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Earthquake 'swarm' rattles Arkansas town and its residents
CNN ^
| 12/13/2010
| Dave Alsup,
Posted on 12/14/2010 9:56:01 AM PST by FromLori
The Arkansas Geological Survey is trying to unravel a mystery: What is causing earthquakes in the town of Guy, Arkansas?
Since September 20, the community of 549 residents north of Little Rock has experienced an almost constant shaking from 487 measurable earthquakes.
"We've had 15 today including a 3.1 (magnitude) from this morning," Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Geological Survey, said Monday. "These are shallow quakes between two and eight kilometers (between one-and-a-quarter and five miles) below the surface."
While earthquakes aren't unusual in the Southeast state, the frequency is.
"This time last year we had 39 quakes total for the entire state," said Ausbrooks.
Most of the quakes in the swarm -- a localized surge of earthquakes with all of them about the same magnitude, according to the United States Geological Survey -- are so small they go unnoticed. The largest, a 4.0 on October 11, caused the only documented damage, cracking a window at a visitor's center to a state park.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: ak; arkansas; catastrophism; earthquake; swarm
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posted on
12/14/2010 9:56:12 AM PST
by
FromLori
To: FromLori
New Madrid getting itchy? Yikes.
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posted on
12/14/2010 9:57:23 AM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
To: FromLori
I've been watching these daily occurrences for awhile now. Oklahoma has been having some as well. Makes you wonder what the heck is going on down there.
Also, we're seeing an average of 5+ earthquakes daily worldwide. If this keeps up, we'll see over a 50% increase from previous historical average for the last 40 years.
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posted on
12/14/2010 10:00:49 AM PST
by
Errant
To: Errant
If this keeps up, we'll see over a 50% increase from previous historical average for the last 40 years. Global Earthquackery! We're all gonna die!!! :)
4
posted on
12/14/2010 10:02:50 AM PST
by
Ole Okie
(American)
To: FromLori
To: Errant
Tektonic plates, the great recycler of the world. It just takes a while on our watch.
6
posted on
12/14/2010 10:04:53 AM PST
by
blackdog
To: FromLori
Obviously, this is further proof of global warming.
7
posted on
12/14/2010 10:06:06 AM PST
by
MeganC
(January 20, 2013 - President Sarah Palin)
To: FromLori
Interesting.
Are we about to see the equivalent of the Christmas quake in Indonesia?
8
posted on
12/14/2010 10:07:06 AM PST
by
Palladin
(Stand and fight.)
To: BuckeyeTexan
You got company!
9
posted on
12/14/2010 10:08:14 AM PST
by
corkoman
To: epithermal; Paleo Conservative; cogitator
10
posted on
12/14/2010 10:09:17 AM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: FromLori
To you mid westerns/eastern unfamiliar with earthquakes...stay away from brick and masonry walls,building, chimneys etc ...there pure death in a strong earthquakes..
What's safety in a tornado can be death in an earthquakes
11
posted on
12/14/2010 10:10:04 AM PST
by
tophat9000
(.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
To: FromLori
call kevin bacon,,,its tremors....lol...
To: corkoman
Damn those Graboids!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
13
posted on
12/14/2010 10:16:35 AM PST
by
wku man
(Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
To: BuckeyeTexan
I hope it doesn’t let lose at 3 am
14
posted on
12/14/2010 10:16:35 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
To: tophat9000
That and stay away from the Santa Monica Freeway
15
posted on
12/14/2010 10:17:37 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
To: FromLori
Are we sure Hillary’s not back in Arkansas for a visit? :P
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posted on
12/14/2010 10:18:24 AM PST
by
Hoosier Catholic Momma
(Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
To: BuckeyeTexan
New Madrid is 200 miles away. It doesn’t mean that there is not a connection with these and the quakes in Oklahoma.
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posted on
12/14/2010 10:18:41 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(A very simple fix to our dilemma - We need to reward the makers instead of the takers)
To: tatsinfla
Do you think Kevin Bacon’s wife is hot ?
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posted on
12/14/2010 10:18:46 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
To: BuckeyeTexan
If New Madrid decides to really let loose and shake, rattle and roll, it'll be a real b-yatch.
19
posted on
12/14/2010 10:24:18 AM PST
by
JPG
(Sarah dedicated her new book to Trig: "I'm glad you're here.")
To: BuckeyeTexan
*New Madrid getting itchy? Yikes.*
If you see squirrels swimming across the Mississippi or the Ohio, get out of town quick!
If a guy named Tecumseh has a brother-in-law that talks alot about it, also get away fast!
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posted on
12/14/2010 10:35:14 AM PST
by
PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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