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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/usigae.htm

Not far from Birmingham. Happened just before 4:00am. I was too far from the epicenter to feel it and even if I had been closer, I probably wouldn't have felt it because I would have been asleep.

Interesting nonetheless. Earthquakes here are VERY rare, especially where this one was at.

I can't imagine living comfortably in San Francisco...where one day..... BLAM! It's just bound to happen. But in Alabama...that's amazing. Not safe anywhere I guess!

We had a small one here in Virginia a few months ago. I was in my room on the second story of my house and the house started vibrating like when I big truck passes by. We didn't have damage though, but still it was wierd.

Originally posted by FamilyTiesGOP
We had a small one here in Virginia a few months ago. I was in my room on the second story of my house and the house started vibrating like when I big truck passes by. We didn't have damage though, but still it was wierd.

I remember hearing about that one(I'm an earthquake freak, LOL). That was also VERY unusual.

I'm in Alabama, and I didn't feel anything, which I am above Birmingham, so I guess that could be why.

3.3 is pretty small. I hope everyone's ok.

Originally posted by -*Leah*-
I'm in Alabama, and I didn't feel anything, which I am above Birmingham, so I guess that could be why.

I think you had to be right by the epicenter and probably awake to feel it.

Did you feel last year's quake that was a 4.9 Leah? I slept through it. :rolleyes:

A 3.3 is big enough to be felt by most people indoors (unless they are sleeping). It probably would not be noticed outdoors. Just be glad it was not a 6.3 (the magnitude of the 1933 Long Beach (Calif.) quake.
Anyway, like you said, any kind of earthquake is rare in Alabama. It would be nice if it were rare in California, but then there would be no mountains.

Originally posted by Fleet
A 3.3 is big enough to be felt by most people indoors (unless they are sleeping). It probably would not be noticed outdoors. Just be glad it was not a 6.3 (the magnitude of the 1933 Long Beach (Calif.) quake.
Anyway, like you said, any kind of earthquake is rare in Alabama. It would be nice if it were rare in California, but then there would be no mountains.

Did you feel that 6.5 that hit around Paso Robles right before Christmas? It killed 2 or 3 people and collapsed some old buildings.

Originally posted by Brent88
Did you feel that 6.5 that hit around Paso Robles right before Christmas? It killed 2 or 3 people and collapsed some old buildings.
Yeah, I remember that one. Paso Robles is about 120 miles away from me. I didn't feel it; I was moving around at the time. But, I called my mom, and she didn't feel it either even though she was inside the house. I guess it was too far and the main shock wave perhaps went in a different direction.

The only major earthquake that occured here in SD was a few years ago during the night. I slept through it because I'm a heavy sleeper. There were several big trees in the area that got knocked down.

There was a moderate (6.5 magnitude) earthquake in Eastern San Diego County in 1968. Near Borrego Mountain. Not many people have heard of that one because it was in a remote area.

I wish I could sleep through earthquakes!

Originally posted by Fleet
There was a moderate (6.5 magnitude) earthquake in Eastern San Diego County in 1968. Near Borrego Mountain. Not many people have heard of that one because it was in a remote area.

I wish I could sleep through earthquakes!

I want to feel an earthquake once... maybe when I go to California one day a small one will hit and I will feel it(don't want to see a 6 or higher. :eek: )

Yeah, trust me, you don't want to experience a 6+ magnitude earthquake.

If you really want to feel an earthquake, your best bet is in Japan or Alaska. Or Alabama. :joke:

I was living in Dallas, Texas when Alpine, Texas, a small town out on the side of a mountain in far West Texas was hit by a 5.5 on the ricter scale earthquake in 1995. It caused the side of a remote mountainside to collapse and slide down into the valley below. The tremlor caused buildings as far away as Dallas to sway.

The Alpine, Tx. quake was most likely caused by the mighty Rio Grande rift zone. It'll shake you awake from your sleep.

Originally posted by Brent88
I think you had to be right by the epicenter and probably awake to feel it.

Did you feel last year's quake that was a 4.9 Leah? I slept through it. :rolleyes: :lol: Some people at my school 'claimed' to feel it, and they said their bed was shaking and everything, but I didn't feel anything... I guess I am a deep sleeper. :p

Originally posted by -*Leah*-
:lol: Some people at my school 'claimed' to feel it, and they said their bed was shaking and everything, but I didn't feel anything... I guess I am a deep sleeper. :p

People up near the epicenter were awakened like that. One guy from a town south of Anniston said his TV fell off his dresser as a result. :eek:

I'm also a deep sleeper. I once slept through a bad thunderstorm, REALLY bad. :crazy:

I live in San Diego, and 3.3 does not even awake you from your sleep; but I am used to little earthquakes over the years since I grew up in California; the last big earthquake that knocked things off the walls was the Northridge earthquake back in 1994, which is about 115 North from where I live, but it was still strong enough to cause a small amount of damage in the Northern/ Coastal regions of San Diego county...

I live in California and we've never gotten an earthquake... once, when we were in San Jose, CA. That was in the late 80's, I don't even remember but apparently it happened. I never even knew California got many earthquakes, but whatever.

I live in California and we've never gotten an earthquake... once, when we were in San Jose, CA. That was in the late 80's, I don't even remember but apparently it happened. I never even knew California got many earthquakes, but whatever.

Dude, you livew in the Earthquake State. Okay, so San Diego doen't get shaken up as much unlike the rest of CA. So san Diego may be the safest county in CA from quakes since it lies the farthest from the San Andreas fault. I beleive it is 130 to 150 miles from the nearest parts of the giant fault.

Originally posted by Foley fan 4 life
Dude, you livew in the Earthquake State. Okay, so San Diego doen't get shaken up as much unlike the rest of CA. So san Diego may be the safest county in CA from quakes since it lies the farthest from the San Andreas fault. I beleive it is 130 to 150 miles from the nearest parts of the giant fault.

Whatever, I've lived in Citrus Heights (near Sacramento) for 14 years and there hasn't been even one earthquake. When I was in San Jose, we did have a slight one. But I was a baby and don't remember. So, I don't know WHAT you're talking about.