[muawiyah]

I think the church bell story involves the Charleston quake not the San Andreas. Remember, the New Madrid fault zone is West of the Appalachians and the vast number of faults in that area attentuate the waves to the East of the Appalachians.

[cripplecreek]

It's a pretty active zone.

[RegulatorCountry]

It could not have been the 1811-1812 New Madrid quakes that broke windowpanes in Chicago; the city wasn't founded until 1833.

[ErnBatavia]

not the San Andreas

Keep us Californians out of this thread! We've got enough headaches as it is!!

(I can see the San Andreas fault line from where I live - about 15 miles across the valley, and the percolation from it allows a "greenbelt" line of native palm trees)