To: DoughtyOne
A better comparison might be the 1811-1812 New Madrid, MO, earthquakes, which were of similar magnitude (probably an 8.0 on the biggest one) and cracked sidewalks in Washington, D.C.
959 posted on
05/13/2008 10:19:51 AM PDT by
Paul R.
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To: Paul R.
I would agree. It also caused church-bells in Boston to ring.
It depends on the size/shape/type of the localized earth mantle or tectonic plate I guess. It would also depend on the type of movement that occurs too, sublimation (I believe to be the term when one plate slips under another) or just a simple slippage along a fult.
This quake and the New Madrid quake are amazing events.
961 posted on
05/13/2008 10:29:02 AM PDT by
DoughtyOne
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