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[Chechem]

Thanks, Smitty.  My BIL's house is at the bottom-left corner of the blue square.

[ssmith general]

EARTHQUAKES IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE
Central Virginia Seismic Zone Since at least 1774, people in central Virginia have felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from infrequent larger ones. The largest damaging earthquake (magnitude 4.8 ) in the seismic zone occurred in 1875. Smaller earthquakes that cause little or no damage are felt each year or two.

Earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., although less frequent than in the western U.S., are typically felt over a much broader region. East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 100 km (60 mi) from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source. A magnitude 5.5 eastern U.S. earthquake usually can be felt as far as 500 km (300 mi) from where it occurred, and sometimes causes damage as far away as 40 km (25 mi).

FAULTS
Earthquakes everywhere occur on faults within bedrock, usually miles deep. Most bedrock beneath central Virginia was assembled as continents collided to form a supercontinent about 500-300 million years ago, raising the Appalachian Mountains. Most of the rest of the bedrock formed when the supercontinent rifted apart about 200 million years ago to form what are now the northeastern U.S., the Atlantic Ocean, and Europe.

At well-studied plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault system in California, often scientists can determine the name of the specific fault that is responsible for an earthquake. In contrast, east of the Rocky Mountains this is rarely the case. The Central Virginia seismic zone is far from the nearest plate boundaries, which are in the center of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Caribbean Sea. The seismic zone is laced with known faults but numerous smaller or deeply buried faults remain undetected. Even the known faults are poorly located at earthquake depths. Accordingly, few, if any, earthquakes in the seismic zone can be linked to named faults. It is difficult to determine if a known fault is still active and could slip and cause an earthquake. As in most other areas east of the Rockies, the best guide to earthquake hazards in the seismic zone is the earthquakes themselves.

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New record.

Magnitude   5.8
Date-Time   

    * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:04 UTC
    * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:04 PM at epicenter
    * Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location   37.936°N, 77.933°W
Depth   6 km (3.7 miles)
Region   VIRGINIA
Distances   

    * 8 km (5 miles) SSW (195°) from Mineral, VA
    * 11 km (7 miles) SSE (148°) from Louisa, VA
    * 29 km (18 miles) NE (45°) from Columbia, VA
    * 35 km (22 miles) E (87°) from Lake Monticello, VA
    * 61 km (38 miles) NW (317°) from Richmond, VA
    * 135 km (84 miles) SW (217°) from Washington, DC

Location Uncertainty   horizontal +/- 2.3 km (1.4 miles); depth +/- 3.1 km (1.9 miles)
Parameters   NST= 22, Nph= 23, Dmin=50 km, Rmss=0.44 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=B
Source   

    * Southeast U.S. Seismic Network

Event ID   se082311a

[Chechem]

Update from the earthquake:

Other than a few broken picture frames, some dishes, and a cracked window, all's well in VA.  Sounds like it was frightening, though.  They said the ground made a loud sound, like a deep explosion.  University of VA may have had some structural damage.  The town of Mineral had buildings damaged, chimneys down, and toppled minor structures.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Update from the earthquake:

Other than a few broken picture frames, some dishes, and a cracked window, all's well in VA.  Sounds like it was frightening, though.  They said the ground made a loud sound, like a deep explosion.  University of VA may have had some structural damage.  The town of Mineral had buildings damaged, chimneys down, and toppled minor structures.

Chech did youy feel the quake? Articles say that it was felt in Atlanta all the way to New York City.

[Chechem]

Update from the earthquake:

Other than a few broken picture frames, some dishes, and a cracked window, all's well in VA.  Sounds like it was frightening, though.  They said the ground made a loud sound, like a deep explosion.  University of VA may have had some structural damage.  The town of Mineral had buildings damaged, chimneys down, and toppled minor structures.

Chech did youy feel the quake? Articles say that it was felt in Atlanta all the way to New York City.

Nope, not here.

[Chechem]

Hurricane Good News:

Most of the models now predict the hurricane will stay east of Hatteras.

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[Coach Hank Crisp]

Hurricane Good News:

Most of the models now predict the hurricane will stay east of Hatteras.

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I hope it stays east of Boston as well.

[Chechem]

Hurricane Good News:

Most of the models now predict the hurricane will stay east of Hatteras.

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Click on "possible paths" for the models.

I hope it stays east of Boston as well.

At noon yesterday it was forecast to hit Charleston, SC.  Now it looks like it'll miss Hatteras.  By noon tomorrow it may be forecast to hit Scotland. 

[Coach Hank Crisp]

 No Duron Carter today per Chase Goodbread tweet.

@ChaseGoodbread
Chase Goodbread UA practice: No Duron Carter... Blake Sims continues working w/ RBs ... Kouandjio, Kirkpatrick, Ivory all return.

[Chechem]

No Duron Carter today per Chase Goodbread tweet.

@ChaseGoodbread
Chase Goodbread UA practice: No Duron Carter... Blake Sims continues working w/ RBs ... Kouandjio, Kirkpatrick, Ivory all return.

Sounds like there is doubt that he did his own work on that class.  The prof is insisting that he didn't do it.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

#Need bail money. Conan O'Brien.

@TeamCoco
Team Coco We thought the phrase “shooting fish in a barrel” was well known. Apparently policemen aren’t that familiar with it. #needbailmoney

[2Stater]

Hurricane, earthquake, Carter not on board, WV MIA.............it's disaster week on CRS.  

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Hurricane, earthquake, Carter not on board, WV MIA.............it's disaster week on CRS.  

At least you don't need bail money. #needbailmoney.

[Chechem]

Hurricane, earthquake, Carter not on board, WV MIA.............it's disaster week on CRS.  

At least you don't need bail money. #needbailmoney.

Yeah, we'll need a REALLY good young-lady photo tonight.

[2Stater]

Thank Heavens for that, Coach.

You are correct, Chech.

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