http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/10/gulf.quake/index.html

9/10/2006 5:04:56 PM

13 years in NC = no earthquakes.
1 year 7 mos. in California = 1 earthquake
1 year in Hawaii = 3 earthquakes

I'm not really concerned about the east coast.

9/10/2006 5:07:06 PM

The 1886 Charleston earthquake was estimated to be btw a 6.6 and 7.3 and screwed up alot of brick structures in the area.

The Gulf of Mexico would be a real bad place to have a tsunami though...thats for sure.

9/10/2006 5:15:37 PM

there was an earthquake felt in raleigh a few years ago. 2 years ago i think

9/10/2006 5:17:03 PM

^

My roommate at the time and I thought that a huge train was passing by. I finally heard on the news later that it was an earthquake and we were .

9/10/2006 5:43:46 PM

I live along the Cape Fear river in Bladen County and there have been a few very small tremors over the years here

9/10/2006 5:45:22 PM

9/10/2006 5:50:26 PM

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"there was an earthquake felt in raleigh a few years ago. 2 years ago i think"

Not by me.

9/10/2006 6:00:07 PM

^I felt it

9/10/2006 6:39:29 PM

I remember it. My buddy and I looked at each other confused and said, "Was that a train? It didn't really feel like a train," and then kind of went on with our day until someone mentioned later that there had been an earthquake. Would have been my freshman year, so three years ago.

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9/10/2006 6:48:35 PM

i was on the 8th floor of d h hill and thought it was a train until i looked and didnt see one passing through campus

9/10/2006 6:49:41 PM

there was an earthquake in raleigh like 2 years ago as someone mentioned, then also one like 5 years ago.

there was one near north charlotte in 97. felt in mooresville.

charleston is on the 2nd largest fault line in the US.

9/10/2006 6:54:50 PM

I didn't feel it, therefore it couldn't possibly have happened. That's what I'm getting at.

9/10/2006 6:54:52 PM

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"The Gulf of Mexico would be a real bad place to have a tsunami though...thats for sure. "

Yeah, Katrina's damage would be nickels and dimes compared to what a major wave could do to the Gulf...

9/10/2006 11:28:28 PM

My building at work would be FUCKED if a major earthquake hit in the Bay Area near SF... I haven't felt the slightest tremor in 2 months though even though there have been tons of quakes around 2-3 on the richter

9/10/2006 11:47:06 PM

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"13 years in NC = no earthquakes. 1 year 7 mos. in California = 1 earthquake 1 year in Hawaii = 3 earthquakes I'm not really concerned about the east coast."

god i love a good scientific analysis.

9/11/2006 12:15:40 AM

I hope homeland security is working on this.

9/11/2006 12:17:50 AM

They have them almost every year in the NC mountains (hence the yellow on that picture). They're usually very small, though one that happened earlier this year rattled things a bit more than usual.

9/11/2006 9:40:30 AM

there was a minor 2.something quake in SC a few years ago...

9/11/2006 9:47:44 AM

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"I didn't feel it, therefore it couldn't possibly have happened. That's what I'm getting at."

well you didn't feel your dad ME fucking your mom but it happened

9/11/2006 9:49:19 AM

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"there was one near north charlotte in 97. felt in mooresville."

I remember this one, but I don't remember one in Raleigh 2 years ago. Not saying it didn't happen, just that I don't recall it.

Yeah, we're on the 2nd biggest fault in NC, but are we on the second most active?

9/11/2006 9:51:42 AM

it was spring 2004 and the earthquake was at the NC/VA border iirc and it could be felt as far as fayetteville.

actually Dec 2003 and it was right smack dab in the middle of virginia...here's a pic of the epicenter and areas that felt tremors



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9/11/2006 10:19:14 AM

Yeah I felt it, mostly b/c my computer monitor started rocking a little bit

9/11/2006 1:19:33 PM