Comments on: What the [beep] is going on? http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/ Blogging one sidereal day at a time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John M. http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24170 John M. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:44:16 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24170 Yeah, we felt it all the way over here in Louisville. Yeah, we felt it all the way over here in Louisville.

]]> By: Freiddie http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24168 Freiddie Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:44:09 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24168 I hope things are alright over there. I hope things are alright over there.

]]> By: Scott http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24165 Scott Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:50:20 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24165 This quake wasn't on the acutal New Madrid Fault, it was on a smaller fault nearby called the Wabash Fault. Scott This quake wasn’t on the acutal New Madrid Fault, it was on a smaller fault nearby called the Wabash Fault.

Scott

]]> By: Kristin Wenzel http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24164 Kristin Wenzel Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:25:22 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24164 Oh, I forgot all about the New Madrid seismic area. Yikes! This is all over the news this morning here on the west coast. Glad to year everyone is alright! --Kristin Oh, I forgot all about the New Madrid seismic area.

Yikes!

This is all over the news this morning here on the west coast.

Glad to year everyone is alright!

–Kristin

]]> By: Scott http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24163 Scott Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:19:13 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24163 Woke up just the same this morning. Realized right away what was going on. Food for thought: after the shaking was finished I called my mom an hour to the North and it was still shaking there. WOW as I type this AFTERSHOCKS :) Scott Woke up just the same this morning. Realized right away what was going on. Food for thought: after the shaking was finished I called my mom an hour to the North and it was still shaking there.

WOW as I type this AFTERSHOCKS :)

Scott

]]> By: Astrogeek http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24162 Astrogeek Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:00:22 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24162 5.4 is a moderate quake. I wouldn't expect a lot of damage, except for falling breakables. I imagine some stores near Mt. Carmel have a lot of cleaning up this morning. 5.4 is a moderate quake. I wouldn’t expect a lot of damage, except for falling breakables. I imagine some stores near Mt. Carmel have a lot of cleaning up this morning.

]]> By: Paolo Amoroso http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24161 Paolo Amoroso Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24161 Richard: the event # on the map is probably no longer valid because the list is continually updated with new entries. Old ones are renumbered and eventually discarded after a day or so. I'm glad you like the tool. It's simple yet instructive. Before developing it, I assumed that one of the most shaken areas is Japan, possibly because of media coverage bias. But the Quakescope map shows that most of the quakes are in areas around Western US and Alaska. Disclaimer: I'm not a geophysicist, I just fake one in Quakescope. Richard: the event # on the map is probably no longer valid because the list is continually updated with new entries. Old ones are renumbered and eventually discarded after a day or so.

I’m glad you like the tool. It’s simple yet instructive. Before developing it, I assumed that one of the most shaken areas is Japan, possibly because of media coverage bias. But the Quakescope map shows that most of the quakes are in areas around Western US and Alaska.

Disclaimer: I’m not a geophysicist, I just fake one in Quakescope.

]]> By: Stephen Uitti http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24160 Stephen Uitti Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:46:05 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24160 I felt nothing here in Detroit. I'd have been asleep, and i've slept through a hurricane. You're not that far away, are you? 6 hour drive maybe? The old houses in San Fran are the ones that survived multiple earth quakes. Your 100 year old house has seen at least a couple, i'd imagine. It'd be my 1967 house that should be a worry. It saw no flooding the other year when we had the biggest rain on record. Who needs flood insurance? I felt nothing here in Detroit. I’d have been asleep, and i’ve slept through a hurricane. You’re not that far away, are you? 6 hour drive maybe?

The old houses in San Fran are the ones that survived multiple earth quakes. Your 100 year old house has seen at least a couple, i’d imagine.

It’d be my 1967 house that should be a worry. It saw no flooding the other year when we had the biggest rain on record. Who needs flood insurance?

]]> By: Doc Kinne http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24159 Doc Kinne Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:40:14 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24159 Well, tech seems to be working at the house, and you're currently on Skype so I have to assume you and the dogs are OK. I've lived through three earthquakes in NY in my life...and I've not felt any of them. I'll tell you, especially in college, I was unhappy. :-) "Waddya mean we had an earthquake? I didn't feel anything! RATS!!" Well, tech seems to be working at the house, and you’re currently on Skype so I have to assume you and the dogs are OK.

I’ve lived through three earthquakes in NY in my life…and I’ve not felt any of them. I’ll tell you, especially in college, I was unhappy. :-) “Waddya mean we had an earthquake? I didn’t feel anything! RATS!!”

]]> By: Richard B. Drumm http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24157 Richard B. Drumm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:42:59 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24157 Just look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone for info on the seismic underpinnings of today's earthquake. California tends to capture the public imagination, but the New Madrid fault is a concern. I hope your house holds up and your nerves hold up too! Eek! Whatta way to start the day! Coffee! Coffee! Aak, pfft, dog lips! Cool site, Paolo! Today's fun & games is #20 on the map. 5.2 Richter, 11.6 km deep... It looks to be off the usual area for the New Madrid Zone, though, being almost at Vincennes. It just goes to show you to expect the unexpected... If that was possible... Rich Just look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone
for info on the seismic underpinnings of today’s earthquake.
California tends to capture the public imagination, but the New Madrid fault is a concern. I hope your house holds up and your nerves hold up too! Eek! Whatta way to start the day! Coffee! Coffee! Aak, pfft, dog lips!

Cool site, Paolo! Today’s fun & games is #20 on the map.
5.2 Richter, 11.6 km deep…
It looks to be off the usual area for the New Madrid Zone, though, being almost at Vincennes. It just goes to show you to expect the unexpected… If that was possible…
Rich

]]> By: Paolo Amoroso http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24154 Paolo Amoroso Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:18:39 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24154 I have put together a simple demonstration tool, a web mashup developed with Yahoo! Pipes, for displaying the locations and other information about the latest earthquakes: http://pipes.yahoo.com/amoroso/quakescope Click "Run Pipe" for an update. See also the satellite view on the map (Sat) and the list (List) of entries with additional data. You can get updates via RSS, email, phone and more. I hope you, your family and your property are safe. I have put together a simple demonstration tool, a web mashup developed with Yahoo! Pipes, for displaying the locations and other information about the latest earthquakes:

http://pipes.yahoo.com/amoroso/quakescope

Click “Run Pipe” for an update. See also the satellite view on the map (Sat) and the list (List) of entries with additional data. You can get updates via RSS, email, phone and more.

I hope you, your family and your property are safe.

]]> By: Kristin Wenzel http://www.starstryder.com/2008/04/18/what-the-beep-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-24153 Kristin Wenzel Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:53:33 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/?p=609#comment-24153 An earthquake!? In the MidWest? How rare! We are relatively used to them out here in Seattle (and more so in San Francisco, the town from which I just reloacated back to Seattle), but I haven't heard of them taking place in the midwest except under extreme geophysical circumstances? O_o Hope everything is okay! -Kristin An avid reader in Seattle, WA An earthquake!?

In the MidWest? How rare! We are relatively used to them out here in Seattle (and more so in San Francisco, the town from which I just reloacated back to Seattle), but I haven’t heard of them taking place in the midwest except under extreme geophysical circumstances?

O_o

Hope everything is okay!

-Kristin
An avid reader in Seattle, WA

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