Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - To quote Ernest...

To quote Ernest... (reply)

Oeste Hermoso — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:05:12 +0000

I have experienced 3 in Zihua and 1 in Puerto Vallarta. In the former I was either on the beach or on the 2nd or 3rd floor so did not experience much of a terror. In the latter I was on the 12th and it scared the hell out of me.

But it would give you the chance to say to the person in bed next to you "Did the earth move for you too?". I did that once to an English major in Toronto after a tremor. Until she saw the newspaper headline that morning she had misgivings about me.

Of course I once said to another ex girl friend "You have issues with me don't you?" "Issues, Wesley?", she said, "I have a f---ing subscription|!"

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wcameron — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:58:11 +0000

Earthquake or asteroid lol?

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dhunsber — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:53:40 +0000

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HolyMole — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 05:17:05 +0000

I understand your curiosity Retemrap, so I don't think it's weird at all. I had the same feeling for a long time, until 1987 in Quito, Ecuador, when we had our wits scared out of us by three 6.5 - 6.8 temblors over the space of a few hours one evening. The noise was scary, and those minutes during which the earth shook were truly frightening, giving us no firm place or thing onto which we could hold ourselves. Many locals cried out on the streets, "¡Vamos a morir!"
So, one experience of that sort was definitely more than enough for us. We'll gladly pass on any other such opportunities.

Charles Darwin wrote:

“A bad earthquake at once destroys our oldest associations: the earth, the very emblem of solidity, has moved beneath our feet like a thin crust over a fluid; - one second of time has created in the mind a strange idea of insecurity, which hours of reflection would not have produced.”

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dhunsber — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:13:42 +0000

I understand your curiosity Retemrap, so I don't think it's weird at all. I had the same feeling for a long time, until 1987 in Quito, Ecuador, when we had our wits scared out of us by three 6.5 - 6.8 temblors over the space of a few hours one evening. The noise was scary, and those minutes during which the earth shook were truly frightening, giving us no firm place or thing onto which we could hold ourselves. Many locals cried out on the streets, "¡Vamos a morir!"
So, one experience of that sort was definitely more than enough for us. We'll gladly pass on any other such opportunities.

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frostbite — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:38:16 +0000

Having lived in San Francisco for 16 years and in Anchorage for 35 years, we experienced many shakers; some just interesting, some pretty scary. We've since moved to Montana, where quakes are scarce. We don't particularly miss them.

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Retemrap — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:20:38 +0000

Is it weird that I want to have a small one happen when I'm there?...... I've never felt one and want to. Obviously I don't want damages or injuries to anyone.

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:40:56 +0000

Uh oh!

5.6 Temblor (reply)

timixtapa — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:21:58 +0000

http://www.ssn.unam.mx/ultimos.html
sure is a large concentration of tremors in Oaxaca & Chiapas

5.6 Temblor (reply)

katherine — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:14:21 +0000

Very scary!!!

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE - 5.5 Temblor (reply)

ZihuaRob — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:32:35 +0000

Now they're saying it was a 5.5.

SSN REPORTA: SISMO (INFORMACIÓN REVISADA Y ACTUALIZADA POR UN ANALISTA)
Magnitud: 5.5
Región epicentral: 21 km al NORESTE de ZIHUATANEJO, GRO
Fecha y hora: 2015/09/30 12:25:55 (tiempo del Centro de México)
Epicentro (latitud y longitud): 17.83°, -101.52°
Profundidad: 30 km

UPDATE - 5.2 Temblor (reply)

ZihuaRob — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:06:32 +0000

Now the SSN has revised their estimate.

SSN REPORTA: SISMO
Magnitud: 5.2
Región epicentral: 29 km al NORTE de ZIHUATANEJO, GRO
Fecha y hora: 2015/09/30 12:25:53 (tiempo del Centro de México)
Epicentro (latitud y longitud): 17.91°, -101.13°
Profundidad: 63 km

5.6 Temblor

ZihuaRob — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:40:41 +0000

Residents in the region just had the bejeezus scared out of them with a 5.6 temblor whose epicenter was La Unión (the county seat for the municipio where Troncones is).

http://www.ssn.unam.mx/