Seattle Just Had an Earthquake

ttobinfekkes about 3 hours ago 5 comments

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I was just laying in bed getting some work done and my house started shaking. Camano Island, north of Seattle. Anyone else?

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gucci-on-fleek•about 2 hours ago

If I'm reading the USGS report [0] correctly, it looks like this was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake with "light" shaking, which Wikipedia [1] describes as:

> Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some are awakened. Dishes, windows, and doors are disturbed; walls make cracking sounds. Sensations are like a heavy truck striking a building. Standing vehicles are rocked noticeably.

But the USGS website is fairly confusing, so I may be completely misinterpreting something here.

[0]: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw71404022...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_sc...

CaliforniaKarl•about 3 hours ago

Welcome to the club! Head on over to https://earthquake.usgs.gov/, find the entry for your earthquake, and submit a “Did you feel it?” Report!

nephihaha•about 3 hours ago

What kind of work were you doing in bed? Typing up something?

tobinfekkes•about 3 hours ago

Actually, literally, yes.

A letter I've needed to write for a long time, but have been putting off.

slau•about 3 hours ago

I think the universe is trying to tell you that whatever you wrote at that exact moment was fire. Or maybe the exact opposite, and the universe had to stop you instantly. That’s the annoying thing with the universe, one can’t ever really know with certainty what it meant, or even if it meant anything at all.