Seattle Just Had an Earthquake
9 pointsby tobinfekkes5 hours ago3 comments
  • gucci-on-fleek4 hours ago
    If I'm reading the USGS report [0] correctly, it looks like this was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake with "light" shaking, which Wikipedia [1] describes as:

    > Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some are awakened. Dishes, windows, and doors are disturbed; walls make cracking sounds. Sensations are like a heavy truck striking a building. Standing vehicles are rocked noticeably.

    But the USGS website is fairly confusing, so I may be completely misinterpreting something here.

    [0]: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw71404022...

    [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_sc...

  • CaliforniaKarl5 hours ago
    Welcome to the club! Head on over to https://earthquake.usgs.gov/, find the entry for your earthquake, and submit a “Did you feel it?” Report!
  • nephihaha5 hours ago
    What kind of work were you doing in bed? Typing up something?
    • tobinfekkes4 hours ago
      Actually, literally, yes.

      A letter I've needed to write for a long time, but have been putting off.

      • slau4 hours ago
        I think the universe is trying to tell you that whatever you wrote at that exact moment was fire. Or maybe the exact opposite, and the universe had to stop you instantly. That’s the annoying thing with the universe, one can’t ever really know with certainty what it meant, or even if it meant anything at all.
        • sph42 minutes ago
          You have succinctly described the value proposition of divination books such as the I Ching.

          By giving a vague answer to the question, the reader will, through their confirmation bias, become indirectly aware of their internal emotional process and if they should go ahead with a thing. Carl Jung explains it better, but as a skeptic I found it fascinating when I first learned of it.