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To: Process Boy who wrote (89088)9/29/1999 6:04:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Why would millions of people want to live on fault lines?

Did you know that both Portland and Seattle in the Pacific NW have tons of fault lines? Can't get away from them. They don't seem to be as active as some in Ca. , but the historical record shows Magnitude 8's are very common in the area.

One could go to the Midwest, except for that pesky New Madrid fault near St. Louis that rang church bells in Boston and cause the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to flow backwards for a few days in the early 1800's. If it happened today major cities would be wiped out and tens of thousands could die.

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The great New Madrid earthquake of 1811-12 was a series of quakes that happened over a three-month period. The main shocks, the three largest earthquakes, were estimated to be greater than magnitude 8.0 Aftershocks included two events around magnitude 8.0, five magnitude 7.7, ten magnitude 5.3, and eighty-nine estimated at magnitude 4.3. The entire fault system is believed to have ruptured in this series of earthquakes. Aftershocks were felt in the region for more than a year. This was the largest release of seismic energy in the continental United States. The only other larger event was the Great Alaska Earthquake, in 1964.
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