RockyRogue
Agent of Change
You may be talking about liquifaction, that makes the effects much more intense.
That was it! THANKS!! Was my description accurate, though?? -Rocky
You may be talking about liquifaction, that makes the effects much more intense.
We had a 5.9 in our area about 18 years ago and at the time I lived in a valley area near a small river, the liquifaction of the soil caused alot of movement. It felt so weird, not an abrupt movement, but like jello shaking.
I remember the History Channel program I watched a couple years ago mentioned Memphis being in particularly big trouble because of the Mighty Mississippi being so close. ...-Rocky
What your saying is we may wake up one day and see on CNN that an earthquake just swallowed FEDEX Memphis Hub??
We had a 6.8 in 2001. It was more intense in the area of the city that was built on fill dirt.
Most of the bay area is built up from fill and dredged out of the bay.
The Northridge Quake in San Fernando Valley CA was one of the most powerful I had been in back in '71. It was M 6.7; I was on the lower level of our home. It lasted 1 minute which seems like 10! The same house went through the Whittier Quake which was M 5.9. The difference was that it was only a couple of miles from the epicenter.
I know this kind off subject, but did anyone in the Midwest get awaken by that earthquake this morning?? Uh scared the crap out of me, I don't know how you California people handle it!
We were doing loading when all of a sudden everybody yells that there's an earthquake, so we rushed underneath the Primary. Never thought I'd actually have to go under the primary.