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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2181)	11/4/2002 4:39:23 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6901

many of these recent powerful quakes seem to be centered very deep in the earth's crust... Where did you learn they were deep and what's "deep"? I wonder if such deep seimiscity is indicative of volcanic activity working its way up towards the surface? not to nit pick, but just to nit pick its ...............seismicity. <g> BTW do you subscribe to the new theory that oil originates from gas and pressure at depths? more stress is placed upon their faultlines Welll...true....Faultline has been under pressure lately it appears. Seriously Hawkmoon, what does Hawkmoon mean? C

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2181)	11/4/2002 6:42:46 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6901

Note the last paragraph ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Engineers Check Alaska Pipeline By DAN JOLING 11/04/2002 17:45:35 EST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Engineers inspected the Alaska pipeline to determine the extent of the damage Monday after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in the United States knocked out some of its supports and forced a shutdown in the flow of oil. Sunday's magnitude-7.9 quake was so strong that it opened cracks 6 feet wide in roads and rocked boats on lakes as far away as Louisiana. However, only one minor injury was reported - a woman who broke her arm in a fall when she fled her home. The pipeline, which carries crude from the North Slope oil fields, was shut down as a precaution, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. spokesman Mike Heatwole said Monday it was too soon to know when pumping would resume. The giant conduit, about 60 miles from the quake's epicenter, was not ruptured, but some brackets were damaged, leaving sections of the 48-inch-diameter pipe suspended without support, officials said. Crews began work on temporary supports. The oil flow can be stopped for maintenance or other reasons without affecting oil shipments because a reserve is stored in tanks at the ocean terminal in Valdez. Oil analysts had little concern that the pipeline shutdown would dramatically affect supplies or prices. "As far as affecting the world's oil markets, it would probably have to be knocked out a month or more," said Ed Silliere, vice president of risk management at Energy Merchant LLC in New York. Aftershocks rattled the region Monday, one with a magnitude of 4.5, and seismologists said more could be expected for the next several days. The quake was centered in a remote and sparsely populated area southeast of Denali National Park, 90 miles south of Fairbanks, but was felt throughout much of Alaska. It cracked highways and roads, triggered rock slides, shook houses and knocked over home fuel tanks. "A charging brown bear I can handle. This scared the hell out of me," said Randy Schmoker of Porcupine Creek. He watched the ground ripple with a series of 8-inch waves. "They looked like ocean waves." A 150-pound anvil slid 20 feet across the floor of Schmoker's metal working shop. State Transportation Department crews worked through the night to make temporary repairs to roads, some of which had gaps up to 8 feet deep and 6 feet wide. In the New Orleans area more than 3,000 miles away from the epicenter, the quake made lakes ripple and sloshed water out of pools. At Mandeville, La., Carol Barcia, 47, saw boats bouncing around and her own boat banged against its dock. "One poor guy across the canal from us fell off his sailboat," she said. Houseboats were shaken from their moorings on Seattle's Lake Union, more than 1,400 miles south. "This earthquake was shallow and the energy went directly into the surface and that is what causes these effects so far away," said Dale Grant, a geophysicist with U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. ___