Do boats feel earthquakes?

My fiance and I have been aboard for several small ones - we've never noticed. The “problem” if that's the right word is that even at the dock, your boat isn't stationary. Lots of things happen that cause it to move - and those cause more movement under normal conditions than an earthquake is likely to. read more

My fiance and I have been aboard for several small ones - we’ve never noticed. The “problem” if that’s the right word is that even at the dock, your boat isn’t stationary. Lots of things happen that cause it to move - and those cause more movement under normal conditions than an earthquake is likely to. read more

No, we cannot feel an earthquake in the middle of an ocean. Let us understand why so. Of the two types of body waves produced by earthquakes, S-wave cannot travel in liquid. So it is cut off in the ocean medium. In the case of a continental earthquake, the energy of P-wave will not be able to invoke any significant disturbance in the water body. read more