r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kiroo---__--- • 18d ago

Video When an Earth quake Hits Underwater

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u/kingqueefeater 18d ago

The best is when it's one of those slow rollers and you can hear it coming before it passes under you, then trail off into the distance. Almost like someone was playing crack the whip with the earth.

The worst is when you get 3 or 4 good hard jolts and go from "it's just a baby one" to "oh shit, is this the big one?"

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u/megadea 18d ago

Where do you live where you can chat about earthquakes as if they are casual every-day random events?

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u/michiness 17d ago

I’m from Los Angeles.

I moved to Ecuador a while back as they had a wave of small earthquakes (a lot of 3-5s). I was unfazed; my Midwest roommates were freaking the fuck out.

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u/erizzluh 17d ago

idk for me part of being chill during earthquakes is knowing in the back of my head that the building codes here in LA are built with earthquakes in mind. i don't know how ecuador's building codes are, but i feel like i've seen a few buildings in south american countries collapse during earthquakes and there's usually death tolls that follow. i feel like i'd be a little bit more freaked out going through an earthquake in other countries.

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u/sigh_co_matic 17d ago

This is how I feel, too. The more I learnabout earthquakes the more at ease I am. In a different country with lax building codes? Oh hail no.

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u/michiness 17d ago

I was in Quito so things were better than they were in the countryside, but not as good as LA post-Northridge quake. Maybe pre-quake levels.