Earthquake in Utah?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Wow! That is a big one.

I told my son and without missing a beat he looked at me and in all seriousness said, "Did it hit Boise Stadium?"

Love that kid.

[Donuthole]

Wow! That is a big one.

I told my son and without missing a beat he looked at me and in all seriousness said, "Did it hit Boise Stadium?"

Truly pure in heart.

[Pelado]

You Boise guys OK? My sister called (Boise) and said it lasted a looong time.

It did last quite a while but didn't seem particularly strong here. We're all fine.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It did last quite a while but didn't seem particularly strong here. We're all fine.

Any news on the football stadium? Asking for a ... uh ... guy I know.

[Pelado]

Any news on the football stadium? Asking for a ... uh ... guy I know.

There will be a Cougar victory there later this year.

[myboynoah]

There will be a Cougar victory there later this year.

[Scott R Nelson]

It did last quite a while but didn't seem particularly strong here. We're all fine.

Any time there's an earthquake and you have time to recognized that it's an earthquake and it's still going on, it's a long one. This one kept going for about 20 seconds. I was having dinner with my wife at the time. She was wondering if we should get under something, but I just wanted to observe it. I commented right then that it had to be over 5.0. We hurried and turned on the local news to find out how strong it was. They were just barely getting in the information, but within about ten minutes could tell us where the epicenter was (up by Yellow Pine) and how strong it was (6.5). I felt one minor aftershock. It would be cool if there were a few more.

Somehow we thought there weren't earthquakes in Idaho - or any other big natural disasters besides forest fires. Looks like we were wrong.

[Bo Diddley]

Any time there's an earthquake and you have time to recognized that it's an earthquake and it's still going on, it's a long one. This one kept going for about 20 seconds. I was having dinner with my wife at the time. She was wondering if we should get under something, but I just wanted to observe it. I commented right then that it had to be over 5.0. We hurried and turned on the local news to find out how strong it was. They were just barely getting in the information, but within about ten minutes could tell us where the epicenter was (up by Yellow Pine) and how strong it was (6.5). I felt one minor aftershock. It would be cool if there were a few more.

Somehow we thought there weren't earthquakes in Idaho - or any other big natural disasters besides forest fires. Looks like we were wrong.

There's no way you could know that.

[Scott R Nelson]

There's no way you could know that.

I've been in lots of earthquakes in Central America and quite a few in California too. There is a difference in how a strong one feels than a wimpy one like the 3.2 that Utah had recently. The smaller ones don't last as long. Usually by the time you realized that it's an earthquake, it's over.

But I would be happy to never experience another one.

[Pelado]

Somehow we thought there weren't earthquakes in Idaho - or any other big natural disasters besides forest fires. Looks like we were wrong.

Idaho earthquakes happen, just not very frequently. Last time I remember an earthquake here was in the 1980s.

I also experienced a few earthquakes while on my mission in Argentina. This one felt a lot longer than any of those.

[wuapinmon]

I was in a 6.2 one once. No, gracias. I couldn't get to my feet without my legs feeling like I was walking on Jello, and I have a distinct memory of the powers lines making this "wwooooowitchuck" snapping noise as they swayed back and forth.

[Omaha 680]

There's no way you could know that.

[Uncle Ted]

Idaho earthquakes happen, just not very frequently. Last time I remember an earthquake here was in the 1980s.

I also experienced a few earthquakes while on my mission in Argentina. This one felt a lot longer than any of those.

Yes, I also survived the 1983 earthquake in Idaho.