Late night Earthquake

you can report you felt it here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/pr/11103000/us/form.en.disabled.html

Thanks -- I did that this morning - they have 20 responses from STT so far.

It's called KARMA

@gymrat130 -- no, it's called a seismic wave. Or, wait, so -- you think the people of Japan and New Zealand deserved what happened to them with the recent quakes? And so the people of the Virgin Islands deserved a 5.3 quake that knocked a few things on the floor? Yeah, that must be it -- karma.

E.Z.:

Woke us up on the East End this morning...first one for the Mrs.

Lasted about 10 seconds......like you said very loud.

Some guests here felt it...others didn't (must be sound sleepers).

No damage.

F.I.

We felt it here in Coral Bay - quite long as you said, a definite shaker

Pia

A friend of mine said she felt it on the east end of STX. She said it woke her up. I am a couple of miles away and felt nothing.

Nothing mid-island on STX. I was awake watching baseball at that time and didn't feel a thing.

Bernie

It's called KARMA

What kind of BS response it this? Please explain this.

We were sound asleep so didn't notice or feel anything., but these type of events is exactly why we pay for earthquake insurance on our home and why we recently installed an NSF PVC liner in our cistern

Jumbie -STX

My partner and I were sound asleep as well, but it was strong enough in Cruz Bay to wake us both up. By daybreak I wasn't sure if I had only dreamt it.....decided to ask one of my neighbors....before I could finish my question ( " Did you feel....") she replied " Around 12:30? sure did!". What a strange sensation!

I was briefly awake at the time when i heard it approaching from the west so I braced myself for the impact. It was a scary moment.

I was sitting on my gallery reading and didn't feel a thing. [Judith's Fancy / STX]

I guess my wife's right -- I'm insensitive!

Here is an article on the earthquake:
http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2011/04/13/residents-awoken-51-magnitude-earthquake

It includes these tips:

There are some things you can do to make your house safer. VITEMA suggests the following:
• Fasten shelves securely to walls.
• Place large or heavy objects on lower shelves
• Store breakable items such as bottled foods, glass, and china in low, closed cabinets with latches
• Secure a water heater by strapping it to the wall studs and bolting it to the floor
• Repair any deep cracks in ceilings or foundations. Get expert advice if there are signs of structural defects
• Hang heavy items such as pictures and mirrors away from beds, couches and anywhere people sit
• Brace overhead light fixtures
• Repair defective electrical wiring and leaky gas connections. These are potential fire risks
• Store weed killers, pesticides, and flammable products securely in closed cabinets with latches and on bottom shelves
• Identify safe places indoors and outdoors like under sturdy furniture or against an inside wall away from where glass could shatter around windows, mirrors, pictures or where heavy bookcases or other heavy furniture could fall over.

It was pretty bad where I was. I have some lovely hairline cracks on the walls from it.

That is some really good advice Bob, but I guess I can't help thinking this with my warped mind after reading that: make sure you put a flimsy shelf with a large decorative rock over your soon-to-be ex-wife's area of the bed.

I really am just kidding *-)

Didn't feel a thing... wish we would have, and we live right down the road from 4 corners

It's called KARMA

This was in response to an earthquake on ST Thomas by
Donna from PA a/k/a Gymrat130