To: Torie
The magnitude drops with distance. Roughly 2 mags per 100 miles. So a 3.5 downtown LA would be felt as about a 2 in Orange Co, and that is generally too small to be felt. A 7.5 would be felt as a 5-6, and there would be no doubt.
114 posted on
12/28/2003 5:55:43 PM PST by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: RightWhale; Joe Hadenuf
Ya, but Joe lives just outside the blue zone on the map himself I think. Granted, I live father outside it.
117 posted on
12/28/2003 5:57:34 PM PST by
Torie
To: RightWhale
A 7.5 would be felt as a 5-6, and there would be no doubt. I remember being approx. 120 miles west of the Lander's quake (7.0) in '91 (or was it '92?)...felt like a 6.0...maybe a 6.1 with the two Newfoundland dogs scared out of their wits jumping on the bed when it happened...
118 posted on
12/28/2003 5:58:54 PM PST by
kstewskis
(59 more days until Lent and "The Passion" is released...and no I am NOT giving up Mel for Lent!)
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