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Re: True, true.... Rebekah Send a noteboard - 23/08/2011 08:40:52 PM
As a New Zealander, I mostly agree with you. But this one was apparently very shallow.

And don't forget that it was a 6.3 in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 181 people. That in a country with some of the most stringent building codes.

So it's not necessarily about the magnitude. It also depends on depth, duration and type of shake.

If I remember correctly, the scale is not linear. So a 5.8 is quite a bit lower then a 6.3. Something in the 6's will definately destroy stuff.

Yeah. It's ... something like 8 times stronger between points.

Yeah, see....we understand about the other factors in an earthquake. We live with them all the time. But the earthquake n00bs....they are excitable.

Fact. I always giggle at the UK and its 3.9 quakes!
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So there was an Earthquake about 90 miles outside Washington, D.C. LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 07:49:59 PM 797 Views
Yeah, felt it in DC. Apparently it was felt all the way up to Toronto *NM* beetnemesis - 23/08/2011 08:07:52 PM 224 Views
Huh. Didn't know it could be felt that far north. *NM* LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 08:11:20 PM 311 Views
Felt it in Massachusetts... *NM* Craig - 24/08/2011 08:24:51 AM 281 Views
Felt it in Ohio Isaac - 23/08/2011 08:13:53 PM 455 Views
Yeah, it wasn't too strong here either. LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 08:17:57 PM 626 Views
i felt it in CT *NM* Aisha - 23/08/2011 08:20:20 PM 226 Views
Sounds like everyone on the east coast felt it. *NM* LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 08:22:00 PM 224 Views
Speaking as a southern Californian.... Jeordam - 23/08/2011 08:31:29 PM 618 Views
Well. Rebekah - 23/08/2011 08:33:42 PM 504 Views
True, true.... Jeordam - 23/08/2011 08:38:39 PM 503 Views
Re: True, true.... Rebekah - 23/08/2011 08:40:52 PM 586 Views
*haha* Jeordam - 23/08/2011 08:44:34 PM 445 Views
Re: True, true.... jh - 23/08/2011 09:14:53 PM 495 Views
We didn't feel it in Norway Camilla - 24/08/2011 04:25:42 PM 501 Views
You're right, the reason it's news is because we don't get earthquakes that poweful. Hence, I posted *NM* LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 08:34:27 PM 230 Views
You'll be ok. But if you're feeling the paranoia..... Jeordam - 23/08/2011 08:53:36 PM 568 Views
I doubt things are broken- it wasn't too strong by the time it got to me, at least 100 miles away. LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 08:56:34 PM 635 Views
Probably worth remembering most of the buildings aren't designed for that Isaac - 23/08/2011 08:38:08 PM 530 Views
*nods* True... Jeordam - 23/08/2011 08:42:03 PM 630 Views
Re: *nods* True... Isaac - 23/08/2011 08:56:01 PM 587 Views
Oh, I totally get that.... Jeordam - 23/08/2011 09:00:49 PM 638 Views
We had a 2.7 that made thenews for a couple of days a while back Stephen - 23/08/2011 10:04:16 PM 649 Views
Near-brother ... it's not that it was strong or weak ... Roonas - 24/08/2011 07:25:12 AM 628 Views
*heh* Jeordam - 24/08/2011 03:39:29 PM 610 Views
Pretty scary event when it's so shallow. Rebekah - 23/08/2011 08:36:01 PM 470 Views
It was...weird, since I'm not used to earthquakes. LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 08:38:57 PM 460 Views
NC, checking in. *NM* Aemon - 23/08/2011 09:44:03 PM 197 Views
Widespread tremors, alright. You guys OK, I guess? *NM* LordPerrin - 23/08/2011 09:59:22 PM 208 Views
Yeah, thanks. Very minor. I actually didn't feel it, but a bunch of my family/friends did. *NM* Aemon - 24/08/2011 03:55:51 PM 198 Views
Richmond, VA... definitely felt it Mat Maniac - 24/08/2011 06:44:39 AM 521 Views
Man, being that close must have been...odd, at the least. LordPerrin - 24/08/2011 04:35:03 PM 498 Views
yeah, richmond was doing a lot of shaking yesterday... wolfsister - 24/08/2011 11:37:28 PM 475 Views
For me it was just kinda like ... Mat Maniac - 26/08/2011 07:25:28 AM 494 Views
Felt it here in Albany, NY. Lici - 24/08/2011 01:26:59 PM 639 Views
That's a weirdly specific description. LordPerrin - 24/08/2011 04:38:30 PM 497 Views
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