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Large ground shake So. Cal
12-28-03 | Joe

Posted on 12/28/2003 4:51:16 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf

Anyone feel that??


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To: Joe Hadenuf
...It got down to 67 today, so I know what cold is too.

Hehehe...

Here to the North of you, in Morro Bay,
it's been pretty cold (for this place).
Some frost on the dock in the morning,
and I saw a couple of lawyers, with their hand's
in their own pockets!
141 posted on 12/28/2003 6:33:15 PM PST by 7MMmag (aint no gravity in the center of the earth, it all hangs out around the sides....)
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To: Boot Hill
Rowland Heights, CA - 7 km (5 miles) E (96 degrees)

I grew up there! Glad to be in Kentucky today though.

142 posted on 12/28/2003 6:34:56 PM PST by Dianna
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To: Joe Hadenuf
"At least were not Missouri"

well, at least our state quarter isn't as tacky as the Arkansas' quarter"


143 posted on 12/28/2003 6:35:25 PM PST by rface (Ashland, Missouri - self proclaimed expert on "Liberal Group Think")
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To: Joe Hadenuf
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/

We're plugged in to this in Fairbanks, major seismo center.

144 posted on 12/28/2003 6:37:05 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Here in Tennesee, we rarely get earthquakes; mainly tornadoes to keep us on our toes.
Earthquake question: Will a big quake usually be the FIRST to hit, and then smaller aftershocks, or can you get little ones leading up to a big one too?
Thanks!
Doug
145 posted on 12/28/2003 6:43:08 PM PST by Merdoug
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To: Cvengr; Joe Hadenuf
but at least yours correspond to a 3.0 and a 2.2 south of Pomona.

Not to worry it's just the NHRA winter testings.

Probly just John Force with a new engine design.

146 posted on 12/28/2003 6:44:55 PM PST by ChefKeith (NASCAR...everything else is just a game!)
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To: rface
Hehehe....
147 posted on 12/28/2003 6:47:57 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Dianna
Dianna says:   "I grew up there! Glad to be in Kentucky today though."

Why? A magnitude 3.2 is so miniscule as to be barely noticeable (generally speaking). Using the USGS descriptor names for different categories of quakes, a 3.2 is referred to as a "minor" earthquake. Unless I get to experience a 6 or above every year, I figure I'm owed an additional tax refund by the state!

--Boot

148 posted on 12/28/2003 6:48:38 PM PST by Boot Hill (Entropy Kills!!!)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Note to all sane people in California:

LEAVE NOW

149 posted on 12/28/2003 6:50:24 PM PST by Happy2BMe (2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
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To: Merdoug
Will a big quake usually be the FIRST to hit, and then smaller aftershocks, or can you get little ones leading up to a big one too?

I'm no seismic expert, but generally the larger in a series will be first, then smaller. My experience is a large event followed by smaller after shocks...

Others here are much more knowledgeable than I when it comes to seismic events....Maybe someone else can answer that better....

150 posted on 12/28/2003 6:53:27 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Boot Hill
Unless I get to experience a 6 or above every year, I figure I'm owed an additional tax refund by the state!

I lived in California for my first 21 years and can't remember an earthquake of any real size (I was a baby during a big LA quake, had to be 69-70).

The little ones never bothered me, added a little interest to life, but I NEVER want to be in a big quake. NEVER. There is a fault line out here somewhere, so moving may not have done me any good.

151 posted on 12/28/2003 6:53:48 PM PST by Dianna
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Yeah; I don't know much about earthquakes myself, but I always thought that the "biggie" came first.
152 posted on 12/28/2003 6:55:22 PM PST by Merdoug
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To: Happy2BMe
Note to all sane people in California: LEAVE NOW

I left once, and came back. Call me crazy, but I prefer 70 degrees, and a mild pacific breeze in the dead of winter....

153 posted on 12/28/2003 6:58:20 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Quilla
Dothan?
154 posted on 12/28/2003 7:01:47 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Yes maam.
155 posted on 12/28/2003 7:04:10 PM PST by Quilla
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To: Dianna
The greatest earthquake risk east of the Rocky Mountains is along the New Madrid fault system. Damaging earthquakes are much less frequent than in California, but when they do occur, the damage can be far greater, due to the underlying geology.

The New Madrid fault system, or the New Madrid seismic zone, is a series of faults beneath the continental crust in a weak spot known as the Reelfoot Rift. It cannot be seen on the surface. The fault system extends 150 miles southward from Cairo, Illinois through New Madrid and Caruthersville, Missouri, down through Blytheville, Arkansas to Marked Tree, Arkansas. It dips into Kentucky near Fulton and into Tennessee near Reelfoot Lake, and extends southeast to Dyersburg, Tennessee. It crosses five state lines, and crosses the Mississippi River in at least three places.

http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/public/facts_long.shtml

The Great New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-12 was actually a series of over 2000 shocks in five months, five of which were 8.0 or more in magnitude. Eighteen of these rang church bells on the Eastern seaboard. The very land itself was destroyed in the Missouri Bootheel, making it unfit for farming for many years. It was the largest burst of seismic energy east of the Rocky Mountains in the history of the U.S. and was several times larger than the San Francisco quake of 1905.
http://www2.semo.edu/ces/ces2.html

This PDF geological map of Kentucky shows fault lines.
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/mapcatalog/images/geology/ky_geol_11x14.pdf
156 posted on 12/28/2003 7:11:11 PM PST by visualops (I don't need no steenking tagline!)
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To: Lazamataz
Speaking of Atlanta has anyone seen Lynn Russell latley
157 posted on 12/28/2003 7:12:45 PM PST by al baby (Ice cream does not have bones)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Hey friend Joe, no offense taken.
Up here in cold, snowy North Idaho, we count on the harsh weather to keep out the weaklings.
(just kidding - donning my flameproof parka)
158 posted on 12/28/2003 7:13:00 PM PST by ironmaidenPR2717 (Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.)
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To: ironmaidenPR2717
Up here in cold, snowy North Idaho, we count on the harsh weather to keep out the weaklings. (just kidding - donning my flameproof parka)

When if comes to cold, I'm a big weakling. Been so cold lately, we've had to turn on our heater. Took me a few minutes to figure out the thermostat. Been a while.

Got down to about 70 degrees today. I am sick of winter.

159 posted on 12/28/2003 7:19:38 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: RightWhale
Tuned around on the radio 2 min ago and heard a 6.0 just hit Japan. Have you heard anything? We came in late in the report and it's possible that they were discussing old news. You hear anything?
160 posted on 12/28/2003 7:25:35 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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