Oklahoma Earthquake?

I was travelling in the north of Chile in 2007, and experienced a 6.8 magnitude earthquake which is quite un-nerving. The next day I was in the capital, Santiago, and we had a smaller 4.8 : I was staying on the 20th floor of the hotel, and man....its freakish feeling that amount of sideways movement in a structure that high up

Chile actually has very good building codes; implemented in the wake of the 1960 magnitude 9.5 earthquake. Unfortunately, its not always rigourously adhered to by property developers.

The Power of Building Codes: Chile Death Toll Less Than 1% That of Haiti | INFRASTRUCTURIST

Golden said:

I was travelling in the north of Chile in 2007, and experienced a 6.8 magnitude earthquake which is quite un-nerving. The next day I was in the capital, Santiago, and we had a smaller 4.8 : I was staying on the 20th floor of the hotel, and man....its freakish feeling that amount of sideways movement in a structure that high up

Maybe Im a baby, but that would have scared me to death lol

Wishmaster said:

Maybe Im a baby, but that would have scared me to death lol

Once everything settled down, I found I had this sudden compulsion to drink quite a lot of beer......strange that

seekermeister said:

It's now been 2 weeks since the first tremor, and they still rattle on. I would have thought by this time that they would have gone silent.

Still??
I would think it should have settled by now as well.

I still think it's better to continue to have small aftershocks, then have it all build up and let loose all at once :)

A Guy