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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Earthquake Hits D.C.; Global Warming Suspected

2008-05-07

A small earthquake struck the D.C. area Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The earthquake measured 1.8 on the Richter scale and the epicenter was 1 mile west-southwest of Annandale (38.828°N, 77.234°W), the U.S. Geological Survey says. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 1:30 p.m.
About four miles NW of my office, ten miles west of the Pentagon. I heard a boom, no shaking.
Earthquakes with a magnitude of about 2.0 or less are usually called microearthquakes, and about 1,000 occur around the world each day, says Bruce Presgrave, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. U.S. Geological Survey spokesman Bill Leith says it is not uncommon for a D.C. area earthquake to be felt 15 to 20 miles away from the epicenter. In California, a 1.8 magnitude earthquake may not be felt at all, Leith says.

Posted by:Bobby

#17 ION TOPIX/OTHER > EARTHQUAKE 100 MILES AWAY WAKES UP RESIDENTS OF TOKYO. Early Thursday AM.

May explain strong EM bursts = flashes in skies over Guam, + low/weak-magn rumblers.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-07 19:48

#16 Yes, Silentbrick, I was trying to make a small joke, to get some discussion going. But you raised an interesting point: I hadn't considered glacial rebound. I assume glaciers covered D.C. 11,000 years ago.

Now if there were earthquakes in Greenland....

Posted by: Bobby 2008-05-07 18:02

#15 Perhaps a reaction to the Madame's 'suicide.'

Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-05-07 17:32

#14 Let's stick to science.

Global Warming is real. After each Ice Age, there has been a period of warming, followed by general cooling. Alternate ages last thousands of years, and change over a single year is barely detectable.

Al Gore is a real jackass. His dogma - Human Caused Global Warming - is based on a warped belief that humans - who produce less than .ooo1% of CO2 produced by sea evaporation - are causing a catastrophe, that requires social engineering to abate.

You do Al Gore an immense favor when you deny that mountain ice caps are not melting; they are. Stick to science; let the other side do the lying.

Posted by: Eohippus Creresing2815 2008-05-07 16:46

#13 Ok - now someone bring on the brillo pads - that was one ugly image.....

Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-05-07 16:34

#12 It was Teddy Kennedy and Rosie O'Dumbass Slam Dancing.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-05-07 16:33

#11 "I did not."

He said *A* fat guy ... not *THE* fat guy.

Posted by: crosspatch 2008-05-07 16:18

#10 The only earthquake I ever felt in 1986 began with a loud "boom" which for a millisecond I thought was a truck or plane crash. Then I noticed the house vibrating and loose items rattling. I guess hearing is quicker than feeling.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-05-07 14:21

#9 er. #7, no ones saying it was linked to global warming. Check the link. It was, what we in Rantburg community call "a joke"

Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-05-07 13:45

#8 #1 The earthquake measured 1.8

i.e. A fat guy jumped off the couch.
Posted by: ed 2008-05-07 08:46

#2 I did not.
Posted by: Fred 2008-05-07 08:51

ROLFLMAO! the Excitement, more than we can endure!
/thanks I needed thatr

Posted by: RD 2008-05-07 13:05

#7 These little rumbles are always going on. Some in the geological community think that these small earthquakes away from faults are the result of continental crust still rising after the retreat of the glaciers in the last ice age. They could also be from churning of magma below the surface crust.

If you go here, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/ you will see that in the last 7 days there has been more than 1000 earthquakes of 1+ magnitude in the United States. These things happen all the time and unless they start hitting 3-4 in places like DC, I'd say that there's no real cause for concern.

It's just another "amazing" fact of science that the public is basically ignorant of. The only real link to "global warming" is that the ice isn't covering Canada and the northern US anymore. And you should check to see where AlGore is since his ego weighs about the same as 10 Hoover Dams.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2008-05-07 12:42

#6 Since I know nothing of earthquakes - we just had one in IL, and Kilauea's active....

any correlation???

things moving/churning below that we really don't know about???

something happening at Yellowstone?

Posted by: anonymous2u 2008-05-07 12:18

#5 I tried to tell you!

CHANGE, CHANGE, WE WANT CHANGE!!! (LOL).

Anyone know the status of Halliburton-EQ Division's gubmint contract? Maybe just "warmup exercises" if it doesn't get renewed, is all I'm sayin'!

Posted by: BA 2008-05-07 10:58

#4 That was the growing rumble of discontent from the masses.

Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-07 10:06

#3 It was Ted Kennedy falling off a bar stool.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-07 08:56

#2 I did not.

Posted by: Fred 2008-05-07 08:51

#1 ~~The earthquake measured 1.8~~

i.e. A fat guy jumped off the couch.

Posted by: ed 2008-05-07 08:46

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