Earthquake in southern Iceland/Spritzer: Are you safe?

[guzziguy]

CNN reports a 6.1 earthquake has hit southern Iceland. I hope everything is fine with you and your family Birgir.

[aerius]

It wasn't an earthquake, he just turned up the volume on his new amp to "11".

[swt61]

CNN reports a 6.1 earthquake has hit southern Iceland. I hope everything is fine with you and your family Birgir.

X2

[purk]

According to CNN, the earthquake of 6.1 magnitude occured near his location. Are you safe buddy?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/29/iceland.earthquake/index.html

Purk

[Dusty Chalk]

6.1?!?!? Geebuz. I hope all is well with our Icelandic brethren.

[spritzer]

Thanks for the kind words guys. The damn thing woke me up from my midday nap and that is saying a lot as I live on the western most tip of Reykjavik (actually a separate town) and the house is built on a buffer of sand. Everybody is fine and no major damage has been reported though some bridges and houses have been closed for the time being. My father is going to go and check up on our summerhouse which is about 15km from the epicenter but it's built like a vault so it should be fine.

[purk]

Thanks for the kind words guys. The damn thing woke me up from my midday nap and that is saying a lot as I live on the western most tip of Reykjavik (actually a separate town) and the house is built on a buffer of sand. Everybody is fine and no major damage has been reported though some bridges and houses have been closed for the time being. My father is going to go and check up on our summerhouse which is about 15km from the epicenter but it's built like a vault so it should be fine.

Glad to know that you are doing fine.

[riceboy]

Thanks for the kind words guys. The damn thing woke me up from my midday nap and that is saying a lot as I live on the western most tip of Reykjavik (actually a separate town) and the house is built on a buffer of sand. Everybody is fine and no major damage has been reported though some bridges and houses have been closed for the time being. My father is going to go and check up on our summerhouse which is about 15km from the epicenter but it's built like a vault so it should be fine.

Glad you and your family are okay.

[JBLoudG20]

Glad you and your family are okay.

x2

[cclragnarok]

x2

X3

[Augsburger]

X4, and be prepared for aftershocks. Oh, and strap down that gear! No vinyl spinning for the next month too.

[Pars]

Good to hear!

[spritzer]

Thanks guys. The gear is all secure an the only thing that could have suffered any damage was the SR-? which I jumped out of bed to secure. It's all about the right priorities...

I just watched the news and it seems that it was two shocks in one so a large aftershock isn't all that likely but all precautions are being taken.

[CD44hi]

good to hear you are doing OK. Time to pull an Anderson and secure your gear....(i think that is his handle, the guy who straps his gear on stationary racks while on a ship on deepsea deployment)

[spritzer]

good to hear you are doing OK. Time to pull an Anderson and secure your gear....(i think that is his handle, the guy who straps his gear on stationary racks while on a ship on deepsea deployment)

That's Bob Anderson. Everything needs to be secured while at see but there is no way in hell that my rack is ever going to move. It's an old Target model with a steel frame filled to the brim with metal particles and with about 80kg of gear sitting in it.

[spritzer]

glad to know you're fine, man!

Thanks.

[spritzer]

is Bjork ok?

I dunno... Her summer house is pretty close to the epicenter but there is a lot of fault lines in the area so all quakes dissipate quickly.

[deepak]

Thanks for the kind words guys. The damn thing woke me up from my midday nap and that is saying a lot as I live on the western most tip of Reykjavik (actually a separate town) and the house is built on a buffer of sand. Everybody is fine and no major damage has been reported though some bridges and houses have been closed for the time being. My father is going to go and check up on our summerhouse which is about 15km from the epicenter but it's built like a vault so it should be fine.

Glad to hear that man.

edit: does Bjork still live in Iceland, or did she sell out and move to Malibu?

[dc]

Good to hear that you and Staxen are ok, Birgir.

If you'd like a safe place to keep them Australia is geographically an ideal location.

No faults that I know of, and basically smack in the centre of the tectonic plate.

[postjack]

yay staxman!

[Fungi]

Good to hear that you and Staxen are ok, Birgir.

If you'd like a safe place to keep them Australia is geographically an ideal location.

No faults that I know of, and basically smack in the centre of the tectonic plate.

The marsupials will attack!

[deepak]

Good to hear that you and Staxen are ok, Birgir.

If you'd like a safe place to keep them Australia is geographically an ideal location.

No faults that I know of, and basically smack in the centre of the tectonic plate.

Until a kangaroo makes away with the Staxen in her pouch

[dc]

don't worry, i fight crocodiles with my bare hands

kangaroos are a walk in the park for me

[n_maher]

Glad to hear that damage doesn't seem too bad (in light of recent events).

[deepak]

don't worry, i fight crocodiles with my bare hands

kangaroos are a walk in the park for me

What about stingrays? Too soon, too soon?