On Jul 29, 9:06*pm, wrote:
AZ Nomad wrote:

* Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather
* violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was
* surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3.2.

* I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. *When I lived in
* Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter
* within 2 miles of me.

Well, gee thanks for the sympathy!

* My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing
* else.

The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the
floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird.

--
Joyce * ^..^

Any of that is still creepy beyond belief to me. Give me tornadoes any
day.
I can deal with that. It's something you can *get away from*. Not
earthquakes!
I heard someone quoted as saying, WRT this earthquake, "Think of it as
practice for "the big one" which is eventually coming.''
I distinctly remember in 8th grade science class (yes, many moons
ago)....the
instructor was talking about the imminent "big one" in which
California
would surely fall off into the ocean. :-)
Sherry