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Bloorajah t1_itrxdz4 wrote

Reply to comment by solreaper in Preliminary 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near San Jose by BusbyBusby

This scale is absolutely correct lol

We literally just had a 4.1 right by where I live a few days ago and I was bummed because my wife felt it and I didnt.

Biggest I ever got caught in was the “Easter Sunday” quake in 2010, that one was a 7.2 and my response was “oh wow yeah that’s an earthquake” and I got under a door frame. a few buildings collapsed nearby too.

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solreaper t1_itrxukp wrote

Washington has an insane amount of potential geological energy that just releases all at once on a thankfully very long span of time lol.

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Bloorajah t1_itrya6k wrote

It’s weird to realize that we are very well within the “ring of fire” up here. it’s all volcanoes from Shasta all the way up through alaska.

I’m at the south end of cascadia, so let’s hope the big one doesn’t happen in our lifetimes

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