Mini earthquake experiences

I have always wondered what it would be like to be in an earthquake. I suppose the good thing about living in the United Kingdom is that we are a very low risk of experiencing anything like that. Though I did see a tornado once...

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

-M

Hi dear nice to know, but UK does get earthquakes that are felt by people but like here in Tanzania they are a rare and minor event. Maybe your area is of those in the uk that didn't  get any.  
Tornadoes are also very scary , I thought they are a US thing only.  
Warm thanks for your comment,

Glad I live in a part of the world where no such things  happen (or very little trrmors).

Yeah where I have lived we have similarly only experienced little tremors that some busy people don't even notice, no harms ever done. I hope you could enjoy the poem though for it's entertaining bits. Thanks much for comment,

Kudos! That’s a great way to memorialize a very personal experience. Funny that nobody else had noticed!

Yeah two earthquakes decades apart both of them very light and so many people didn't feel them at all. The latest was a bit more noticeable but still no damage to property or life as was minor still. Warmest thanks for the feedback,

"jiggled to dance a jig" ... like this line ... I experienced an earthquake when I lived in Maryland ... it wasn't very big ... but it knocked pictures off of the wall ...

Oh my , must have been a bit more frightening I guess, but thank God they are rare events in many places like here and yours, and minor too. Nice to know which line you enjoyed, warm thanks for comment!

Well nice to know if you could enjoy the poem despite not having experienced it. warm thanks for comment!

I've never read anything about the experience of an earthquake before, so this was very original to me, with terrific detail to the storytelling. Thank you for sharing with us.

Yeah i like to write on uncommon topics so as to bring some difference to the table, for a change so im glad you found it original and unwritten a topic. Thanks soo much for fine comment!!

For 37 years Southern California was my home. My brother graduated from college the year Mt. Saint Helens blew in Oregon. Reading this brought back the adventures of natural disasters.
Does make a trip to Magic Mountain seem tame in retrospect!

Blew as in volcanic eruption eh? Thanks ever so much for such a fab comment. Stay safe!

I have experienced major and minor earthquakes; this was a vivid reminder. Thanks. Hugs and peace, Oral

Aw I hope that it wasn't a bad trauma trigger type  of reminder though. Thanks soo much for comment! Stay safe poet! Best wishes,

Not traumatic memories but a reminder of helping to remove bodies of trapped persons from the rubble. SF earthquake back in the 90s'. Keep enjoying this day; it's a choice. Hugs and peace, Oral

Aw but at least you have heroic memories of helping to save lives, that is a memory to cherish. Stay well, my regards,

Thank you, look forward to reading more of your works. Hugs and peace, Oral

Interesting topic for a poem - with lots of fine detail. Only ever experienced a minor earthquake once in Cornwall (U.K).

Good morn from here, im glad it was interesting enough, and nice you experienced it only once, i actually feel nice having experienced these light tremors, it gives me a weird thrill. Thanks soo much for comment! Stay safe!

Scary, I held my breath when I started reading. Glad you were okay.

Aw thanks soo much for the concern, yeah we are all very fine, once its over it leaves no signs or impact such that we pinch ourselves to make sure we weren't dreaming.
Thanks soo much for nice comment! Best wishes,

We felt the light Aftermath of an earthquake from far away but I didn't feel a damn thing.  This was a long time ago.  Keep on writing.

Yeah even our earthquake wasn't felt by all. Thanks so much for fine comment. Cheers!

I have been in many, many hurricanes before but never an earthquake. Reading your account of one made me feel like I was there. Great job!

I wonder what's a tornado or hurricane feel like, never been in one, does it always cause damage to property and flooding?
Nice to know you haven't been in an earthquake. Take care dear warm thanks,

You are very welcome! Hurricanes and tornadoes often cause destruction and sometimes death but not always. A lot depends on the sturdiness of the structure you live in and whether you live in land or bear the water. I have been very fortunate to have experienced little damage in the sixty years that I have lived in Florida. Thank you for sharing your wonderful poem with us.

Great piece, I'm glad in England we don't get anything like that. Great view on a strange happening
Love and light
Ron x

Hi, thanks very much for your fine comment, yeah nice you didn't feel them.
One we hear happened recently in london 2020 which must've been bigger than our earthquakes considering that walls were cracked, but all were still minor thankfully.
Yeah its a strange phenomenon indeed. Best wishes,

I like this.  Never been In one myself, this is nicely written.  

Nice to know, poet. Glad you found the poem good  enough. Thanks for comment!

Nice write.  I've experienced the same a few times, not a familiar thing for my area, in the US, either.  We are experiencing a new environmental change these days. Glad you were safe.  
Stay safe😷 & Be Blessed🙏🏾

Good that its a rare event in many places, thank God. Warm thanks for the comment,  you too take care dear.🌷

Likewise my Friend.🙏🏾😉

Great,  where u from? Nice to know.
Im super glad it made you smile, that was my intention to make a light hearted poem about a thrilling event..
Geology isone of my fav subjects.
Warm thanks for super comment!

We just had our first ( what I would say substantial ) earth quake in NC a few months back. It was about 6.5 on the scale, I believe. It's a very powerful feeling when your entire Universe is shaken, and a reminder of just how powerfully in control Mother Nature truly is. Glad to know you survived!

Where is NC dear, oh you had one recently,  sounds big so nice it seems you didnt suffer damage and survived it.
Yeah we believe mother nature is in God's control and that's very  comforting.  
Warm thanks,  
Take care dear,

Have had a few ... Nicely written ... Bless and love ... .

Must've been light,  slight tremors like ours  then, warm thanks for nice feedback. Take care, 🌷

i've lived within earthquakes for many years being a California resident.
i recall a time living on the 4th floor of an apartment and the whole place was swaying and shaking and the 2 roommates ran under a kitchen door frame and me lazily stretched out on the couch didn't move even a little bit.
i told them this is a baby-quake - lol
They were both visible shaken -- one grew up in Iowa the other in Massachusetts.

i know if out and about to stay far away from big glass windows.

Loved Your feel and observations in this spill

Woah cool you are like me then, when everyone is panicking i stay calm, limd the last earthquake when many ran outside while i just walked about at home suspensefully, baby quake yeahh that's the term, though we never know for sure it won't turn into adult major.
But i do panic when no one else is.
Thanks soo much for your interesting comment, made me smile. Cheers!

Remember when the Bay Bridge in the San Francisco, CA, Bay Area collapsed?
i used to travel that double-decker bridge daily to work and back when i lived in Hayward, CA.  
Lucky for me, i had moved back to San Diego, CA, about 6 months before that quake and bridge collapse.  Had i not, i'm pretty certain i wouldn't have had time to panic as the bridge would have crushed me or sent me into the freezing cold water of the bay.

Oh my a whole bridge collapsed due to an earthquake? Well lucky you and others weren't there on that bridge! Must've been some earthquake!

A nice morning 'rock a bye baby'  from heaven

Heyy hmm yeahhh it was a rock a bye baby event, only no one fell. Its an earthly phenomenon that God has control over,  He lets other earthquakes shift people to the afterlife then its a rock a bye to this earth.  Thanks for your comment, lol.

Sometimes I wonder what might topple over in my home if there was ever an earthquake, I try to be on the safe side with nick nacks, a plexiglass front on shelving could be a lifesaver in such an event as you experienced, but if the house cracks that another story, stay safe, great writing topic to ponder on :)

Warm thanks so much for a great comment, a plexiglass is a glass that could save the items or us I wonder? If you've never experienced it was hen you needn't worry dear. Take care and stay safe, the pandemic still shakes us far more ah.

Well written. I understand earthquakes, we got it here a few years ago....scary.👍