Earthquakes
@sumofalltears (3988)
United States
September 17, 2017 4:28pm CST
Recently there was a big earthquake in Mexico, but there was a small one in New England the Tuesday before that one. I live in New England, so did I feel the quake...noooo I did however hear it. As a matter of fact my daughter and I both heard it.
It was a deep rumble like several trains or subways passing by at the same time. Neither of us could really place the sound and when we looked around there was nothing amiss, so we decided it was weird sounding thunder and didn't think about it again.
The next morning we heard about the 1.7 quake and we both realized what we had heard.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 17
only experienced one quake - quite a small one but the house - back in Manchester shook like a Rhino wa charging into it - they say it was caused by fracking
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
20 Sep 17
I am not overly familiar with fracking, however if it can cause quakes it should be stopped.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
20 Sep 17
@arthurchappell obviously not a good thing.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 17
@sumofalltears it causes underground explosions - the shock waves generate quakes
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
20 Sep 17
It wasn't bad, but there have been so many bad ones recently....makes one wonder.
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@just4him (305987)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Sep 17
@sumofalltears Yes there have. It does give one pause to think.
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@marguicha (215345)
• Chile
17 Sep 17
You must have a fine ear if you feel a 1.7 earthquake
. In my country, we don´t get up from where we are if there´s an earthquake smaller that 5.00 Richter. But then, most of our houses are built earthquake proof.
. In my country, we don´t get up from where we are if there´s an earthquake smaller that 5.00 Richter. But then, most of our houses are built earthquake proof.1 person likes this
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
19 Sep 17
It was quite loud and unlike any noise we had ever heard.
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Sep 17
So glad it wasn't more serious, but must have been scary to those who heard and felt it.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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21 Sep 17
I was in a hotel in New Zealand when I felt things rumbling... I found out later that New Zealand has always been famous for minor earthquakes.
