Earthquake standard reaction in Chile - General

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=28&v=6Rf0P0Q-sME[/media] [editline]18th September 2015[/editline] 0:55

god even just watching the camera shake is freaking me out. fuck earthquakes.

One of my good friends recently moved back to Valparaiso, It's good to know that she's fine.

Man, I really want to experience an earthquake once in my life. It must be pretty damn weird.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708246]Man, I really want to experience an earthquake once in my life. It must be pretty damn weird.[/QUOTE] I never understand this mindset. they fucking suck and are awful. near every day my life is still effected by them even 5 years onwards, and I just wish they never happened.

[QUOTE=MrBunneh;48708262]I never understand this mindset. they fucking suck and are awful. near every day my life is still effected by them even 5 years onwards, and I just wish they never happened.[/QUOTE] I don't get your mindset either. I mean I'm sorry for your loss, but forces of nature such as that interest me. Just like tornadoes, I'd love seeing one. Earthquakes and tornadoes will always happen. I would love to observe them, and me wanting that does not change the frequency at which they happen so why does it matter to you?

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708285]I don't get your mindset either. I mean I'm sorry for your loss, but forces of nature such as that interest me. Just like tornadoes, I'd love seeing one. Earthquakes and tornadoes will always happen. I would love to observe them, and me wanting that does not change the frequency at which they happen so why does it matter to you?[/QUOTE] idk, it's kind of an insulting statement to me personally, especially seeing as near everyone I know who lived through them has mental illnesses stemming from it, from anxiety to depression to ptsd. for all the shit me and my friends have seen, the absolute carnage and death and chaos everywhere, I would never wish anyone ever to experience such horror.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708246]Man, I really want to experience an earthquake once in my life. It must be pretty damn weird.[/QUOTE] I live in north Texas and we felt one all the way from Oklahoma, all it felt like was that someone grabbed the back of my chair and rocked it just a little I did't notice it until after the fact. it's that god damn fracking I tell you.

[QUOTE=MrBunneh;48708334]idk, it's kind of an insulting statement to me personally, especially seeing as near everyone I know who lived through them has mental illnesses stemming from it, from anxiety to depression to ptsd. for all the shit me and my friends have seen, the absolute carnage and death and chaos everywhere, I would never wish anyone ever to experience such horror.[/QUOTE] Again, I'm sorry for how it has affected you and your friends. But I don't see your reason to be offended by something like that, my interest in it will not increase its frequency or otherwise affect anyone negatively. You're really just needlessly venting your pain and anger at someone who means no harm to anyone, and will cause no harm to anyone. Support earthquake research and such, support the people who come up with technologies to predict earthquakes. Don't waste your effort being angry at people who think earthquakes might be cool to experience.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708368]Again, I'm sorry for how it has affected you and your friends. But I don't see your reason to be offended by something like that, my interest in it will not increase its frequency or otherwise affect anyone negatively. You're really just needlessly venting your pain and anger at someone who means no harm to anyone, and will cause no harm to anyone.[/QUOTE] I am not trying to say that you wishing to experience one is going to cause more, I just don't understand personally after having been through it why anyone would be willing to subject themselves to one. I suppose it's a different feeling when you're just talking about the event itself and not the aftermath? up north in nz there's a place that has an earthquake room and I remember before the earthquakes here happened it was kinda interesting, but after having experienced the real thing if I never feel one again it'll still be too soon.

[QUOTE=MrBunneh;48708388]I am not trying to say that you wishing to experience one is going to cause more, I just don't understand personally after having been through it why anyone would be willing to subject themselves to one. I suppose it's a different feeling when you're just talking about the event itself and not the aftermath? up north in nz there's a place that has an earthquake room and I remember before the earthquakes here happened it was kinda interesting, but after having experienced the real thing if I never feel one again it'll still be too soon.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm purely talking about the ground shaking part, not the people dying and houses collapsing part.

well i have lived two, they suck, yes, but if you are lucky, like me, and live in a place where it doesnt affect you THAT much, it can be a very particular experience.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708413]Yeah I'm purely talking about the ground shaking part, not the people dying and houses collapsing part.[/QUOTE] There was a decent earthquake near Mexico some time during Easter. I forget which year but it was like a rolling earthquake, I was a bit nervous but after it was over I thought it was pretty fun. :v:

Those people are pretty chile.

Hehe, being from SoCal, it's amazing to see people's reactions to quakes who never felt it before. They're so scared, it blows my mind. Quakes are fun. Unless you live In structures not at all built to take them, just stand in the doorway and enjoy hearing your dog bark at the ground seconds before. Lived through a bunch of mild ones, and slept through most of the Northridge Quake in kindergarten. Now, I'm within 30 miles of the tail end of the San Andreas fault. Yolo motherfucker...

These shaky earthquakes seem pretty stressful. The only one I experienced was apparently quite severe elsewhere (was in Washington state), but it felt like a couple big rolls from what I remember as a kid. Like the ground just smoothly tipped over and settled back into place. Wouldn't have called it scary, just incredibly odd.

People always say "I couldn't live in California, you'd be crazy to live where there's earthquakes." I've lived in California my whole life, I'm almost sitting on the San Andreas fault line, my school is 5 minutes away from the epicenter of the 1989 quake, and the only earthquake I've ever felt was when I was 8, and the earthquake probably didn't even break a 4 on the richer scale.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708246]Man, I really want to experience an earthquake once in my life. It must be pretty damn weird.[/QUOTE] they're quite scary if you're not accustomed to them. I live in CT - we pretty much [I]never[/I] get earthquakes, however I was in a university dormitory during an earthquake - it wasn't strong, but it was "there" enough to the point that the building started moving to where you could feel it. the building started swaying back and forth. when you're on the top floor and when you've never experienced them before it's not really a particularly "fun" feeling, it's a concerning one - especially since buildings here aren't designed for them.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708246]Man, I really want to experience an earthquake once in my life. It must be pretty damn weird.[/QUOTE] I felt one for the first time since I was a baby around 3 or 4 years ago. I had just woken up and gone to my computer to talk to my friends and holy fuck I was so confused I thought at first my brother had driven a car into our house. It was pretty funny because the earthquake happened in Virginia and apparently right before I got on the Virginian in our group was yelling about it and in the time it took the shock-wave to travel to Maryland was me getting on. I'd describe the feeling as like, if you've ever ridden an extremely rickety wooden roller coaster, imagine standing on it.

I've gone through two so far. One in Vancouver in 2012. One in Tokyo last month. Furstratingly I felt neither of them.

There was an earthquake in São Paulo a few years ago. Well, it wasn't an earthquake, it was more of a... fallout of an earthquake in Chile? Anyway I was using my computer and felt the Earth shake for less than twenty seconds. I turned to my brother and said "was that an earthquake?" He looked out the window and said "I think so yeah". Then we both went back to what we were doing.

[QUOTE=paul simon;48708246]Man, I really want to experience an earthquake once in my life. It must be pretty damn weird.[/QUOTE] As a Californian living relatively close to the San Andreas Fault, it's pretty thrilling and terrifying. The 'thrilling' is probably because it does give you a rush, but the fact that it happens so frequently to us compared to other parts of the US, a lot of us are just like "Oh, an earthquake happened?" "Did you feel that shake yesterday?" it's almost as casual as talking about the weather. Hell, I slept through a few quakes when I was younger. I think what really stands out for earthquakes in what I experienced the 'sound' it's like a low-bass rumble as you could hear everything around you just shift or literally hearing the building/earth move underneath you. Imagine just maxing a subwoofer and playing a very low tone. And speaking of this earthquake, California had received a tsunami warning for the first time in ever because of the 8.0+ magnitude in Chile.