Earthquake damages buildings in Austria - first time in more than 2 centuries

Austrian state television ^ | 04/10/01

[Truth666]

The quake shook Styria at noon, October 1, 2004. It damaged walls of many buildings.
1794 was the last time an earthquake damaged buildings in Austria.

[Truth666]

Interesting that such a quake is assigned a 3.9 magnitude. Check the main page of ORF, the state television of Austria. Hard to find a reference to this major event.
Needless to say that in the surrounding countries there's absolutely no mention of it.

[EggsAckley]

Odd.

[denydenydeny]

Somehow, it's Bush's fault.

[sheik yerbouty]

I hope it wasn't a..err.. byproduct of Oktoberfest!

[KellyAdmirer]

Must be global warming. That explains everything bad in the world. Right?

[rdl6989]

We're doomed. Doomed I tell you!

[skinkinthegrass]

..byproduct of Oktoberfest!

..an flood or hurricane? ...never mind.

[sheik yerbouty]

Flammable gas expelled at great velocities, along with the sonic boom..

[QQQQQ]

The USGS shows no earthquakes in Austria.

There is one in N. Italy and a 4.8 in SE Romania.

Recent Earthquakes Europe

[SE Mom]

hhhmmm...the timing...should be questioned..

[all4one]

Approx. 1,452 quakes on this map of the U.S. that includes Puerto Rico; and that is just in the past week. I have been watching the quake info. since about January; at that time the quakes per week on this same map were averaging about 200 - 300. I find it odd that so little is being mentioned about the number of quakes.

[Truth666]

No doubt the Alps are getting ready for action.
BTW, if you think the silence about this is strange, than what about this (06/29/2004 8:51:26 AM PDT) - the first time a direct hit UNDER a nuclear power plant and world wide only in freerepublic ... : quake at Swiss/German border, epicentre 5 miles from nuclear pwer plants

[Strategerist]

How is a 3.9 magnitude quake in the Alps a "major event?"

[MineralMan]

"Approx. 1,452 quakes on this map of the U.S. that includes Puerto Rico; and that is just in the past week. I have been watching the quake info. since about January; at that time the quakes per week on this same map were averaging about 200 - 300. "

No big deal. The 6.0 and the aftershocks following it are responsible for the higher count. I believe there have been over 800 aftershocks. That's not unusual, really. Anytime there is a largish earthquake, the count on that map will jump.

[Strategerist]

Particularly when the aftershocks are for a US mainland event; all of the aftershocks for a 6.0 in Antartica or somewhere won't even be recorded, much less counted, as they area isn't instrumented.

[Truth666]

The title of this thread explains why this quake is a major event. Now, as I already mentioned above, the immediate question is, :
- why is this major event assigned a 3.9 mag ?

[aruanan]

Interesting that such a quake is assigned a 3.9 magnitude.

No. If you have a lot of old buildings that don't regularly undergo shaking by earthquakes, you don't get the susceptible ones culled. When even a smaller earthquake comes along, bam, there's a lot of damage.

[Strategerist]

- why is this major event assigned a 3.9 mag ?

Because the Trilateral Comission in league with the Bilderbergers consulted Satan and decided to list the magnitude as 3.9 instead of its true 10.5 magnitude?

[Truth666]

I don't think that is entirely true.

[dirtboy]

The title of this thread explains why this quake is a major event. Now, as I already mentioned above, the immediate question is, : - why is this major event assigned a 3.9 mag ?

Lemme see if I can mimic your "logic" here.

Someone was shot with a .223 caliber bullet.

That bullet did damage similar to a .308.

Therefore, the .223 actually was a .308.