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Hope all the forum members in the Seattle/Washington State area are a-okay after the 7.0 earthquake a few hours ago.
CNN reports the earthquake was centered on (or near) Seattle and was felt as far away as Salt Lake City. So far, no one is reported injured.
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Hell, we had some (very) minor quakes in the Baltimore area about 5 years ago.
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Yep any area with active tectonics can have earthquakes. In fact here in the next decade or so we are supposed to have a really big one in the Pacific Northwest. That one ought to be a lot of fun.
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Just got off the phone with my Aunt who lives near Seattle. They're all right. Thank God.
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The uneasy earth beneath our feet here in the Pacific Northwest tends to move quite a bit. However, it usually does so at a depth too deep to feel. This has been mentioned over and over again by people from the area on the news, no doubt in response to a billion souls shaking their heads and going "Earthquake? Seattle? That's on Earth now?"
This has been a test of the Emergency Forum Earthquake System. This is only a test. Had this been an actual emergency, you would have been told to RUN LIKE HELL!
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Well, this is obviously a lot more serious than Gujarat. There only 20,000 people died. Here there was *shudder* damage to property! The sheer cost! In money terms! And the emotional damage - shrinks will be working overtime for years! Everyone else will be able to share in the trauma through the medium of TV movies!
What a world we live in. . .
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Sarcasm is what you live for isn't it. Just so everyone has a real reason to run for cover when the big one hits this area it is likely to level a lot of things. Reasons for this
1. The two plates have been looked up tight for about 300 years. At around 1 to 2 inches of movement a year we are looking at anywhere from 25-50 feet of movement. That is a lot of energy being released.
2. The buildings are not designed for high magnitude earthquakes.
3. Most of the high population areas sit on sedimentary deposits which are not the most stable of items. In fact earthquake intensity can increase in these areas.
Now that I have scared all of the weak hearted people I'm going to get off of my soap box. ENJOY
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I saw a car that got smashed. You guys got fucked over, like, real bad.
They closed the fucking space needle!
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They won't have to change the Frasier title sequence, will they?
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