Re: Earthquake in Seattle

Pam;
reports are from 6.2 to 7.0 in the Richter Scale.
Steve Christensen


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EEEEK! I haven't been anywhere near a radio or TV for the last 48 hrs - I
didn't know about the earthquake in your neck of the woods - glad to hear
you're all in one piece and no damage! Any idea what it rated on the Richter
Scale?

Pam

>I'm sure that some of you will hear that there was just a big
>earthquake in Seattle. It was indeed quite bad at our house, but
>nothing appears to be broken, and we're fine...

At 03:39 PM 28-02-2001, you wrote:
>EEEEK! I haven't been anywhere near a radio or TV for the last 48 hrs - I
>didn't know about the earthquake in your neck of the woods - glad to hear
>you're all in one piece and no damage! Any idea what it rated on the Richter
>Scale?
>

It was apparently 6.2 on the scale.

I'm no expert, but it sounds pretty strong. I had no idea Seattle was even
in an area susceptible to earthquakes.

Gee, I sure hope Microsoft is all right...

:-)



Simon

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Simon Wickes
New Jersey, USA

--- In SHADO@y..., Simon Wickes <tv21@e...> wrote:

>
> It was apparently 6.2 on the scale.
>
> I'm no expert, but it sounds pretty strong. I had no idea Seattle
> was even in an area susceptible to earthquakes.
>

Actually, the Pacific Northwest, from Cape Mendocino Ca. all the way
up past Anchorage, has the potential for much greater earthquakes than
So. California. It lies in the Cascadia subduction zone, where the
Juan de Fuca plate is slowly sliding beneath the North American Plate.
The San Andreas, by comparison, is a strike-slip fault, where the
adjacent plates move at right angles to one another. (IOW Los Angeles
is slowly headed for Alaska)

In addition to earthquakes, subduction zones produce explosive
volcanoes (i.e. Mt. St. Helens). Japan is another subduction zone
plagued by earthquakes.

> Gee, I sure hope Microsoft is all right...
>
> :-)

Hee hee.

Simon Wickes wrote:

> I'm no expert, but it sounds pretty strong. I had no idea Seattle was even
> in an area susceptible to earthquakes.
>
> Gee, I sure hope Microsoft is all right...

I don't know if Microsoft is okay, but Bill Gates is - he was giving a
speech when it happened and was rushed to safety as the audience members
trampled eachother to get out .......

Glad you're okay, Marc!


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Yuchtar wrote:

> I don't know if Microsoft is okay, but Bill Gates is - he was giving a
> speech when it happened and was rushed to safety as the audience members
> trampled eachother to get out .......
>
Most unfortunate.

James