tsmo

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sitting at work, and just sat through a 5.4


I know I know.. ya'll in cali are prolly thinking.. geh... try a 7..


well, a 5.4 for the midwest if pretty fucking cool.

I lost $5 on it though.. fucking thing.. there are 6 of us here, and after it happened the betting began on how big it actually was.

I figured it shook the building.. so I went with 4.5.. nope. 5pointfucking4..

least I dont have to worry about a tidal wave


good times..


last time I felt a tremor I was actually in hollywood Ca

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CWB

i've been up and around since 0430 (CT) ...

didn't feel anything here in north central minnesnowta .
yep , an eathquake of any magnitude is a rarity in the upper midwest ...
in this area , it's a different deal :




The fault structure under the New Madrid region is a "failed rift" created by the opening of the ocean that later became the Atlantic Ocean 650 to 600 million years ago .
The largest of three or four big seismic events that stretched from December 1811 to February 1812 is called the New Madrid Earthquake and had an estimated 8.0 magnitude, strong enough to cause the nearby Mississippi River to temporarily flow backward. Its epicenter was in the town of New Madrid in southeast Missouri, near the Kentucky and Tennessee state lines. Hundreds of aftershocks followed for several years.

The damage from the New Madrid quake was bad enough in the early 19th century—half of the town was destroyed, but with many more people and buildings now in the area, a similar event in the region today would be devastating, seismologists and engineers agree.

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tsmo

isnt that how reelfoot lake was formed in Tennessee? from that earthquake in New Madrid?

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CWB

i believe that is correct .

the mississppi river changed it's course radically in some areas due to that earthquake .
normally , the river will change course thru a process known as "meandering" ... it can cause the formation of "ox bow" lakes/ponds/sloughs .

there were some geographic level changes that happened , this contributed to the formation of new bodies of water .

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rjsincs

i remember a few years ago there was a 3.0 quake near reading (like 80 miles from me) and what barely noticeable shaking i felt was creepy so i couldnt imagine the quakes you guys get out west. guess you get used to it like we are with snow but still weird

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BIGGN

i am in louisville ky. and i was just getting ready to get in my car and the trees started to shake, and dogs all around the neighborhood went nuts. my wife came to the door in a fucking towel and was scared shitless. I didnt feel it but the wife did.

adrenaline

I was at work.. Didn't notice anything.. but people calling into the morning radio show said they did. Im a good 300 miles from the Epicenter

Jimi

That's weird. Just the week before last San Antonio had an earthquake.. End Times my brethren.

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January 2009, the end of an error.

CWB

naaaa ... that was an error .

they found the epicenter was at a bakery ... oprah winfrey had slipped on a danish .

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onlyalad

That 5.4 most likely did more damage than a 6.4 in SoCal. We have different building codes. We had a tiny tornado down this way once. Damaged a few roof tops. It was a big deal on the news because we don't get many.
Too bad it was on a Friday. This would be the topic at work for a couple of days. Now by Monday it will be over, unless they have to close a major road to check for structural damage, and you end up being 2 hours late for work.

FattyJJ

Is this one of your your local news station?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us...ake.on.air.wfie

I love how he just keeps right on truckin. He thinks it is a train,

Juan.©amaney

you know what makes your 5.4 worst than our 6.00+es? Your building code doesn't design buildings with seismic conditions. You guys add for snow and wind and junk, but never seismic. You guys have waaaay more potential for destruction, just less chance of it.

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