| Magnitude | 4.0 M |
| Date-Time |
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| Location | 41.159N 80.728W |
| Depth | 2 km |
| Distances |
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| Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 10.3 km; Vertical 10.2 km |
| Parameters | Nph = 125; Dmin = 65.7 km; Rmss = 1.02 seconds; Gp = 50° M-type = M; Version = 5 |
| Event ID | US c0007f7s |
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On Coast To Coast AM last night when they had the predictions for 2012 someone called in who said that the Midwest would have a 5.0 earthquake. Looks like the warm up for that.
Now that’s an oddity.
We had a floor joist in the 2nd floor crack once when I was a kid in Ohio.
I thought it was because there were like 35 people upstairs and some jack ass cut through the 16 “ floor joist during construction to let a water pipe through, which weakened it.
My brother tells me now it was a 3.5 quake.
Pop blamed it on me saying that I had set a rocket off downstairs! LOL
I did, but that, weren’t the problem. I swear it!
All is calm in SW Ohio. By the way, current Rep. Steve Austria has decided not to run in the primary against Rep. Mike Turner in one of the redistricting battles (new Ohio 10th district).
People living along the midcontinent rift zone should be aware that they DO need to prepare for the possible eventuality of an earthquake. Do not be fearful, just be good boy and girl scouts and be prepared.
See the map from this American Association of Petroleum Geologists article. The culprit seems to be the Gulf of Mexico plate.
Happy New Year, my FRiends.
http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2002/11nov/rift_zone.cfm
That’ll learn ‘em to vote for Obamao!
Ohio bump
There was a 4.3 magnitude quake in Oklahoma about twelve hours before the Ohio one.
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/zoom/?view=eveday&lon=-81&lat=42