Yesterday there was a 5.2 Earthquake off the Louisiana coast.....

[jus_the_facts]

....wonder how rare that is?! :wow:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/22.32.-95.-85.php

5.2
Date-Time Friday, February 10, 2006 at 04:14:17 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 10:14:17 PM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 27.632°N, 90.144°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region GULF OF MEXICO
Distances 178 km (111 miles) S (184°) from Grand Isle, LA
196 km (122 miles) S (176°) from Golden Meadow, LA
201 km (125 miles) SSW (198°) from Buras-Triumph, LA
260 km (162 miles) S (182°) from New Orleans, LA

[Pithlet]

1. Wow

THat isn't near the New Madrid fault, either. That's surprising.

[jus_the_facts]

2. it's close enough..after lookin' at this map.....

....the affected area goes all the way down to the coast?! :shrug: I sure hope it's not a precursor to a big one on the New Madrid. :scared:

[Pithlet]

3. I meant the actual fault.

A big New Madrid earthquake will be felt as far away as NOLA, for sure. What's weird is the epicenter is all the way down in the gulf, nowhere near the actual fault.

[jus_the_facts]

4. I guess an oil drillin' accident wouldn't be reported in the news....

....can't help but think about the rigs out there. :crazy:

[xmas74]

9. A big NM quake could destroy cities like St Louis

and Memphis. I live near KC and a big one will easily be felt at my house.

[Xithras]

15. The New Madrid fault is one part of a larger system.

Look up the Grenville Front and the the Reelfoot Rift. Most people understand that New Madrid is a leftover from a time then the continent tried to split in two. What they don't understand is why it chose that point to split (its location on the Grenville Front, a point where the makeup of the continental crust changes substantially...basically a border region between two types of granite), or how large the split actually was (ran from Penn all the way to Arkansas). New Madrid is simply the small section that's still active, so people think that's all there is to it. If they thought about it a bit more, this would occur to them: Why would a continet start splitting in the CENTER? Wouldn't the crack start at an edge and spread across the continent? The answer is: Yes it would. The crack may in fact have started all the way down at the Carribbean plate, but we don't see that part because it's inactive and, in most of North America) deeply buried beneath tens of millions of years of sediments. Still, the big crack still might be there, beneath Louisiana.

[Maddy McCall]

5. Unbelievable!

:scared:

[jus_the_facts]

6. I know....check out this map...

:scared:


....I guess locusts are next?! :D

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

7. See that yellow square in Louisiana?

I live about 30 miles north of that! :scared:

I had no idea that we have earthquakes here. Now it's not just the tornadoes and hurricanes we have to fear... :scared:

:hi:

[jus_the_facts]

8. Here's a little history from La.....

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/louisiana/history.php

An earthquake centered about 60 miles west of New Orleans awakened many people throughout eastern Louisiana at about 6:17 a.m. on October 19, 1930. Maximum intensity reached VI at Napoleonville, where the entire congregation rushed from a church, as the entire building rocked noticeably. Intensity V effects were noticed at Allemands, Donaldsonville, Franklin, Morgan City, and White Castle, where small objects overturned, trees and bushes were shaken, and plaster cracked. The total felt area was estimated at 15,000 square miles, based on a detailed questionnaire canvass of the region surrounding the epicenter. The historical files of Prof. Harry Fielding Reid, Johns Hopkins University, were searched in order to find data on earlier shocks in the area. Slight tremors were listed on February 14, and 15, 1843, and April 1882. There also was a slight earthquake on the Mississippi Delta at Burrwood on December 15, 1927.

A small portion of northwestern Louisiana felt a number of small shocks from the neighboring area of Texas on March 19, 1957. Maximum intensity was limited to a few broken windows, a clock knocked from a wall, and overturned objects (V) near Gladewater and Marshall, Texas. Felt reports were received from Benton, Keithville, Mooringsport, Shreveport, and Vivian, Louisiana.

On November 19, 1958, a local earthquake in the Baton Rouge area shook houses and rattled windows. Scores of residents telephoned the Weather Bureau, Civil Defense, police and radio stations. The shock was also felt at Baker and Denham.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake centered near Greenville, Mississippi, affected a 25,000 square mile area of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee on June 4, 1967. The tremor resulted in a few cases of cracked plaster (intensity VI) in the epicentral area. Towns in Louisiana reporting the earthquake included Darnell and Oak Grove (intensity V), Lake Providence and Tallulah (IV), Bonita and Kilbourne (I - III). Another shock, on June 29, 1967, occurred in the same area. The magnitude was slightly lower, 3.4, and the resulting felt area was limited to portions of Bolivar, Sunflower, and Washington counties, Mississippi.

:wow:

[Maddy McCall]

11. Mentions many small towns I bet not many DUers know of.

Gladewater, TX - I lived there for several months. Grungy little antiques town.

Tallulah, LA - used to love to go to the Delta Village theme park there, as a kid.

Check your PM in about ten minutes. I have a question about a business in your hometown. :hi:

[jus_the_facts]

12. OMG..."Delta Village...IN Tallulah!"

...I'll NEVER forget that jingle for as long as I live!! My co-habitator's people are from there...have spent a LOT of time in that town m'self! :D

Okay will answer ya back shortly! :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

13. HAHAHA! Yes! I remember the jingle.

My aunt from Monroe always took us to Delta Village when we were little kids. I can still remember it. :D

I've sent the PM to you. :hi:

[xmas74]

10. We had a 3.3 last April in my area (W.Cen MO)

It had nothing to do w/ NM. I didn't know I had a faultline in backyard until then.

[jus_the_facts]

17. I had a dream I was swimmin' in our local river and it started flowin'....

....backwards and I thought to m'self immediately...there musta been one HELLUVA an earthquake north o'here for this to be happening. :crazy:

I hope we aren't in for any more catastrophes anytime soon....but that's just wishful thinkin' though as hurricane season is just a few short months away... x(

:hi:

[xmas74]

19. And New Madrid, according to some, is overdue.

I can remember in the late 80's we had earthquake drills in school. Hope that when it goes it won't be as bad as 1812. Four earthquakes w/ large scale aftershocks-caused the Mississippi to flow backward for a few days and rung church bells in Boston.
Now that's a nasty quake.

[huskerlaw]

22. Compare that map

to the current one for the Los Angeles...


Seems as though California shouldn't get all the bad earthquake press, eh?

[jus_the_facts]

23. Well the map in my post is for the last 6 months....

....I'd imagine yours would be a lot more colorful over a 6 month time period! :hi:

[huskerlaw]

24. Ooooh, ok

got me there! :hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. WHOA!

did you feel it? :P or did you cause it? :evilgrin:

[jus_the_facts]

16. Hehehe......

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

21. .

:loveya::*:loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. BWAHAHAHAHA!

All your faultline are belong to us!



Signed,
Kollyforniya

[In_The_Wind]

20. Yikes!