The I survived the 2011 earthquake thread. - Page 2

Vaillant · #21 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 1:43 AM**

wait for the 2012 ones not many of you will survive in Vancouver with the tsunami

Mousey · #22 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 2:17 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

6.7 is hardly a small event. A 6.3 earthquake completely devastated the Canterbury region of New Zealand this year... including their second largest city. The tallest building in South Island was structurally compromised and is currently being demolished. Nearly 200 dead.

Haiti was only a 7.0, between 90 000 and 300 000 dead. Again, hardly a small event.

We are very lucky that this happened in the most sparsely populated area of the Island.

Today's was tiny in comparison to the 9.0 that we are foretold, is on the way... I was surprised it even made the news in the rest of Canada the way it did.

But anything over 6 is quite substantial!

whatnext · #23 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 2:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by DKaz

Oh the humanity!

giallo · #24 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 2:30 AM**

It's kind of funny to read how excited and/or disappointed most people are by the earthquake. I don't think anyone will be singing the same tune when the big one hits. Just ask Japan.
I've experienced some pretty big ones in Taiwan, and trust me, it's fucking terrifying.

SpongeG · #25 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 3:14 AM**

i missed it - but i know people in new west who felt it, my friend downtown felt it in his office - i was walking down dunsmuir at the time so nothing

i wonder if its a pre-shock quake for a big one? sort of like what happenned with japan they had a sizeable 6+ one the day before the 9 struck

queetz@home · #26 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 4:18 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by giallo

It's kind of funny to read how excited and/or disappointed most people are by the earthquake. I don't think anyone will be singing the same tune when the big one hits. Just ask Japan.
I've experienced some pretty big ones in Taiwan, and trust me, it's fucking terrifying.

No kidding, eh? I personally experienced a 7.7 Earthquake and its no joke. I think Vancouverites in general are so spoiled they crave for disaster. Even the way people in general reacted to the hockey riots. Its nothing compared to what most cities, even more recently London, has experienced, and the locals here think its post apocalyptic or something.

I think people here need to really count their blessings. As I mentioned before, this little ground shaking is a non-event.

SpongeG · #27 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 4:19 AM**

• Video Link

Distill3d · #28 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 4:24 AM**

The earthquake cost $4.95 in damages today. I had yet to put the lid on my latte from Blenz before it fell over, spilling on to the floor. Not all was lost though, I did get a free replacement.

DKaz · #29 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 4:44 AM**

...and 80km below sea level.

Mousey · #30 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 4:55 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpongeG

• Video Link

Odd video, but makes some sense. I remember enough about plate tectonics in high school, to understand exactly what he meant. I just never would of figured all the small quakes along the NA plate would mean anything at all... That's not the plate that gives us our major quakes anyways. (Juan De Fuca and Pacific) A bit scary to be honest, but if he's right at least none us here in BC need to worry. But that's a bit scary for the Southern US.
There's been so much action along the entire ring of fire lately, that I would of associated it with that, and not the earthquake that hit Virginia and across the US.

twoNeurons · #31 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 6:37 AM**

It was actually 23km deep. The thing is, it was a 6.4 on the richter scale and 300km away. On the Japanese Shindo scale, which measures the strength at the point it is felt, it would probably be a 3 or 4 close to the epicenter and maybe 1 or 2 in Vancouver. The Tohoku quake was a 7 in most of Tohoku and 5 in Tokyo. Even the aftershocks were rated as 6.

That's the problem with the Richter scale. It only measures the epicenter. So, if you felt it, you automatically feel like you survived a 6.4 magnitude quake... even though you were 300km away.

I experienced a 4.5 a few months ago in Japan, and it wasn't the kind that rolls, but the kind that goes BANG! and wakes you up in the middle of the night. Quite freaky, but it was more of a "wow, I feel really small and powerless" feeling to be honest.

To put that in perspective, that's about 100x smaller than the 6.4.

That's not to say we shouldn't care. If anything, it should motivate some to think about what kind of emergency preparedness they have ready when a large quake hits the region.

twoNeurons · #32 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 6:53 AM**

On the Mercalli scale, the intensity in Vancouver is a II - III, which puts it at about a 3.0-3.9.

Wonder if we'll ever see a XII Cataclysmic quake?

Oh an DKaz... that was the BEST picture EVAR!

GeeCee · #33 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 7:24 AM**

I just can't wait for the next week of earthquake preparedness nonsense in the media. Ugh.

twoNeurons · #34 Posted **Sep 10, 2011, 4:05 PM**

Although of course the media's going to jump on this, emergency preparedness is something that I think MOST people neglect around here. I would think that most people don't know really know what to do in the event of a major earthquake. They don't have a plan in place and probably would have trouble surviving for 72 hours without electricity.

Most people wouldn't know to open the nearest door as more deaths from earthquakes are from fires after the quake and being stuck inside a room with a door that's wedged shut.