Well this morning when I checked Face book some of my friends were talking about an earthquake! In fact, my friend Cynthia, was quite shook up about it. The earth quake occurred around 6:00 AM. Not many people were up at that time but many of them were well aware of what was going on. No damage was done but people get a little shook up when the ground moved and things rattled.
The earthquake we had was 4.6 and was originally thought to be caused by fracking in the area. Later it was shown that it was caused by fracing.
So I was still pleasantly asleep at six AM and heard and felt nothing. Many days I am awake around 6 AM but not today when something exciting was going on.
4.6 is a pretty good jolt. But you missed it :-(
ReplyDeleteThis was fairly localize so did not go far. My son near Vancouver keeps me informed of west coast quakes.
Delete...fracking, I'm glad that New York state outlawed it.
ReplyDeleteVery controversial issue. Money pushes it.
DeleteEarthquakes are sneaky. We had one a month or so ago but not near us.
ReplyDeleteWe also live close to Camp Pendleton which has big artillery range practice every now and then. Shakes the windows with a huge BOOM.
Earthquakes don't give any warning!
DeleteI read about the earthquake. I'm glad to know you are all right.
ReplyDeleteReally no damage. A few pictures had to be straightened out.
DeleteThe earth moved for The Micro Manager.
DeleteDon’t you wish you could have felt it? Then again maybe not. When I was in Japan I felt everything shaking but the following morning only a couple of people had felt it. Everybody else had slept through it. Fracking sounds very scary.
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't say this but I've never been in an earthquake.
DeleteDon't you hate it when you sleep through something like that!
ReplyDeleteI don't think anything was felt in town.
DeleteThat is unusual in your area I think.
ReplyDeleteIt would be unusual. There are small ones that happen but it's not common.
DeleteI was jokingly going to ask about fracking -- not knowing that actually WAS the cause of the quake!
ReplyDeleteWell, with all the fracking in North america you have a good chance of being right.
DeleteWhat we do to the earth.
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad you are OK. They reported power outages here, out east!
I don't think anything was felt in town.
DeleteYou'd think that people would consider ceasing fracking.
ReplyDeleteThere's too much money to be made from fracking.
DeleteWOW. I am happy it did not interrupt your slumber.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it was felt in town.
DeleteThank you for the new word "fracing" as a synonym for fracking - I'd not heard that before. I'm not a proponent of fracking because it seems like common sense that groundwater will be affected due to the very nature of the process. It's also been linked to earthquakes in many areas, including yours. It's been put on hold in NS but I think it's only a matter of time before one government or another lifts the ban. There's too much money to be made!
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be able to find deposits that are viable when they can Frack. I think I made a spelling error on frac
DeleteWikipedia and several other sites all say that fracking and fracing (along with a number of other variations) all mean the same!
DeleteObviously fracking is not good.
ReplyDeleteYou are completely right. ..not good at all.
DeleteGot a whole lot of shakin going on
ReplyDeleteGood tune!
DeleteI heard about it on the news. Fracking is a real problem but greed seems to rise above common sense.
ReplyDeleteyou've got it exactly right.
DeleteI thought I felt one in Hawaii, but no one else did:)
ReplyDeleteYou're just a very sensitive person!
DeleteWell, I'm just glad there wasn't any damage from it. And sleeping through it seems like a good idea to me! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou must feel the odd rumbler that happens off the pacific coast. My son keeps me informed about them.
DeleteHi Red, I had to look up "fracing" ... Wow, 4.6 is a pretty good jolt isn't it? When we had a 5.3 in Seattle years ago there was plenty of damage. Are you OK with fracking and fracing?
ReplyDeleteThe proper term is fracking. I made an error.
ReplyDeleteFracking seems like a very desperate activity to me. Squeezing every last drop of energy out of our Earth when fracking investment should clearly be poured into renewables. Earthquakes? The frackers don't give a damn.
ReplyDeleteBummer about the quake being caused by fracking. 4.6 is a pretty good shake.
ReplyDeleteI’ve never felt an earthquake and i would like to — just a small one, please! Hate that it was caused by fracking. You never hear of solar energy doing that!
ReplyDeleteSleeping through the earthquake would be better than worrying about it in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteAs long as we want to drive our SUVs 70 mph down the highway, getting less than 20 mpg, we will have fracking ... or maybe something worse. We are playing Russian roulette, whether we realize it or not.
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