If we draw a line from VA epicenter to CO epicenter how close to the center of the line is New Madrid?
Pretty darned close. If I were Berkland I'd say opposite corners of a butterfly strain field...
“If we draw a line from VA epicenter to CO epicenter how close to the center of the line is New Madrid?”
I looked up each city’s approximate latitude...
Cokedale, CO. 37.144
Mineral, VA. 37.48
New Madrid, MO 36.59
Honshu, Japan 37.67
Fukushima 37.57
San Francisco 37.46
37th parallel north:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_parallel_north
Recent significant earthquakes:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/