Updated: 48 earthquakes rock Faulkner County

The Cabin ^ | 10/11/10 | Stephanie Fischer

[FromLori]

Faulkner County residents had a shaky start to their Monday morning as a 4.0-magnitude earthquake rattled throughout the county.

The quake, which occurred at 8:33 a.m. and was centered two miles southeast of Guy, was just one of 48 earthquakes reported since Wednesday afternoon.

All but three of the earthquakes were recorded within three miles southeast or south-southeast of Guy. Wednesday afternoon’s quake and two quakes on Thursday were reported east-northeast of Guy.

According to Shelia Maxwell with the Faulkner County Office of Emergency Management, the U.S. Geological Survey is looking into the recent earthquake activity in the area.

“We’re having them (earthquakes) in places we’ve never had them before,” Maxwell said. “The USGS is looking into why we’re having them and why there have been so many.”

[dragnet2]

Just hope you don’t get hit with a massive horizontal shift...it’s like crack the whip...There is no warning...It’s like ridding in the back of a pickup, when the driver just slams on the brakes, then punches it again.

[PAMadMax]

Jog my memory: wasn’t the largest earthquake in North America a 10+ along the New Madrid fault in the 1830’s?

[flaglady47]

“... as long as we’re OK in the ‘burbs.”

What burb are you in? I’m in Downers Grove.

[Judith Anne]

The winter of 1811-12, iirc

[Southbound]

Biggest ones in the 48 States were 3 or 4 (don't recall which) during the winter of 1811-12 near New Madrid, Mo., estimated from 7.7 to 8.4 on the old Richter scale (no way to measure them back then). The Mississippi ran backwards, church bells rang in Boston, and it created Reelfoot lake across the border in Tenn. IIRC, the New Madrid fault system is different from the California faults by lying horizontally instead of vertically, or something like that. If that happened today, St. Louis & Memphis would suffer tremendous damage.

[Elle Bee]

It's one year after two New Madrid earthquakes have devastated the Mississippi Valley.
Battalions of foreign peackeepers are occupying Tennessee, at the invitation of the President.

Phil Carson, (from "Enemies Foreign And Domestic"), and three strangers are hiding in a well-stocked cave, which is a guerrilla fighter's lair. Across the region Kazakh "contract peacekeepers" are wiping out the last remaining American holdouts, who have rejected the federal government's order to abandon their homes and move to "relocation centers."

This scene is in the middle of the novel.

CLICK on COVER to read excerpt from FReeper Travis McGee

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[maine-iac7]

SO much for the “Who, What, WHERE and When rule.”

[tdscpa]

If you do not want to read the whole thread, see 11.

[Publius6961]

“The USGS is looking into why we’re having them and why there have been so many.”

I should have thought that New May-drid, huh?

You mean that the USGS hasn't answered this question in the last 198 years? Not long enough, since the last really big one?
Maybe if they didn't go running off all over the world every time there's an earthquake, they might have the time...

[Publius6961]

Jog my memory: wasn’t the largest earthquake in North America a 10+ along the New Madrid fault in the 1830’s?

1811-1812

[sandboxshooter]

Maybe a 100 year cycle??

[muawiyah]

There are OTHER faults in Arkansas. There are two distinct "mountain ranges" as well.

Not everything there involves the New Madrid fault.

[tongue-tied]

Wow, brings back childhood memories. Born in Berwyn, lived in Lisle for several years.

Used to walk across the fields underneath the high tension power wires and reach the outskirts of Downers Grove, some strip mall shopping centers located on...Maple Drive? Too long to remember for sure.

That was while 8-9 years old, me and my buddy Jimmy West. Funny how times have changed, no way would kids that young be allowed to go that far alone today.

[OldMissileer]

The reason I think it’s of interest is the New Madrid Fault zone you would almost think it’s waking up and a major quake there would be really devastating.

That fault line has minor quakes every now and then. It really isn't "waking up."

Quite often there would be a seismic event from New Madrid and all the ICBMs would go into Memory or PIGA Leveling mode. The crews on duty knew exactly what had happened because the missiles would report all at once.

[Tainan]

where is “Faulkner County” and why is this important to anyone?

[Ben Ficklin]

The Fayetteville Shale gas drilling is centered around Conway/Faulkner County.

There have been quite a few earthquakes in Texas centered around drilling the Barnett Shale. Except, in Texas, they say, it has to do with the disposal wells not the gas wells

[TXnMA]

I you can't include info on which State (or preferably, county or Lat/Long/UTM), please try to indicate which continent applies...

In seismology, coordinates have value.

[FromLori]

Or you could read the article if your interested and find out or skip it if your not

[PAMadMax]

Thanks...

[UCANSEE2]

Here is a list of all the earthquakes recently.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/quakes_all.php

This article is about a bunch of small earthquakes in ARKANSAS.

Here’s the easy way to see Earthquakes, worldwide, in 3-D

This program is AWESOME: http://www.wolton.net/quake.html