Earthquake in Maine?? - The Firearms Forum

1 Eyed Jack · 10-16-2012, 07:01 PM

4.5 reported 15 minutes ago, anyone up there feel it? bet it shook them up...no pun intended

robman2629 · 10-16-2012, 07:28 PM

I felt it! Scared the crap out of me. Wasnt expecting that tonight. We've had them before up here but that was definitely the worst. Still to everyone who gets them regularly it was probably nothing haha.

Zhurh · 10-16-2012, 07:31 PM

I went through a 7.9 on Nov 3rd 2002, I mean we were 1/2 mile from the main fault, and the ground opened up; half expected to see the devil himself come crawlin out of the hole. Was like a giant shock the house, everything was turned over, all furniture ect. Wood stoves slid 10 foot across the floor, lucky we were at home. Well head blew off cap and had geyzer inside house in laundry room for an hour, thats how much pressure was in the ground. All our utilities lines were broken, propane, water, electric, oil lines ect.

We had 30 aftershocks of 5's and 6's all day long for a week and still had 4-5 a day for a month. Pretty exciting actually, never see another one that big I don't figure. Really affected the ground elevation levels but you can't see it standing there, until everything freezes.

Just some shakers, no big deal; clean up and get back to enjoying life.

CCHolderinMaine · 10-16-2012, 07:32 PM

Yes I certainly did. It was centered less than 10 miles from my house. An earthquake really gets your attention. There's no where to run, you can't hide.

Maine04657 · 10-16-2012, 09:45 PM

Felt nothing here?

Marlin T · 10-16-2012, 10:10 PM

Sure enough

mjp28 · 10-16-2012, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Zhurh

I went through a 7.9 on Nov 3rd 2002, I mean we were 1/2 mile from the main fault, and the ground opened up; half expected to see the devil himself come crawlin out of the hole. Was like a giant shock the house, everything was turned over, all furniture ect. Wood stoves slid 10 foot across the floor, lucky we were at home. Well head blew off cap and had geyzer inside house in laundry room for an hour, thats how much pressure was in the ground. All our utilities lines were broken, propane, water, electric, oil lines ect.

We had 30 aftershocks of 5's and 6's all day long for a week and still had 4-5 a day for a month. Pretty exciting actually, never see another one that big I don't figure. Really affected the ground elevation levels but you can't see it standing there, until everything freezes.

Just some shakers, no big deal; clean up and get back to enjoying life.

Holy smokes! That will scare the living daylights outta' you!

Tonight on Jeopardy (yeah I watch it once in awhile) a 5.0 is 10x a 4.0 quake, when you start talking even near 6.0 it starts getting real serious.

Here in NE Ohio we get a few 4.whatevers once in a while, I've only felt one...most I was in my truck, car or sleeping.

Zhurh · 10-16-2012, 11:50 PM

MJP, I ain't kiddin either; When ya hear trains roarin down the mnt valleys and know there ain't any tracks for a 100 miles, when ya see trees bending over almost touching the ground and you can't even stand up, when you see truck size rocks bouncing/rolling down several thousand feet from the mnt across the road from cabin (where you are more accustomed to seeing Dall Sheep). Then they roll another 100 yards once they hit level ground. When ya watch your 500 gal oil tank on a stand rotate upside down so the vent is near the ground. You are quite happy to hear FEMA is showing up with their part trucks with all the copper & fittings & wire, ha ha.

No joke, 4 & 5 jolts, people around here don't even take notice or mention; let along scare the crap outta them. No wonder the Dems own back East. Yukon came up 70 feet a few years back, washed half the town away at ice out. Had sprinklers all around my house when we had a huge burn 30X40 miles across burn through. Guess I'm waitin on the North Koreans sending a nuclear missle to get my attention nx, ha ha.

Hey we got our first snow here today, about a foot; everythings white & spruce green; time to pull the tarps off the snowmachines and go look for some caribou & wolves.

Maine04657 · 10-17-2012, 01:39 PM

Well it was way down in Mass that is why it was not felt up here in Maine.

targetacqmgt · 10-17-2012, 02:06 PM

The east coast has many fault lines mostly running down the App. mtns. Many folks don't realize it but the tectonic plates (from the time of Peleg?) are contantly moving and when pressure builds up along the edges they shift and helllo earthquake. The folks in Alaska are on the edge of the pacific ring of fire. The plate south of Alaska is HUGE. The thing rotates counter clockwise 2 inches every year. Thus the Aluetian Is were once part of the US west coast. Not sure about the movement of the several Alantic Plates.

Marlin T · 10-17-2012, 02:33 PM

Google earth has that little app that shows earthquakes in dang near real time. It is quite interesting to see just how many of there are that we don't hear about. Alaska has more quakes than CA does.

Talk about movement, check this out.

BETH · 10-17-2012, 04:01 PM

Snow earthquakes i am staying out of Alaska

robman2629 · 10-17-2012, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Maine04657

Well it was way down in Mass that is why it was not felt up here in Maine.

There was one right outside of hollis center yesterday. I felt it in southern Maine. It was pretty amazing.

gunslinger69 · 10-17-2012, 07:02 PM

Felt it pretty good here and I'm about 30 miles from the epicenter, the strange thing was I could hear it. We've had them before but thats a first for me.

targetacqmgt · 10-17-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BETH

Snow earthquakes i am staying out of Alaska

The natives LIKE that attitude

even most of the US east coast fault lines have been quite for thousand of years - the potential for a bad 6 or greater is there.

Know how many folks live there? less than 750,000 in a state that is two and half times the the size of Texas (which the Texans do not like to hear. About half of them live in Anchorage.

MadScotsMan · 10-18-2012, 07:26 AM

Rattled the house here in VT. Never been through anything higher than a 5.0 and I don't really want to! My wife went through one of the big ones in California and she said the high-rises were swaying back and forth.

Helix_FR · 10-18-2012, 07:50 AM

OK sorry this is funny to me.

robman2629 · 10-18-2012, 07:58 AM

We had plenty of people post that up here, I thought it was hillarious too.

Zhurh · 10-18-2012, 08:55 AM

Target, that's about right you know.

They need to close the border, too many people here already; even out in the sticks. More than anything, we don't need California or Back East mindsets, worldviews, or attitudes taking hold up here. It's fine just as it is now, shakers, snow, floods, burns, and everything. There's something great about freedom and not having the growth of govt which perpetuates itself through taxes & controls (permits, regulations, excessive laws, and massive local govts that are needed to save us from ourselves) No joke.

Appliancedude · 10-18-2012, 09:06 AM

LMAO, come to Cali. Earthquakes are a way of life. I'm just glad we don't have hurricanes and tornadoes. Now those would scare the $%!& out of me

targetacqmgt · 10-18-2012, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Appliancedude

LMAO, come to Cali. Earthquakes are a way of life. I'm just glad we don't have hurricanes and tornadoes. Now those would scare the $%!& out of me

As a small boy 8 years old I lived on the Kansas/Mo border. Mom & Pop were at work most of the time soooooo little ole me (when the sirens went off to let us know one was inbound) had to take younger sis& bro into the basement, open widows across from each other, get one under stairs, and pull a matresss over us

targetacqmgt · 10-18-2012, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Appliancedude

LMAO, come to Cali. Earthquakes are a way of life. I'm just glad we don't have hurricanes and tornadoes. Now those would scare the $%!& out of me

What and haveto pay for decades worth of drillers mud poured into the San Andreas Fault?? NO thanks

targetacqmgt · 10-18-2012, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zhurh

Target, that's about right you know.

They need to close the border, too many people here already; even out in the sticks. More than anything, we don't need California or Back East mindsets, worldviews, or attitudes taking hold up here. It's fine just as it is now, shakers, snow, floods, burns, and everything. There's something great about freedom and not having the growth of govt which perpetuates itself through taxes & controls (permits, regulations, excessive laws, and massive local govts that are needed to save us from ourselves) No joke.

I would go back to ak except my true love wife hates cold weather. This my third and last one and no I am not a serial polygimist

10-16-2012, 07:01 PM	#1
1 Eyed Jack Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 673	Earthquake in Maine?? 4.5 reported 15 minutes ago, anyone up there feel it? bet it shook them up...no pun intended -->

10-16-2012, 07:28 PM	#2
robman2629 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 123	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? I felt it! Scared the crap out of me. Wasnt expecting that tonight. We've had them before up here but that was definitely the worst. Still to everyone who gets them regularly it was probably nothing haha.

10-16-2012, 07:31 PM	#3
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,818	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? I went through a 7.9 on Nov 3rd 2002, I mean we were 1/2 mile from the main fault, and the ground opened up; half expected to see the devil himself come crawlin out of the hole. Was like a giant shock the house, everything was turned over, all furniture ect. Wood stoves slid 10 foot across the floor, lucky we were at home. Well head blew off cap and had geyzer inside house in laundry room for an hour, thats how much pressure was in the ground. All our utilities lines were broken, propane, water, electric, oil lines ect. We had 30 aftershocks of 5's and 6's all day long for a week and still had 4-5 a day for a month. Pretty exciting actually, never see another one that big I don't figure. Really affected the ground elevation levels but you can't see it standing there, until everything freezes. Just some shakers, no big deal; clean up and get back to enjoying life.

10-16-2012, 07:32 PM	#4
CCHolderinMaine Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Steep Falls, Maine Contributor Posts: 633	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Yes I certainly did. It was centered less than 10 miles from my house. An earthquake really gets your attention. There's no where to run, you can't hide.

10-16-2012, 09:45 PM	#5
Maine04657 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 329	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Felt nothing here?

10-16-2012, 10:10 PM	#6
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Sure enough Attached Images __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

10-16-2012, 11:50 PM	#8
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,818	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? MJP, I ain't kiddin either; When ya hear trains roarin down the mnt valleys and know there ain't any tracks for a 100 miles, when ya see trees bending over almost touching the ground and you can't even stand up, when you see truck size rocks bouncing/rolling down several thousand feet from the mnt across the road from cabin (where you are more accustomed to seeing Dall Sheep). Then they roll another 100 yards once they hit level ground. When ya watch your 500 gal oil tank on a stand rotate upside down so the vent is near the ground. You are quite happy to hear FEMA is showing up with their part trucks with all the copper & fittings & wire, ha ha. No joke, 4 & 5 jolts, people around here don't even take notice or mention; let along scare the crap outta them. No wonder the Dems own back East. Yukon came up 70 feet a few years back, washed half the town away at ice out. Had sprinklers all around my house when we had a huge burn 30X40 miles across burn through. Guess I'm waitin on the North Koreans sending a nuclear missle to get my attention nx, ha ha. Hey we got our first snow here today, about a foot; everythings white & spruce green; time to pull the tarps off the snowmachines and go look for some caribou & wolves.

10-17-2012, 01:39 PM	#9
Maine04657 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 329	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Well it was way down in Mass that is why it was not felt up here in Maine.

10-17-2012, 02:06 PM	#10
targetacqmgt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 494	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? The east coast has many fault lines mostly running down the App. mtns. Many folks don't realize it but the tectonic plates (from the time of Peleg?) are contantly moving and when pressure builds up along the edges they shift and helllo earthquake. The folks in Alaska are on the edge of the pacific ring of fire. The plate south of Alaska is HUGE. The thing rotates counter clockwise 2 inches every year. Thus the Aluetian Is were once part of the US west coast. Not sure about the movement of the several Alantic Plates.

10-17-2012, 02:33 PM	#11
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Google earth has that little app that shows earthquakes in dang near real time. It is quite interesting to see just how many of there are that we don't hear about. Alaska has more quakes than CA does. Talk about movement, check this out. Attached Images __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

10-17-2012, 04:01 PM	#12
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,673	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Snow earthquakes i am staying out of Alaska

10-17-2012, 07:02 PM	#14
gunslinger69 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: maine Posts: 84	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Felt it pretty good here and I'm about 30 miles from the epicenter, the strange thing was I could hear it. We've had them before but thats a first for me.

10-18-2012, 07:26 AM	#16
MadScotsMan V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 156	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Rattled the house here in VT. Never been through anything higher than a 5.0 and I don't really want to! My wife went through one of the big ones in California and she said the high-rises were swaying back and forth.

10-18-2012, 07:50 AM	#17
Helix_FR TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 3,621	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? OK sorry this is funny to me. Attached Images __________________ Only cowards shoot with their eyes closed.... helixgunsmith.com

10-18-2012, 07:58 AM	#18
robman2629 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 123	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? We had plenty of people post that up here, I thought it was hillarious too.

10-18-2012, 08:55 AM	#19
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,818	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? Target, that's about right you know. They need to close the border, too many people here already; even out in the sticks. More than anything, we don't need California or Back East mindsets, worldviews, or attitudes taking hold up here. It's fine just as it is now, shakers, snow, floods, burns, and everything. There's something great about freedom and not having the growth of govt which perpetuates itself through taxes & controls (permits, regulations, excessive laws, and massive local govts that are needed to save us from ourselves) No joke.

10-18-2012, 09:06 AM	#20
Appliancedude Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The true northern Cal Posts: 1,562	Re: Earthquake in Maine?? LMAO, come to Cali. Earthquakes are a way of life. I'm just glad we don't have hurricanes and tornadoes. Now those would scare the $%!& out of me __________________ It ain't broke it just lacks duct tape. The nice thing about opinions is everybody has one.