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    Default Earthquake.

    I live in near Chicago, and I heard from my Mom that there was an earthquake! 4.5 magnitude, and I slept through the whole entire thing, even though I was on the floor.
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    Happens. We had a similar size one over here a few years ago, and I thought that a train was going past, lol.

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    I almost always sleep through them. The only time I don't sleep through an earthquake is when it happens when I'm already awake.

    Then again, I'm California raised.

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    I've had an aftershock wake me up during the night. it shook my house, and i woke up going WTF!!??!!

    But other than that, we don't get earthquakes...cause it's Ga ya know.

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    ive never been in an earthquake.

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    No earthquakes in Finland. Luckily.

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    There was one near San Diego last week. It was a.. 4.8 or something. It happened while I was in the dentist chair. Not very fun when the dentist has her hands in my mouth and the whole room starts shaking.
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    What are earthquakes like? Are you guys so used to them that they aren't scary? I wouldn't know 'cause I'm a dirty New Jersian.
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    I also live in the Chicagoland area, in the northern suburbs, closer to Wisconsin. I was a bit farther away from the epicenter and didn't really feel it. Some neighboring counties did, though.

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    There are quite a few earth-quakes here... sitting on the Syrian-African tactonic fracture, as we do. There was one a few months ago, around 4 Richter... no-body felt it, but it cracked some buildings. Nothing serious, though.

    There was one that I remember, a few years ago... it was 6.5-7 Richter, and it woke me up. The windows were shaking, and my bed trembled. I don't remember what I did, but I wasn't scared. It was kind of neat.
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    Whenever I'd stay at my Nana's in LA, they'd get little earthquakes, and I'd sleep through them. One time there was one here, and I was so excited because I actually felt it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShlupQuack
    I almost always sleep through them. The only time I don't sleep through an earthquake is when it happens when I'm already awake.

    Then again, I'm California raised.
    Me too, I even slept through the Northridge earthquake.

    I can only remember 2 earthquakes that I've actually been awake for and they were quite small. Just slight tremors that rattled things about a bit. It wasn't all that unpleasant.

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    I was on the toilet the last time we had an earthquake.

    I held onto the seat and prayed.
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    uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"

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    I'm in the California (SF Bay Area) and we get earthquakes pretty often. I think the biggest one I was alive for was the 1989 one... it was a 7.1 or something. I don't remember it, though. Earthquakes are scariest when you're driving.

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    I want an earthquake! This is Western Washington, come one, we're overdue.
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