3.5...Another Quake In Arkansas...So Much Activity! | |
TheJuiceisLoose
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thecwexperience
(OP) User ID: 1093663 United States 10/14/2010 06:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to earthquake.usgs.gov] EXCERPT ".....Arkansas Earthquake History The northeast section of Arkansas is located in the New Madrid seismic zone and was seriously affected by great shocks that occurred in that zone, in 1811 - 1812. Arkansas' 40-mile-long, half-mile-wide Lake Saint Francis was formed by these earthquakes. The Mississippi embayment - fall line area, in which the New Madrid seismic zone is located, extends from Cairo, Illinois, south through northeastern Arkansas, western Kentucky, and Tennessee, then westward to include the lowland area of southern Arkansas, the eastern Oklahoma - Texas border area, and northeastern Texas. Major historic seismic activity has been limited to a line extending west of the Mississippi River, from Cairo to west of Memphis. Several damaging earthquakes have occurred along this line, in addition to the New Madrid shocks mentioned earlier. Indian tradition and geologic evidence indicate an earlier history of severe earthquakes in the same area. ......" Last Edited by thecwexperience on 10/14/2010 06:31 AM |
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TheJuiceisLoose
User ID: 1129173 United States 10/14/2010 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just posted a thread too, I felt this one, then got my email notification, 5:07 when it shook the house and sounded like an underground explosion with concussions. I am near Mountain View, AR. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1129808Damn you felt a 3.5 that far away? It must have been much bigger and they downgrading them. Im dangerous like a fire in a nursing home |