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Subject: Earthquake in the Southeast
There was an Earthquake this morning in eastern Alabama that was felt throughout most of the southeast and as far north as southern Ohio. The earthquake registered at 4.9 on the Richter Scale. I realise that a on the West Coast at 4.9 is not much of anything but for people in the southest where we almost never have earthquakes its unusual. Unfortunitly I slept through it because it came through around 5am, I have talked to several people it did wake up though. No deaths or damage has been reported but I just thought it was interesting.
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WOW! Is there a fault running through there?
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I am glad you are okay Kenlos. I think the worst weather I have ever experienced was a few Hurricane's...I can't imagine being in an Earthquake! That would freak me out because it's so random! At least with a Hurricane or a tornado you can be somewhat alerted & prepared. :-/
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I know there a several small faults around here in North Georgia so I assume there are some smaller ones in Eastern Alabama, but usually any earthquakes that come from those are too small to even feel but this one was much stronger and you could definitly feel it.
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I am glad you are okay Kenlos. I think the worst weather I have ever experienced was a few Hurricane's...I can't imagine being in an Earthquake! That would freak me out because it's so random! At least with a Hurricane or a tornado you can be somewhat alerted & prepared. :-/
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I have only been in one Hurricane and that was Opal which is an experince I wont forget. I sleep through the earthquake but I have talked to people who woke up to their beds shaking and things on their shelves rattling and things like that. I kind of wish it had woke me up cause I think it would have been cool to experience one that was strong enough to feel but not strong enough to do any real damage.
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Doesn't the New Madrid fault run through your neck-'o-the-woods? North/South? Supposedly a larger though less active fault than the San Andreas in California.
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The New Madrid fault is in Missouri and Arkansas near the boarder of Tennessee and Kentucky if I remember correctly, but from what I know of the faults around here are in the same fault system. I am not sure if it is less active or not, but I do know that it rarely produces Earthquakes to the effect of the ones in California.
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The New Madrid fault is in Missouri and Arkansas near the boarder of Tennessee and Kentucky if i remember correctly, but from what I know of the faults around here are in the same fault system. I am not sure if it is less active or not, but I do know that it rarely produces Earthquakes to the effect of the ones in California.
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Having lived in Southern Illinois for a few years I was always reminded that, though less seismically active, when the BIGGUN came, it would be devestating. The death toll, I assume, would be mitigated in such an event due to the sparseness of population as opposed to say, L.A. or the California Bay Area.
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Having lived in Southern Illinois for a few years I was always reminded that, though less seismically active, when the BIGGUN came, it would be devestating. The death toll, I assume, would be mitigated in such an event due to the sparseness of population as opposed to say, L.A. or the California Bay Area.
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According to a site about the New Madrid fault I just looked at the last Earthquake above 6.0+ was 1895 and the last Earthquake above 8.0+ was 1811/1812. The site also said that the area is due for another 6.0+ because those usually happen every 80 years and its been over 80s years since the last one.
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Glad to hear you are okay, Kenlos.
I slept through a 5.9 earthquake in California July '86. Woke up five minutes afterwards...
I have gone through a really bad hurricane, Fran in Sept 1996. Blew two hours inland to Raleigh NC. I stayed at my wife's (then girlfriend's) place that night as my apartment was on the top floor and thought we would be safer on lower ground (her room was in her basement of her mother's place) and about 4 a.m. the dog woke us up and we were knee deep in water. Mrs. M lost pretty much everything she owned - clothes, photos, yearbooks etc. It took a while for her to recover and rebuild.
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Having lived in Southern Illinois for a few years I was always reminded that, though less seismically active, when the BIGGUN came, it would be devestating. The death toll, I assume, would be mitigated in such an event due to the sparseness of population as opposed to say, L.A. or the California Bay Area.
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Well, that's something to look forward too! YIKES! :-/
Subject: Re: Earthquake in the Southeast
And another tremor in NE Arkansas just a little while ago. 4.0 on the Richter... am I next? :o
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And another tremor in NE Arkansas just a little while ago. 4.0 on the Richter... am I next? :o
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Yeah I heard about that one too. After the first earthquake yesturday I read an article, I think it was on weather.com, that a guy said that the earthquake could have been a sign of more to come. Looks like he might have been right.
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And another tremor in NE Arkansas just a little while ago. 4.0 on the Richter... am I next? :o
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Hey it is bad enough I have to deal with tornadoes, keep that stuff over there!! :o