Re: Earthquake woke me up

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I have seen both 4.7 and 5.3 magnitude for that quake. They say it is the largest since 1984 and was near the city of Lincoln. Looks like it lasted a long time too, up to 45 seconds.

I saw a program not long ago about quakes and how they are felt. It said that in places like California, the ground is broken up, like a piece of tempered glass that has been shattered but holding together. Because it is so beaten up, the energy of a quake if rapidly dissipated. But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances. So, a 3.0 might not even be noticed in California, but on the east coast it would be easily felt.

Several years ago we had a 4.3 here. That really shook the house and bounced everything around for about 30 seconds. Kind of hard to tell really since the shaking came in two waves. The epicenter was also about 60 miles from here.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3442675.ece

Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the roof of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other countries are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house shaking - so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep, but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely stay up. Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

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I have seen both 4.7 and 5.3 magnitude for that quake. They say it is the largest since 1984 and was near the city of Lincoln. Looks like it lasted a long time too, up to 45 seconds.

I saw a program not long ago about quakes and how they are felt. It said that in places like California, the ground is broken up, like a piece of tempered glass that has been shattered but holding together. Because it is so beaten up, the energy of a quake if rapidly dissipated. But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances. So, a 3.0 might not even be noticed in California, but on the east coast it would be easily felt.

Several years ago we had a 4.3 here. That really shook the house and bounced everything around for about 30 seconds. Kind of hard to tell really since the shaking came in two waves. The epicenter was also about 60 miles from here.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3442675.ece

Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the roof of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other countries are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house shaking - so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep, but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely stay up. Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

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I have seen both 4.7 and 5.3 magnitude for that quake. They say it is the largest since 1984 and was near the city of Lincoln. Looks like it lasted a long time too, up to 45 seconds.

I saw a program not long ago about quakes and how they are felt. It said that in places like California, the ground is broken up, like a piece of tempered glass that has been shattered but holding together. Because it is so beaten up, the energy of a quake if rapidly dissipated. But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances. So, a 3.0 might not even be noticed in California, but on the east coast it would be easily felt.

Several years ago we had a 4.3 here. That really shook the house and bounced everything around for about 30 seconds. Kind of hard to tell really since the shaking came in two waves. The epicenter was also about 60 miles from here.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3442675.ece

Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the roof of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other countries are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house shaking - so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep, but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely stay up. Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

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No. A quake that strong couldn't happen because it is simply beyond the capacity of what can be generated on earth. One that big would literally rip apart the planet.

What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?God bless, Irelan

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No. A quake that strong couldn't happen because it is simply beyond the capacity of what can be generated on earth. One that big would literally rip apart the planet.

What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?God bless, Irelan

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No. A quake that strong couldn't happen because it is simply beyond the capacity of what can be generated on earth. One that big would literally rip apart the planet.

What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?God bless, Irelan

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You are more or less right about the Mississippi River. A very long time ago, a large upwelling of magma nearly split the continent down the middle. If it had, there would either be a new sea there or a mountain range. As it was, that upwelling stopped for some reason and then retreated. A vast cavity was left and it collapsed and filled in. The quakes there are generated not by plates rubbing against each other, but by huge masses of rock settling and shifting. Such a fault system can generate immense earthquakes, as New Madrid showed.

Such systems also exist in Western India, though I'm not sure of the precise center of the area. It has produced massive earthquakes much like New Madrid, the last one only a few years ago I believe.

In other places, the upwelling broke through. These would be the Deccan Flats in India and also a large area in Siberia. In these places millions of years ago, magma breached the surface and flowed for at least thousands of years, creating lava flats miles thick over hundreds of square miles.

Even so, close to a 10 is as big as they can get. If the earth were larger, then bigger quakes might be possible, if the increased gravity didn't crush the whole system to a dead stop. Then we'd probably end up like Venus: internal heat would simply build up until the entire crust exploded. The surface would them turn completely molten for who knows how long and when it cooled, we'd have a new planetary surface. Now, the planet would not blow up like the Death Star. Rather it would be like a glass ball with a fluid core cracking in zero gravity, or more correctly with the center of gravity being inside the ball. The surface would be completely disrupted, but it would sink into the magma rather than go flying off into space. This could possibly happen again on Venus at any time, though I very much doubt that it will happen in out lifetimes. Pity, that would be quite a show.

In a message dated 2/27/2008 1:02:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

"What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?"During the end times maybe. But I have always wondered if the Mississippi River is just one big fault line. The biggest earthquake that ever took place in the US was along the New Madrid fault line in Missouri. A person would think it the biggest earthquake would have been in California, or Alaska maybe. But it was supposedly on that fault line.TomAdministrator Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

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You're welcome. It will be interesting to see if there is any damage from the quake. Our little 4. whatever caused not real damage. Just remembered something: the epicenter of that quake was in a field right by a road that the bus would take on the way to and from the Richmond bus station from my high school. There was one about the same size, a quake that is, when I was there, probably 1990 I think. That one happened at night and rattled a lot of people.

A little detail about the earlier information I gave. The reason the ground in places like California is so broken up is because of all the seismic activity for and the pressure of the plates. it breaks up the rock and keeps it from ever "healing" so to speak. In places like the east coast of the US, things are far quieter and have been for a very long time, so the rock is more intact. So, given its location, I would not be surprised if the same was true about England.

"But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances."This most likely explains why this quake was felt over quite a lot of England. I turned the radio on earlier and people were questioning why it seemed to be felt over such a distance and quite strongly too, so thanks for the explanation :-)I haven't heard any reports of damage yet. I am in West Yorkshire. Sure it will be all over news later on today though.Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

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You're welcome. It will be interesting to see if there is any damage from the quake. Our little 4. whatever caused not real damage. Just remembered something: the epicenter of that quake was in a field right by a road that the bus would take on the way to and from the Richmond bus station from my high school. There was one about the same size, a quake that is, when I was there, probably 1990 I think. That one happened at night and rattled a lot of people.

A little detail about the earlier information I gave. The reason the ground in places like California is so broken up is because of all the seismic activity for and the pressure of the plates. it breaks up the rock and keeps it from ever "healing" so to speak. In places like the east coast of the US, things are far quieter and have been for a very long time, so the rock is more intact. So, given its location, I would not be surprised if the same was true about England.

"But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances."This most likely explains why this quake was felt over quite a lot of England. I turned the radio on earlier and people were questioning why it seemed to be felt over such a distance and quite strongly too, so thanks for the explanation :-)I haven't heard any reports of damage yet. I am in West Yorkshire. Sure it will be all over news later on today though.Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

[Guest guest]

You're welcome. It will be interesting to see if there is any damage from the quake. Our little 4. whatever caused not real damage. Just remembered something: the epicenter of that quake was in a field right by a road that the bus would take on the way to and from the Richmond bus station from my high school. There was one about the same size, a quake that is, when I was there, probably 1990 I think. That one happened at night and rattled a lot of people.

A little detail about the earlier information I gave. The reason the ground in places like California is so broken up is because of all the seismic activity for and the pressure of the plates. it breaks up the rock and keeps it from ever "healing" so to speak. In places like the east coast of the US, things are far quieter and have been for a very long time, so the rock is more intact. So, given its location, I would not be surprised if the same was true about England.

"But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances."This most likely explains why this quake was felt over quite a lot of England. I turned the radio on earlier and people were questioning why it seemed to be felt over such a distance and quite strongly too, so thanks for the explanation :-)I haven't heard any reports of damage yet. I am in West Yorkshire. Sure it will be all over news later on today though.Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

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wrote: " Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been

asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the roof

of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other countries

are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house shaking -

so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep,

but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely stay

up. "

Oh my! Nothing too serious in the way of a quake I hope.

I remember once when Cub anmd I were living in Saskatchewan wjem a

tornado ripped through the city in which we lived (the lower section

of the province is right smack dab in the middle of a tornado belt

and in the early 1900s a tornado took out nearly all of Regina) and

took half of the roof on the house we lived in. It was ugly to say

the least and because my music studio was upstairs, it was seriously

affected.

A few years later, we moved back to Ontario where, in my wisdom, I

put my music studio in the basement only to have the 'flood of the

century' hit the city we had moved to and decimate not only my studio

but my music library.

When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town down by the ocean

in County Cork and just south of Dublin. A horrible storm came in

from the sea and the wind and waves were frighteningly overwhelming.

To this day, I still remember watching in horror and amazement at

what was going on with nary a thought as to whether we would live or

die since the awesomeness of God's creations had my full attention.

I am not minimizing what you have gone through, . I am only

saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you must be

experiencing at the moment.

Raven

[Guest guest]

wrote: " Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been

asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the roof

of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other countries

are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house shaking -

so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep,

but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely stay

up. "

Oh my! Nothing too serious in the way of a quake I hope.

I remember once when Cub anmd I were living in Saskatchewan wjem a

tornado ripped through the city in which we lived (the lower section

of the province is right smack dab in the middle of a tornado belt

and in the early 1900s a tornado took out nearly all of Regina) and

took half of the roof on the house we lived in. It was ugly to say

the least and because my music studio was upstairs, it was seriously

affected.

A few years later, we moved back to Ontario where, in my wisdom, I

put my music studio in the basement only to have the 'flood of the

century' hit the city we had moved to and decimate not only my studio

but my music library.

When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town down by the ocean

in County Cork and just south of Dublin. A horrible storm came in

from the sea and the wind and waves were frighteningly overwhelming.

To this day, I still remember watching in horror and amazement at

what was going on with nary a thought as to whether we would live or

die since the awesomeness of God's creations had my full attention.

I am not minimizing what you have gone through, . I am only

saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you must be

experiencing at the moment.

Raven

[Guest guest]

wrote: " Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been

asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the roof

of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other countries

are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house shaking -

so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep,

but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely stay

up. "

Oh my! Nothing too serious in the way of a quake I hope.

I remember once when Cub anmd I were living in Saskatchewan wjem a

tornado ripped through the city in which we lived (the lower section

of the province is right smack dab in the middle of a tornado belt

and in the early 1900s a tornado took out nearly all of Regina) and

took half of the roof on the house we lived in. It was ugly to say

the least and because my music studio was upstairs, it was seriously

affected.

A few years later, we moved back to Ontario where, in my wisdom, I

put my music studio in the basement only to have the 'flood of the

century' hit the city we had moved to and decimate not only my studio

but my music library.

When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town down by the ocean

in County Cork and just south of Dublin. A horrible storm came in

from the sea and the wind and waves were frighteningly overwhelming.

To this day, I still remember watching in horror and amazement at

what was going on with nary a thought as to whether we would live or

die since the awesomeness of God's creations had my full attention.

I am not minimizing what you have gone through, . I am only

saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you must be

experiencing at the moment.

Raven

[Guest guest]

I experienced an earthquake once. It was a 4. something. It hit when I was doing some late night reading. It was a little scary because I didn't know what was going on. God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

I experienced an earthquake once. It was a 4. something. It hit when I was doing some late night reading. It was a little scary because I didn't know what was going on. God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

What are the chances that an earthquake will happen like the one in that movie with Beau Bridges? I think the movie was called 10.5. It was about an earthquake that split the entire North American continent in two. Is there a possibility that could happen?God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

" I am only saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you

must be experiencing at the moment. "

Not sure what I am feeling at moment - awake :-) helped chatting to a

friend on the phone. Fortunately my son slept through it amazingly.

" Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been

> asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the

roof

> of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other

countries

> are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house

shaking -

> so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep,

> but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely

stay

> up. "

>

> Oh my! Nothing too serious in the way of a quake I hope.

>

> I remember once when Cub anmd I were living in Saskatchewan wjem a

> tornado ripped through the city in which we lived (the lower

section

> of the province is right smack dab in the middle of a tornado belt

> and in the early 1900s a tornado took out nearly all of Regina) and

> took half of the roof on the house we lived in. It was ugly to say

> the least and because my music studio was upstairs, it was

seriously

> affected.

>

> A few years later, we moved back to Ontario where, in my wisdom, I

> put my music studio in the basement only to have the 'flood of the

> century' hit the city we had moved to and decimate not only my

studio

> but my music library.

>

> When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town down by the ocean

> in County Cork and just south of Dublin. A horrible storm came in

> from the sea and the wind and waves were frighteningly

overwhelming.

> To this day, I still remember watching in horror and amazement at

> what was going on with nary a thought as to whether we would live

or

> die since the awesomeness of God's creations had my full attention.

>

> I am not minimizing what you have gone through, . I am only

> saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you must be

> experiencing at the moment.

>

> Raven

>

[Guest guest]

" I am only saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you

must be experiencing at the moment. "

Not sure what I am feeling at moment - awake :-) helped chatting to a

friend on the phone. Fortunately my son slept through it amazingly.

" Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been

> asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the

roof

> of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other

countries

> are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house

shaking -

> so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep,

> but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely

stay

> up. "

>

> Oh my! Nothing too serious in the way of a quake I hope.

>

> I remember once when Cub anmd I were living in Saskatchewan wjem a

> tornado ripped through the city in which we lived (the lower

section

> of the province is right smack dab in the middle of a tornado belt

> and in the early 1900s a tornado took out nearly all of Regina) and

> took half of the roof on the house we lived in. It was ugly to say

> the least and because my music studio was upstairs, it was

seriously

> affected.

>

> A few years later, we moved back to Ontario where, in my wisdom, I

> put my music studio in the basement only to have the 'flood of the

> century' hit the city we had moved to and decimate not only my

studio

> but my music library.

>

> When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town down by the ocean

> in County Cork and just south of Dublin. A horrible storm came in

> from the sea and the wind and waves were frighteningly

overwhelming.

> To this day, I still remember watching in horror and amazement at

> what was going on with nary a thought as to whether we would live

or

> die since the awesomeness of God's creations had my full attention.

>

> I am not minimizing what you have gone through, . I am only

> saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you must be

> experiencing at the moment.

>

> Raven

>

[Guest guest]

" I am only saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you

must be experiencing at the moment. "

Not sure what I am feeling at moment - awake :-) helped chatting to a

friend on the phone. Fortunately my son slept through it amazingly.

" Got woke up at about 1am and I hadn't really been

> asleep very long, is very windy here, so I at first thought the

roof

> of my house was coming off. Okay, so I know that some other

countries

> are more used to earthquakes, but I am not used to my house

shaking -

> so am now kind of quite awake - wouldn't mind going back to sleep,

> but not feeling very secure at the moment, so think I'll likely

stay

> up. "

>

> Oh my! Nothing too serious in the way of a quake I hope.

>

> I remember once when Cub anmd I were living in Saskatchewan wjem a

> tornado ripped through the city in which we lived (the lower

section

> of the province is right smack dab in the middle of a tornado belt

> and in the early 1900s a tornado took out nearly all of Regina) and

> took half of the roof on the house we lived in. It was ugly to say

> the least and because my music studio was upstairs, it was

seriously

> affected.

>

> A few years later, we moved back to Ontario where, in my wisdom, I

> put my music studio in the basement only to have the 'flood of the

> century' hit the city we had moved to and decimate not only my

studio

> but my music library.

>

> When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town down by the ocean

> in County Cork and just south of Dublin. A horrible storm came in

> from the sea and the wind and waves were frighteningly

overwhelming.

> To this day, I still remember watching in horror and amazement at

> what was going on with nary a thought as to whether we would live

or

> die since the awesomeness of God's creations had my full attention.

>

> I am not minimizing what you have gone through, . I am only

> saying that I can empathize with some of the feelings you must be

> experiencing at the moment.

>

> Raven

>

[Guest guest]

I asked someone from my church what he thinks of the possibility of an earthquake like that in the movie happening who knows a bit about earthquakes, and he claimed it wasn't impossible. I thought I'd post here and get some other viewpoints since someone brought up the subject of earthquakes. God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

I asked someone from my church what he thinks of the possibility of an earthquake like that in the movie happening who knows a bit about earthquakes, and he claimed it wasn't impossible. I thought I'd post here and get some other viewpoints since someone brought up the subject of earthquakes. God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

I asked someone from my church what he thinks of the possibility of an earthquake like that in the movie happening who knows a bit about earthquakes, and he claimed it wasn't impossible. I thought I'd post here and get some other viewpoints since someone brought up the subject of earthquakes. God bless, Irelan

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[Guest guest]

" But in places like the east coast of the US and possibly also

England, the ground is still pretty much intact. That allows even

small earthquakes to be felt and felt over longer distances. "

This most likely explains why this quake was felt over quite a lot of

England. I turned the radio on earlier and people were questioning

why it seemed to be felt over such a distance and quite strongly too,

so thanks for the explanation :-)

I haven't heard any reports of damage yet. I am in West Yorkshire.

Sure it will be all over news later on today though.

>

> I have seen both 4.7 and 5.3 magnitude for that quake. They say it

is the

> largest since 1984 and was near the city of Lincoln. Looks like it

lasted a long

> time too, up to 45 seconds.

>

> I saw a program not long ago about quakes and how they are felt. It

said

> that in places like California, the ground is broken up, like a

piece of

> tempered glass that has been shattered but holding together.

Because it is so beaten

> up, the energy of a quake if rapidly dissipated. But in places like

the east

> coast of the US and possibly also England, the ground is still

pretty much

> intact. That allows even small earthquakes to be felt and felt over

longer

> distances. So, a 3.0 might not even be noticed in California, but

on the east

> coast it would be easily felt.

>

> Several years ago we had a 4.3 here. That really shook the house

and bounced

> everything around for about 30 seconds. Kind of hard to tell

really since

> the shaking came in two waves. The epicenter was also about 60

miles from here.

>

>

>

>

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