The Great Milwaukee Earthquake of 2004

woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.

Wolfgang
who, having now lived through one, still doesn't understand what all
the fuss is about.

"Wolfgang"

still doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.

Some details Wolfgang, 4.5 magnitude isn't that strong of a earthquake.
Here's some data you may already have but I'll post it anyway it's
interesting:

-JUN-2004
time was 06:10:51
latitude and longitude. 44 -88.95
magnitude 4.5 depth 5.0
location ILLINOIS

Deep

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .
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TL,
Tim
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Tim J. wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.


Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

Well, I know I'm rootin' for the later.

Russell
It's that survival instinct, I think.

Tim J. wrote:

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

"Most people think that destructive earthquakes only occur in the
western United States. To the contrary, St. Louis is located in the most
active seismic zone east of the Rocky Mountains. In the winter of
1811-1812 the Central Mississippi Valley was struck by three of the most
powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. The Great New Madrid Earthquake
was actually a series of over 2000 shocks in five months, five of which
were 8.0 or more in magnitude. Eighteen of these rang church bells on
the Eastern seaboard. The very land itself was destroyed in the Missouri
Bootheel, making it unfit for farming for many years. It was the largest
burst of seismic energy east of the Rocky Mountains in the history of
the U.S. and was several times larger than the San Francisco quake of 1905."

http://stlouis.about.com/cs/maps/a/newmadrid.htm

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"Russell" wrote in message
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Tim J. wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.


Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different
perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific,
or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

Well, I know I'm rootin' for the later.

Russell
It's that survival instinct, I think.

Tough call. I mean, the surfing is better on the left coast (or so I
hear, anyway), but the right has better Atlantic salmon fishing.
Personally, I guess I can't see any real problem with living on an
isthmus.

Wolfgang
a man, a plan, a canal....oconomowoc.......hm........that needs some
work, i think.

"rw" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective
on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

"Most people think that destructive earthquakes only occur in the
western United States. To the contrary,
snip

Yeah, I know. However, they don't talk about the "doom" factor like they do when
quakes hit the west coast. Having grown up in Calif., it became a bit of a joke
when the quakes would hit and the soothsayers would predict us sliding out to
sea.

If you're from Southern California and haven't seen the Steve Martin movie "L.A.
Story", which satirizes the SoCal lifestyle, there is a thirty-second scene
worth watching where Martin and friends are dining at a fancy coffee shop when a
quake starts shaking. The group acts as if nothing is happening - a fairly
genuine reaction to anything under about a 5.5 in CA.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
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"rw" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different
perspective
on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the
Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

"Most people think that destructive earthquakes only occur in the
western United States. To the contrary,
snip

Yeah, I know. However, they don't talk about the "doom" factor like
they do when
quakes hit the west coast. Having grown up in Calif., it became a
bit of a joke
when the quakes would hit and the soothsayers would predict us
sliding out to
sea.

If you're from Southern California and haven't seen the Steve Martin
movie "L.A.
Story", which satirizes the SoCal lifestyle, there is a
thirty-second scene
worth watching where Martin and friends are dining at a fancy coffee
shop when a
quake starts shaking. The group acts as if nothing is happening - a
fairly
genuine reaction to anything under about a 5.5 in CA.

As is so often the case, there seems to be a systematic error in the
media coverage of last night's event. It has been widely reported as
a magnitude 4.5 quake. In fact, it was a 45.

Wolfgang
who will now probably spend the rest of his life waiting for "the big
one".

Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

Awe, the "New Atlantic City" boardwalk. Wall to wall bowling alleys,
casserole resteraunts (and take-away), strolling along eating deep-fried
cheddar on a stick and pasties. Mmmm good.
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"Wolfgang" wrote...
"Russell" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote...

woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different
perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific,
or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

Well, I know I'm rootin' for the later.

Russell
It's that survival instinct, I think.

Tough call. I mean, the surfing is better on the left coast (or so I
hear, anyway), but the right has better Atlantic salmon fishing.
Personally, I guess I can't see any real problem with living on an
isthmus.

Based on purely scientific data, this appears to be the outcome of the "big one"
centered in the Midwest:
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/earthquake.gif
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HTH,
Tim
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