5.6 Quake in Montana

[KevanGuy]

Or in L.A.?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs...kes/usazad.htm

[notoepik]

Yes! I felt it.

I was chatting with one of the CPHL GMs at the time, and I told him "OMG we just had an earthquake." The fireplace tools were clanging and my chair moved. My neighbor said the water sloshed out of his fish tank.

It was mild, but still eerie.

[evman150]

They say you could feel it in Seattle but I didn't feel anything.

I guess you people don't get very many earthquakes. Not like over here where we basically live on the fault between the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.

Or maybe you do get earthquakes. That link said seismic activity was common in Montana. Do you guys have earthquake drills in school? I used to love those. That cheesy tape they'd play over the PA. Laugh.

B-)

[icarus]

4am? Can't say I felt it. EDIT: Okay 4am universal time (whatever that is), 10pm Montana (and Calgary time). Nope I don't remember feeling anything.

This is pretty surprising though.

Also from that site: think earthquakes are rare? This is mind-boggling.

[icarus]

Originally posted by evman150@Jul 26 2005, 08:44 PM
They say you could feel it in Seattle but I didn't feel anything.

I guess you people don't get very many earthquakes. Not like over here where we basically live on the fault between the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.

Or maybe you do get earthquakes. That link said seismic activity was common in Montana. Do you guys have earthquake drills in school? I used to love those. That cheesy tape they'd play over the PA. Laugh.

B-)

Earthquake drills? Not in Alberta. Never heard of them (but I guess they make sense). I remember visiting my friend's school in Iowa where they have tornado drills.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Earthquakes are a relatively common occurance in Montana. It is, after all, right next to the most active geothermal center on the face of the planet.

I remember when I was about 5 eating dinner at my Grandma's house in Kalispell and a cart she had some house plants on began rolling from the living room and stopped when it hit the dinner table.

[icarus]

Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Jul 26 2005, 10:27 PM
Earthquakes are a relatively common occurance in Montana. It is, after all, right next to the most active geothermal center on the face of the planet.

Isn't that under Wyoming or something? Wouldn't you expect even more earthquakes there?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally posted by icarus+Jul 27 2005, 01:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (icarus @ Jul 27 2005, 01:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Displaced Flames fan@Jul 26 2005, 10:27 PM
Earthquakes are a relatively common occurance in Montana. It is, after all, right next to the most active geothermal center on the face of the planet.

Isn't that under Wyoming or something? Wouldn't you expect even more earthquakes there? [/b][/quote]
Yep, NW Wyoming, SW Montana. This Quake was centered fairly close to the NW corner of Yellowstone. I'm not sure how the numbers jive but I would imagine that you are correct and that the closer you get to Yellowstone, the more quakes there are.

There is a neat place in SW Montana near where this quake was centered actually called Quake Lake. One day there was no lake there, then all of a sudden there was. You get the picture.

All about Quake Lake

[notoepik]

Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Jul 26 2005, 04:27 PM
Earthquakes are a relatively common occurance in Montana.

Nope not rare here. But we don't usually have them that you can feel like the one lastnight.

Although there is a fault line running under part of Flathead Lake and up into Kalispell. There has in the past been a lot of quake activity.


No quake drills, LOL they only have them after a quake like lastnight. Then they forget about them for awhile.

[BlackArcher101]

Wow, that's amazing. First earthquake I ever felt.

I got home around 10pm from work last night, and when I was on CP, my head started to wave around, giving me difficulty reading. I attributed it to simply being tired, but thought that it was odd since it didn't last long. I even looked at the time and it was 10:16pm. I had planned to look at the USGS site when I got home today, but never did until this thread reminded me.

I guess sitting on a wobbly chair amplified it a bit, but cool none the less.

[La Flames Fan]

There are earthquakes everyday here in LA, however, it's just a matter of feeling them. Some are in the 2-3 richter range and you don't feel it or at least don't notice it, but some are pretty significant and they rattle you up a bit....

I was told that if you're walking down the street or something and you feel a bit dizzy, that usually means you've had an earthquake, but not a strong one....

[TheCommodoreAfro]

We had a nice shaker last Saturday here in Tokyo - a 6.3 mag quake. Knocked out elevator power and screwed up the trains in such a fashion that it took me four hours to get home (Normally takes 35-40 minutes from where I was at). Lots of wobbly lampposts and a few broken bottles on the patio where I was at the time.

Tokyo=shakytown. Earthquakes (or tremblors) here are almost like severe thunderstorms in terms of frequency....