I'm by the lake with the bright blue dots.

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"Magnitude-Shindo Number : 3 People: Felt by most people in the building. Some people are frightened. Indoor situations: Dishes in a cupboard rattle occasionally. Outdoor situations: Electric wires swing slightly. Peak ground acceleration: 0.08–0.25 m/s²"

Fun stuff.

9/30/2008 9:20:29 PM

surf's up

9/30/2008 9:21:05 PM

There was an earthquake in Asheville when I lived there once
I was in a dorm and thought someone had thrown a fridge down the stairs

9/30/2008 9:21:15 PM

Smells like a pussy earthquake to me

9/30/2008 9:21:26 PM

I was in a 4.1 in El Salvador once. It felt like surfing on the concrete slab I was standing on. Shit was crazy.

9/30/2008 9:22:37 PM

^^^ aha yeah we have ones like that sometimes. I would think my neighbor was screwing around with her boyfriend and then I would find out the next day it was an earthquake

[Edited on September 30, 2008 at 9:23 PM. Reason : .]

9/30/2008 9:23:07 PM

We had a 4.5 a few weeks ago.. Wasn't too bad.

A 5.1 last year and that knocked over a few things but wasn't terrible... that is the strongest I've felt..

9/30/2008 9:26:13 PM

Yeah I have no idea how the shindo scale and richter scale compare to each other.

9/30/2008 11:57:03 PM

http://weathernews.jp/quake/

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"Japan uses the "shindo" scale for measuring earthquakes, so it may be a challenge for me to find out its magnitude. The "shindo" scales refers to the intensity of an earthquake at a given location - basically what people actually feel at a given location. The Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake - basically the energy an earthquake releases. The shindo scale ranges from shindo one, a slight earthquake felt only by people who are not moving, to shindo seven, a severe earthquake. Shindo two and three are still minor earthquakes that do not cause damage, while objects start to fall at shindo four, and heavier damage occurs at shindo five and higher."

[Edited on October 1, 2008 at 12:01 AM. Reason : lkj]

10/1/2008 12:01:18 AM