Earthquake!!!

What's got me a little uneasy is this one was from the Wabash Valley fault and it could mess with the New Madrid. From what I've read about the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812, which happened in the span of 7 weeks, we be f.ucked if we get anything close to those.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

What's got me a little uneasy is this one was from the Wabash Valley fault and it could mess with the New Madrid. From what I've read about the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812, which happened in the span of 7 weeks, we be f.ucked if we get anything close to those.

So it wasn't from the New Madrid, that is interesting.

From what I read about it, if the New Madrid goes, it will be a large one, no small ones are coming from that area, according to the earthquake people.

SIU must be rockin and rolling already.

Originally Posted by Scav

So it wasn't from the New Madrid, that is interesting.

From what I read about it, if the New Madrid goes, it will be a large one, no small ones are coming from that area, according to the earthquake people.

SIU must be rockin and rolling already.

In the span of 6 hours two catastrophic earthquakes hit. That is unreal.


December 16, 1811, 0815 UTC (2:15 a.m.); 7.7 magnitude; epicenter in northeast Arkansas; Mercalli XI. It caused only slight damage to man-made structures, mainly because of the sparse population in the epicentral area. However, landslides and geological changes occurred along the Mississippi River, and large localized waves were caused by fissures opening and closing below the Earth's surface.
December 16, 1811, 1415 UTC (8:15 a.m.); 7.0 magnitude; epicenter in northeast Arkansas; Mercalli X-XI. This shock followed the first earthquake by six hours.
January 23, 1812, 1500 UTC (9 a.m.); 7.6 magnitude; epicenter in the Missouri Bootheel. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks.
February 7, 1812 (the New Madrid Earthquake), 0945 UTC (4:45 a.m.); 7.9 magnitude; epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. New Madrid was destroyed. At St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were damaged severely, and their chimneys were thrown down. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks.

[Scav]

The crazy thing is that in grammar school (right down the street from where I live) we had earthquake training like once every two months, had to get under a wood desk, like that was stopping anything from hurting us....

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

In the span of 6 hours two catastrophic earthquakes hit. That is unreal.


December 16, 1811, 0815 UTC (2:15 a.m.); 7.7 magnitude; epicenter in northeast Arkansas; Mercalli XI. It caused only slight damage to man-made structures, mainly because of the sparse population in the epicentral area. However, landslides and geological changes occurred along the Mississippi River, and large localized waves were caused by fissures opening and closing below the Earth's surface.
December 16, 1811, 1415 UTC (8:15 a.m.); 7.0 magnitude; epicenter in northeast Arkansas; Mercalli X-XI. This shock followed the first earthquake by six hours.
January 23, 1812, 1500 UTC (9 a.m.); 7.6 magnitude; epicenter in the Missouri Bootheel. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks.
February 7, 1812 (the New Madrid Earthquake), 0945 UTC (4:45 a.m.); 7.9 magnitude; epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. New Madrid was destroyed. At St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were damaged severely, and their chimneys were thrown down. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks.

The bad thing about it is that probably 90% of the buildings near this fault are not quake compliant, if their is a compliance.

Again, stay safe, I am surprised your internet and things are working Coach

[GBBob]

From a pure irony standpoint, it would be crazy if the midwest got hit with a monster earthquake before LA falls into the ocean

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

What's got me a little uneasy is this one was from the Wabash Valley fault and it could mess with the New Madrid. From what I've read about the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812, which happened in the span of 7 weeks, we be f.ucked if we get anything close to those.

Move to Cleveland.

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