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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Newly found fault line in Arkansas has potential for major quake |
| 2009-01-30 |
| A previously unknown fault in eastern Arkansas could trigger a magnitude 7 earthquake with an epicenter near a major natural gas pipeline, a scientist said Wednesday. Haydar Al-Shukri, the director of the Arkansas Earthquake Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, said the fault is separate from the New Madrid fault responsible for a series of quakes in 1811-12. The fault is west of Marianna, AR, about 100 miles east of Little Rock. The fault, likely created in the last 5,000 years, sparked at least one magnitude 7 earthquake in its history. Such temblors cause massive destruction in their wake. The researcher has said a gas pipeline crossed the newly discovered fault. He declined to name the company that owned the pipeline. |
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| #3 Actually, the television Clampets were from Tennessee, a town called Bugscuffle. It's near Wartrace. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-01-30 20:34 |
| #2 Personally I blame JED CLAMPETT's, of TV's beloved BEVERLY HILLBILLIES' Show, famous SHOTGUN BLAST which discovered AAAWL [oil] on his property. * "Black Gold, Texas Tea..." > AND NOW A QUAKE FAULT LINE. HOMER SIMSPSON > DONUTS = SHOTGUNS - IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN'T DO!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-30 19:03 |
| #1 Yay!!! Fun times for everyone! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-30 12:43 |