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The Great Snowflake Quake! Flights grounded... Biden on standby... and 17 silly men from City Hall telling us to 'drop to the floor' - EVE SIMMONS's hysterical account of the day New Yorkers lost their minds over a 4.8 magnitude whimper
2024-04-06
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by:Skidmark

#9  ^ At Mom's in Chula Vista on Easter, watched the drywall ceiling/wood construction just...ripple.
Posted by: Frank G   2024-04-06 17:38  

#8  The 2010 Baja California earthquake (also known as 2010 Easter earthquake, 2010 Sierra El Mayor earthquake, or 2010 El Mayor – Cucapah earthquake) occurred on April 4 (Easter Sunday) with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time (3:40:41 PM PDT) south of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico.

Son and I were driving thru Calexico on our way to New Mexico in a Corolla...never knew about the quake till much later.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2024-04-06 15:24  

#7  In a car you barely know it...have experienced that near El Centro and Calexico.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2024-04-06 15:20  

#6  Don't bother waking me up unless it's at least 6.0.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-04-06 12:50  

#5  
Missed it by that much. ☺
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-04-06 09:56  

#4  Taiwan Geographic coordinates
"Taiwan is located at latitude 23.69781 and longitude 120.960515. It is part of Asia and the northern hemisphere."

New York City Geographic coordinates
"New York City is located at latitude 40.71427 and longitude -74.00597. It is part of America and the northern hemisphere."

Ah...kinda.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-04-06 08:42  

#3  
Taiwan now NYC?

Wondering out loud....What if you drew a line thru a Globe to the other side would it intersect. ☺

Posted by: NN2N1   2024-04-06 08:26  

#2  Yeah, it's a shame that a few people may have lost a glass or two off their shelves. Nothing serious happened.

The area is a fairly well known fault zone (Ramapo Fault), so every couple of years you might get a 'bump' or two. Most you wouldn't even feel.
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR   2024-04-06 05:45  

#1  It's AGW!!!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-04-06 01:13  

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