Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Earthquake!

I felt it and we don't normally get earthquakes. How would someone prepare for aftershocks? Check your utilities? Gas and Water.
 
Trees can help absorb some of the earthquake, because they have roots. If the building is a 3-4 story building, those ones are the most likely to collapse. The soils depend on the building too. Staircases are generally the strongest part of an industrial/commercial building.
 
I live about 20 miles from the epicenter, and was sitting in my car outside work when it happened. I'm totally oblivious so I just thought something was wrong with my car because it was shaking uncontrollably but then everyone came pouring out of the building. There wasn't really any damage though. My parents live within a few miles from the epicenter and they lost a handful of plates, glassware, and pictures that toppled off of the shelves. They also got a few aftershocks but I didn't feel anything here after the initial shock.
 
"There's earthquakes on the West Coast, though!!" is no longer an argument for putting Worlds on the East Coast.
 
According to wikipedia these happen somewheree around twice a day. (5.0 - 5.9)

Also, the earthquake that happened in Japan was about 1000x stronger.
 
About the only thing I don't get is how people up in Canada were claiming to have felt it, considering sub-6 is fairly weak.
 
Regis_Neo said:
About the only thing I don't get is how people up in Canada were claiming to have felt it, considering sub-6 is fairly weak.
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The USGS page for the earthquake (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/se082311a.php#summary) says that earthquakes >4.0 east of the Rockies are felt much farther away. This has something to do with the composition of the ground itself. On the West Coast the ground isn't that solid, so the seismic waves get muffled. The East Coast, however, is one big chunk of bedrock, so when an earthquake hits the seismic waves travel far (http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/08/26/earthquakes/).
 
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