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2005-06-23 Home Front: Tech

Scientists pinpoint quake-prone region in Mississippi Valley

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fairbanks..thats terrible. >:

Posted by Grinns Crioter2168 2005-06-23 02:15|| 2005-06-23 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Ok, last quake was in 1811...

And they say they think the big quakes hit every 500 years...

So maybe we should start worrying in around 250 years??

Posted by Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2005-06-23 04:45|| 2005-06-23 04:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Think Charleston's due for one even sooner than that, won't be that large, but enough to scare hell out of everybody. Put me down for 5.9 inside 30 years.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-23 07:19|| 2005-06-23 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The zone lies around New Madrid

This isn't news. The New Madrid Fault's been known for years.

Ok, last quake was in 1811...

Actually, 1895 according to the story. And, honestly, we get small quakes more often than anyone wants to think. A very small one hit Kentucky just in the last couple of weeks, and there was one big enough to feel here in Cincinnati a couple of years ago.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-06-23 08:08|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-06-23 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Heck, RC, we even had one that we felt here in Atlanta that was centered around Ft. Payne, Alabama (home of the country group Alabama) in the far NE corner of AL. Like others, I won't be surprised with smaller quakes, but I would be surprised at a 7.5+ one in that neck of the woods.

Posted by BA">BA 2005-06-23 08:37|| 2005-06-23 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 The ANSS Recent Quakes Online Map always seems to have a few tremors marked on the New Madrid Fault. Not as busy as Californina or Alaska, but it keeps on twitching...

Posted by magpie 2005-06-23 08:46|| 2005-06-23 08:46|| Front Page Top

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