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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (62038)2/20/2002 4:19:21 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
I know why you are here, but you are hours and hours early.

Re the New Madrid Earthquake vis a vis the Alaska Earthquake, I guess it's all in how the various experts choose to measure.

google.com

And a rousing welcome back. Hope you stick around. You have been missed.



To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (62038)2/20/2002 1:32:37 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 71178
 
You got it! Here's another "interesting" list, though:
geohaz.org
So if you gotta ride a quake, the US is a good place to do it.

Except there's also this:
For comparison, the largest earthquake ever recorded was a moment magnitude 9.5 in Chile on
May 22, 1960. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States was in Alaska on
March 27, 1964, with moment magnitude 9.2.

scecdc.scec.org