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Quake rocks China-Russia-North Korea border region
AP ^ | February 17, 2010 | AP

Posted on 02/17/2010 6:15:29 PM PST by John W

BEIJING — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Thursday morning in the region where China, Russia and North Korea meet, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The temblor hit about 9:15 a.m., and office towers in Beijing swayed slightly for about a minute.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; eq; usgs

1 posted on 02/17/2010 6:15:29 PM PST by John W
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To: John W

Quick, lets send them 5 billion U.S. dollars.


2 posted on 02/17/2010 6:16:47 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: John W

Seems a very deep quake.....


3 posted on 02/17/2010 6:17:49 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: John W

OMG. Did North Korea just lose electricity?


4 posted on 02/17/2010 6:18:15 PM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012...)
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5 posted on 02/17/2010 6:19:28 PM PST by John W
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quake or nuke test....hmmmmm heh heh


6 posted on 02/17/2010 6:29:41 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: RedMDer
OMG. Did North Korea just lose electricity?

Apparently!

No, wait! This image was taken BEFORE the earthquake.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/dprk-dark.htm

7 posted on 02/17/2010 6:33:51 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Disgusting, isn’t it? Those poor folks because of the pot bellied pig that is running that country.


8 posted on 02/17/2010 6:38:01 PM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012...)
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To: ETL

The view of the North, is Al Gore’s dream of how our nation should look.


9 posted on 02/17/2010 6:39:51 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (The End of an Error - 01/20/2013)
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To: RedMDer

That’s power-hungry communist dictatorships for you.


10 posted on 02/17/2010 6:45:26 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: CaribouCrossing
quake or nuke test....hmmmmm heh heh

If it was a nuke test, it would be quite an achievement for North Korea to drill a hole 350 miles into the mantle to place a fairly high-yield thermonuclear device.

It's a (very) deep subduction earthquake.

11 posted on 02/17/2010 7:08:24 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: John W

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12 posted on 02/17/2010 7:11:10 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference.)
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To: John W

Things that make Tesla go hmmm...wonder how HAARP is? -g-


13 posted on 02/17/2010 8:01:06 PM PST by JustPiper
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You thinkin’ what I am?


14 posted on 02/17/2010 8:02:19 PM PST by JustPiper
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To: CaribouCrossing

GMTA


15 posted on 02/17/2010 8:02:47 PM PST by JustPiper
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To: Strategerist

“If it was a nuke test, it would be quite an achievement for North Korea to drill a hole 350 miles into the mantle to place a fairly high-yield thermonuclear device.

It’s a (very) deep subduction earthquake.”

Please tell me you didn’t take my comment seriously. Woops, too late for that. heh heh

I could tell a joke about those poor North Koreans digging deep for their short-crotch dictator, but it’d be real tacky. ;)


16 posted on 02/17/2010 9:20:06 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: JustPiper

“GMTA” = ???


17 posted on 02/17/2010 9:21:01 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: CaribouCrossing

Great Minds Think Alike


18 posted on 02/17/2010 9:23:41 PM PST by John W
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I tell ya, I learn something new every day (and then pray I remember it). Thanks, John W.


19 posted on 02/17/2010 9:29:21 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: JustPiper

John W. explained what that meant. And yes, GMTA, indeed. :)


20 posted on 02/17/2010 9:30:56 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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