"We ain't fakin', whole lotta shakin' goin' on...
Posted on 02/08/2011 10:36:15 AM PST by decimon
2000 years of Chinese records shows migrating mid-continent earthquakes
COLUMBIA, Mo. – This December marks the bicentennial of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12, which are the biggest earthquakes known to have occurred in the central U.S.
Now, based on the earthquake record in China, a University of Missouri researcher says that mid-continent earthquakes tend to move among fault systems, so the next big earthquake in the central U.S. may actually occur someplace else other than along the New Madrid faults.
Mian Liu, professor of geological sciences in the College of Arts and Science at MU, examined records from China, where earthquakes have been recorded and described for the past 2,000 years. Surprisingly, he found that during this time period big earthquakes have never occurred twice in the same place.
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Archeology Paper from 2345 A.D.:
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I going out nekkid....just like I came in.
Can ya spell Reelfoot Lake? ... I knew you could.
Born and raised in New Madrid County, Missouri. I remember a quake we had and it must have been somewhere around 1948-1950, I was a wee lad playing in my front yard when it hit, it knocked me to my butt, I picked myself up only to hit the ground again.
I thought it was the most fun ever. My mother didn’t agree, as it broke a lot of dishes.
"We ain't fakin', whole lotta shakin' goin' on...
See post #13
It’s spot on.
I don’t think you have to worry about being under 100 feet of water if another series of quakes like New Madrid occurs. The Mississippi did run backwards briefly, and large amounts of fallen trees were washed up a river in Texas, I think the Red River, and Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee was formed when a Graben (sp?) fault dropped 20 or 30 feet, but New Orleans survived better then than it did with Katrina. We should definitely keep an eye on Yellowstone, potentially much more dangerous.
The computerized projections for Yellowstone is that the ash would extend well into Arkansas. The Yellowstone Caldera could be an absolute catastrophe of Biblical proportions. Keeping an eye on it isn’t likely to help too much; praying is about the most that most of us can do, praying that neither New Madrid or Yellowstone blows up on us.
Which fault was what I was left with.
We have the Balcones fault right here in central Texas and it has a nuclear reactor built on it.
This December marks the bicentennial of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12, which are the biggest earthquakes known to have occurred in the central U.S.
Ah yes. I remember that well.
I was traveling along the Mississippi in my Pie Wagon when it hit. After it was over I found myself in Kansas.
Luckily, there was a Saloon across the road.
channeling WC Fields ;-)
The latest activity seems to be be in Arkansas....
If anything happens make sure you unchain your dog.
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