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In the discussion thread: Breaking News: Earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude strikes Myanmar: USGS [View all]

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:07 PM

defacto7 (3,617 posts)

17. 7 would be pretty big in California terms....

but it would be catastrophic in East Coast terms. It all depends on the kind of wave it produces and the type of ground. A lot of variables.

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Breaking News: Earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude strikes Myanmar: USGS [View all]	nolabels	Nov 2012	OP
Has anybody noticed the frequency of earthquakes lately?	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#1
Kind of makes you wonder if global warming might have something to do with it?	nolabels	Nov 2012	#5
Take a few billion tons of ice each off of Greenland and Antarctica...	Systematic Chaos	Nov 2012	#26
It's not any more than usual	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#14
Not any MORE than usual, but they are getting stronger over all.	TalkingDog	Nov 2012	#28
Massive ice migration.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#32
hmm.	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#37
I wished I knew more about rocks...	SkyDaddy7	Nov 2012	#43
Rocks are good. Human nature is better	TalkingDog	Nov 2012	#44
sorry, I'll explain better next time	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#48
7.8 in Canada before Halloween	neversaydie	Nov 2012	#23
7.5 in Guatamala on Nov 7	bananas	Nov 2012	#33
Yes, I have.	davidwparker	Nov 2012	#30
duh..	femrap	Nov 2012	#35
No, but I've noticed increase media attention towards them, which isn't the same thing. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#36
Wait- isn't that exactly where the President is heading- like this week?	KaryninMiami	Nov 2012	#2
Yor right , I heard that	sandyshoes17	Nov 2012	#7
I heard that too,,,	ReRe	Nov 2012	#13
Shake Map	Sedona	Nov 2012	#3
7.0 isn't too big? Is there a tsunami warning?	aquart	Nov 2012	#4
Heck i don't know, i am only the messenger	nolabels	Nov 2012	#8
7.0 is not only big, it's devastating.	eyewall	Nov 2012	#21
A lot depends on the depth and on other local factors	starroute	Nov 2012	#29
I don't want to get into a semantic argument	eyewall	Nov 2012	#42
And the 6.8 Nisqually quake in 2001 caused only scattered damage	starroute	Nov 2012	#45
A 6.8 is not a 7.0...	MisterJones	Nov 2012	#46
And this quake in Myanmar was a 6.8	starroute	Nov 2012	#47
Link:	Hissyspit	Nov 2012	#6
Another link, says 6.6:	Hissyspit	Nov 2012	#9
7.0 is brutal on unreinforced masonry.	hunter	Nov 2012	#10
Only 9 and 10 KM down	Warpy	Nov 2012	#11
Isn't President Obama there???	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#12
not till later in the week. nt	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#15
Planned for next week, I think	htuttle	Nov 2012	#16
7 would be pretty big in California terms....	defacto7	Nov 2012	#17
In the east the ground rings like a bell. The 4.3 in SE Ky was felt in Cincy.	alfredo	Nov 2012	#19
Actually its only a 6.6	airplaneman	Nov 2012	#18
6.8	itsrobert	Nov 2012	#22
Thanks I stand corrected 6.8 n/t.	airplaneman	Nov 2012	#38
What's that about 20 times less powerful?	defacto7	Nov 2012	#40
6.1 miles deep	Scairp	Nov 2012	#49
Umm...unless the earthshaking news is that Justin Bieber & his girlfriend broke up, you need the	Pachamama	Nov 2012	#20
No tsunami, too far inland. Here's the report from the Pacific Tsunami Center	Liberty Belle	Nov 2012	#24
re: Breaking News: Earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude strikes Myanmar: USGS	allan01	Nov 2012	#25
Thank you. I kept getting a tragic story about.....	left on green only	Nov 2012	#39
The 2010 Haiti earthquake that killed over 300,000 people ...	Make7	Nov 2012	#27
5 dead sp far; 6.8	Hissyspit	Nov 2012	#31
Are you crazy....	femrap	Nov 2012	#34
IRIS Seismic Monitor calling it 6.6	gauguin57	Nov 2012	#41

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