Earthquake in Jamaica

[malaise]

Could be a five

[malaise]

1. Quite intense but nothing fell

Lasted about nine seconds

[lpbk2713]

2. I'll take hurricanes over earthquakes any time.

Hang in there.

[malaise]

8. Me too

😀

[MuseRider]

4. I am so glad to see you are OK.

I hope that was all you get. So scary.

[malaise]

6. One of these days we'll have a big one

It is well overdue
This was just scary - so unsettling.

[MuseRider]

10. Oh I hope not.

Such a beautiful island. Of course the main reason is that you live there and I would hate for you to have to go through that.

[malaise]

11. Awwwwww😀

How sweet
The sportscaster just went on reading the sports news. Just said that he felt it but continued reading.

[AllaN01Bear]

22. they are expecting a big one someday soon for us in ca,

ya. four can be unsettling , but more like a lorry to us passing by.

[malaise]

23. Last year they discovered a new fault near

Kingston Harbour

We we say dawg nyam we suppa (dog eat our supper) if that ruptures.
Port Royal and Portmore will vanish. With coastal Kingston.

[malaise]

3. From one link

https://www.google.com/search?q=earthquake+i.+jamaica&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-jm&client=safari

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. take care. from earthquaky California

[malaise]

7. LOL

This was was just an unsettling shake - no biggie

I’ll take the hurricanes over earthquakes every day of the week

Thanks

[SunSeeker]

9. We just had one this afternoon in So. Cal!

https://abc7.com/41-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-orange-county-riverside/14752060/

[malaise]

18. I couldn't live there

Hope this wasn’t a warm up act for us

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

24. so I heard but didn't feel it.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

32. it was a real jolt.

Not the rockin' roller kind. 4.1 at epicenter 30 miles away from us.

[japple]

12. We get tornadoes here in GA, but never earthquakes. I've only been in one earthquake

and it was in SF, CA in 1990. Only 4.5 and I heard the lyrics to Carole King singing "I feel the earth move under my feet..." Seriously. It was one of those moments when you have clear realization about the lyrics of a song.

Hope there wasn't too much damage from this quake, malaise. May you and your family be unscathed.

[malaise]

25. LOL for Carole King

Bet a few radio stations play that here tomorrow😀

[alwaysinasnit]

13. Sending hugs from the California Coast.

[malaise]

26. Thanjs

[Warpy]

14. Still nothing at USGS

They are SLOW tonight.

[malaise]

15. It's all we're talking about here

Did you feel it from around the island - mild

[malaise]

19. Here's another on in our region today

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240501/earthquake-felt-trinidad-and-venezuela

[LoisB]

16. Stay safe.

[malaise]

20. Thanks

[bdamomma]

17. Glad

you are okay malaise, that's one of my favorite islands. Unsettling feeling earthquakes. I can handle hurricanes; you can be prepared for them. Stay safe

[malaise]

21. When the big one comes I won't be able

To post about it📃😀😀
Thanks

[crickets]

27. 5.4 according to AP. So glad you're okay, malaise! 🫂

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. Well, at least it wasn't a volcanic eruption.

https://music.

&si=I-kzZJlyzButmu22

[H2O Man]

29. Glad you are

safe and okay. Stay that way!

[Solly Mack]

30. Yikes! Glad you're OK.

[Drum]

31. Hang in there Jamaica and Malaise

💪

[Bluethroughu]

33. Stay safe, sleep outside tonight in a hammock.

Jamaica was an awesome place to visit back in 1995. The Cave, Red Stripe, and the Montego Bay beach and market were fun, but the people are amazing.

[niyad]

34. They are always a bit unnerving! I am glad that you are okay.

Hope there was no major damage.

[pfitz59]

35. Jamaica has shaken before.

"The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica, on 7 June. A stopped pocket watch found in the harbor during a 1959 excavation[2][3][4] indicated that it occurred around 11:43 AM local time.[5]

Known as the "storehouse and treasury of the West Indies"[citation needed] and as "one of the wickedest places on Earth,"[citation needed] Port Royal was, at the time, a key city in colonial Jamaica and one of the busiest and wealthiest ports in the Americas, as well as a common home port for many of the privateers and pirates operating on the Caribbean Sea.

The 1692 earthquake caused most of the city to sink below sea level. About 2,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and the following tsunami, and another 3,000 people died in the following days due to injuries and disease."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692_Jamaica_earthquake

[greatauntoftriplets]

37. Stay safe, malaise.