Earthquake

GsChinadoll · 09-26-2010, 05:28 PM

We didn't make it up the lake this weekend, sheer lazyness mostly, and now I hear there was an earthquake we missed.

Anyone feel anything? No damage I hope! Just curious to hear re-actions.

Merrymeeting · 09-26-2010, 05:36 PM

My wife and I slept right through it, and the dogs never made a peep.

ApS · 09-26-2010, 05:37 PM

No damage, but I felt an all-over, and uncomfortable, "jostling-moment" just as I had put my head down on a pillow.

Actually very glad to hear this was an earthquake!

RI Swamp Yankee · 09-26-2010, 05:58 PM

3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Southern New Hampshire around 11:30 last night.(Saturday 9-25-10) in Boscawen, 10 miles northwest of Concord.

Some links:

http://www.wmur.com/r/25164069/detail.html

http://www.eagletribune.com/breaking...es-Southern-NH

GTO · 09-26-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GsChinadoll

We didn't make it up the lake this weekend, sheer lazyness mostly, and now I hear there was an earthquake we missed.

Anyone feel anything? No damage I hope! Just curious to hear re-actions.

I got up around 11:45 and my son asked me if I had heard/felt something around 11:30. I did not as I was fast asleep but he said he heard what he thought was a motorcycle slowly rumbling by, but there was none. Shortly after he said people he was talking with on facebook felt/heard something too. Then, he saw the news flash on TV. BTW, we are in Merideth.

upthesaukee · 09-26-2010, 09:09 PM

...but I heard it. It sounded like a heavy truck running over the bumps in my road in front of the house, except there was no traffic. Just a boomp boomp boomp and it was done.

Argie's Wife · 09-26-2010, 10:16 PM

I was working when it happened. It only lasted about 5-7 seconds. It felt like a big logging truck was going by the house - only, there wasn't one. Our home is right on a main road so I'm used to traffic noise. It was disarming when I realized there was no traffic.

Just before it happened our dog started barking this low bark - he's a corgi and they have different sounds they make; I'd never head that one before. I assumed it was for something outside; I didn't connect the two incidents until later on... Our cats had also been knocking around the house but all animals got real quiet after that...

Funny thing is that folks on Facebook went nutty over it. Friends in Laconia, Barnstead, and Gilford were all updating their statuses about it. A techie friend recommended this site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...e00001198.html

Newbiesaukee · 09-27-2010, 08:29 AM

I tried to convince my wife that the "earth moved" but she never buys that whenever I try it; now I have proof!!

KBoater · 09-27-2010, 10:52 AM

I did hear something like a large bang. In the morning, I found a framed map of Winnie that was hung on the wall on the floor.
It was about 6 feet away(sideways) from where it was hung and the hanging pins were still on the wall.

IslandRadio · 09-27-2010, 12:25 PM

Well, now I know what it was

We were on the Island, and I was sitting at the computer at around 11:30 (probably reading the forum!), and felt a "vibration" (minor shaking) which lasted (what seemed like a long time) around 5 seconds.

Went outside to listen - nothing - silence. Forgot about it until seeing this post. I've felt other quakes like that at home as well. They occur every so often, but it has been a number of years since I can remember such a quake.

If there had been a train track or road nearby, I would best describe the effect as similar to a very heavy train going by, or a series of lumber trucks rumbling by the house..... but of course, no roads or train tracks on the Island (at least THIS island - Rattlesnake).

Regards,

Steve

colt17 · 09-27-2010, 01:12 PM

My wife and I both woke up at our camp in Laonia to the camp shaking. We looked at each other said earthquake and then went back to sleep

Rattlesnake Gal · 09-27-2010, 04:47 PM

We mistook the earthquake for acorns falling!

A ton of Mother Nature's little missiles pelted the camp right at that time.

This'nThat · 09-27-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal

We mistook the earthquake for acorns falling!

A ton of Mother Nature's little missiles pelted the camp right at that time.

Anyone else notice the bumper crop of acorns this year? I have to wear a helmet just to get the mail! Started in earnest 2 weeks ago, and hasn't let up at all. I can't remember a year like this.

09-26-2010, 05:28 PM	#1
GsChinadoll Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Northern MA & Moultonboro Posts: 54 Thanks: 333 Thanked 15 Times in 7 Posts	Earthquake We didn't make it up the lake this weekend, sheer lazyness mostly, and now I hear there was an earthquake we missed. Anyone feel anything? No damage I hope! Just curious to hear re-actions. __________________ Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.

09-26-2010, 05:37 PM	#3
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,085 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	Wasn't Me! No damage, but I felt an all-over, and uncomfortable, "jostling-moment" just as I had put my head down on a pillow. *Actually very glad* to hear this was an earthquake!**

09-26-2010, 05:58 PM	#4
RI Swamp Yankee Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: North Kingstown RI Posts: 688 Thanks: 143 Thanked 83 Times in 55 Posts	3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Southern New Hampshire around 11:30 last night.(Saturday 9-25-10) in Boscawen, 10 miles northwest of Concord. Some links: http://www.wmur.com/r/25164069/detail.html http://www.eagletribune.com/breaking...es-Southern-NH __________________ Gene ~ aka "another RI Swamp Yankee"

09-26-2010, 09:09 PM	#6
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,398 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	Didn't feel it... ...but I heard it. It sounded like a heavy truck running over the bumps in my road in front of the house, except there was no traffic. Just a boomp boomp boomp and it was done. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

09-27-2010, 08:29 AM	#8
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,349 Thanks: 922 Thanked 569 Times in 295 Posts	I tried to convince my wife that the "earth moved" but she never buys that whenever I try it; now I have proof!! __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

09-26-2010, 05:36 PM	#2
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,217 Thanks: 299 Thanked 795 Times in 365 Posts	My wife and I slept right through it, and the dogs never made a peep.

09-26-2010, 10:16 PM	#7
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	I was working when it happened. It only lasted about 5-7 seconds. It felt like a big logging truck was going by the house - only, there wasn't one. Our home is right on a main road so I'm used to traffic noise. It was disarming when I realized there was no traffic. Just before it happened our dog started barking this low bark - he's a corgi and they have different sounds they make; I'd never head that one before. I assumed it was for something outside; I didn't connect the two incidents until later on... Our cats had also been knocking around the house but all animals got real quiet after that... Funny thing is that folks on Facebook went nutty over it. Friends in Laconia, Barnstead, and Gilford were all updating their statuses about it. A techie friend recommended this site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...e00001198.html

The Following User Says Thank You to Newbiesaukee For This Useful Post:
Rattlesnake Guy (09-27-2010)

09-27-2010, 10:52 AM	#9
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Wolfeboro Falling Map I did hear something like a large bang. In the morning, I found a framed map of Winnie that was hung on the wall on the floor. It was about 6 feet away(sideways) from where it was hung and the hanging pins were still on the wall. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

09-27-2010, 12:25 PM	#10
IslandRadio Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mirror Lake - Full time resident Posts: 398 Thanks: 70 Thanked 156 Times in 61 Posts	Felt in on Rattlesnake Island Well, now I know what it was We were on the Island, and I was sitting at the computer at around 11:30 (probably reading the forum!), and felt a "vibration" (minor shaking) which lasted (what seemed like a long time) around 5 seconds. Went outside to listen - nothing - silence. Forgot about it until seeing this post. I've felt other quakes like that at home as well. They occur every so often, but it has been a number of years since I can remember such a quake. If there had been a train track or road nearby, I would best describe the effect as similar to a very heavy train going by, or a series of lumber trucks rumbling by the house..... but of course, no roads or train tracks on the Island (at least THIS island - Rattlesnake). Regards, Steve

09-27-2010, 01:12 PM	#11
colt17 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hollis NH/Laconia Posts: 132 Thanks: 62 Thanked 17 Times in 12 Posts	Laconia My wife and I both woke up at our camp in Laonia to the camp shaking. We looked at each other said earthquake and then went back to sleep

09-27-2010, 04:47 PM	#12
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,447 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Too Funny! We mistook the earthquake for acorns falling! A ton of Mother Nature's little missiles pelted the camp right at that time.