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Being in Moscow, which is 6000+ km away from the epicentre of the earthquake, we still felt the tremors... Fascinating.

by thresh 13y ago

huhtenberg 13y ago
I find this very hard to believe.
- rammark 13y ago
  It's possible because of the depth. http://rt.com/news/quake-asia-tsunami-warning-729 http://rt.com/news/quake-asia-tsunami-warning-729
- JoeAltmaier 13y ago
  Similar situation involving meteorites: "I would sooner believe that two Yankee professors would lie than that stones would fall from heaven!" - Thomas Jefferson The point being, whether we believe it or not changes nothing. This person experienced it.
  - huhtenberg 13y ago
    That's just too smart of a point, I'm afraid I'm all smitten. Though a construction next door or a demolition few blocks down the road would've been a simpler explanation.
    - JoeAltmaier 13y ago
      Yeah, that was a little glib. My point was, testimony is what it is; pointless to guess at their situation. Perfectly fair to do statistics on reports, if found in sufficient numbers.
Grue3 13y ago
I am also in Moscow and I call bullshit on this.
- cema 13y ago
  Why? I have heard (I mean, read) people reporting having felt slight tremors. Example ([ru]): http://nina-petrovna.livejournal.com/797021.html http://nina-petrovna.livejournal.com/797021.html
- btilly 13y ago
  I have experienced plenty of earthquakes where one person felt it quite strongly and another living nearby didn't. How easy it is to feel varies depending on what floor you're on, how well constructed your building is, what kind of ground you're standing on, etc, etc, etc. Furthermore at that distance the earthquake should be a slow roller, which means that someone who is focused on something might not notice while another person in the same room could notice, realize how much motion there is, and freak out. I've been there as well - as the person watching a movie who ignored an earthquake that everyone outside of the movie was quite aware of. So the fact that you live in Moscow and didn't feel it is not grounds to call BS on someone else claiming that they felt it.

Being in Moscow, which is 6000+ km away from the epicentre of the earthquake, we still felt the tremors... Fascinating.

by thresh 13y ago

Being in Moscow, which is 6000+ km away from the epicentre of the earthquake, we still felt the tremors... Fascinating.

huhtenberg 13y ago

I find this very hard to believe.

rammark 13y ago
It's possible because of the depth. http://rt.com/news/quake-asia-tsunami-warning-729 http://rt.com/news/quake-asia-tsunami-warning-729
JoeAltmaier 13y ago
Similar situation involving meteorites: "I would sooner believe that two Yankee professors would lie than that stones would fall from heaven!" - Thomas Jefferson The point being, whether we believe it or not changes nothing. This person experienced it.
- huhtenberg 13y ago
  That's just too smart of a point, I'm afraid I'm all smitten. Though a construction next door or a demolition few blocks down the road would've been a simpler explanation.
  - JoeAltmaier 13y ago
    Yeah, that was a little glib. My point was, testimony is what it is; pointless to guess at their situation. Perfectly fair to do statistics on reports, if found in sufficient numbers.

Grue3 13y ago

I am also in Moscow and I call bullshit on this.

cema 13y ago
Why? I have heard (I mean, read) people reporting having felt slight tremors. Example ([ru]): http://nina-petrovna.livejournal.com/797021.html http://nina-petrovna.livejournal.com/797021.html
btilly 13y ago
I have experienced plenty of earthquakes where one person felt it quite strongly and another living nearby didn't. How easy it is to feel varies depending on what floor you're on, how well constructed your building is, what kind of ground you're standing on, etc, etc, etc. Furthermore at that distance the earthquake should be a slow roller, which means that someone who is focused on something might not notice while another person in the same room could notice, realize how much motion there is, and freak out. I've been there as well - as the person watching a movie who ignored an earthquake that everyone outside of the movie was quite aware of. So the fact that you live in Moscow and didn't feel it is not grounds to call BS on someone else claiming that they felt it.