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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMA had a 4.2 earthquake off the coast of New Bedford.
Felt it where I live in Norfolk County.
I felt the earth move under my feet and trump is a loser!
treestar
(82,383 posts)Delaware has had 2 very small earthquakes in my lifetime. It's kind of hilarious. Not scary like it might be in California or Alaska.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)Never before that.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)decoratives on the shelves, and 4.2 doesn't open cupboard doors.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)a big one's waves roll through a block of high-rise apartments. But when I got home and told a friend, it turns out that I'd missed the chance to see the San Gabriel Mountain Range rolling on those waves from my living room. Always regretted that.
Our houses were old California bungalows that had ridden several decades of earthquakes and had no damage. But I've never regretted not experiencing one in a skyscraper, in particular the old masonry ones that are designed to rock on their bases. And do. (!)
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)feels like the ground gently shifting, I can feel it. We have a lot of loose sand and soft rock under us, so that likely mitigates the severity of earthquakes.
AllaN01Bear
(18,126 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)ago and was expected to happen within 25 years. But, as things are, you live in a wonderful place, quake or no quake.
hack89
(39,171 posts)certainly got my attention.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)A very LOUD rumble!
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)That pink Avalon belt was the bedrock that shook just east of Narragansett Bay. I live on that bedrock in Connecticut and it shook the whole town up despite being many 10s of mile east.