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Magnitude-2.0 quake shakes New Jersey
Cnn.com ^ | November 5 2012 | Cnn wire staff

Posted on 11/05/2012 7:27:44 AM PST by Beowulf9

(CNN) -- As if they haven't had enough headaches in New Jersey in the past week, on Monday morning they added earthquake to the list.

The magnitude-2.0 temblor struck at 1:19 a.m. and was centered two miles south-southeast of Ringwood, New Jersey, not far from the border with New York. The depth was 3.1 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: east; newjersey; quake
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To: lefty-lie-spy

This small earthquake is equivalent to the proverbial “last straw.” New Jersey last week suffered devastation of many of its towns along the coast. Throughout the state they lost power, some homes are still without. The gas lines are hours long. The temperatures are freezing at night, and cold by day. So even a minor earthquake within the same weeks is at least worth knowing about.


21 posted on 11/05/2012 8:43:03 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: lefty-lie-spy
An M2.0 is equivalent to standing under a freeway overpass. Is this really newsworthy? I’m biased towards earthquake reporting because I live in Japan. However, what makes this newsworthy at FR?

I see you are from California. Trying to equate California earthquakes with east coast earthquakes are apples and oranges. West coast earthquakes are like tapping a piece of cracked, stale pizza crust with a hammer. If you're near where the tapping happens you feel it, but you have to tap hard for there to be much damage.

East coast earthquakes are like tapping a cast iron bell with a hammer. You don't have to hit it hard, but the shock travels very far, and it resonates quite a bit. That's why a lower Richter scale causes more damage on the east coast, and travels further. For example, a 3 pointer that happened a few years ago way up in Quebec Canada was felt by me 700 miles south, near Baltimore, MD.

23 posted on 11/05/2012 10:28:00 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm not voting for Obama, so therefore I must be helping Romney!)
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To: Beowulf9

Can magnitude 2 be said to actually “shake” anything?


24 posted on 11/05/2012 11:23:30 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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To: Beowulf9

by the way “the crow flies” Ringwood is about 10mi NE of me; slept through it, didn’t feel a thing; of course at 2.0 I think that’s expected


25 posted on 11/05/2012 11:28:11 AM PST by Wuli
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To: lefty-lie-spy
" equivalent to standing under a freeway overpass "

Amazing how people name things....

Freeway.... and when traffic is heavy you get people on cell phones calling into work " Hi... I am here stuck in traffic on the freeway I'll be there a little later than I thought " ...
26 posted on 11/05/2012 11:42:34 AM PST by American Constitutionalist
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To: Beowulf9; concerned about politics
Around the time of the erection and before, concerned posted multiple times a quake schedule for the Western Pacific zone. Well, he's down to two strikes with two outs in the bottom of the ninth in a one run game. Here's the prediction, the actual and the game time commentary:

Nov 13-14; 6.5+ mag........Alaska 6.4...A deep fly ball, if it's fair it's gone. Foul ball, strike 1

Nov 15-16, 6.5+........South Mexico 6.0.....Foul tip, strike 2

Nov 20; 6.0+.....Offshore Chile 5.4.....strike three looking

Nov 22-23; 6.5+.....Argentina 5.6...strike 4 looking

Nov 28, 7.0+.....Peru 5.6.....strike 5 looking

Dec 4-5, 7.0+.....Anchorage 5.8.....strike 6, you're out again

Dec 11, 7.0+.....Ft McPherson, Canada, 5.1....strike 7

Dec17-18, 8.8+.....El Salvador 5.1.....strike 8

Dec 21, 10.0+...The pitcher goes into the windup...holy crap that's adopt a Mayan day, hold onto your butts!!!!!

27 posted on 12/19/2012 12:02:46 PM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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To: newbie 10-21-00

It’s an eephus pitch!! Strike nine, looking, you’re out again. That is some VERY bad forecasting my FRiend! On the plus side, neither of us is speaking Mayan as we all feared five short days ago.


28 posted on 12/26/2012 1:34:35 PM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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To: Beowulf9
Magnitude-2.0 quake shakes New Jersey

This is newsworthy because.....?

29 posted on 12/26/2012 1:37:46 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (Carry a Gun, It's a Lighter Burden Than Regret)
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To: concerned about politics; All

It’s an eephus pitch!! Strike nine, looking, you’re out again. That is some VERY bad forecasting my FRiend! On the plus side, neither of us is speaking Mayan as we all feared five short days ago.


30 posted on 12/26/2012 1:40:55 PM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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To: Wuli

I’m a couple miles from Ringwood. I didn’t feel anything either.


31 posted on 12/26/2012 1:57:19 PM PST by ContraryMary (Obama -- Inept and Out of His Depth)
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To: Alaska Wolf

This small earthquake is equivalent to the proverbial “last straw.” New Jersey last week suffered devastation of many of its towns along the coast. Throughout the state they lost power, some homes are still without. The gas lines are hours long. The temperatures are freezing at night, and cold by day. So even a minor earthquake within the same weeks is at least worth knowing about.


32 posted on 12/26/2012 2:13:26 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

That wasn’t an earthquake, it was Chris Christie jumping up and down pitching a hissy fit over guns.....


33 posted on 12/26/2012 2:20:41 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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