Posted on 07/02/2007 3:05:55 AM PDT by Huntress
They were so bad that some of my family...the earliest settlers in MO, moved on North into NE and IA, where they still are. ;-)
I guess that depends on whether the person who wrote this article means a 4.2, or an 8.8.
Earthquake ping!
I guess that depends on whether the person who wrote this article means a 4.2, or an 8.8.
Could it be the Gannet owned liberal Springfield News/Loser is wanting to criticize the Republican Governor, the Republican controlled Senate and the Republican controlled House over earthquake preparedness?
Just another lousy liberal newspaper of the dinosaur media.
Possibly, but I didn't see any of that in this particular story.
Some experts have recently said the New Madrid quakes weren't as powerful as once thought. Some also think there won't be another large one there. There is no fault system, and there's been no recorded ground movement.
But there have been lots of continuing earthquakes in that very area. Something is going on and continuing to go on. Look for another really big one in that area...
Yes there are, and those are explained as aftershocks, not a prelude to another big one.
Remember the 1970’s were big for disaster movies like inferno or airplane or what have you. The newsies are yearning for the good old days when it was easier to drive sales by fear-mongering.
I don’t think the fear mongering ever stopped; it just changed form. Pick up a women’s magazine and read about all the food additives, toys with small parts, microbes, etc. that are endangering “the children.”
How do you prepare for an earthquake? LOL!
What about alien attacks? Are they prepared for that? What about elephant stampedes? What about killer tomatoes?
WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!
Well.... um... yeah, we are.
Someday. Unless you have something you wish to share with us?
Hmmm... aftershocks to the large earthquake of almost 200 years ago?
I thought someone just said there was no fault system and no ground movement...
The New Madrid Earthquake, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental United States, occurred on February 7, 1812. (The largest recorded earthquake in the entire United States was the Alaskan Good Friday Earthquake on March 27, 1964.) It got its name from its primary location in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, near New Madrid, Louisiana Territory (now Missouri). This earthquake was preceded by three other major quakes: two on December 16, 1811, and one on January 23, 1812. These earthquakes destroyed approximately half the town of New Madrid. There were also numerous aftershocks in the area for the rest of that winter. There are estimates that the earthquakes were felt strongly over 50,000 square miles, and moderately across nearly one million square miles. The historic San Francisco earthquake of 1906, by comparison, was felt moderately over 60,000 square miles.
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Effects
Based on the effects of these earthquakes, it can be estimated that they had a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale. As a result of the quakes, large areas sank into the earth, new lakes were formed (notably Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee), and the Mississippi River changed its course, creating Kentucky Bend. Nearby sections of the Mississippi River actually ran backwards for a short time. Sandblows were common throughout the area, and their effects can still be seen from the air in cultivated fields. Church bells were reported to ring in Boston, Massachusettsand sidewalks were reported to have been cracked and broken in Washingington, D.C. .[1]
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The epicenters of over 4,000 earthquakes can be identified from seismic measurements taken since 1974. It can be seen that the earthquakes originate from the seismic activity of the Reelfoot Rift. The zone which is strongly colored in red on the map is called the New Madrid Seismic Zone.
The zone remains active today. In recent decades minor earthquakes have continued. Scientists estimate that in the next 50 years, with a probability over 90%, there will be an earthquake with a magnitude greater than 7 on the Richter scale.[citation needed]
The situation is more precarious than it was 200 years ago. The area is now more densely populated, and many buildings have no earthquake resistant construction. A few states have joined forces and founded a special institute for their earthquake zone, to prepare as well as possible for a major earthquake. The Mississippi River will probably present one of the incalculable problems. A few emergency funds for earthquake victims have been founded. Measures are also being ordered to mitigate any natural disaster resulting from an earthquake; thus in the construction of dams, bridges, and highways, earthquake safety is particularly being taken into account. Understanding of this earthquake zone is growing slowly in comparison to awareness of the San Andreas fault.
Regards,
Star Traveler
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