Where Were You During the Jolt?

Halloween did really scare the Saipan community.

We were at home for lunch and I thought someone was knocking on the door. I ignored it. 'Was washing the dishes when we felt the building was shaking for about 10 seconds. We immediately ran to the door and then it stopped. Online reports said that it was 7.2 magnitude on RS. The earthquake also occurred in California at the same time. Now that's a first.

USGS Report-An earthquake occurred about 40 km (25 miles) WNW of Agrihan or 405 km (250 miles) N of SAIPAN at 9:30 PM MDT, Oct 30, 2007 (Oct 31 at 1:30 PM local time in Mariana Islands). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. There have been no reports of damage.

'What you get for living three floors above the ground.

Where were you?

Tsunami Whammy

What a great way to find out about the "Tsunami Alert" due to the earthquake in Solomon Islands where according to CNN 60 buildings collapsed, than to be at Lao Lao Bay for an appointment. What a beautiful beach out there, however, during my meeting I couldn't help look at giant waves on that side of the island. Scary...

Anyway, imagine an earthquake and tsunami hit the Solomon Islands. What a stroke of luck.

The Reveler

Earthquakes, Believe It or Not!

This is weird. Someone emailed me days ago from someone or an entity under the name of Marjanca Firm and this is what it told me:

After the twenty-fifth of March a natural catastrophe of global effect is coming. Central area is Japan. Taipei Taiwan. http://thespiritoftruth.up.md http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6gzwEdUvqY

Then, when I check BBC website this morning, this is what is what I got:

BBC-Earthquakes rock Pacific nations
Earthquake damage, Japan
Quake damage
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck off the west coast of Japan's largest island, Honshu.At least one person was killed and 150 were reportedly injured by the tremor which was felt in the capital, Tokyo.A tsunami warning was issued for a short time in Ishikawa prefecture, with swell of up to 50cm reported.
Meanwhile, two quakes - measured at 7.2 and 6.0 by the US - hit near Vanuatu in the southern Pacific Ocean. There were no reports of damage or casualties.
The larger quake struck at 1140 (0040 GMT Sunday), and was followed 28 minutes later by the magnitude 6.0 quake.
Both were centred 335km (210 miles) south-east of the capital, Port Vila.

Gave me goosebumps. Looking out for tsunami alert here....

The Reveler