It's funny, I have the reverse thing since living in Taiwan! Every crack or weird noise makes my body freeze for a few seconds until I realize it's in fact NOT an earthquake. I felt the Jersey one all the way to Boston (folks have explained that the ground in New England carries the shockwaves quite far), I googled "was there an earthquake" right after it happened and it wasn't online yet but some of my friends in NYC then texted me about it.
My first 5+ was in Japan, the second in Nepal. I think anything below 5.5 is okay, I slept through them in TW as long as the awful blare of the presidential alert wasn't triggered. However, the 6.7 I did over there went way past my threshold and felt terrifying. The fact that you never know whether it is going to be a big one or not is awful and at 6.7 I remember having trouble WALKING in my living room. Gah.
Can't wait to see you again in New England, the home of terrible weather but cute quakes!
I was in Hualien last year during that time and still have PTSD from the earthquakes. Can't begin to imagine how stressful it is to deal with them year-round!
It's funny, I have the reverse thing since living in Taiwan! Every crack or weird noise makes my body freeze for a few seconds until I realize it's in fact NOT an earthquake. I felt the Jersey one all the way to Boston (folks have explained that the ground in New England carries the shockwaves quite far), I googled "was there an earthquake" right after it happened and it wasn't online yet but some of my friends in NYC then texted me about it.
My first 5+ was in Japan, the second in Nepal. I think anything below 5.5 is okay, I slept through them in TW as long as the awful blare of the presidential alert wasn't triggered. However, the 6.7 I did over there went way past my threshold and felt terrifying. The fact that you never know whether it is going to be a big one or not is awful and at 6.7 I remember having trouble WALKING in my living room. Gah.
Can't wait to see you again in New England, the home of terrible weather but cute quakes!
I was in Hualien last year during that time and still have PTSD from the earthquakes. Can't begin to imagine how stressful it is to deal with them year-round!