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Everyone in the Midwest Okay? Earthquake this AM
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 698908" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Being locked along most of its length makes the New Madrid fault so scary because it can't slip a little here and there to release pressure. When it goes, it's going to be explosive. Seismologists and geologists say that the New Madrid is capable of producing a quake in the high 8s or even 9 when it goes. Unlike the last quake, when the area wasn't really settled, most of that area is heavily settled. Tens of thousands would be killed. Millions displaced. Extreme property damage would be the rule of the day, plus horrific infrastructure damage.</p><p></p><p>Buildiings and infrastructure there are not built to resist quakes, and you can't reallly build to resist a quake of the magnitude NM could produce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 698908, member: 1963"] Being locked along most of its length makes the New Madrid fault so scary because it can't slip a little here and there to release pressure. When it goes, it's going to be explosive. Seismologists and geologists say that the New Madrid is capable of producing a quake in the high 8s or even 9 when it goes. Unlike the last quake, when the area wasn't really settled, most of that area is heavily settled. Tens of thousands would be killed. Millions displaced. Extreme property damage would be the rule of the day, plus horrific infrastructure damage. Buildiings and infrastructure there are not built to resist quakes, and you can't reallly build to resist a quake of the magnitude NM could produce. [/QUOTE]
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