Earthquake in St John?
Earthquake in St John?
Was at a museum at Univ of Nebraska with the kids yesterday and saw an earthquake exhibit showing earthquakes occurring around the world. For fun I touched the screen on the VI and it said on 3/20/10 was a magnitude 3.2. Is this true? Not having experienced a quake, what magnitude do you feel a quake? Just curious. Kim
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Don't know of anyone who noticed that one. They are occurring in our vicinity almost all the time, what we feel depends on the distance and the depth as well as the magnitude.A 3.8 would have to be close and shallow to be easily detected. With no serious damage since 1867, we are certainly overdue, as we remind ourselves frequently.
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They happen all the time. We felt one last October.
You can see here where and how often earthquakes occur.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... merica.php
You can see here where and how often earthquakes occur.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... merica.php
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