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woodsprite

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1. When we had an earthquake centered in VA

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2024, 11:29 AM

Apr 2024

Several years back, some Delaware buildings had minor structural damage. They said that due to the composition and age of the rock base, earthquakes of an equal magnitude on the east coast will be felt in a larger area than those on the west coast.

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NJ Earthquake: It turns out that's what the bang and boom here was. [View all] NNadir Apr 2024 OP

When we had an earthquake centered in VA woodsprite Apr 2024 #1

Dang, I must have missed it Wicked Blue Apr 2024 #2

Well, I couldn't imagine what it was and I did think it involved aircraft, since we're not that far from a regional... NNadir Apr 2024 #3

Link to USGS shake map -misanthroptimist Apr 2024 #4

I see thHooe quake wasn't too far from tfg's golf club Wicked Blue Apr 2024 #10

My house shook and there was a terrible Mossfern Apr 2024 #5

Well, you were more sensible than I was during my wife's first Earthquake in California. NNadir Apr 2024 #6

Ha! Your reaction was like my husband's Mossfern Apr 2024 #7

The quake on Friday occurred on the Ramapo system of faults, which runs through elleng Apr 2024 #8

New Yorkers are always trying to find faults in New Jersey. NNadir Apr 2024 #9