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mwmisses4289

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26. Living in the PNW from the early 1980's

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:59 AM

Oct 5

through the mid 2000s, it was amazing how quickly we got used to quakes. Anything less than 5.0 never really registered except for the occasional dish rattle. The oddest one we went through we had just moved into a house, still had boxes stacked everywhere, and we noticed our dog eos staring at the floor. I heard what I thought was a big truck rumbling past the house, then looked up and saw our dining room chandelier swinging from side to side. The odd thing was that none of the stacked boxes tumbled to the floor. Quake was later rated a 5.2.
The scariest was the Nisqually Quake. That was a 7.2 or 3, if I remember correctly. Lots of brick facade buildings facade came down, office buildings had broken glass falling to streets below...yikes.

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Just experienced my first earthquake ever. [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 4 OP

Get accustomed to them malaise Oct 4 #1

I've been through a lot of little shakers & was on the edge of a big one, but never with howler monkeys! Hekate Oct 4 #2

Many folks don't swim on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica because of sea currents as a result malaise Oct 4 #4

. truddy777 Oct 4 #3

I lived in California hen I was a kid, 4-6 yrs MiniMe Oct 4 #5

I managed to sleep through the only PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 4 #6

Good choice. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 4 #12

It was an aftershock of the Northridge earthquake in 1994. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 4 #24

One of the reasons I left California Javaman Oct 4 #7

My sister lived in Northridge at the time and it really did do a lot of damage in her neighborhood. flying_wahini Oct 5 #27

I was working on a movie in el segundo ata drive in thaterin theater Javaman Oct 5 #28

4.3 isn't so bad. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 4 #8

We haven't had many at all this year malaise Oct 4 #13

Our nearest fault line is only about five miles away. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 4 #21

Building codes are different - that helps! moonscape Oct 5 #29

welcome to the club. AllaN01Bear Oct 4 #9

They're amazingly primal haryn Oct 4 #10

I felt one in 1980 in Phila of all places. BigmanPigman Oct 4 #11

We've felt a couple in central Vermont... GiqueCee Oct 4 #14

Keep this handy malaise Oct 4 #15

Thanks so much. sinkingfeeling Oct 4 #18

You've had several small ones today malaise Oct 4 #19

Was in a 7.0 montanacowboy Oct 4 #16

Holy Shit malaise Oct 4 #20

We missed it by that much Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #22

We haven't had a big one in 120 years malaise Oct 5 #25

I've been through so many I can judge the Demobrat Oct 4 #17

We had quake pools Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #23

Living in the PNW from the early 1980's mwmisses4289 Oct 5 #26