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03/21/2006 04:50:34 PM · #1 |
Only a magnitude 2.7 but was epicentered 5 miles away from our office building.
Yikes! Welcome to Quake Country |
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03/21/2006 04:51:42 PM · #2 |
move to Canada
we may freeze our a$$ off, but I don't have to worry about falling into cracks in the earth...
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03/21/2006 04:57:07 PM · #3 |
You could move down here and get blown around every so often.
Edit: Maybe, I should add the word HURRICANE somewhere :-P
Message edited by author 2006-03-21 17:06:29.
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03/21/2006 05:05:05 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
You could move down here and get blown around every so often. |
for some reason I didn't read "around" the first time I read that...
edit: typo
Message edited by author 2006-03-21 17:05:27. |
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03/21/2006 05:07:16 PM · #5 |
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03/21/2006 05:23:23 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by saintaugust:
move to Canada
we may freeze our a$$ off, but I don't have to worry about falling into cracks in the earth... |
...unless you live in BC...and along the St.Lawrence...some major fault lines there... |
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03/21/2006 05:39:05 PM · #7 |
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03/21/2006 06:20:04 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by saintaugust:
move to Canada
we may freeze our a$$ off, but I don't have to worry about falling into cracks in the earth... |
There's bound to be some shifting as the ice pack disappears and the tundra melts. All in all, I think I'd rather put up with the earth shaking every few weeks than be chased by polar bears.
Anyone care to guess in which state the worst US earthquake occurred? Bonus points if you can name the fault. |
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03/21/2006 06:29:18 PM · #9 |
| I know one of the worst is always remembered as the 1904 San Fran earthquake in California on the San Andreas faultline. Whether there was a less damaging, stronger one I don't know... |
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03/21/2006 06:44:19 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by saintaugust:
move to Canada
we may freeze our a$$ off, but I don't have to worry about falling into cracks in the earth... |
There's bound to be some shifting as the ice pack disappears and the tundra melts. All in all, I think I'd rather put up with the earth shaking every few weeks than be chased by polar bears.
Anyone care to guess in which state the worst US earthquake occurred? Bonus points if you can name the fault. |
That would be Missouri, and the fault line would be the New Madrid fault line (1811-1812)?
Did I get it?
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03/21/2006 06:45:49 PM · #11 |
| You could come bake in the desert.....no quakes, hurricanes, tornados, but ya gotta watch for those occasional flash floods in monsoon season!! |
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03/21/2006 07:09:17 PM · #12 |
| My favorite earthquake was the one 5 or so years ago in Seattle...It got me out of a math test which we never had to finish AND they closed school for 4 days due to the building being 'unsafe'! |
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03/21/2006 07:23:47 PM · #13 |
Hey Rikki, you do realize you are living on the future Arizona Bay ;-)
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03/21/2006 07:27:58 PM · #14 |
Yeah my house is gonna be ocean front property!
Jeeze I cant believe I posted that! :0 |
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03/21/2006 07:34:48 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by saintaugust:
move to Canada
we may freeze our a$$ off, but I don't have to worry about falling into cracks in the earth... |
There's bound to be some shifting as the ice pack disappears and the tundra melts. All in all, I think I'd rather put up with the earth shaking every few weeks than be chased by polar bears.
Anyone care to guess in which state the worst US earthquake occurred? Bonus points if you can name the fault. |
How do you define "worst"? In orders of magnitude, the 1964 Alaska quake hit 9.2...
Robt.
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03/21/2006 07:39:57 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Rikki:
Only a magnitude 2.7 but was epicentered 5 miles away from our office building.
Yikes! Welcome to Quake Country |
Yes, we felt it here on the central coast too. But the house shook only a little bit!
Wait a minute... that had to be another.. because the one I thought I felt only happened about 20 minutes ago.
Message edited by author 2006-03-21 19:41:39. |
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03/21/2006 07:43:55 PM · #17 |
On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. ADT (03:36 3/28 UTC) a great earthquake of magnitude 9.2 (moment magnitude) occurred in Prince William Sound region of Alaska. The epicenter was about 10 km east of the mouth of College Fiord, approximately 90 km west of Valdez and 120 km east of Anchorage. The epicenter was located at Lat. 61.04N, Lon. 147.73W, at a depth of approximately 25 km. This earthquake is the second largest earthquake ever recorded in the world. after a M9.5 earthquake in Chile in 1960. The duration of rupture lasted approximately 4 minutes (240 seconds).
The northwestward motion of the Pacific plate at about 5 to 7 cm per year causes the crust of southern Alaska to be compressed and warped, with some areas along the coast being depressed and other areas inland being uplifted. After periods of tens to hundreds of years, this compression is relieved by the sudden southeastward motion of portions of coastal Alaska as they move back over the subducting Pacific plate.
I love googling :) //earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php |
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03/21/2006 07:44:07 PM · #18 |
| that was just a little one Rikki! |
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03/21/2006 08:07:27 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by saracat:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Anyone care to guess in which state the worst US earthquake occurred? Bonus points if you can name the fault. |
That would be Missouri, and the fault line would be the New Madrid fault line (1811-1812)?
Did I get it? |
Close enough! I don't know the year, but the rest is right. I thought it was considered "worse" than the Alaskan quake, but who knows. It definitely didn't cause a fatal tsunami like the Alaskan quake, but I think some towns in Missouri were wiped out by breaking dams or something.
For an interesting take on what could happen there someday, try to find an old science fiction story called The Great Nebraska Sea.
Message edited by author 2006-03-21 20:09:40. |
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03/21/2006 08:09:25 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by rasdub:
that was just a little one Rikki! |
yeah only a 3.7 (officially from the USGS) but since it was only 5 miles from our office, it was a bit strong. did you guys feel it in SF Dave? |
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03/21/2006 08:16:40 PM · #21 |
Info about the New Madrid Fault and the 1811-1812 earthquakes.
Interesting stuff.
*edit - can't spell
*edit to add more:
Virtual Times article and links about the Great New madrid Earthquakes.
Message edited by author 2006-03-21 20:19:39.
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