4.0 earthquake in Missouri shakes 9 states

[Bozita]

FEBRUARY 21, 2012 AT 10:07 AM
4.0 earthquake in Missouri shakes 9 states
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East Prairie, Mo.— Only minor damage is reported after an earthquake centered in southeast Missouri shook at least nine states.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.0 earthquake was centered near the town of East Prairie, Mo. Geological Survey geophysicist Amy Vaughan says several people in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee reported being awakened by the quake that happened at 3:58 a.m. A few residents of North Carolina, Alabama, Indiana and Georgia also felt it.

East Prairie City Administrator Lonnie Thurmond says the shaking lasted about seven seconds. Vaughan says he's heard reports of cracks in sidewalks and walls, some broken windows, and minor household damage such as rattled shelves and things falling from cabinets.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120221/NATION/202210394/1361/4.0-earthquake-in-Missouri-shakes-9-states

[meegbear]

1. Either gay marriage or an abortion caused this ...

tectonic plates my Aunt Fannie!!1!

[bayareaboy]

3. You forgot the other great factor... ...

Bill Clinton!

[Justice wanted]

10. It probably was both

[Bozita]

13. Pat Robertson will be giving us the reason soon, I'm sure.

[hedgehog]

2. New Madrid waking up?

[lastlib]

4. No, I think it's Bush's Fault

[Odin2005]

5. DUZY!

[lastlib]

11. nah, that one goes back to the quake last August in Virginia--I can't take credit for it...

...much as I'd like to!

[Demeter]

6. That's a Psychological Fault, though

It produced earthquakes in the culture, not the earth.

Now fracking, that could be the cause...first demonstrated in 1998 using DOE money, so it's Clinton who got that pillage started....

[bayareaboy]

8. Well I do too...

But getting the goat ropers to believe that might be a problem. They might even say that this was gods way of telling us that the pipeline needs to in the ground ASAP to keep this from happening again. because fracking in Alberta might cause more of this.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. Probably from all the flooding a few months ago..

the ground over the old floodplain is now saturated for the first time in years. That's a lot of weight to accommodate, thus the tremors as the ground adjusts.

[LiberalArkie]

7. Oh Shit

DATE and TIME (UTC) LAT-ITUDE LONG-ITUDE MAG-NITUDE DEPTH km REGION
21-FEB-2012 09:58:43 36.85 -89.41 4.3 5.0 NEW MADRID, MISSOURI REGION

[truebrit71]

9. Oops...

..that might make a mess if it goes bang on day...

[cmd]

14. New Madrid terrifies me

Not for my own personal safety, but for the economic damage it would do to America.
I can't fathom the terror it would cause in the Midwest.

[intheflow]

12. Fracking happening in the area?

[Critters2]

16. It appears to be the New Madrid fault.

Potentially way scarier than fracking.

[XemaSab]

17. Like, potentially

"Oh shit we're all fucked."

Think the Big One in California without California's building codes and affecting the entire midwest.