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Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake - LOUISIANA2005 December 20 00:52:20 UTC
U.S.G.S. ^ | 12/20/2005 | U.S. Geological Survey

Posted on 12/20/2005 11:28:03 AM PST by 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

(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: earthquake; louisiana
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To: green iguana

Shhhhhh!


61 posted on 12/20/2005 12:16:51 PM PST by pierrem15
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To: beltfed308
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62 posted on 12/20/2005 12:18:06 PM PST by txhurl (hook'em)
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To: stboz

You are making me hungry! Too long gone from good food!


63 posted on 12/20/2005 12:20:23 PM PST by spkpls4 (Jeremiah 29:11)
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To: smith288
Anyone see a huge cloud of locusts?

No. But I did see some old guy wandering around saying 'Let my people go'.

Looked kinda like Charleton Heston....

64 posted on 12/20/2005 12:22:06 PM PST by uglybiker (Iraqis have purple on their fingers. Liberals have brown on their thumbs.)
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To: txflake

Oh my gosh! I forgot about those! I think it was Randy Quaid.


65 posted on 12/20/2005 12:22:13 PM PST by N8VTXNinWV (Merry CHRISTmas y'all!)
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To: smith288
Anyone see a huge cloud of locusts? I seem to have misplaced them...

Where are my damned frogs ?!?!?!?!

66 posted on 12/20/2005 12:24:22 PM PST by Centurion2000 ((Aubrey, Tx) --- America, we get the best government corporations can buy.)
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To: Bogey78O
I dunno... seems like this would be around Hammond or Ponchatoula. Definitely not a black area. Lots of White Christians though.

Well, (putting on a DUmmie hat) this is obviously a Rovian plot to take the heat off Bush for blowing up the levees and to test the peoples response to the soon coming police state

Don't worry Bush did this because he's evil, pure evil. Did you know his grandfather was a Nazi and his father is a shape shifter, and they have human sacrifices in the Bohemian grove. It true. All of its true. I hear things you know. Sometimes I think Rove planted something in my brain to control my thoughts and make we vote for Rethugicans. Really he's capable, he's in cahoots with the fascist pawn Deibold.

Taking off Dummie hat now.

67 posted on 12/20/2005 12:30:30 PM PST by Fzob (Why does this tag line keep showing up?)
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To: txflake

Maybe they could make a Texas sized velodrome out of it. :-)


68 posted on 12/20/2005 12:43:31 PM PST by rvoitier ("Hug your babies tight"--Luanne Platter)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

The one in New Mexico is not that far from the WIPP, near where my Mom grew up (and a large contigent of her family still live).

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/usgva8.htm

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's first underground repository licensed to safely and permanently dispose ofWIPP's first waste shipment received on March 26, 1999 transuranic radioactive waste left from the research and production of nuclear weapons. After more than 20 years of scientific study, public input, and regulatory struggles, WIPP began operations on March 26, 1999.

Located in the remote Chihuahuan Desert of Southeastern New Mexico, project facilities include disposal rooms minedWIPP location 26 miles southeast of Carlsbad, NM 2,150 feet underground in a 2,000-foot thick salt formation that has been stable for more than 200 million years. Transuranic waste is currently stored at sites nationwide.


69 posted on 12/20/2005 12:45:36 PM PST by Betis70 (Merry Christmas!)
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To: OB1kNOb
Seismicity of Louisiana; 1990-2001.
70 posted on 12/20/2005 12:49:46 PM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Betis70

Hmm, let me clean up that description a bit (img alt tags from the WIPP homepage):

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's first underground repository licensed to safely and permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste left from the research and production of nuclear weapons. After more than 20 years of scientific study, public input, and regulatory struggles, WIPP began operations on March 26, 1999.

Located in the remote Chihuahuan Desert of Southeastern New Mexico, project facilities include disposal rooms mined 2,150 feet underground in a 2,000-foot thick salt formation that has been stable for more than 200 million years. Transuranic waste is currently stored at sites nationwide.


71 posted on 12/20/2005 12:51:16 PM PST by Betis70 (Merry Christmas!)
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To: CajunConservative

*ping*


72 posted on 12/20/2005 12:55:36 PM PST by LA Woman3 ("Don't blame me......I voted for Jindal" www.lagop.com)
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To: txflake

Amen. It was cute about the first 22,000 times but after that it just got old. Hopefully this one will run it's course too like series and hugh.


73 posted on 12/20/2005 12:55:42 PM PST by WatchOutForSnakes
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To: OB1kNOb; abb; alnick; BerniesFriend; Bitsy; bigeasy_70118; Bogey780; CajunConservative; ...
*Louisiana Ping List

If you would like on or off the Louisiana Ping list please FReepmail me and your name will be added or taken off of the list.

74 posted on 12/20/2005 12:58:30 PM PST by CajunConservative (Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
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To: dinoparty
...whether this quake is big enough to mean anything.

For this California native whose family has been in a lot of quakes ... no, a 3.0 quake is not much at all. Around here, it would hardly be noticed. Upper 5s, and anything up to the mid 6s will be pretty noticeable, and 6.5 or higher will be CERTAINLY spooky. A 7.0 or higher ... that's when it starts to get dangerous. But a 3.0? Like a very heavy truck going by on the street.

75 posted on 12/20/2005 1:13:44 PM PST by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Oh CRAP! I'm the firstborn male child in my household!


76 posted on 12/20/2005 1:16:35 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: OB1kNOb
Blanco responds, "Where's the federal assistance! Where's FEMA! How long does it take for us to get some help around here!

I'm sure she's filling out the paperwork now to request another $96 billion in aid as a result.

77 posted on 12/20/2005 1:18:15 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Gordongekko909
Oh CRAP! I'm the firstborn male child in my household!

So am I...but I saved TONS of cash by switching to Geico.

That counts for something.

78 posted on 12/20/2005 1:43:07 PM PST by BureaucratusMaximus (The 2005 Chicago White Sox---World Series Champs---WOO! HOO!)
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To: jennyjenny
Yes, I'm sure that instead of trying to prevent this, Bush was spending all his time listening in on people discussing over the phone how much they dislike their mother-in-laws.

Funny I would not think that Al Qeda connected terrorits would be placing international phone calls to their cell leaders just to complain about their Mother In Laws! You brain must be huge to have figured that out!!!

79 posted on 12/20/2005 1:55:51 PM PST by MNJohnnie (We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
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To: OB1kNOb

Sad, but true.


80 posted on 12/20/2005 1:56:05 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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