Odd that nobody worries about Charleston, South Carolina getting leveled by an earthquake again. Can't remember a thread I've even seen a mention of it. People are too obsessed with Yellowstone, etc.
1886? My great grandparents were there at the time. Apparently it was a big mess, but not too many folks were killed. Lot of chimneys fell down though.
Odd that nobody worries about Charleston, South Carolina getting leveled by an earthquake again. Can't remember a thread I've even seen a mention of it. People are too obsessed with Yellowstone, etc.
It just does not happen often enough in your area. Short attention span, etc.
The bad news is that when it does happen - obviously it has, and will again - your area is on a solid plate, as opposed to broken pieces parts out here in the west.
The Charleston quake was felt well up into the NE, Chicago even.
The New Madrid "event" was the 'end of the world', as people then thought. And rightly so. Major tremors for 2 - 3 days, altered the course of the river, wow.
Still visible evidence of that "event" to this day.
Should the same type "event" happen today, the loss of life / destruction would be staggering.
I'm not pretending to be the oracle here, I just look at the USGA quake stuff on a regular basis. Most activity is out here in the west. But if you look back east, there is enough activity to let one know - things are moving.
LVM
Oddly enough, I mentioned Charleston as an earthquake zone back on December 31, 2004 in #55 of http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311428/posts?page=55#55