6.0 Earthquake in Guatemala

Yesterday, there was an earthquake off the coast of Venezuela, it was so far away there was no damage anywhere to land.
 
Ok is it me or is there a lot of earthquakes all of a sudden. I have a kooky friend who says the earth's axis is shifting. I'm beginning to think she's not so kooky.
 
Ok is it me or is there a lot of earthquakes all of a sudden. I have a kooky friend who says the earth's axis is shifting. I'm beginning to think she's not so kooky.

Go here to see all the earthquakes:

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

Red is today, orange yesterday, yellow last 2 weeks. Size of circle indicates magnitude.
 
Wow,is this typical on any given day?

Pretty much. I'm not a seismologist, though. Many of them you don't hear about because they are centered in the ocean and may only marginally affect populated areas.
 
This is so interesting. I am one that is afraid that the quakes will get bigger and badder.
Look at Calif! IIRC, years ago people worried about a section going into the ocean.........
 
Pretty much. I'm not a seismologist, though. Many of them you don't hear about because they are centered in the ocean and may only marginally affect populated areas.

Well thats somewhat reassuring. If I start feeling a quake here in Upstate NY(not unheard of),I'll start worrying.
 
Hockey Mom, there is a fault on the border of Canada and the US near Plattsburgh, so earthquakes are a great possibility, and in fact, there was a mag. 7 earthquake in 1925, the same size as Haiti. Here is info about NY:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/new_york/history.php

This site lists all kinds of info about earthquakes, faults etc by state. Almost every state in the US has some earthquake danger.


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
 
I have felt at least 2 here in NY. I probably wouldn't have known what it was but lived in Cally. I think its very hard to describe unless you feel it. A total lack of control.
 

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