Iben Browning predicted that a major earthquake would hit the region on a particular day in 1990. Nothing happened.
Posted on 04/18/2008 2:45:28 AM PDT by dinoparty
Decatur, Illinois
My wife and I just felt a very noticeable earthquake.
Iben Browning predicted that a major earthquake would hit the region on a particular day in 1990. Nothing happened.
Iben Browning was a loon.
Real shame the media gave him credence. He did have a pHD (not in geology, though) which was the main problem.
I was in Vincennes, Indiana at the time and the whole town was in an uproar over it. I still remember an insurance salesman advertising “earthquake insurance” because the “experts” said it was coming.
I don't know how they would know what the extent or strength of a future earthquake would be.
But I can assure you, with building made of masonry and if they're have been no retrofitting of most all structures, for an earthquake of that size, there would probably be considerable, wide spread damage.
Being anywhere near the epicenter of a 7.5 quake, you're going to think the world is coming to an end.
A 7.5 will make parked vehicles bounce off the ground, so one can imagine what it could do to structures, especially structure that have not been retrofitted.
Would you let those folks over at the U.S. Geological Survey know about that?
The quake occurred on a northern extension of the New Madrid fault, about 6 miles north of Mt. Carmel, Ill. The New Madrid fault was responsible for devastating quakes in the Mississippi Valley in 1811 and 1812. So the Friday quake and its aftershocks likely are raising the blood pressure of some residents and scientists.
That makes sense.
>>OTHS...Oakwood Township?<<
Yes! Go Comets!!!!! LOL!
That would be - in all likelihood - the earthquake of November 9, 1968 (Saturday - just after 11 AM CT, just after noon, ET). That one was magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, as compared to yesterday's 5.2. Since the Richter scale is logarithmic, that would make the '68 quake about 25% greater in magnitude than yesterday's. The epicenter yesterday was about 50 miles NNE from the '68 epicenter.
The '68 quake was felt in parts of 23 states, although it caused only minor property damage in some locations and no known human deaths or injuries. However, not having personally experienced a noticeable quake before, it scared the heck out of me in Michigan at the time, so I too remember it. The '68 quake remains the highest magnitude earthquake known with epicenter in Illinois.
Is this the same one reported in KY?
You might be interested in the info in my post # 329. BTW, the magnitude of this quake has now been downgraded to 5.2, which means that the ‘68 quake (magnitude 5.3) remains the strongest ever with epicenter in the state of Illinois.
Just had another aftershock about 20 minutes ago at 4.5.... The birds are still quiet too...
we just had another one at 12:39am Monday 4/21
It is listed as a 4.5 (my guess is will be downgraded as it did not feel as strong as the 4.6 we had at 10:14am 4/18)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/37.39.-89.-87_eqs.php
I felt it but I bet it will be downgraded (see my post above this one)
This sucks because we have not had this much activity for a long time.
I just hope we have seen (well felt) the worse of it.
It wasn’t nearly as long as the Friday morning aftershock, either. That might be why it didn’t feel as strong.
later this morning it was downgraded to a 4.0
I am pathetic for just now getting to this post, but better off than most for not feeling here in northern Kentucky where I-75 and 275 cross, not too many of us felt the earthquakes.
BUT SLB, are you saying that your shower is out on the deck?
:D
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