# Its possible to yoyo during an earthquake **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304 "2011-08-23T19:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hobo-yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hobo-yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobo-yoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/1 "2011-08-23T19:13:21Z")
i now know from experience, that earthquakes make yoyoing a little more difficult, but a challenge is always good šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![dcs937](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dcs937/32/258549_2.png) [@dcs937](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcs937)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/2 "2011-08-23T19:51:36Z")
it woke me up. pretty cool. thats one thing to scratch off my bucket list. ---
**Author:** ![hobo-yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hobo-yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobo-yoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/3 "2011-08-23T20:26:29Z")
haha yeah! earthquake down, now time for a hurricane ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/4 "2011-08-23T20:40:58Z")
there was an earthquake? ---
**Author:** ![hobo-yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hobo-yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobo-yoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/5 "2011-08-23T20:42:39Z")
5.9 on the scale happened two counties over from my house and all up and down the east coast it was felt. It happened in virginia ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/6 "2011-08-23T20:49:27Z")
Oh. well over here in the earthquake capital I didnā€™t feel a thing. Ironic. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/7 "2011-08-23T20:59:13Z")
Sure, Iā€™d say itā€™s possible. However, it would interfere with your ability to run outside screaming. Mostly stuff like doors being in the way, things like that. ---
**Author:** ![bonesraphs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bonesraphs/32/43_2.png) [@bonesraphs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bonesraphs)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/8 "2011-08-23T23:38:13Z")
Virginia is a random place to have one. I actually just came back from virginia 2 days ago. I guess the state just missā€™s me already. ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/9 "2011-08-23T23:45:27Z")
Haha, we get those all the time, earthquakes happen and everyone doesnā€™t even care unless its significantly large. Weird for you east coast guys to get that quake though. ---
**Author:** ![popdada](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/popdada/32/629_2.png) [@popdada](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/popdada)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/10 "2011-08-23T23:52:32Z")
felt it here on Long Islandā€¦spilt my drinkā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Kipp556](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b77776/32.png) [@Kipp556](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kipp556)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/11 "2011-08-24T00:19:26Z")
Felt it in Pa. It was like five minutes after I was done yo-yoing. I was watching the llws. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/12 "2011-08-24T00:46:24Z")
Felt it in Central NC. I was actually making a yoyo at the time. ---
**Author:** ![ledbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@ledbetter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ledbetter)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/13 "2011-08-24T00:54:26Z")
Earthquake in NJā€¦thatā€™ll make the highlight reel when they talk about visiting the state. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/14 "2011-08-24T00:54:43Z")
Hmmmm, yesterday in Colorado, today on the east coast. The sky is falling, run for your livesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![hobo-yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hobo-yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobo-yoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/15 "2011-08-24T01:36:41Z")
ya virginia is a random place to have a quake. i bet you people in california think weā€™re whimpy cause a quake is a such a big deal here šŸ˜› it happened in the randomest place in virginia too, only 40 miles away from me. but even tho it was so close i was still yoyoing šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/16 "2011-08-24T02:34:00Z")
> [@Jayyo](#): > > Haha, we get those all the time, earthquakes happen and everyone doesnā€™t even care unless its significantly large. > > Weird for you east coast guys to get that quake though. I am trying to recall when it was when I was in Los Altos for my job. I was at the company headquarters and I was kneeling in front of a computer, doing some maintenance on the hard drive. Suddenly I felt the ground move. I was ā€œuh, what the hell was thatā€ and for a few minutes we were all a bit disoriented until someone else in the office figured it out. Hadnā€™t really experienced it first hand and been aware of it before. I was born in SF and spent the first 6 years of my life there, then moved to Sacramento. When the 1989 earthquake hit(the one that stopped the world series), I didnā€™t feel anything, but I saw the pool sloshing water and the chandelier in the entry way swinging back and forth. We were watching the World Series at the time. Then the cut-over to the freeway collapses. I think in 1994, when the Northridge quake hit in LA, I was working for one of the Sacramento Kings at the time. He was in the area for a game. Thank goodness some people fly! People in the Bay Area are pretty used to earthquakes. Here in Sacramento, weā€™re largely unaware of them unless they are pretty big. Lots of quakes recently, going back a ways since the Indonesia/Thailand tsunami and as recent as Japan. Lots of BIG quakes. Donā€™t try and tell me these arenā€™t interconnected, they have to be. Pressure releases somewhere, it shifts pressure somewhere else and then it has to release. Just because we canā€™t figure out where itā€™s gonna hit next, itā€™s all of the earth. Iā€™m gonna go read the news. Hopefully there isnā€™t too much carnage on this one. ---
**Author:** ![bonesraphs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bonesraphs/32/43_2.png) [@bonesraphs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bonesraphs)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/17 "2011-08-24T05:04:56Z")
I didnā€™t feel it. Virginia is so random thoughā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![themaddoughnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@themaddoughnut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/themaddoughnut)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/18 "2011-08-24T13:24:43Z")
geez my family lives in nj every one around us felt it but we didnt ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/19 "2011-08-24T14:49:23Z")
LOL see what I mean, here in SF we just felt a quake late last night. Weehee ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304/20 "2011-08-24T15:06:03Z")
> [@Studio42](#): > > Sure, Iā€™d say itā€™s possible. However, it would interfere with your ability to run outside screaming. Mostly stuff like doors being in the way, things like that. lol Just about every state gets quakes. I mean even Oklahoma gets em. The fact that it was a 5.9 is significant though. Thatā€™s big for that area. They are usually around 3.0 to 4.0. Almost where you canā€™t even feel it. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/its-possible-to-yoyo-during-an-earthquake/29304.md?page=2)