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Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Tabba Khady (Moderator)
Date: May 20, 2009 09:40PM

Just happened! Did anyone felt it? people ran out in the street... Shake shake shake! Like a subway passed underground! Who want to guess how much it was on Ritcher scale.. I heard that it was about 4.6... I doubt! Felt to be stronger! Specially if we remember the one a year and half ago which was VERY strong....

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 20, 2009 09:50PM

we were in the car coming home and didn't feel a thing.

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 20, 2009 10:01PM

I see from this web site that the Virgin island area had 3 earthquakes today and the PR region had 2.. I don't see the one you felt listed yet.
[earthquake.usgs.gov]

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: jewelsnpa7 (---.dhcp.embarqhsd.net)
Date: May 21, 2009 12:26PM

Wow- do they call them island quakes or earthquakes-eye rolling smiley just kidding! I am from Calif. so I will feel right at home.eye popping smiley

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: contessa (---.bos.east.verizon.net)
Date: May 21, 2009 01:56PM

I've been in 2 quakes on SXM and when I was in a villa the dang walls shook! It was scary as all get out! In the other one I was driving and didn't know about it until I got to the beach. Weird!! Must be when your moving you can't feel it.
Glad it was minor!>grinning smiley<


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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: irina (---.mia.bellsouth.net)
Date: May 21, 2009 03:40PM

I used to feel them when I lived at SBYC. Especially sitting on the ground!
Cheers
irina

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: pat (---.dsl.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net)
Date: May 21, 2009 05:39PM

Hey, I....,

One year Kim and Ken were at The Towers and I believe in their penthouse unit and felt one - now that had to be a little scary once they realized what it actually was and what floor they were sitting on and how many flights of stairs they had to run down if it became necessary. Yikes! eye popping smiley

And thankfully, it's something we've never experienced anywhere.

Respectfully,

pat
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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 22, 2009 04:48PM

from our met office
[www.meteo.an]

Special Features: With regard to the tremor felt in St. Maarten and surroundings at about 09:00 PM on Wednesday evening we can inform that in a preliminary statement at 09:02 PM. a tremor was measured with an epicenter near 18.15 degrees North and a latitude of 62.79 degrees West or about 23 miles East Northeast of St. Maarten. The depth was about 18 kilometers with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale.

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Rastaman (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)
Date: May 23, 2009 08:51AM

Barbara: Thank you. I have been going crazy trying to find out info about the quake. I was able to see the seismograph info from the Saba station, but an interpretation is much better.

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 23, 2009 10:43AM

I was having trouble finding any information about it too

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Re: Tremor! guess how much on the scale....
Posted by: Norbert (---.sintmaarten.net)
Date: May 23, 2009 06:20PM

Couldn't find the 1st one on USGS, but apparently there was another last night:

[earthquake.usgs.gov]

Magnitude 3.8
Date-Time Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 04:29:16 AM at epicenter
Location 18.291°N, 63.742°W

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