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Take notice- it can happen on the east coast -

FrancF
Midwest and West.

"The 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Peru on Wednesday was the one Peruvians have been highly-anticipating and ultimately preparing for for years."

8.0 for 2 minutes! on the New Madrid fault line would be real ugly! Hope you guys take note. Every day here on the the west coast is Earthquake day.

Our 6.9 in 1989 lasted 20 seconds, Imagen a quake 110 times stronger for two minutes, every old brick home would be leveled.[:(] along with bridges etc.

Just be ready- ok[:)]
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  • Colt Super
    How cheery.

    I never have liked brick much, anyway.

    Doug
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  • watrulookinat
    This topic seems a little shakey.
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  • FrancF
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    How cheery.

    I never have liked brick much, anyway.

    Doug


    I just have bad memories of that day making my way home to find my house destroyed and others around me. Then the 2000+ after shocks for 3 days.
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  • campcook51
    I'm on Franc's team, I live about 25 miles due north, a little
    farther away from the Loma Prieta epicenter in 89'. It rocked my
    place, lost a fair amount of glass ware, but no major damage
    and no one in my family got hurt.

    The after shocks keep you on your toes for weeks.


    If ya haven't got the heavy furniture/mirrors/appliances/book cases
    and water heater anchored down...might be something to put on your
    'honey -dew' list.
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  • joker5656
    just remember don't let them TAKE YOUR GUNS!!! Gotta keep those LA thugs in check
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  • spanielsells
    Colorado has its fair share of quakes. We don't, fortunately, get any "big" ones. They knock a few boulders off of mountains, etc.

    But, they're different kinds of quakes. We don't have fault lines here.
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  • Fatstrat
    They say that NO PLACE is immune from earthquakes. In fact the most powerfull earthquake ever recorded in the U.S. was in the Midwest (St. Louis Mo.) area.
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  • GuvamintCheese
    Thank you Mr. Nostradomas.
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  • Boomerang
    quote:Take notice- it can happen on the east coast -Well anything can happen anywhere, but the probability is very, very low as compared to the west coast and the New Madrid SZ. The west coast lies atop a tectonic plate boundary that is seismicly active, the east coast does not. However, the best thing that could happen would be if multiple 10.0 quakes would occur and wipe out coastal California. The world would be a much better. Good bye L.A., Good bye San Fran., Good bye Berkley. Good bye liberal bastion. [:0][}:)][:D]
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  • ObiWan
    Little known but the East Coast has fault lines and has had earthquakes in the past:

    http://meteor.pwnet.org/impact_event/seismology.htm

    www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-05-tsunami-east-coast_x.htm

    www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/newyork_faults_000321.html

    www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs102a,0,5126073.story

    The East Coast would be devastated.
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  • Boomerang
    quote:Originally posted by ObiWan
    Little known but the East Coast has fault lines and has had earthquakes in the past:

    http://meteor.pwnet.org/impact_event/seismology.htm

    www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-05-tsunami-east-coast_x.htm

    www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/newyork_faults_000321.html

    www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs102a,0,5126073.story

    The East Coast would be devastated.
    I would advise you to be somewhat skeptical about agenda driven news groups. Their agenda is to sell news articles, so they seed their articles with a little truth and whole lot of hysteria. The east coast has a very low probability of being hit by a devastating quake, unlike the west coast and the New Madrid SZ in the middle of the country. The east coast may at some time experience a quake, but it will be of much less magnitude than the west coast. I included a link below to the USGS. This is much more accurate data, plus you can look where you and your friends are in the US with reference to potential seismic activity..

    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/hazmaps/products_data/images/nshm_us02.gif

    This is the primer to accompany the above and other USGS hazard maps.

    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/hazmaps/haz101/index.php
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