Did we just have an earthquake? (12/5 8:22pm) - Page 3

alphabassettgrrl · 12-06-2008, 12:28 PM

I can't find the section now, but on the USGS site there is a piece about aftershocks. As near as I can remember, if it's the same fault, and a smaller quake, they call it an aftershock.

There have been continuing small shakes from the same area as the original. Several were around 2:30.

Not Afraid · 12-06-2008, 12:45 PM

Yea, I went looking at the site, but the aftershocks were so small around that time. If I didn't feel the 5 pointer I doubt I'd feel an aftershock. The cats could've been freaked out about anything. Maybe a real raccoon was looking in our window.

Kevy Baby · 12-06-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lindyhop

Apparently last night's shaking and another one this morning were both aftershocks of a 1999 earthquake in the desert. A little late I'd say. I prefer my aftershocks to be prompt and in the same century.

It wasn't just a different century, it was a different millennium!

alphabassettgrrl · 12-07-2008, 11:56 AM

Just because people couldn't feel it, doesn't mean the animals couldn't. Animals can frequently react to things that we don't notice.

wendybeth · 12-07-2008, 01:07 PM

A bit off topic, but I watched a show the other day on the New Madrid fault line and the massive series of quakes in the 1800's there. Scary stuff- I had no idea that the quakes were that intense and that they lasted for so long. If it happens again, it will be beyond catastrophic.

Scrooge McSam · 12-07-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

A bit off topic, but I watched a show the other day on the New Madrid fault line and the massive series of quakes in the 1800's there. Scary stuff- I had no idea that the quakes were that intense and that they lasted for so long. If it happens again, it will be beyond catastrophic.

Living right on the Mississippi river, the thought that a quake could be massive enough to cause that sucker to reverse course creeps me right the **** out.

wendybeth · 12-07-2008, 01:22 PM

I know, Scrooge- that, and the fissures and geysers opening up everywhere, along with the mind-numbingly long duration of the series of quakes.....insane. I'm surprised the area was ever resettled. Makes any other quake we've had in human history here in this part of the world pale in comparison.

Scrooge McSam · 12-07-2008, 01:32 PM

Well, it's all loess up there, much like here... basically silt. Very soft

Reelfoot Lake is pretty though... so there's that

12-06-2008, 12:28 PM	#21
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I can't find the section now, but on the USGS site there is a piece about aftershocks. As near as I can remember, if it's the same fault, and a smaller quake, they call it an aftershock. There have been continuing small shakes from the same area as the original. Several were around 2:30. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Yea, I went looking at the site, but the aftershocks were so small around that time. If I didn't feel the 5 pointer I doubt I'd feel an aftershock. The cats could've been freaked out about anything. Maybe a real raccoon was looking in our window.
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12-07-2008, 11:56 AM	#24
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Just because people couldn't feel it, doesn't mean the animals couldn't. Animals can frequently react to things that we don't notice. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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12-07-2008, 01:07 PM	#25
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	A bit off topic, but I watched a show the other day on the New Madrid fault line and the massive series of quakes in the 1800's there. Scary stuff- I had no idea that the quakes were that intense and that they lasted for so long. If it happens again, it will be beyond catastrophic. __________________
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12-07-2008, 01:22 PM	#27
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I know, Scrooge- that, and the fissures and geysers opening up everywhere, along with the mind-numbingly long duration of the series of quakes.....insane. I'm surprised the area was ever resettled. Makes any other quake we've had in human history here in this part of the world pale in comparison. __________________
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12-07-2008, 01:32 PM	#28
Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	Well, it's all loess up there, much like here... basically silt. Very soft Reelfoot Lake is pretty though... so there's that
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