5.2 in GOM?

#1 Postby **feederband** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:47 pm

hmmm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 270_25.php

#2 Postby **Stephanie** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:51 pm

Okay, what's next for the GOM - SNOW??? :eek:

#3 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:53 pm

yikes!

cant believe this is the first i've heard of it. another great reason not to drill in the GOM!

MiamiensisWx · #4 Postby **MiamiensisWx** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:02 pm

Hmm... has any wave action from the earthquake been reported yet?

sunny · #5 Postby **sunny** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:04 pm

I've checked all of the local news sites - they aren't reporting anything on this!!

#6 Postby **feederband** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:23 pm

Any earthquake groupies on here know how often they happen in the Gulf???

#7 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:24 pm

it was 10 last night, so any waves would have come and gone already, right?

#8 Postby **feederband** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:30 pm

Why does it say Feb 10th?

#9 Postby **feederband** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:32 pm

never mind :lol:

#10 Postby **feederband** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:34 pm

Stephanie wrote:Okay, what's next for the GOM - SNOW???

Ice bergs.... :lol:

#11 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:39 pm

conestogo_flood · #12 Postby **conestogo_flood** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:09 pm

Earthquakes happen everywhere in the world at one point or another. Quakes in the GOM and surrounding areas are rare, but not entirely uncommon. Remember when that 3.0er hit near New Orleans not long ago?

SamSagnella · #13 Postby **SamSagnella** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:16 pm

alicia-w wrote:UTC?

...as in "what is UTC?" ?
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/zones.html

#14 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:32 pm

Yes, all earthquake reports are in UTC (also known as Z Time). A 5.2 would not be strong enough to generate a significant sea wave.

Steve

#15 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:57 pm

I know what UTC is. I was trying to explain to someone else that it showed Feb 10th because of the UTC

#16 Postby **TheEuropean** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:57 pm

Aslkahuna wrote:Yes, all earthquake reports are in UTC (also known as Z Time). A 5.2 would not be strong enough to generate a significant sea wave.

Steve

That's correct, but I wonder that nobody felt this quake at land.

gtalum · #17 Postby **gtalum** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:00 pm

A 5.2 isn't that strong, and many people probably wouldn't notice it even if they were right at the epicenter.

#18 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:11 pm

conestogo_flood · #19 Postby **conestogo_flood** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:17 pm

gtalum wrote:A 5.2 isn't that strong, and many people probably wouldn't notice it even if they were right at the epicenter.

Hmm. At 3 miles deep? Your house would be a shakin', haven't you been in any earthquakes? I've been in a few 3.0ers, including a 5.6 back in I think 2000 near Niagara Falls, Ontario. You can feel the ground shake in a 3.5.

#20 Postby **TheEuropean** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:21 pm

gtalum wrote:A 5.2 isn't that strong, and many people probably wouldn't notice it even if they were right at the epicenter.

Here in Germany we had some 3.5 or so that made damage to several buildings. In 1992 we had a 5.9 with damage of more than 150 million dollars.

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