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12 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:
Just wired a new home down your way...on Breezy Point..on the water . Really cooling down here ..Down to 63
We moved here in 2015 (across from North Point State Park, on the creek) I haven't figured out how to change my screen name yet, thus the MiddleRvrwx, instead of Sparrows PtWx
Pea size hail again. Temp dropped another 5 degrees. 67 now
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Hail here now pea size
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8 minutes ago, osfan24 said:
It's gotten pitch black here. Very eerie.
Same at Sparrows Point. Temp dropped 3 degrees, pouring and windy. Sounds like a mini hurricane.
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1 minute ago, losetoa6 said:
Yea ..Baltimore city on northeast look like the sweet spots
Lovely.
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Update time = Wed Aug 24 1:14:35 UTC 2011
MAP 4.2 2011/08/24 00:04:36 37.912 -77.951 7.9 11 km ( 7 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA
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The aftershock fell off the map and list of earthquakes at least for me weird.
Never mind. They keep switching the 4.2 back and forth between the lists for M1+ and M3+ (I have no idea why)
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The aftershock fell off the map and list of earthquakes at least for me weird.
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Q: Is there earthquake weather?
There is no such thing as "earthquake weather". Statistically, there is approximately an equal distribution of earthquakes in cold weather, hot weather, rainy weather, etc. Very large low-pressure changes associated with major storm systems (typhoons, hurricanes, etc) are known to trigger episodes of fault slip (slow earthquakes) in the Earth’s crust and may also play a role in triggering some damaging earthquakes. However, the numbers are small and are not statistically significant.
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Tehcncally earthquake would be first, hurricane second if it doesn't fish... Gotta wait a few more days for that.
True.
But an asteroid wave in your Ark would be a fun ride.
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Lolz to the quake being a foreshock
Yeah, not likely..
On another note, in the realm of things happening in 3's
Hurricane - Check
Earthquake - Check
What next?
Asteroid into the Bay?
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There's a theory that this, combined with the quakes in Colorado today is going to put pressure in the middle...New Madrid, MO
EarthSky interviews a geophysicist about the August 22 and 23 earthquakes in Colorado and the U.S. eastern seaboard.
Just before midnight on August 22, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck southern Colorado. It was the largest earthquake in that region since 1973. Half a day later – on August 23, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the U.S. eastern seaboard. It was the largest earthquake Virginia seismic region since 1897. EarthSky’s Beth Lebwohl spoke to Rafael Abreu, a geophysicsist with the National Earthquake Information Center of the USGS about these two relatively large U.S. earthquakes coming so close together.
Is the August 23 in Virginia related to the August 22 quake in Colorado?
At this point, we don’t think they are related. Basically, the earthquake in Colorado happened in an area which had pretty significant seismic activity in the past. The quake in Virginia was rather unusual. The possibility of earthquakes occurring in the areas always exists, though.
In other words, there is is no such thing as an aseismic area – an area without seismic activity. Virginia does not lie in in area close to a tectonic boundary, but that doesn’t rule out the possibility of Virginia having a 5.9 magnitude earthquake
Why did Virginia (and the East Coast) experience an earthquake then?
We don’t know. Seismology is a young science. We’ve got only 50 years of hi-tech information. And this earthquake is probably several several million years in the making – before humans were walking on the Earth! There were several millions years of tectonic stresses being accumulated in minor cracks and faults near the U.S. eastern seaboard, and at some point, these faults are going to give way. And in my scientific opinion that is likely the case for Virginia quake.
Image Credit: USGS
Earthquakes often happen in series. The 5.3 Colorado quake was one of eight that happened yesterday. Is the Virginia quake a foreshock? Will there be others?
In the case of the Virgnia quake, we can definitely expect more aftershocks. Earthquakes of this magnitude do generate aftershock sequences. Very likely possibility. There could be earthquakes in magnitude 5 range. We could see those.
As for this earthquake being a precursor…we don’t know. For example, the big Japan earthquake earlier this year had a precursor quake of 7.2 magnitude a couple days before the 9.2 big one happened. But at the time the 7.2 occurred, we didn’t know that it was a foreshock. In the Pacific area, earthquakes are common.
Could a really big earthquake – say, a magnitude 8 – hit U.S. eastern seaboard, in the same way that big earthquakes might hit Los Angeles or San Francisco?
Well, we’re not talking about the same kind of seismic hazard. Because of the San Andreas fault system in California, we can expect large earthquakes. We know right away there’s a pretty big seismic hazard potential in California. But on the U.S. eastern seaboard, where there’s no nearby, clear tectonic boundary, we would not expect to see as many or as large earthquakes as we see in California. We see this event and say, “Wow!”
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Pictures fell over and slid off shelf on third level of townhouse, and tube TV was hanging off the edge of the tall dresser.
So much for pets sensing these things... Mine bolted for cover at the same time I did, lol.
And engineers heading to bridges to check their integrity.
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5.8 2011/08/23 17:51:04 37.936 -77.933 6.0 depth
8 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA
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It's the 3rd update to the depth I've seen...but they've all said "poorly constrained". First depth was ~4km (can't remember exactly), then 1km, and now 0.1km.
That's what I am finding a bit odd. A quake that strong, yet that shallow.
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What do you think the chance is of an aftershock?
how rare is it?
Chances are fairly good. They may be so subtle you only feel what you perceive as dizziness.
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Memo to file: quakes higher than 5.0 are better experienced while in bed.... (Guam 1989 5.3 quake in the middle of the night)
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Anyone else not have house or cell phone service?
House line out. Cell working (Verizon) if you can get through.
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HOLY **** !! my house is STILL rocking
2018 Mid-Atlantic General Severe Discussion
in Mid Atlantic
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Family member in Chestertown had 5 minutes of hail "slightly smaller than golf ball size." His quote "I thought the skylights were toast."