6.0 Earthquake in Guatemala

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Magnitude 6.0 quake hits Guatemala coast

Temblor is felt in capital, although there are no initial reports of damages

 

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Yesterday, there was an earthquake off the coast of Venezuela, it was so far away there was no damage anywhere to land.

 

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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.

 

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hockeymom said:

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.

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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.

 

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Skittles said:

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.

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Wow,is this typical on any given day?

 

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hockeymom said:

Wow,is this typical on any given day?

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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.

 

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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.........

 

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Skittles said:

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.

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Well thats somewhat reassuring. If I start feeling a quake here in Upstate NY(not unheard of),I'll start worrying.

 

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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/

 

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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.