Guest tx2sturgis Posted September 12, 2011 Share #1 Posted September 12, 2011 (edited) I felt my first earthquake early Sunday morning. September 11th. I was not far from San Angelo, and felt the truck move, it actually shook, for about 2 seconds....I had been up for about 30 minutes but was still relaxing in the sleeper, checking email, news about the anniversary of September 11, and recent tweets on my iPad. Normally when you feel that in a stationary truck cab, its either a gust of wind, or maybe a heavily loaded truck that rolls by on the highway. I heard an hour later it was an earthquake in Snyder. Magnitude 4.4 on the scale. It's a sparsely populated area, and the suspicion is that the oil and gas operations in the area are causing it. Where have we heard THAT before? There have been several aftershocks, and in fact, in the last few years, they have had a number of minor tremblors in the area. http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/local/story/Snyder-earthquake-Scurry-County/DnOHZWUCvUSgbivOt5IWsg.cspx?rss=2345 http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/11/shallow-magnitude-4-4-earthquake-close-to-snyder-texas/ This was centered in a county named appropriately, Scurry County. Edited September 12, 2011 by tx2sturgis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyRich Posted September 12, 2011 Share #2 Posted September 12, 2011 The 7.0's are lots of fun... They'll be no doubt in your mind what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted September 12, 2011 Share #3 Posted September 12, 2011 Actually you folks had one last week that was a little stronger.... The plates are moving..... TEXAS QUAKES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisolm1 Posted September 12, 2011 Share #4 Posted September 12, 2011 My personal best was 8.9 while working in Tokyo this past spring. Aftershocks were numerous and many above 7. Yee hawww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRefugee Posted September 13, 2011 Share #5 Posted September 13, 2011 I lived in Anchorage Alaska during the 1964 quake. It was a 9.2 that lasted 4 minutes. You would get knocked down and then when you stood up get knocked right back down. My brother and I were kids so at first we thought it was funny but believe me we did not think that for very long. We had VERY strong aftershocks for a LONG time after that. After that I became a "bit sensitive" to earthquakes. Now even the the smallest one gets my full attention. Regardless of the size, if I feel it I am headed out of what ever building I am in NOW and firmly instructing everyone else to do the same. (okay I am actually yelling for everyone to get outside). If I am sleeping and it wakes me up I literally fly out of the bed and head outside. My wife thinks it is funny that the amount of time it takes me to get out of bed and be standing outside is measured in nanoseconds but I am not taking any chances of having a building coming down on me if I can get the hell out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted September 13, 2011 Share #6 Posted September 13, 2011 Regardless of the size, if I feel it I am headed out of what ever building I am in NOW and firmly instructing everyone else to do the same. (okay I am actually yelling for everyone to get outside). If I am sleeping and it wakes me up I literally fly out of the bed and head outside. My wife thinks it is funny that the amount of time it takes me to get out of bed and be standing outside is measured in nanoseconds but I am not taking any chances of having a building coming down on me if I can get the hell out of it. The odds are better that you will get killed riding your bike, than getting munched by an earthquake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoop Posted September 13, 2011 Share #7 Posted September 13, 2011 I lived in Anchorage Alaska during the 1964 quake. It was a 9.2 that lasted 4 minutes. You would get knocked down and then when you stood up get knocked right back down. My brother and I were kids so at first we thought it was funny but believe me we did not think that for very long. We had VERY strong aftershocks for a LONG time after that. I was there for that one. Our family was sitting down to eat and the table was shaking. My dad told us kids to stop kicking the table. The table kept shaking so he got up to pop our buts and he noticed the chandelier swinging back and forth. I don't remember a lot of it I was only 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadhand Posted September 13, 2011 Share #8 Posted September 13, 2011 It is so darn dry here in Texas, the earth is cracking! This on top of all the fires, AND 100+ days & days & days. Oh well Ricky boy has been praying for rain here and you see where it has gotten Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brake Pad Posted September 13, 2011 Share #9 Posted September 13, 2011 The odds are better that you will get killed riding your bike, than getting munched by an earthquake. That's so comforting, thanks Condor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Ghost Posted September 15, 2011 Share #10 Posted September 15, 2011 I grew up just south of Snyder. Left there in 1972 for Uncle Sam's traveling circus. While I lived there we never had an earthquake and that was when the oil fields here were booming. Now the big thing here is wind farms, although the oil patch is still operating, just not at the same intensity as it used to. So, and this is just my uneducated opinion, the earthquakes are not caused by oil and gas drilling, but by the torque forces from the wind pulling on the giant windmill towers. You can assist in alleviating this condition by buying windfarm credits from me. With the money you send I will buy lead weights that we will strategically place so as to counteract the pulling effect from the windmills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBeaver Posted September 15, 2011 Share #11 Posted September 15, 2011 The odds are better that you will get killed riding your bike, than getting munched by an earthquake. I don't see a citation here One might suggest that one is much more likely to be safe from being trapped inside a building during an earth quake if they are not inside a building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stache Posted September 15, 2011 Share #12 Posted September 15, 2011 I don't see a citation here One might suggest that one is much more likely to be safe from being trapped inside a building during an earth quake if they are not inside a building. If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBeaver Posted September 15, 2011 Share #13 Posted September 15, 2011 If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs... Now that is just crazy talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted September 15, 2011 Share #14 Posted September 15, 2011 One might suggest that one is much more likely to be safe from being trapped inside a building during an earth quake if they are not inside a building. Unless a wall collapses outward and falls on you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBeaver Posted September 15, 2011 Share #15 Posted September 15, 2011 Unless a wall collapses outward and falls on you.... Do note the "Much more likely" part of my statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted September 15, 2011 Share #16 Posted September 15, 2011 Do note the "Much more likely" part of my statement I did.... http://earthquakecountry.info/dropcoverholdon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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