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Mild earthquake rattles 5 states
Chicago Tribune ^
| May 2, 2005
Posted on 05/02/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by M. Espinola
Edited on 05/03/2005 3:20:04 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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MANILA, ARKANSAS -- A mild earthquake centered in northeastern Arkansas was felt across a wide area of the Mississippi Valley on Sunday, but no major damage was reported.
The quake was measured at magnitude 4.1, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
"One man had some shelving knocked off the wall and another said it knocked the TV off the wall," said Michael Hill, a dispatcher at the Mississippi County sheriff's office.
It was felt in parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and northern Mississippi in addition to Arkansas, authorities said.
Excerpt Mild earthquake rattles 5 states
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Kentucky; US: Mississippi; US: Missouri; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: earthquake; newmadrid
To: M. Espinola
May 2rd, 2005 THAT'S a first! :-)
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posted on
05/02/2005 9:56:06 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.)
To: JennysCool
Also, it's hardly surprising that Arkansas has a "Manila."
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posted on
05/02/2005 9:57:23 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.)
To: JennysCool
Good grief, what a putz I am, must have been thinking of today's date, which just changed to the 3rd, but the news item was listed as the 2nd ..it's half right anyway, lolol. English is always evolving, but not that much! Sorry about that. :)
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posted on
05/02/2005 10:14:57 PM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: M. Espinola
No problem, it was fun ...
But when you think about it, "2rd" is sorta like what we insulted each other with in grade school! :-)
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posted on
05/02/2005 10:18:21 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.)
To: JennysCool
That's true, and then wound up in the office waiting for the headmaster. lol
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posted on
05/02/2005 10:29:09 PM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: M. Espinola
Since there are few other faults near the New Madrid Quake the damage area was greater.
The Mercalli intensity was lower on the East side of the San Andreas Fault than on the West. The New Madrid intensity seems to decrease merely as a function of distance from the epicenter.
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posted on
05/02/2005 11:07:10 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Mesocons for Rice '08)
To: Mike Darancette
OMG, I just read that book last week, 8.4 This is freaking me out!
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posted on
05/02/2005 11:09:23 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
To: Mike Darancette
Lived on the San Andreas fault for 26 years, and now on the New Madrid right in the epicenter of Sunday's wake. I was sitting right here at my computer and did not feel a thing.
We live in a 100 yo house and it shakes if you breath.
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posted on
05/03/2005 2:59:17 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
('We voted like we prayed")
To: bd476
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posted on
05/03/2005 3:07:00 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
To: M. Espinola
"This is the big one! Ya hear that Elizabeth?? I'm comin' to join ya honey!!" - Fred G. Sanford
To: Mike Darancette
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posted on
05/03/2005 8:59:28 AM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: babble-on
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posted on
05/03/2005 8:59:53 AM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: mariabush
We live in a 100 yo house and it shakes if you breathe. Good Heavens! You don't mean...?
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posted on
05/03/2005 9:05:37 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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