Based on the data showed, this would rank modest. The epicenter was near Cotu?, according to some newspapers.
-NALs
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Earthquake 9:39am
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I was in front of the computer and thought that my daughter was pushing my chair. I turned around and didn't see her, then it moved again. I ran like hell and picked her up, which creeped her out. In the old days I would have just kept typing.
Yay for motherhood!
Yay for motherhood!
It was 2003. A 6.5 followed by a 5.2 followed by loads of lesser ones over a 3/4 month period.
Nice and Soft
It's true according to this
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program ? Map Centered at 20?N, 70?W
the quake was strong and near.
Maybe the depth (almost 60 km) made it less likely to feel.
Anyway, as said, only a slight rattle of the glass doors made me aware.
m'frog
It's true according to this
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program ? Map Centered at 20?N, 70?W
the quake was strong and near.
Maybe the depth (almost 60 km) made it less likely to feel.
Anyway, as said, only a slight rattle of the glass doors made me aware.
m'frog
Tremor = a light and quick movement, no big deal. Some people feel it and others don't, even when they may be next door neighbors.
Earthquake = you know when it hits because 1. everyone feels it and 2. buildings collapse, roads are destroyed, aftershocks follows, people are at best psychologically "shaken" and at worst traumatized.
Thus, what occured and is the topic of this thread was a tremor and what occured in 2003 was an earthquake followed by various tremors of various intensities, but less intense than the earthquake itself.
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tremor:
noun
1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
2. a small earthquake
3. shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
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earthquake:
noun
1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.
2. something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
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-NALs
A fairly big shaker...........
...........largest we've felt since the big one about 10 minutes ago today.........5:30am Thursday 6/14/07............. POP - Costambar...........
Everyone out of the houses in the neighborhood...........
...........largest we've felt since the big one about 10 minutes ago today.........5:30am Thursday 6/14/07............. POP - Costambar...........
Everyone out of the houses in the neighborhood...........
Yep, sure did here in POP at the base of the mountain. No one out their houses but a lot of car and house alarms going off. All appears to be ok.
C
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According to the Puerto Rico seismic network, it was the seismic station at Presa de Sabaneta, DR, that picked up the tremor, placing the epicenter in the DR SW. For year, I've speculated that surface water pressure triggers tremors and even major earthquake. I remember almost half a century ago, when a dam built close to the town of El Tocuyo, Venezuela, and as soon as the artificial lake filled up from the Tocuyo river dam, a major earthquake totally destroyed the quaint colonial town with heavy loss of life. El Tocuyo had never experienced a major earthquake up to that time. There are many experiences worldwide that suggest that the weight of recently deposited surface water can trigger tremors and earthquakes, so the recent heavy rain fall in the DR may be a factor in the recent tremors in the DR.
i think our cat got worst of it. we woke up to all this shaking and minovio hugged me (he's scared of earthquakes when i prefer just to go on sleeping). the cat thou had no one to hug and no idea where the enemy was coming from. walked putting his feet as apart as possible all morning looking around suspiciously.....
Puerto Plata, June 14th, early morning hours (~04:00-05:00)
I did not really weak up, but I remember noticing my bed wiggling and wondering if I had gotten company... it must have been around 4 to 5 in the morning. Then it stooped and I thought "gosh, this must be the first time I ever felt an earth quake" and kept sleeping. I had not even gotten full consciousness. It was more like one of those dreams where you notice you are indeed dreaming.
I was told today by locals that it was 4 points (?).
Yesterday, I bought a flash light and set it up next to my bed, together with my pants, with my passport, some money and keys in the pockets
... J-D.
I did not really weak up, but I remember noticing my bed wiggling and wondering if I had gotten company... it must have been around 4 to 5 in the morning. Then it stooped and I thought "gosh, this must be the first time I ever felt an earth quake" and kept sleeping. I had not even gotten full consciousness. It was more like one of those dreams where you notice you are indeed dreaming.
I was told today by locals that it was 4 points (?).
Yesterday, I bought a flash light and set it up next to my bed, together with my pants, with my passport, some money and keys in the pockets
... J-D.
I did not really weak up, but I remember noticing my bed wiggling and wondering if I had gotten company...
... J-D.
reminds me of that old song, that at some point, went like this....
Yo tengo una mala ma?a, que a m? mismo me da pena, que yo me acuesto en mi cama y amanezco en cama ajena....
I would like to know why the quake was not picked up or mentioned by the USGS Earthquake Center and the IRIS Seismic Monitor pages....
USGS Earthquake Center
IRIS Sismic Monitor
USGS Earthquake Center
IRIS Sismic Monitor