Sooke Area Unexpainable Tremors

[Gale]

Puzzling tremors felt from Sooke to View Royal


Did you feel an earthquake-like rumbling today?



We have had a series of inquiries from residents asking about powerful tremors that may have been centered in Sooke, but have also been felt as far east as View Royal.

The first occured at quarter to 11 this morning; the second at 2 o'clock this afternoon. One caller in the Sooke area tells us the first shake was so fierce he went running for a doorway, and the second was even stronger.

The Pacific Geo Science Centre confirms the shaking was not an earthquake.

The Department of National Defense insists they are not holding any training exercises today and are not responsible for the tremors. Calls to local blasting companies, the district of Sooke, the RCMP, the Sooke Fire Dept., and a radio station in Port Angeles have also failed to shed any light on the mysterious rumbling.

South of the border, the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station says they didn't have any aircrafts operating today due to heavy winds.



Kyle Reynolds
CFAX Local News 1070
Puzzling tremors felt from Sooke to View Royal January 24, 2012 (http://www.cfax1070.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4693%3Aresidents-from-sooke-to-view-royal-report-puzzling-tremors&catid=45%3Amainlocal-news&Itemid=155)

[Norval]

Things start shaking over a wide area, people running, and nothing on a seismograph?

WTF is that all about?!?! This one has me stumped.

[Gale]

I have felt an earthquake before but this was different, more like the air or like some suggestions it was atmospheric because the window and wall rattled but no vibration in the floor or my chair. It didn't have the ground rumble to it. Very odd indeed.

[Gale]

Could these atmospheric sounds and effects be caused by experiments?

[Norval]

It is a possibility, although I would think a very low one.

[Gale]

This video has a bunch of the recordings of the sounds, creepy. The sound in Budapest Hungary sounds fake.

[unipax]

Also..... recent booming sounds in Wisconsin which were last week's mystery story.......now linked to a 1.5 quake

http://www.google.com/search?q=mysterious+booming+sounds&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a


http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/after-3-nights-sleepless-wisconsin-town-longs-for-relief-from-mysterious-loud-booming-noises/2012/03/21/gIQAyRhiSS_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop
MILWAUKEE — A minor earthquake occurred this week near the eastern Wisconsin city where researchers have been investigating a series of unexplained booming sounds, federal geologists said Thursday

[Gale]

Isn't Wisconsin an odd place for a quake to occur?
The RSOE EDIS (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php) map doesn't map quakes under 2.0. A small underground nuke test registers 2.5 as recorded in the testing done years ago, guess that depends on the magnitude of the blast.

[unipax]

Could these atmospheric sounds and effects be caused by experiments?

I'm thinking yes. Experiments or beyond the experiment stage. I'd suggest directing credit toward the usual suspects and another of their activities.

The Booms are Back in Wisconsin – And Louder...‘earthquake’ explanation in doubt

Dozens of reports overnight

Police in Clintonville, Wisconsin were flooded with dozens of calls from concerned residents last night after the town was again rattled by a series of booms louder than anything reported to date, despite official assurances that previous reports of the noise were caused by a minor earthquake.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/mysterious-booms-return-to-clintonville-and-theyre-louder.html

[Elaine]

this is spooky, what could possibly cause such sounds hmmm