[dragnet2]

Now reporting this was felt in Chicago...

A 6 range earthquake being felt this wide spread, is disturbing.

[skeeter]

That's one deep fault.

Any breathless reportage fm Marther's vineyard yet?

[WayneS]

Apparently, this was a very shallow quake. These can usually be felt over a much wider area, and greater apparent magnitude, than earthquakes that occur at greater depths. They also tend to cause more damage than deeper quakes of equal magnitude.

I have also read that the east coast tends to experience shallower quakes than the ones out west.

(I know I haven't felt anything like it since the Radford Arsenal blew up while I was attending Virginia Tech).

[BuckeyeTexan]

For you to respond like that is disturbing. If a Californian is concerned, I’m concerned.They’re saying it was 3 miles deep, so it was relatively shallow. First they said a mile, then 3.5.