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Felt that one !!

We just had a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit right when I was going to get into bed !!
Well now I won’t be able to sleep for a while…
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I grew up in earthquake country...once they start approaching a 5.0, they definitely get your attention.
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@BizSuitStacy I grew up in an active earthquake zone too. It is not my first experience with earthquakes either.
I seem to have good luck (or bad depending upon how you look at it) I have experienced earthquakes on various continents and in places that have them regularly and places that don’t. One of the most exhilarating was during a trip to Chile 🇨🇱 while staying in Viña Del Mar on the bottom floor of a hotel tower made mostly out of cement. It’s one of the few times I’ve actually run out of a building for safety reasons because both I and one of my traveling companions thought it was safer than staying in the room in the event of a collapse. Probably wouldn’t have survived either eventuality and the third member of our group slept right through it lol. We walked back into the room and felt aftershocks for a few hours. Chile 🇨🇱 is a pretty active earthquake country. I also experienced one on Maui Hawaii that was pretty surprising and forceful. And at my place in the mountains, which sits on a solid rock foundation (mostly) and that makes it very apparent when a quake occurs.
I enjoy earthquakes because I like the surge of adrenaline that comes from an unexpected event. I just don’t like the ones that have proven fatal to people (like the 1989 earthquake).
SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M
Holy shit! You alright my friend?
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@SleepingWithGhosts Yep I’m fine.
SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M
@RunTheJulz That's good. I've never been in an earthquake so I don't know what they're like.
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@SleepingWithGhosts They can be exciting. I don’t know how to describe them other than the obvious but I find the force of them to be fascinating and the fact that it’s possible to send alerts via text messages is really helpful. I hope you get a chance to experience one someday and I hope it’s not a destructive one.
Teslin · M
Hope all is well. Be safe !!
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@Teslin As well as can be. Thank you 😊
Iwillwait · M
@RunTheJulz What area had that size?
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@Iwillwait

M 4.9 (revised to M 4.6) <- 1 km SE of Boulder Creek, CA
Iwillwait · M
@RunTheJulz whoa!
Musicman · 61-69, M
Oh my gosh! Where was this at???
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@Musicman West coast USA.
Musicman · 61-69, M
@RunTheJulz California is famous for earthquakes. Are you and your family okay? How about your house?
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@Musicman Yes it is, all is well.
candycane · 36-40, F
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