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May
13
Posted by mark.
With regard to my previous post, another observation was that yesterday morning my dog didn’t eat his breakfast. He spent most of the day cowering. We thought he had injured himself somehow but there were no visible signs. I checked his joints and pressed his gums to watch the circulation return and everything was normal. We agreed to keep him indoors today. A few minutes ago it occured to me that he may have been sensing the 6.0 magnitude aftershocks …
May
12
Posted by mark.
Update: I have since confirmed that the time of the Chinese quake was 2:28pm (CST – Central China Time) and I felt the vibrations between 12:20am and 1:00am. Also since this writing the quake’s magnitude has been upgraded from 7.8 to 7.9 which is 1.41 times more powerful (Richter scale calculator available here). After the quake they immediately had a magnitude 6.0 aftershock and have had aftershocks ranging from 4.7 to 5.8 for a full 24 hours after …