geeser Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Earthquake at 17:43? Anyone else feel it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out1 Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 I think so; my pool water is sloshing back and forth; chandelier swinging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quote The dogs started barking and the chandeliers are swinging, but didn't feel or hear anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhark Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 7.5 in Pintotepa de Don Luis in Oaxaca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeeper Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 My LearJet rattled a little. My runway cracked and threw up some dust. Five of the seven Playboy centerfolds who live here were frightened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezerk Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 felt and saw it in hanging lights and pool water here in San Antonio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, modeeper said: My LearJet rattled a little. My runway cracked and threw up some dust. Five of the seven Playboy centerfolds who live here were frightened. What were the other two doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 not very funny when people are losing their houses in Oaxaca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeeper Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Yeah, and the high school kids in Fla. And the bombing in Siria. Don't forget Baghdad. Russia just jailed 14 desodents. Kim Jong Un executed 11 yesterday. My bad. How thoughtless of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Apparently very little damage from this one. Our friends in Oaxaca said everything was fine at their place south of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Your friends in Oaxaca do not live on the coast.. I just paid for repairs on my house down there and all of the tremors are causing damage and weakenng the sructures. We had 150 tremors in the forllowing 3 hours after the main earthquake and all those tremors cause craks that eventually damage the house.. I know I just paid for the last damages.. Just because the houses do not come down does not mean the houses do not get damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Two blocks from me in Mexico City, an entire building collapsed. Half a block from me, another building is leaning dangerously out over the street. In my own apartment, a wall--recently repaired after the September 19 earthquake--cracked open again. This earthquake was an oscillating one, so in spite of its strength, damage was less than in the September 19 quake. September 19 was what is called a dip/slip quake, where one tectonic plate 'dips' below another plate, allowing the higher plate to slide across it. The damage in Oaxaca was not in the CITY of Oaxaca, it was primarily in the Pinotepa de don Luis, where many houses collapsed. The Pinotepa de don Luis is approximately 100km from the city of Oaxaca, much closer to the Pacific coast. ETA: Crosspost with bmh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 yes More Liana I know, some people are big experts from the distance, those earthquakes cause damage and really frighten people.Just because people in the valley of Oaxaca have no damage, it does not mean that other places did not get damaged, ie Mexico CIty which is further. I know my friends in Chiapas told me it was strong I am glad you are OK Good luck to us on the next one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcelonaman Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Ive not seen any loss of live which is good but house damage must be very worrying and costly. As a side note do many people have house insurance for earthquake damage in lakeside? Indeed would insurers actually pay out on an act of god? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I have earthquake insurrance in Chiapas.. The god and bad news is that is your house is not wiped out or has very serious damage the insurrance does not want to know about it. My roof was damaged and as it was raining I had a cascade in the living room and the insurrance did not work.. If your house does not fall down good luck on collecting. Lakeside I have flood insurrance but cancelled earthquake insurrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeeper Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 86 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth Las Primaveras [Invernadero], Jalisco, Mexico 5 months ago 8.1 magnitude, 69 km depth El Palmarcito, Chiapas, Mexico 22 years ago 8.0 magnitude, 33 km depth El Colomo, Colima, Mexico 32 years ago 8.0 magnitude, 27 km depth Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico 90 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 20 km depth Santa Catarina Roatina, Oaxaca, Mexico 86 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 15 km depth Minatitlán, Colima, Mexico 115 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 0 km depth San Pedro Buenavista, Chiapas, Mexico 111 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 30 km depth El Arador, Oaxaca, Mexico 39 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 18 km depth San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico 86 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 25 km depth Minatitlán, Colima, Mexico I was in Zihuatanejo for the big one. Some of the high-rise hotels came down in neighboring Ixtapa and DF got murdered. I remember reading in The Mexico City News the main cause for the more than expected damage was the content of actual cement in the mix. It was reduced due to pilfering. So the mix was 10-20% light and hundreds died for it. Were I to build a house here there'd be an inspector bearing some other nationality standing there during working hours. Insurance: I posted here about a year ago about my car being totaled at a national park due to a fire in the parking lot. The damage came to 16,000mxn. After a month of haggling with the insurer I was awarded a check for 4,000 that bounced the first three times I tried to cash it. Arriba la Raza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvanparys Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 We have both earthquake and flood insurance here in Ajijic... The deductible is high but the cost of a new retaining wall and pool would offset any deductible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I have earthquake insurance in San Juan Cosala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcscats Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Am in Mexico City in Chinatown when the 7.0 hit Oaxaca. We heard alarms and the building started to shake. Since we are in chinatown thousands of people are in the streets for the new years celebration. We ran from the hotel and joined the crowds. Looked up and you could see things sway. Decided to go to a bar as elevators are inspected before you can use them. Quite an experience for a PNW boy. The look of fear was on many faces. We had an aftershock an hour later but it didn't trip the alarms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeeper Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 44 minutes ago, lcscats said: Decided to go to a bar Now if that bar had one of those lil alcoves with a statue of Jesucristo ringed in lit candles you'd have bout everything you'd needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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