Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake - LOUISIANA2005 December 20 00:52:20 UTC

U.S.G.S. ^ | 12/20/2005 | U.S. Geological Survey

[OB1kNOb]

Magnitude 3.0
Date-Time Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 00:52:20 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, December 19, 2005 at 6:52:20 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 30.275°N, 90.703°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region LOUISIANA
Distances 10 km (6 miles) ESE (110°) from French Settlement, LA
15 km (9 miles) ESE (118°) from Port Vincent, LA
17 km (10 miles) SW (232°) from Killian, LA
47 km (29 miles) ESE (116°) from Baton Rouge, LA
70 km (44 miles) WNW (299°) from New Orleans, LA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 29.8 km (18.5 miles); depth fixed by location program

[Dog Gone]

The Gulf Coast is sinking into the ocean. That's not a new development. It's been doing it for thousands of years. In some places, like New Orleans, it's more pronounced, often made worse by overuse of well water.

As the coast subsides, it will do so unevenly, and earthquakes will result. It's not the sign of a major earthquake fault. It's just temporary settling of a block of underground rock.

[OB1kNOb]

Blanco responds, "Where's the federal assistance! Where's FEMA! How long does it take for us to get some help around here!

[Just mythoughts]

"Now that's a good one. Maybe sinkholes will start popping up on the sacred ground that Ms.H walked on."


One does have to wonder if she is down there to buy up some cheap real estate, she was very fond of timesharing campgrounds in Arkansas

[OpusatFR]

Interesting in light of the "mystery booms" that were heard a couple of days ago.

[trillabodilla]

I didn't feel a thing.

Course, I'm 29 miles ESE.

[Right Wing Assault]

Quakes in the open country are much more widespread than those in CA. A big one near New Madrid will cause much more damage than the same quake in CA.

[brytlea]

Thank you.
susie

[brytlea]

Funny to see the SSC come up. We lived in DeSoto TX about the time they withdrew funding for it. It wasn't a pretty thing to see. I believe the location was closer to Waxahatchee, but most of the scientists kids went to school in Desoto (Which is just south of Dallas).

susie

[add925]

Epicenter near French Settlement, LA.....No comment, only observation.

[Palladin]

LOL!

[chemicalman]

FEMA trailer park?

[Bogey78O]

I dunno... seems like this would be around Hammond or Ponchatoula. Definitely not a black area. Lots of White Christians though.

[N8VTXNinWV]

"Super Conductor - Super Collider" ;o) Texas got the bid...glad hubbie didn't apply for a job there!

[Bogey78O]

Ah...ok. I suck on triangulating locations. Heh.

[frogjerk]

Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake - LOUISIANA2005 December 20 00:52:20 UTC

Are we sure this isn't just Oprah releasing some gas?

[txhurl]

Was it Randy Quaid, doing those what-to-do-with-the-defunct SCSC commercials: 'well, first we get the avocadoes goin one way. then get the tomatoes and onions goin the other way...'

[JFC]

Speaking of Rove, I don't hear MSM or LIBS calling out his name anymore!!1

[beltfed308]

Bush's fault! :>)

[stboz]

Man, dats too close to Middendorf's. Crabcakes an' catfish!

[TChris]

Another misfire from the Rovian Disaster Machine^TM (RDM). Looks like it's time to shut it down for annual maintenance.