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BREAKING NEWS: 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:31 pm
by TexasStooge
Got this when I was logging on to one of the local news sites:
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala at 2:29 p.m. CT.
More to come soon...
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:07 pm
by JonathanBelles
There was an earthquake of 5.9 5 days earlier in almost the same spot.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:14 pm
by x-y-no
Re: BREAKING NEWS: 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:44 am
by azsnowman
TexasStooge wrote:Got this when I was logging on to one of the local news sites:
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala at 2:29 p.m. CT.
More to come soon...
It's the END of times I'm tellin' ya...max out your credit cards, run naked through the streets...North and South America are going to be split in half at the Panama Canal!
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:14 pm
by pojo
The 6.8 quake is right on a Subduction zone....
Cocos plate is subducting right into the Caribbean plate..... this is purely friction of the tectonic plates which move along with the Earth's Core
Re: BREAKING NEWS: 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:31 am
by Cyclenall
azsnowman wrote:TexasStooge wrote:Got this when I was logging on to one of the local news sites:
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala at 2:29 p.m. CT.
More to come soon...
It's the END of times I'm tellin' ya...max out your credit cards, run naked through the streets...North and South America are going to be split in half at the Panama Canal!
I almost did that on the morning of October 19th, 2005!