wa1ex
Temporal Navigator
Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/sc_nm/us_earthquake_study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/sc_nm/us_earthquake_study
Government warns of "catastrophic" U.S. quake
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ruthless
Rift Surfer
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
"FEMA predicted a large earthquake would cause "widespread and catastrophic physical damage" across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee -- home to some 44 million people."
i doubt theres going to be any earthquakes in mississippi. floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, straight line winds occur all the time around here, but earthquakes... lol.
"FEMA predicted a large earthquake would cause "widespread and catastrophic physical damage" across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee -- home to some 44 million people."
i doubt theres going to be any earthquakes in mississippi. floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, straight line winds occur all the time around here, but earthquakes... lol.
recall15
Dimensional Traveler
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Did you read this book?
then:
Quoted from Wiki:
Geology
750 million years ago
The New Madrid Seismic Zone is made up of reactivated faults that formed when North America began to split or rift apart during the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era (about 750 million years ago). The resulting rift system failed but remained as an aulacogen (a scar or zone of weakness). The area was then flooded by an ancient ocean, depositing layers of sediment on the rift.
200 million years ago
Geological structure of Reelfoot Rift
During the Mesozoic Era (about 200 million years ago), as the Atlantic Ocean was opening in the east, rifting was once again re-activated and intrusive igneous rocks were emplaced. But again the rifting failed and the continent remained intact, although with a significant zone of weakness.
This rift is known as the Reelfoot Rift and coincides with the northernmost portion of the Mississippi embayment.
Most of the seismicity is located from 3 to 15 mi (5 to 25 km) beneath the Earth's surface.
Seismic monitoring
Quakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones over several decades.
Instruments were installed in and around the area in 1974 to closely monitor seismic activity. Since then, more than 4,000 earthquakes have been recorded, most of which are too small to be felt. On average, one earthquake per year is large enough to be felt in the area.
Epicenter locations
More than 4000 earthquake reports since 1974
The red zones on the map indicate the epicenter locations of hundreds of minor earthquakes recorded since the 1970s. Two trends are apparent. First is the general northeast-southwest trend paralleling the trend of the Reelfoot Rift.
The second is the intense cross trend (northwest to southeast) that occurs just southwest of New Madrid. This second trend coincides with an intrusive igneous body which lies deeply buried beneath the sediments of the rift zone. Several other bodies of deeply buried intrusive rock are known to exist within the seismic zone. The depths of these igneous rock bodies closely corresponds to the depth of the seismic activity.
Geographic distribution
The 150 mi (240 km) long fault system, which extends into five states, stretches southward from Cairo, Illinois, through Hayti, Missouri, Caruthersville and New Madrid, through Blytheville, Arkansas, to Marked Tree. It also covers a part of west Tennessee, near Reelfoot Lake, extending southeast into Dyersburg. Extreme western Kentucky, notably the Kentucky Bend also overlies the zone.
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Did you read this book?
then:
Quoted from Wiki:
Geology
750 million years ago
The New Madrid Seismic Zone is made up of reactivated faults that formed when North America began to split or rift apart during the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era (about 750 million years ago). The resulting rift system failed but remained as an aulacogen (a scar or zone of weakness). The area was then flooded by an ancient ocean, depositing layers of sediment on the rift.
200 million years ago
Geological structure of Reelfoot Rift
During the Mesozoic Era (about 200 million years ago), as the Atlantic Ocean was opening in the east, rifting was once again re-activated and intrusive igneous rocks were emplaced. But again the rifting failed and the continent remained intact, although with a significant zone of weakness.
This rift is known as the Reelfoot Rift and coincides with the northernmost portion of the Mississippi embayment.
Most of the seismicity is located from 3 to 15 mi (5 to 25 km) beneath the Earth's surface.
Seismic monitoring
Quakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones over several decades.
Instruments were installed in and around the area in 1974 to closely monitor seismic activity. Since then, more than 4,000 earthquakes have been recorded, most of which are too small to be felt. On average, one earthquake per year is large enough to be felt in the area.
Epicenter locations
More than 4000 earthquake reports since 1974
The red zones on the map indicate the epicenter locations of hundreds of minor earthquakes recorded since the 1970s. Two trends are apparent. First is the general northeast-southwest trend paralleling the trend of the Reelfoot Rift.
The second is the intense cross trend (northwest to southeast) that occurs just southwest of New Madrid. This second trend coincides with an intrusive igneous body which lies deeply buried beneath the sediments of the rift zone. Several other bodies of deeply buried intrusive rock are known to exist within the seismic zone. The depths of these igneous rock bodies closely corresponds to the depth of the seismic activity.
Geographic distribution
The 150 mi (240 km) long fault system, which extends into five states, stretches southward from Cairo, Illinois, through Hayti, Missouri, Caruthersville and New Madrid, through Blytheville, Arkansas, to Marked Tree. It also covers a part of west Tennessee, near Reelfoot Lake, extending southeast into Dyersburg. Extreme western Kentucky, notably the Kentucky Bend also overlies the zone.
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wa1ex
Temporal Navigator
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Alternate Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AJ9EV20081120?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Prob FEMA is trying to look good after Katrina? Who knows....Didn't Liberman try to dissolve FEMA?
In any Case FEMA Region 7 site http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regionvii/index.shtm
or better yet: http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/risk.shtm
should the zones mentioned in the article be very high risk after this announcement?
In any case, trying to get attention? or some truth into it? only time will tell us...
Alternate Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AJ9EV20081120?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Prob FEMA is trying to look good after Katrina? Who knows....Didn't Liberman try to dissolve FEMA?
In any Case FEMA Region 7 site http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regionvii/index.shtm
or better yet: http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/risk.shtm
should the zones mentioned in the article be very high risk after this announcement?
In any case, trying to get attention? or some truth into it? only time will tell us...
reactor1967
Quantum Scribe
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
In the article there was a lot of "could" and "if". Nothing was for certain. The article's main focus was that the area was un-prepared for an earth quake.
In the article there was a lot of "could" and "if". Nothing was for certain. The article's main focus was that the area was un-prepared for an earth quake.
Darby
Epochal Historian
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Wa1ex,
I got the jist of the article the first time I read it. It's a tautology. It says that if a major earthquake hits the Mid-West then the people living in the Mid-West could face whatever catastrophic outcome that would be associated with a major earthquake. Of course my immediate thought was, "No kidding? Say it ain't so."
Anyway, I still don't see anywhere in the article that the government is warning anyone about an earthquake. Reactor got the same message from the article.
Wa1ex,
I got the jist of the article the first time I read it. It's a tautology. It says that if a major earthquake hits the Mid-West then the people living in the Mid-West could face whatever catastrophic outcome that would be associated with a major earthquake. Of course my immediate thought was, "No kidding? Say it ain't so."
Anyway, I still don't see anywhere in the article that the government is warning anyone about an earthquake. Reactor got the same message from the article.
wa1ex
Temporal Navigator
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Or in Other words: Captain obvious to the rescue! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
By coincidence the areas mentioned are in the bible belt ... I heard fear works wonders but who knows...
They should regulate news head lines, wall street and tabloids, but that is just my opinion.
I used to live in a really high earthquake prone area, like other things in life you get used to it.. LA knows they will become an island yet that does not prevent people from living there.
Fear 0 Life 1
Or in Other words: Captain obvious to the rescue! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
By coincidence the areas mentioned are in the bible belt ... I heard fear works wonders but who knows...
They should regulate news head lines, wall street and tabloids, but that is just my opinion.
I used to live in a really high earthquake prone area, like other things in life you get used to it.. LA knows they will become an island yet that does not prevent people from living there.
Fear 0 Life 1
reactor1967
Quantum Scribe
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
I don,t thank it has anything to do with time travel.
I don,t thank it has anything to do with time travel.
Kanigo2
Quantum Scribe
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
No-one here predicted it- It was an actual government issue.
Of an anomaly inside the structure of the Americas. A fault line.
I think it was thrown here- as a prediction.
Then again what is time travel in the first place except "predicting"?
I say that of course to the rest of us that cannot time travel.
No-one here predicted it- It was an actual government issue.
Of an anomaly inside the structure of the Americas. A fault line.
I think it was thrown here- as a prediction.
Then again what is time travel in the first place except "predicting"?
I say that of course to the rest of us that cannot time travel.
recall15
Dimensional Traveler
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Just in case:
Quoted:
<font color="red"> Expert: Small Ark. earthquakes could be warning [/COLOR]
From:
Link to Yahoo.news
http://www.geology.ar.gov/home/index.htm
Just in case:
Quoted:
<font color="red"> Expert: Small Ark. earthquakes could be warning [/COLOR]
From:
Link to Yahoo.news
http://www.geology.ar.gov/home/index.htm
reactor1967
Quantum Scribe
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Well if we have the big one I will let you guys know how it went.
Well if we have the big one I will let you guys know how it went.
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
We must live in the same region since I'm also on the fault line. Do you remember back in Dec 1990 when that scientist warned it would happen and he had it down to the exact date? I was in the 8th grade and literally half the school was absent. I've read the state of Arkansas even took some precautions. Absolutely absurd.
Hmm odd post for me to be coming out of lurkdom on but whatever lol Created an account so I might as well post something somewhere and I am definately not a time traveler.
We must live in the same region since I'm also on the fault line. Do you remember back in Dec 1990 when that scientist warned it would happen and he had it down to the exact date? I was in the 8th grade and literally half the school was absent. I've read the state of Arkansas even took some precautions. Absolutely absurd.
Hmm odd post for me to be coming out of lurkdom on but whatever lol Created an account so I might as well post something somewhere and I am definately not a time traveler.
recall15
Dimensional Traveler
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
Hey Darby Wake Up!!!
<font color="red"> There are 191 earthquakes on this map. [/COLOR]
Link to <a href="http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs" target="_blank">http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs </a>
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Hey Darby Wake Up!!!
<font color="red"> There are 191 earthquakes on this map. [/COLOR]
Link to <a href="http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs" target="_blank">http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs </a>
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Darby
Epochal Historian
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
We get that many earthquakes in a slow week in California. So, wake up yourself. There are that many quakes on this map...
Recent California-Nevada Earthquakes - USGS
We get that many earthquakes in a slow week in California. So, wake up yourself. There are that many quakes on this map...
Recent California-Nevada Earthquakes - USGS
Packerbacker
Quantum Scribe
Re: Government warns of \"catastrophic\" U.S. quake
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