New York Earthquake
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Full Metal Digger
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Tony Two-Cent
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People in California don’t even look up from their phones when they get a 4.8 earthquake.
People in California don’t even look up from their phones when they get a 4.8 earthquake.
OxShoeDrew
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My son is visiting from LA this week and us Nutmeggers give him an earthquake, snow stawm, and eclipse :lol:
Digger_O'Dell
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Odd that most people have no clue that NY is built over a fault line, then get all bent out of shape when they experience a little jiggle. Really, there's actually countless major and minor fault lines crossing the country most never would expect. Arkansas for example has the New Madrid fault line being one of the largest in the world. In 1811 they experienced a magnitude 9 quake that caused a large area around the fault to sink 50 feet. I'll attach an article below-it's a great read!
I also remember many years ago when I was about 19 playing pool one weekend afternoon at a pool hall when suddenly I started hearing a nearly imperceptibly low grumbling that started to grow, sort of like an approaching freight train. As it grew the pool balls started to shake on the table and the lights started to sway. Quick as it started, it stopped. Everyone around was silent with that WTH just happened look. It was days later when we finally got confirmation via the local news that it was indeed a very rare (and very minor) earthquake.
I remember reading about the NY fault and how it's been pretty much dormant for so long that if it ever does let go that it could be the end of the entire upper East coast. No idea how true that is, but who knows. The same goes for the Yosemite super volcano being sort of a giant powder keg ready to blow at any time almost instantly vaporizing thousands of square miles around it and darkening the skies for years or even decades.
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/...rkansas,, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties.
I also remember many years ago when I was about 19 playing pool one weekend afternoon at a pool hall when suddenly I started hearing a nearly imperceptibly low grumbling that started to grow, sort of like an approaching freight train. As it grew the pool balls started to shake on the table and the lights started to sway. Quick as it started, it stopped. Everyone around was silent with that WTH just happened look. It was days later when we finally got confirmation via the local news that it was indeed a very rare (and very minor) earthquake.
I remember reading about the NY fault and how it's been pretty much dormant for so long that if it ever does let go that it could be the end of the entire upper East coast. No idea how true that is, but who knows. The same goes for the Yosemite super volcano being sort of a giant powder keg ready to blow at any time almost instantly vaporizing thousands of square miles around it and darkening the skies for years or even decades.
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/...rkansas,, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties.
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Tony Two-Cent
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We are well aware of the New Madrid fault and the massive quakes of 1811-1812 here in southern Illinois. If such a quake were to occur today it could have a devastating affect on the surrounding area. One never knows if and when it may happen. I definitely felt the 5.4 that occured here in 2008.
Lodge Scent
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If that New Madrid fault ever slips again, YIKES. That quake was so strong that it made church bells ring as far away as Boston.