OMG! Mass. and Southwestern Maine are so far apart...GoldenGundam wrote:Further...Southwestern Maine.earthcurrent wrote:The Mississippi cranton is prone to midcontinental earthquakes of reasonable size. Unlike quakes that are experienced in California, midcontinental quakes are not direcly attributed to the frictional boundaries between two techtonic plates, but rather the enormous pressures associated with the the surrounding land mass results in stress fracturing.sixstop wrote:at about 5:00am, the southeast got a wakeup call it wasnt used to. .
a 4.9 with a magnitude radius of over 150 miles, felt in north and northwest GA, northeast AL, and Southwest TN.
anyone else ponder something catastrophic? I actually thought to myself in a sleepy state: "Hmmm, can't be thunder. . .its lasting too long. . mus be an earthquake. . .wonder if the world is ending?" At which point i rolled over and went back to sleep. . .
In 1811, in New Madrid MO, what most seismologist assume to be America's largest earthquake in American history struck. It is assumed to have had a richter force somewhere in the mid 8s. The force of the quake was such that it 'caused church bells to to ring as far away as Boston...
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