Tiny Earthquake!

[momijizukamori]

Small earthquake just off the southern coast of Maine this morning. They're such a rarity here on the east coast (and, frankly, small enough) that it ends up being a novelty more than anything, heh. I actually thought maybe the cats were just running around upstairs, in the absence of any large trucks on the street (which was my first guess for what rattled the house a little), but nope, more exciting than that.

Comments

[jadelennox]

I'd been describing it to someone as "very large truck" and they said "more like the washing machine has a super unbalanced load and there's things on top" and they were right, that is kind of what it felt like. Or maybe both at once.

[momijizukamori]

A friend closer to the city also described it as being like an unbalanced washing machine (which is actually what she thought it was, originally). I think I maybe got slightly less rattling out where I am - it was definitely more something I heard rather than really felt.

[silveradept]

Oh, my. That's not usual for your area, is it?

[momijizukamori]

Not really, no! And apparently because of the bedrock here, the small quakes we do get can be felt further out than they would on the west coast, which was an interesting thing to learn.

[silveradept]

Huh. You must have good transmission media over that way, then.