this could be a foreshock too.  And aftershocks could go on a long time. 

[Susan Louise]

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@Anonymous032819 wrote:

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@Susan Louise wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

4,000 miles to the East Coast???    I think folks are imagining things...

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@Desertdi  The waves across the country lasted 35 minutes - Miami Herald

East to west coast distance ranges from 2,671 to 3,527 miles...

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@Desertdi 

Just because there were waves that lasted for 35 minutes, does NOT mean that it was felt by people!

The seismographs detected those waves. A seismograph records earthquakes, and can detect very faint movement, movement so small, humans can't feel them.

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@Anonymous032819     Ummm.......the title of this thread said "felt".   I guess I took that "literally".........

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@Desertdi  @Anonymous032819  Changed title from 'felt' to 'detected'...

I still would have asked the same question.

I'm waiting for a poster to say it's all a hoax... 

[chickenbutt]

On one hand, 8.2 is a HUGE HUGE earthquake.  OTOH, I still cannot imagine people across the country feeling it.  Being it was on the edge there, I just hope there won't be a tsunami.

I don't think I felt it.  Looks like it happened about half an hour after I went to bed (or is that still Pacific Time?).  

Not many earthquakes get to 8.2, so it's very concerning all around.

[wagirl]

geez--that is a huge quake!!!! I'm in western WA state and felt nothing---no tsunami issues along our coast that I've heard-----

[Cakers3]

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@Susan Louise wrote:

 

We're here in eastern Nebraska and didn't feel a thing...

How about you?

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@Susan Louise   Where did you read people in FL felt this earthquake?

The seismographs can detect across the country.

Why would you think you would feel something or ask if anybody did??

[AKgirl2]

Howdy everyone, chiming in from Alaska.  The 8.3 quake was in Perryville, approximately 500 miles from Anchorage.  Grateful and blessed to say I felt nothing!  👼🏻🙏🏻👼🏻