Comments on: Just felt an earthquake, but none of the monitoring sites show it https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52841 ER Sun, 07 Jan 2024 01:37:58 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52841 When I lived in California I experienced several earthquakes, but it was my first that left the most lasting perceptual impression. I had just finished my lunchtime jog at work and I was in the company shower. Suddenly I felt nauseous and disoriented (there was no shaking or trembling that I could recall) and I felt maybe I had worked out too hard and was suffering from a stroke or fainting spell. I realized what was happening when the other guys in the shower hastily wrapped their asses with towels and ran out of the building, lathered up and dripping wet. I followed shortly thereafter. When I lived in California I experienced several earthquakes, but it was my first that left the most lasting perceptual impression. I had just finished my lunchtime jog at work and I was in the company shower. Suddenly I felt nauseous and disoriented (there was no shaking or trembling that I could recall) and I felt maybe I had worked out too hard and was suffering from a stroke or fainting spell. I realized what was happening when the other guys in the shower hastily wrapped their asses with towels and ran out of the building, lathered up and dripping wet. I followed shortly thereafter.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52833 RL Fri, 05 Jan 2024 01:29:24 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52833 I mean there was a feeling of dread...subsonic sound can induce that feeling... though maybe it was just knowing on some level that it was an earthquake also created that dread. The rumble I felt seemed to be in the air, not the ground. I have been in a couple of earthquakes that could be felt... none seemed as LOUD as this minor one... I suspect that a cave in would be a very different experience... I mean there was a feeling of dread…subsonic sound can induce that feeling… though maybe it was just knowing on some level that it was an earthquake also created that dread. The rumble I felt seemed to be in the air, not the ground.

I have been in a couple of earthquakes that could be felt… none seemed as LOUD as this minor one…

I suspect that a cave in would be a very different experience…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52831 RL Thu, 04 Jan 2024 04:32:42 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52831 Is this a low flying jet, or an earthquake? Pitch was way too low for a jet, I was bracing for the jolts that never came. Is this a low flying jet, or an earthquake?

Pitch was way too low for a jet, I was bracing for the jolts that never came.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52830 RobVG Wed, 03 Jan 2024 21:20:54 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52830 SR-72 n/t SR-72 n/t

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52829 podrock Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:41:21 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52829 <p>Ominous?</p> I'm following a lot of research into very low frequency signals from earth movements. And giving thought to how animals (including humans) perceive them. Been curious about this since my uncle's neighborhood was shook by - in my opinion - the collapse of a cave under the area. All the neighbors described different sensations. They all had immediate thoughts. "Is that a racoon in the attic?" "What fell in the basement?" "Was that a car wreck?" What was your first thought? Ominous?

I’m following a lot of research into very low frequency signals from earth movements. And giving thought to how animals (including humans) perceive them. Been curious about this since my uncle’s neighborhood was shook by – in my opinion – the collapse of a cave under the area. All the neighbors described different sensations. They all had immediate thoughts.

“Is that a racoon in the attic?”

“What fell in the basement?”

“Was that a car wreck?”

What was your first thought?

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52828 RL Wed, 03 Jan 2024 03:17:11 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52828 It was an ominous sound... its hard to describe... my dog showed no signs of predicting it, lol... she only noticed it because I turned on the light and was listening. It came from all around, like a low flying jet but much lower in pitch. It was an ominous sound… its hard to describe… my dog showed no signs of predicting it, lol… she only noticed it because I turned on the light and was listening.

It came from all around, like a low flying jet but much lower in pitch.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52827 podrock Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:36:52 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52827 Fun that you felt it. The USGS takes some time, usually 30 minutes to report on most eq's. There is auto reporting, but these are then reviewed by humans before we get a good number. The lowest magnitude reported on their site is 2.5 in the United States. Elsewhere in the world it may take a longer time before reported for small temblors. Due to lack of equipment, some areas have very poor reporting. Fun that you felt it.

The USGS takes some time, usually 30 minutes to report on most eq’s. There is auto reporting, but these are then reviewed by humans before we get a good number. The lowest magnitude reported on their site is 2.5 in the United States. Elsewhere in the world it may take a longer time before reported for small temblors. Due to lack of equipment, some areas have very poor reporting.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/01/just-felt-an-earthquake-but-none-of-the-monitoring-sites-show-it/#comment-52826 RL Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:07:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102418#comment-52826 2.3 magnitude, in Rockville, Md... first one I have felt here... 2.3 magnitude, in Rockville, Md… first one I have felt here…

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