My house has been literally moving today.

[Emageht Tsoluoy]

I thought I was feeling strange earthquakes today.

They did not feel normal, like my house was being rung once like a bell with a big mallet on my garage door, instead of the swaying back and forth like an earthquake.

i just found out the reason:

http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/booms-...-jber/35560552

literally, physically moving my house, shaking the bed and everything, stuff falling off shelves.

like 7 times so far since this morning...

Explosions heard around Anchorage Tuesday afternoon were confirmed to be a planned explosive ordnance disposal training at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, according to Air Force spokesman, Jim Hart.

Munitions expire over time and need to be disposed of, Hart told Channel 2 News. Officials used 106 lb charges to destroy 40mm grenades, small arms and ammunition.

The training should continue until about 4 p.m., Hart said.

Weather conditions can affect how far the sounds can be heard and sometimes sound waves can reflect off clouds and travel further, he said.

Channel 2 viewers reported hearing the explosions from Spenard, Downtown Anchorage and East Anchorage.

share your stories of being in earthquakes, do you like them? hate them?

i like them, and think they are fun.
(as an amusement ride, not as a catastrophe)

[the game]

Maybe you just need to lose weight.

[Emageht Tsoluoy]

so true...

i feel like i am slowly turning into that purple-blueberry from willy wonka

[Reeve]

I thought I was feeling strange earthquakes today.

They did not feel normal, like my house was being rung once like a bell with a big mallet on my garage door, instead of the swaying back and forth like an earthquake.

i just found out the reason:

http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/booms-...-jber/35560552

literally, physically moving my house, shaking the bed and everything, stuff falling off shelves.

like 7 times so far since this morning...



share your stories of being in earthquakes, do you like them? hate them?

i like them, and think they are fun.
(as an amusement ride, not as a catastrophe)

I always enjoyed earthquakes.

And holy shit, 106 lb charges are massive. The largest explosive charge I've ever detonated was 30 kg, but that was also 30m below ground. I did set off a 20kg charge about 2m below ground once though. That left a pretty big crater.

[haxartus]

5.6 Richter earthquake on the 11th floor of an apartment building.
So fun...
It woke me up so I end up watching how the ceiling is moving along with the entire room.

[Deleted]

Never felt an earthquake before, although I would like to. Sounds exciting!

[Polyxo]

I remember our school used to shake occaisionally. We lived close enough to the tectonic dome in the Adirondacks, and there was a quarry, so we'd get shocks from either every once in a while.

[Hypasonic]

Only ever felt a quake once, in the UK and it was only a small one (something like 3.2) but I'll admit it was rather surreal. Initially I could only look outside and immediately thought (Aliens!) but alas it wasn't, still gave me a bit of a spook though.

[Mayhem]

Almost no earthquakes in our general area, i did feel a small one years ago, but it wasn´t even a 4 i think.

[Vilendor]

No earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, floods, forest fires... maybe some hail once in a while. My place is boring

[khalltusk]

Had one Earth quake at home, mild thing it was. Had a 7.2 while in tokyo once. Woke up shouting to my friend STOP SHAKING THE ROOM. My brain slowly figured out it was in fact an earth quake.

[Deleted]

I have a major train line at the very end of my garden (literally 12m from the house) and every time a freight comes by the entire house shakes. Interior keeps cracking from the regular vibrations which is annoying.

[Revi]

Never experienced an earthquake, just doesn't happen here.

Well, it happens, but they're so minor that no one really notices them. The last big one was over a hundred years ago.

[Independent voter]

Oooo! This is ripe for conspiracy theories! What was the government covering up? Some kind of Mission Impossible event?

[khalltusk]

Oooo! This is ripe for conspiracy theories! What was the government covering up? Some kind of Mission Impossible event?

Bad curry night. Sigh at 30 chars!

[Citizen T]

I thought I was feeling strange earthquakes today.

They did not feel normal, like my house was being rung once like a bell with a big mallet on my garage door, instead of the swaying back and forth like an earthquake.

i just found out the reason:

http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/booms-...-jber/35560552

literally, physically moving my house, shaking the bed and everything, stuff falling off shelves.

like 7 times so far since this morning...



share your stories of being in earthquakes, do you like them? hate them?

i like them, and think they are fun.
(as an amusement ride, not as a catastrophe)

Who needs earthquakes? I live near Holloman Air Force Base/White Sands Missle Range. About 2-3 times a month they conduct training exercises and sonic booms rock the entire area sometimes more than a dozen times a day. I'm talking house shaking, garage door rattling booms. The first one of the day usually startles the crap out of you.

[dextersmith]

When the ground shook, did you see fat people nearby?

[Dystemper]

I live near a Military base, its great fun when they do ordinance at 12:30 am

[Ripster42]

I always enjoyed earthquakes.

And holy shit, 106 lb charges are massive. The largest explosive charge I've ever detonated was 30 kg, but that was also 30m below ground. I did set off a 20kg charge about 2m below ground once though. That left a pretty big crater.

106lb charge... to blow up grenades.

Edit: the only earthquake I remember was probably 8 years ago. 4.5 magnitude that woke me up. I immediately went back to sleep. I thought I dreamed it until people were talking about it the next day.

[Doomislav]

Who needs earthquakes? I live near Holloman Air Force Base/White Sands Missle Range. About 2-3 times a month they conduct training exercises and sonic booms rock the entire area sometimes more than a dozen times a day. I'm talking house shaking, garage door rattling booms. The first one of the day usually startles the crap out of you.

OH yea, a sonic boom can scare the pants off you. As in diving to the ground to take evasive action from whatever it is coming after you. Well, maybe I'm a bit jumpy..

Doom