Chimney, Shingles - Earthquake Damage

Hi gang!

Just talked to son in Indiana today, for first time since the earthquake
(about a month ago?) He just
noticed that some shingles around his chimney appear pushed up and
thinks, perhaps, the quake
might have caused movement of the chimney. He said the morning of the
quake, he woke from
a very sound sleep because it sounded like someone trying to break in,
kind of like the thumping
of a washing machine when the load isn't balanced. Wow! I've been
through some very mild ones,
but nothing like that. He has full basement, with wide fireplace in
basement, so it is probably pretty sturdy.
On end of house. Can a chimney like that move that much without
cracking? he hasn't looked real
close, but is very good about taking care of the house and does lots of
his own work.

The only quakes I have experienced didn't make a sound, other than
knick-knacks rattling on the
shelf or dishes on the dinner table. Do quakes make a sound like that
without structural sounds?
Eek!

On Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:30 -0400, Norminn <norminn@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>Hi gang!
>
>Just talked to son in Indiana today, for first time since the earthquake
>(about a month ago?) He just
>noticed that some shingles around his chimney appear pushed up and
>thinks, perhaps, the quake
>might have caused movement of the chimney. He said the morning of the
>quake, he woke from
>a very sound sleep because it sounded like someone trying to break in,
>kind of like the thumping
>of a washing machine when the load isn't balanced. Wow! I've been
>through some very mild ones,
>but nothing like that. He has full basement, with wide fireplace in
>basement, so it is probably pretty sturdy.
>On end of house. Can a chimney like that move that much without
>cracking? he hasn't looked real
>close, but is very good about taking care of the house and does lots of
>his own work.
>
>The only quakes I have experienced didn't make a sound, other than
>knick-knacks rattling on the
>shelf or dishes on the dinner table. Do quakes make a sound like that
>without structural sounds?
>Eek!

I awoke one night in Las Vegas to a sound. Then tremble came along and
the shaking. A local in Reno, NV described his as a vehicle hitting
the house.

In a Sports Bar 11 miles away, the moved customers outside when the
bottles shook :)

Listening to Earthquakes
Created by Andy Michael, USGS, and Daniel Ross, 12 year old USGS
Volunteer for Science.

.........
To learn about this we will convert the shaking during earthquakes to
sound and then listen to the sounds.

Converting Shaking to Sound

........

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/index.php

On Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:30 -0400, Norminn <norminn@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Do quakes make a sound like that
>without structural sounds?

NOAA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/index.php

On Sun, 11 May 2008 17:36:56 -0700, Oren <Oren@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>On Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:30 -0400, Norminn <norminn@earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>
>> Do quakes make a sound like that
>>without structural sounds?
>
NOAA
>
>**http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/index.php

Sorry! A link to the sounds. Tiny *.wav files.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/allsounds.php

"Norminn" <norminn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:IOadnWHfmr5-4brVnZ2dnUVZ_siknZ2d@earthlink.com...
> Hi gang!
>
> Just talked to son in Indiana today, for first time since the earthquake
> (about a month ago?) He just
> noticed that some shingles around his chimney appear pushed up and thinks,
> perhaps, the quake
> might have caused movement of the chimney. He said the morning of the quake,
> he woke from
> a very sound sleep because it sounded like someone trying to break in, kind of
> like the thumping
> of a washing machine when the load isn't balanced. Wow! I've been through
> some very mild ones,
> but nothing like that. He has full basement, with wide fireplace in basement,
> so it is probably pretty sturdy.
> On end of house. Can a chimney like that move that much without cracking? he
> hasn't looked real
> close, but is very good about taking care of the house and does lots of his
> own work.
>
> The only quakes I have experienced didn't make a sound, other than
> knick-knacks rattling on the
> shelf or dishes on the dinner table. Do quakes make a sound like that without
> structural sounds?

The one that I heard sound from sounded like a big truck backing up just
outside. Then the shaking arrived.

On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:34:02 -0700, "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"Norminn" <norminn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:IOadnWHfmr5-4brVnZ2dnUVZ_siknZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> Hi gang!
>>
>> Just talked to son in Indiana today, for first time since the earthquake
>> (about a month ago?) He just
>> noticed that some shingles around his chimney appear pushed up and thinks,
>> perhaps, the quake
>> might have caused movement of the chimney. He said the morning of the quake,
>> he woke from
>> a very sound sleep because it sounded like someone trying to break in, kind of
>> like the thumping
>> of a washing machine when the load isn't balanced. Wow! I've been through
>> some very mild ones,
>> but nothing like that. He has full basement, with wide fireplace in basement,
>> so it is probably pretty sturdy.
>> On end of house. Can a chimney like that move that much without cracking? he
>> hasn't looked real
>> close, but is very good about taking care of the house and does lots of his
>> own work.
>>
>> The only quakes I have experienced didn't make a sound, other than
>> knick-knacks rattling on the
>> shelf or dishes on the dinner table. Do quakes make a sound like that without
>> structural sounds?
>
>The one that I heard sound from sounded like a big truck backing up just
>outside. Then the shaking arrived.
>
Those are the first and third waves. The first sound; is rocks and
earth cracking. Third is the shaking. The second wave is described
like a limp rope.

When the third wave arrives, you feel like it's a roller coaster.