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Wow, there was an earthquake in the Chesapeake Bay today!
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:41 pm
by Jake
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:43 pm
by Texas Hog
weird!
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:48 pm
by SkinsChic
Hoping a tsunami doesn't follow....
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:23 pm
by Jake
SkinsChic wrote:Hoping a tsunami doesn't follow....
A 2.0 won't set one off. At least, I hope not...
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:06 pm
by NikiH
Nope the reports I heard said that it isn't unheard of to have earthquakes there. There was one in 2002 and two I think in 2001. And last year there was one here. Scott thought I was nuts but I called and told him either a plane crashed or it was an earthquake, sure enough. It was centered about 30 miles south of us!
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:14 pm
by Texas Hog
you felt it?
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:20 pm
by NikiH
I felt the one in VA last year. And even though I'd never been in one before there was no mistaking what it was. Of course until the news started reporting it a few minutes later everyone outside of the area thought I was bonkers. Did you feel the one today Jake?
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:37 pm
by washington53
ive always slept through earthquakes. I wonder how it would be.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:06 pm
by Redskin in Canada
No, it was not an earthquake. It was the BIG DOOR in Redskin Park slamming behind all those players who look for greener pastures elsewhere.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:45 am
by Irn-Bru
Did you feel the one today Jake?
If it was a 2.0 earthquake as is being reported, I don't believe that it's something that is actually felt by people. I think that it's gotta register upwards of 3.0 or more to be noticed by more than just machines. . .
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie ... itude.html
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:13 am
by Redskin in Canada
FanfromAnnapolis wrote:[If it was a 2.0 earthquake as is being reported, I don't believe that it's something that is actually felt by people. I think that it's gotta register upwards of 3.0 or more to be noticed by more than just machines. . .
Actually, it is a bit more complicated than that. Magnitude is a measure of the energy released. If the earthquake is deep, the impact on the surface is small. A "small" magnitude earthquake can flatten a city if the focus happens to be shallow and underneath. This earthquake was very shallow at 9 Km of depth. The epicenter was only 8 Km away from Baltimore.
The magnitude scale is logarithmic. So, one more little extra number, say from 3 to 4, is many times more powerful an increase than 2 to 3.
The East coast of North America is a passive margin. An earthquake is a remarkable event. Please see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:22 am
by SkinsChic
Yes...it was 2.0 but was felt by several people who called in. Mostly the Pasadena, Glen Burnie area.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:10 pm
by NikiH
Yeah I heard people say they felt it. I even heard one guy on TOP say he heard a loud boom. So I guess earth quakes don't follow logic much like anything mother nature does.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:36 pm
by Jake
NikiH wrote:Did you feel the one today Jake?
Nope, thankfully.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:46 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
They said on the radio that they aren't uncommon here in MD. We've had 10 or so since 1992. They're so small that they don't matter.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:25 pm
by tcwest10
Could it be Lenny was in town, and his lunch wasn't agreeing with him ?
