Bogie
Contributor
On Wednesday night, January 12th, , I went on a night club dive at San Carlos Beach in Monterey, Ca. It was a beautiful clear night. Conditions were perfectly calm with 15 feet visibility. The mirror surface made the lights Santa Cruz across the bay sparkle in the star filled night. Conditions were perfectly calm with 15 feet visibility. We dove along the rocks on the Coast Guard pier where we descended to poke along looking at critters. Several 8-inch shrimp/prawns and small octopus were spotted.
While diving, we felt and heard a rumble. It came quickly and left suddenly. I thought it was a boat but there were no boats around. I did not think much of it.
On shore I talked to other divers and they thought it was an earthquake. I never experienced an earthquake while scuba diving so I had no idea. We talked about the sudden start of the rumbling and how suddenly it quit unlike a boat that gradually increases and decreases in sound. One diver said the sand sea floor kicked up sand at the time of the rumbling.
I thought it was a boat but others said it was too unusual. One diver had an iphone earthquake application and looked to see if there was an earthquake during our dive. There was an aftershock of about 3 in magnitude at about 7:30pm, which was during our dive. San Juan Bautista area had an earthquake earlier in the day of 4.5 at 12.51 am. This is about 20 miles from Monterey. There were aftershocks and one occurred at about 7:35 pm at about 3 magnitude on the Richter scale. There was a definite rumble under the water. I dont know if it was the earthquake aftershock but it was peculiar.
Has anyone experienced scuba an earthquake while scuba diving? Did you hear and feel a rumble?
I guess I had my first earthquake dive.
Interesting experience.
While diving, we felt and heard a rumble. It came quickly and left suddenly. I thought it was a boat but there were no boats around. I did not think much of it.
On shore I talked to other divers and they thought it was an earthquake. I never experienced an earthquake while scuba diving so I had no idea. We talked about the sudden start of the rumbling and how suddenly it quit unlike a boat that gradually increases and decreases in sound. One diver said the sand sea floor kicked up sand at the time of the rumbling.
I thought it was a boat but others said it was too unusual. One diver had an iphone earthquake application and looked to see if there was an earthquake during our dive. There was an aftershock of about 3 in magnitude at about 7:30pm, which was during our dive. San Juan Bautista area had an earthquake earlier in the day of 4.5 at 12.51 am. This is about 20 miles from Monterey. There were aftershocks and one occurred at about 7:35 pm at about 3 magnitude on the Richter scale. There was a definite rumble under the water. I dont know if it was the earthquake aftershock but it was peculiar.
Has anyone experienced scuba an earthquake while scuba diving? Did you hear and feel a rumble?
I guess I had my first earthquake dive.
Interesting experience.
