# Earthquake

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878>\
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\
**Created:** [June 23, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878 "2010-06-23T11:11:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![h0twh3els](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/h0twh3els/32/6615_2.png) [@h0twh3els](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/h0twh3els)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/1 "2010-06-23T11:11:22Z")

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Did anyone else feel the tremors?

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/2 "2010-06-23T11:12:15Z")

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Holy shit, I was just about to ask the same thing on here.

I thought I was going crazy.

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/3 "2010-06-23T11:13:11Z")

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I didn’t feel anything but I was talking to a chick in Toronto and she felt it.

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**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/4 "2010-06-23T11:13:43Z")

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My whole office didn’t feel it (I’m in Buffalo), but the roommate’s girlfriend did at the house.

My buddy sent me a message about it, I didn’t believe him at first.

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**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/5 "2010-06-23T11:14:38Z")

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negative. felt nothing

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**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/6 "2010-06-23T11:14:56Z")

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Wat. I’m on an island off of Massachusetts right now. Someone wanna fill me in?

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**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/7 "2010-06-23T11:15:06Z")

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office felt it, i didn’t

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**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/8 "2010-06-23T11:15:25Z")

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I felt a small tremor in downtown albany.

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/9 "2010-06-23T11:18:12Z")

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[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/)

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**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/10 "2010-06-23T11:18:54Z")

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Oh yeah, my couch started shakin like a fuck, honestly thought I was having a muscle spasm at first. Was pretty good and lasted at least 20-30secs!

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/11 "2010-06-23T11:23:21Z")

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I was lying in my bed on my back, just waking up, and it started moving back and forth. Felt great :lol

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**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/12 "2010-06-23T11:23:54Z")

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> [@are u kidding me?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-u-kidding-me/32925/28):
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> Oh yeah, my couch started shakin like a fuck, honestly thought I was having a muscle spasm at first. Was pretty good and lasted at least 20-30secs!

Same here!  
I was half asleep in bed, I thought someone was fucking around shaking my bed (my head was going side to side a little bit), then I realized no one was here…:ohnoes Ghosts?! Awww fuck, just the ground moving, no big deal.

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**Author:** ![McLen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mclen/32/6354_2.png) [@McLen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McLen)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/13 "2010-06-23T11:24:02Z")

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Was about to make this thread. The fuck was that? Office in downtown Schenectady felt in.

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**Author:** ![imported\_ST4TUS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_st4tus/32/6290_2.png) [@imported\_ST4TUS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_ST4TUS)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/14 "2010-06-23T11:24:03Z")

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Felt it for about 5seconds-  
People from Ohio/Vermont/Toronto/Conn. all reporting about it

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**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/15 "2010-06-23T11:24:19Z")

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wow theyre saying it was ~5 on the Richter scale, I too am in downtown schenec and didn’t feel anything.

pretty sure i was taking a dump when it happened too. :rofl

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**Author:** ![McLen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mclen/32/6354_2.png) [@McLen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McLen)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/16 "2010-06-23T11:26:47Z")

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I was walking down the hall and I’m like, “wtf mate?” Looks like it was near Ottawa, Canada.

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**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/17 "2010-06-23T11:28:24Z")

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THERE WILL BE AN EARTHQUAKE HITTING THE ALBANY AREA. IT WILL BE 9.0 OR GREATER. IT MAY DESTROY ALL KINDS OF TRANSFORMERS. IT MAY DESTROY EVERYTHING. THE MENANDS BRIDGE MAY BE DESTROYED.

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**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/18 "2010-06-23T11:29:51Z")

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Yup, it was a 5.5 in Canadia: [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php)

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**Author:** ![imported\_ST4TUS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_st4tus/32/6290_2.png) [@imported\_ST4TUS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_ST4TUS)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/19 "2010-06-23T11:31:02Z")

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![http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/gifs/western_quebec_sz.gif](http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/gifs/western_quebec_sz.gif)

There is a fault line just NW of New York- the worst quake (damage wise)  
was a magnitude of 6.2 in 1930’s within that area.

The tremor today was a 5.5 magnitude.

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earthquake/252878/20 "2010-06-23T11:34:30Z")

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I believe it was a 5.5 mag

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