[Boatanchors] Some Shaking Going On??

[rbethman]

It would be beneficial *IF* those that send out "garbage",, at *LEAST* 
have a tiny bit of the Geological differences between NZ, the West 
Coast, and the East coast in terms of the *TYPE* of fault!

Those in NZ and the west Coast are "Subduction Plate" in their makeup.

The East Coast Fault is NOT!

Hence the significant difference in what was felt, how it traveled, and 
what damage it did.

The East Coast Fault is essentially a "pancake" covering a VERY broad 
area.  It reacts VERY differently that the "Subduction Plate" type of 
faults, and how THEY work.

It never ceases to amaze, the "babbling" of those whom are clueless.

N0DGN

On 8/23/2011 5:36 PM, Chris Trask wrote:

>      I wouldn't go making fun of this one.  Yes, it was only M5.8 but it was
> just 6.0km deep.  The Christchurch NZ quake was in the M6's and was also
> shallow.  Shallow quakes of this magnitude can do quite a bit of damage.
>
>      It only happened about 3.5 hours ago, so it's a bit eartly to fully
> assess the damage.  I heard on the radio about a half hour ago that the
> National Cathedral in Washington was damaged, supposedly the middle spire is
> leaning and the other two toppled.  But, no national TV network is covering
> this at all right now.  It would interfere with the soaps and game shows.
> I'll have to wait for the 1600 local early evening news.
>
> Chris
>