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08-23-2011, 02:34 PM

#21

Becka

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Originally Posted by romanojg

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Originally Posted by Zhillslady

glad you saved the iron I just this minute saw on the news - they belive started in Virginia. We have hurricanes but no earthquakes

Yes, it happened in Mineral VA. This is crazy an earthquake and threats of a hurricane in one week.

Don't forget the eq in Colorado yesterday...

08-23-2011, 02:56 PM

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Greenheron

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Thank you. I monitor weather.gov but I didn't know about this site.

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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsanim/

Hit START ANIMATION at the iop of the map - quite interesting/

08-23-2011, 02:58 PM

#23

sandilee

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Glad everyone is o.k. and no damage reported so far.

Earthquakes are scarey! You have no time to prepare for them.

08-23-2011, 03:06 PM

#24

Grannymom

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apparently earthquakes can happen anywhere...."...and earthquakes in divers places"....

we've even had them down here in the Gulf Coast...

We also have earthquake insurance on our home, the addition to the premium is not that much, the deductible is sky high but it beats having your home crumble and no insurance to rebuild..

08-23-2011, 03:13 PM

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Greenheron

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Check today's Huffington Post, online newspaper for a beautiful map of earthquake hazard zones in the USA.

08-23-2011, 03:20 PM

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GagaSmith

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I was sitting on one end of the couch working on my laptop and hubby was on the other end reading. I felt the shaking and thought he was shaking the couch. I turned to give him a dirty look and he was looking at me with a questionable look on his face. Then we figured it must be an earthquake. Wierd.

08-23-2011, 04:11 PM

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Ramona Byrd

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Said to be the most powerful earthquake to hit the Eastern US in recorded history. Look this up and read it, interesting and frightening!!!
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1812 New Madrid earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial pair of very large earthquakes on December 16, ...
Earthquakes - Effects - Eyewitness account - Disaster relief
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_New_Madrid_earthquake - Similar

08-24-2011, 06:55 AM

#28

redeagle

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Originally Posted by sewgull

The East Coast is quake prone. The great earthquake Aug. 31, 1886, was one of the largest on record. In fact the Charleston, South Carolina, USA sits on a fault. Charleston is also home to one of many Richter Scales located in the USA.

Looks like Charleston is due for a hurricane this week. Pretty lively in Charleston this week! LOL

08-24-2011, 07:55 AM

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Momsmurf

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Originally Posted by rummage

Hi,
I hope you are all okay, I was just telling my hubby down in London about it, looked it up online, the news filtered through to our media after I heard about it here!!!
I didn't think the East coast was prone to earthquakes, am I wrong. I thought it was over the California side that they were always on the watch out.
Take care,
Sue (rummage)

East coast has had their share of earthquakes, just not felt as much or in as wide an area. Scientists say the rock base on the East Coast is denser than the West Coast so the shock waves travel farther.
There are rifts all over the US (and probably every other place on this planet) and events probably occur more frequently in some areas - Pacific Ring of Fire for example.

About the only warning one has would be the behavior of animals.......they sense the electromagnetic changes.