[QQQQQ]

An earthquake East of the rockies is felt across a wider area. SOURCE: USGS

And here you thought only people in CA need to be concerned about earthquakes...

[Peach]

You may get your wish yet. LOL

[nmh]

Isn't NYC on a fault and upstate NY as well?

[RegulatorCountry]

There's also a history of earthquakes in the Charleston, SC area, which had a devastating earthquake just after the war. This same quake rang church bells in Philadelphia, and caused landslides that permanently exposed several rock "domes" in the southern highlands of NC. I understand that the bedrock is denser (?) causing the effects to be felt further afield.

[ken21]

yuk, yuk!

[reagan_fanatic]

A colossal earthquake that caused damage from South Carolina to Washington D.C. and temporarily reversed the course of the Mississippi River nearly two centuries ago could be repeated within the next 50 years

Then again, it might not.

[JmyBryan]

Bush's fault?

[StoneGiant]

Doesn't this reflect one of the basic tenets of science... that one day everything East of the San Andreas fault will sink into the Atlantic Ocean?

[dc-zoo]

Ohh great. That's all we need now is a New Madrid killer quake.

[atlanta67]

I remember so idiot geologist came with the following

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Earthquake:

December 3, 4:56pm 7.8 richter scale in year 90

I remember as Dec 3rd, approached people where I lived were scared to death

[Black Tooth]

And here you thought only people in CA need to be concerned about earthquakes

Lived in SC for all our lives, been through numerous shakers, and never sustained one bit of earthquake damage. To tell you the truth, it's really not a big concern for most here. Been scared a few times, but never had any damage.

Knock on wood...

[Alia]

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[Dog Gone]

The ground moves more near the fault, creeping a few millimeters every year, than it does farther from it.

That sounds like it reduces the chances of a quake. Earthquakes happen when rock catches along a fault and then suddenly breaks loose.

Slow movement along a fault line means nothing is catching.

[mountn man]

The odds of another 8.0 event within 50 years are between 7 and 10 percent, geologists said today

The odds of another 8.0 event NOT happening in the next 50 years are between 90 and 93 percent.

[deaconjim]

ping

[snowsislander]

Yet I believe that the building codes for most of the areas likely to be hit are inadequate. Are there any active moves to try to improve the construction codes to something more like California standards or even Japanese standards? Another shock like one of the 1811/1812 series would devastate construction that did not take such shocks into effect.

I wonder what the property insurance situation with respect to earthquakes is for most businesses and individuals in that region. I have seen policies for property insurance coverage that explicitly covers such, but I wonder if some folks might not be hit with an "Act of God" clause. I also wonder how well covered the insurers and re-insurers for the region are.

[armymarinemom]

I thought the old data said the same thing.

[Bratch]

There's been some earth-moving going on in western Kentucky over the last week.

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(CLINTON, Ky.) June 20, 2005, 10:25 AM -- The National Earthquake Center reports an earth tremor this morning measuring three-point-nine was centered at Clinton in Hickman County. It was the second earthquake within 10 hours to be centered in Hickman County, but both were of minor intensity. Last night's tremor occurred at 10 p.m. eastern time and was measured at 3.0.

A 4.0 tremor was felt across northwest Tennessee and southeast Kentucky last Thursday, but caused little damage.

Geophysicist John Minch at the National Earthquake Center in Golden, Colorado says it is not certain today's quake was on the New Madrid fault, but seismologists in Memphis think it was.

The quake at 8:21:41 a.m. was centered 10 miles southeast of Cairo, Illinois or 30 miles west southwest of Paducah. Minch says no damage reports have been received this morning.

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Tremor In Western Kentucky Felt In Four States

[uglybiker]

The only thing keeping things in place is the number of fat tourists visiting Graceland (east of the fault) is roughly equal to the number of fat tourists visiting Branson, Mo(west of the fault.

If that ever changes.......we're doomed! DOOOOOMED!!!

[SC Swamp Fox]

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[MinuteGal]

Perhaps 15 or more years ago (can't remember exactly) I was ironing on the 2nd floor of my house in a western suburb of Chicago. It was in the afternoon.

I heard a deep rumble. I thought it was a truck going over a small bridge that spanned a river that ran parallel to the house. Then I noticed the leaves of a tall potted plant in the room swaying like a palm tree on a windy beach.

At the same time, I suddenly felt "off kilter" and slightly sick to my stomach.

This all happened in the matter of a few seconds. Then everything was back to normal. I didn't give it much attention till I saw on TV that evening that it was an earthquake.

Earthquakes just DON'T happen in northern Illinois.....so I had always thought.