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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Aftershock. 7.2 first one was 8.8.


13 posted on 03/11/2010 7:30:53 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: mad_as_he$$
Aftershock. 7.2 first one was 8.8.

This might be a dumb question, but how do they differentiate an "aftershock" from an "earthquake?" At what point would it be considered a separate earthquake from the first, rather than an aftershock?

22 posted on 03/11/2010 7:36:01 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: mad_as_he$$

The 8.8 hit off of Conception. Unless I’m mistaken, this one hit in a different part of the fault. If so, then it’s not an aftershock.


170 posted on 03/11/2010 12:04:28 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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