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The Largest Earthquake In 45 Years Hits Tennessee – Is The “Deep Underground Scar”...
End Of The American Dream ^ | 12-15-2018 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 12/15/2018 10:03:41 AM PST by blam

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To: Thank You Rush

Approximately 4:15 am.


21 posted on 12/15/2018 10:29:53 AM PST by patro
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To: blam

meh

This was NOT a large earthquake. Large for Tennessee maybe but that’s all


22 posted on 12/15/2018 10:30:04 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Thank You Rush

Maybe some bureaucrat thought the people in that part of the country are a little too relaxed in their thinking about how safe they are and well people just need to be shook up a bit. I live in Dallas and the only time I was ever actually afeared because of a tornado was driving through Illinois and all the semi-trucks had exited the highway and parked in the rest stop practically pinned next to each other. It was when we stopped for gas that we found out less than a mile away a tornado had been spotted. I have never felt real panic before that point. And I live in Tornado Alley.


23 posted on 12/15/2018 10:30:19 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: laplata

“”I don’t know what time.””

Isn’t that strange? As much coverage as this has gotten, I still haven’t heard a time....


24 posted on 12/15/2018 10:30:32 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: patro

Thank you.....That was central time?


25 posted on 12/15/2018 10:31:07 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Tennessee Conservative

No it wasn’t upgraded. Whatever fool said that doesn’t use the USGS site


26 posted on 12/15/2018 10:31:17 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: blam

There are old fault lines that run along the area of east Tennessee.

Between about 450 to 250 million years ago, the east coast of the United States was the site of massive tectonic collisions. The pro-Atlantic (the “Iapetus ocean”) was being consumed as a chain of islands, micro-continents, Africa and Europe steadily moved westward. Older, deeply buried bedrock (pre-Cambrian) was pushed up along thrust faults creating the Smokey and Blue Ridge mountains. This earthquake I’m sure was related to faults associated with the piecing together of these ancient land masses.


27 posted on 12/15/2018 10:32:30 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Thank You Rush

You were probably asleep at 430 am. By Cali standardstjis was a meh


28 posted on 12/15/2018 10:32:43 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Thank You Rush

It was part of the Tennessee fault


29 posted on 12/15/2018 10:33:17 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Lurker
But when the New Madrid fault goes it’s gonna be epic.

The Lions will win the Super Bowl before that happens........

30 posted on 12/15/2018 10:34:08 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Nifster

Thanks. I read it a few places but I wasn’t sure. I haven’t heard of local damage.


31 posted on 12/15/2018 10:36:18 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Thank You Rush

Yes, it is. I looked on the Drudge ‘Quake Sheet’ and it wasn’t on there.


32 posted on 12/15/2018 10:37:52 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Thank You Rush

It woke me up around 4:15 am or so.


33 posted on 12/15/2018 10:38:01 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: traderrob6
I live in S Illinois and we had one 6 or 7 years ago that was 4.1 (New Madrid.) Middle of the night and scared the crap outta us.

The New Madrid fault zone is the result of something that happened over 600 million years ago, when the pre-Pangea super-continent of Rhodina was breaking apart. When supercontinents break apart they do so in a 3-prong process. Ultimately one of the three prongs "fails" and spreading continues along the remaining two. This is what happened there.

It is also what is currently going on in the area of the Great Rift Valley in Africa, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.

Image result for Great Rift Valley in Africa, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden

34 posted on 12/15/2018 10:39:03 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Nifster
It was part of the Tennessee fault

Just when we thought we had got rid of the biggest one!

35 posted on 12/15/2018 10:39:21 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Thank You Rush

I found this in the article:

“Felt it here in Arden off Brevard Rd for sure. Sitting on the couch at 4:15 am reading news on laptop and it felt like the house swayed back and forth for a few seconds. Weird…….” – Wayne Womble


36 posted on 12/15/2018 10:40:50 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: blam

4.4? Would that even get Californians out of bed?


37 posted on 12/15/2018 10:45:51 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: blam

TRUMP’S FAULT!! /s


38 posted on 12/15/2018 10:49:19 AM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: BradyLS
Was Knoxville knocked around at all?

All of the running backs for Tennessee fell on the floor for a loss though.

39 posted on 12/15/2018 10:49:56 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Slyfox

WOW....That WOULD get your attention all right.

My daughter and I traveled from Southern CA to GA in Feb. 2003 - she was relocating there and I was along for the ride and moral support (and also for gas/motels/food etc).

Outside of Abilene, my daughter asked me, “What’s that on the windshield - I said, “that’s ice”. “Well, how do I get rid of it?” Southern CA freeways weren’t where you got experience traveling in/on ice.

I told her to turn her defrosters on and “let’s get off the highway.” Easier said than done as by then everything was covered with ice and exit ramps were either UP a hill or DOWN with stop signs at the end of each and unable to stop...easily!!! I grew up and drove in upstate NY as a teenager and drove in snow but never ice so I wasn’t one to give much help to her except what we did - get off the road!!!!

Long story short, we made it to a motel, spent the night. We had to walk carefully to and from the car to the motel room. The next morning we saw 18 wheelers on the road so we figured it was safe and ventured out and followed in their TIRE TRACKS in the ice but it grew worse so we got off at another tricky exit ramp into Fort Worth and there we spent the next 3 days at the first motel/hotel we came to.

Expensive but I didn’t care - we were OFF the road!!! We had the whole downtown area to ourselves and other stranded travelers - walking carefully on ice to nearby restaurants for meals. ODDLY, the expensive motel/hotel didn’t have a restaurant. Courtyard Marriott or whatever, I think???

The day before traveling INTO TX was clear and sunny - we checked weather before we ever left home in CA - nothing pointed to that kind of weather...

I knew people who always said it takes forever to get through TX on a motor trip but I never thought it would take THAT long...

My husband and I have since moved to GA and we’ve had some ice storms here but being retired, we don’t have to BE anywhere!


40 posted on 12/15/2018 10:52:57 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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