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5.8 quake in Cayman Islands
Downlinerz2:
It seems like there are quakes happenning all over the place. It is kind of scary.
Even though the media is always talking about the San Andreas fault, I am more worried about the New Madrid fault in the area of Tennessee. There were three big quakes along this fault in the early 1800's.
16 Dec 1811 Northeast Arkansas
23 Jan 1812 New Madrid Missouri mag 7.0 - 7.8
7 Feb 1812 New Madrid Missouri mag 7.4 - 8.0 :shock:
This area was sparsely populated at the time. If a quake of this intensities occurs again there will be a catastrophe!!!
EDIT: I checked the USGS site and it showed 3 small quakes in the area on the 19th
SlowModem:
--- Quote from: Downlinerz2 on January 19, 2010, 03:17:19 PM --- It seems like there are quakes happenning all over the place. It is kind of scary.
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There are some that think that increasing number of earthquakes in diverse places are fulfillment of prophesy.
--- Quote ---Even though the media is always talking about the San Andreas fault, I am more worried about the New Madrid fault in the area of Tennessee. There were three big quakes along this fault in the early 1800's.
16 Dec 1811 Northeast Arkansas
23 Jan 1812 New Madrid Missouri mag 7.0 - 7.8
7 Feb 1812 New Madrid Missouri mag 7.4 - 8.0 :shock:
This area was sparsely populated at the time. If a quake of this intensities occurs again there will be a catastrophe!!!
EDIT: I checked the USGS site and it showed 3 small quakes in the area on the 19th
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Little quakes relive pressure and are a good thing. If the New Madrid fault does what the fault did in Haiti, then Memphis, St. Louis, and who knows where else will be in serious trouble. An earthquake in the 1800s there did cause the Mississippi to run backwards. :shock:
Cienega32:
--- Quote from: Slow Modem on January 19, 2010, 10:03:00 AM ---
--- Quote from: WeatherHost on January 19, 2010, 09:59:15 AM ---Remote aftershock on the same fault? Or something different?
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They're saying it's a different fault, but it's at the same depth (10km). They're not sure if it's the same plate or not. I'm sure it's kind of related, because if you push on one place, it's gonna affect somewhere else close.
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I've always felt that with enough repetitive energy in one general location, there will be a reaction somewhere along the other end of that plate or the next. Depending on direction and fault type.
During and after all those quakes in the South Pacific last year, I was looking at a global fault map of plate movements that had direction and speed arrows on it. Somehow I came up with the idea that there would be one somewhere in the Paki-Afghan area within a couple of weeks as a result. Sure as Sh__ - there was one.
DanS:
There you go, a job using your talents that you don't see everyday, a seismic forecaster. ;)
Cienega32:
Yes. My neighbor thinks I'm supernatural. Between that quake prediction and me getting cable, I really have them scratching their heads. They begged for 7 years to have cable run out to this edge of town. I got it done in 3 months.
I need a dog tooth necklace, a straw skirt and some face-paint...
Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand
Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island
Might even raise a little sand
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