[Phys-L] Re: ID defenders

[anngeorg at PACBELL.NET (Bernard Cleyet)]

"... the strongest
> earthquake in the lower 48 was in 1811 in New Madrid, MO--8.7,
> fortunately, in those days Missouri was sparsely populated)."

I've wondered about that one, as it's in the middle of a plate.

bc, whose experienced at least three of them in six months (Chile)

Hugh Haskell wrote:

> At 07:23  -0700 8/25/05, Wes Davis wrote:
>
> > 3.8??  Does that qualify as an earthquake in NC??  :-)
>
> Being originally from California and now living in NC, I know that
> Californians will scoff at anything less than a 5, but in this part
> of the world, anything over 1 qualifies. :-)
>
> However, there have been some pretty good shakers in this area. There
> were two in the 19th century that did quite a bit of damage in
> Charleston, SC (both were in the 6-7 range, IIRC, and the strongest
> earthquake in the lower 48 was in 1811 in New Madrid, MO--8.7,
> fortunately, in those days Missouri was sparsely populated).
>
> Hugh
> --
> cut