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To: miraje who wrote (50660)	5/4/2014 12:07:35 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86356

Let's just hope it doesn't happen in our lifetime James. It will rank right up there with the Great Alaska earthquake of 1964. Lasting four minutes and 38 seconds, it was the most powerful recorded earthquake in U.S. and North American history, and the second most powerful ever measured by seismograph. [4] It had a moment magnitude of 9.2, making it the second strongest earthquake in recorded history [2] [5]—the strongest being the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile. [4] en.wikipedia.org My uncle lived through that one. He said he couldn't even stand up.. And Indonesia in 2004. I've lived through five earthquakes that I've felt here during my lifetime in the Seattle area. The biggest being the 6.8 Nisqually quake in 2001. en.wikipedia.org 9.0 for five minutes.... (the estimated duration for the next "big one") No power, no water, no food for weeks... Scary to think about. And it is going to happen for sure. But when?? 314 years and four months since the last big one... Eric