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(@perry-williams)
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Felt my second earthquake ever tonite at 7:12 PM. Only a magnitude 4.0 somewhere near Portland ME but I was putting down some carpet in an old farmhouse and felt the whole building shake for about 10 seconds. Felt like someone was rolling a piano across the floor above me.

 
Posted : October 16, 2012 7:18 pm
(@paden-cash)
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Looks like you were spot on with the local time.

that's big enough to rattle dishes in the cupboard.
Any "casualties"?

 
Posted : October 16, 2012 7:23 pm
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I think we are 100 miles from Portland, so no damage and the power never flickered. Heard on the news that the emergency response system essentially went down because so many people called 911, even though there was no emergency.

 
Posted : October 16, 2012 7:28 pm
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During my first two years in college I lived a few miles from the firing range for Howitzers at Fort Riley. The old house, old barn and sheds reverberated routinely. Despite knowing the vibrations were harmless, they were disconcerting.

 
Posted : October 16, 2012 8:32 pm
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> Felt my second earthquake ever tonite at 7:12 PM. Only a magnitude 4.0 somewhere near Portland ME but I was putting down some carpet in an old farmhouse and felt the whole building shake for about 10 seconds. Felt like someone was rolling a piano across the floor above me.

Eh...4.6...babyquake. Been through those several times. B-)

Try a 7.2!!! :-O Wendell, the wacko that he is, ENJOYED it. *I* did not. :bored:

 
Posted : October 16, 2012 9:32 pm
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While I didn't feel it, a few said the floor rumbled here in SW CT.

 
Posted : October 17, 2012 2:16 am
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Perry,

Here in Southern NH we felt it!!!

I was sitting in a ZBA meeting and the whole room felt it.

Jim in Southern NH

 
Posted : October 17, 2012 3:45 am
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Earthquake! USGS Report Form

They want to know.

Did you feel it.

 
Posted : October 17, 2012 7:56 am
(@perry-williams)
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Bob

Thanks, I did fill out the form.

 
Posted : October 17, 2012 10:51 am