4.0 Earthquake in Maine

[vanboggie]

Last edited Wed Oct 17, 2012, 02:07 AM - Edit history (3)

Source: MSNBC

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck west of Portland, Maine, on Tuesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and the tremor reportedly was felt around New England.




Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/16/14489943-40-magnitude-earthquake-centered-in-maine-shakes-new-england?lite

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Are they fracking up there?

[valerief]

1. I don't think so, but they're fracking in Canada, to Maine's west and east.

I felt the quake in northern Mass. I thought it was wind or a low plane. Duh! Didn't even think quake.

[eyewall]

2. Fracking? my first thought too.

[Pachamama]

3. No, it was President Obama kicking Romneys ass...

[proReality]

4. Probably fracking. They seem to be fracking everywhere.

[cali]

29. I doubt it.

25 years ago in the early morning I heard a roar and my entire house shook. I grabbed the baby and ran outside. I thought the furnace was about to explode. It was an earthquake. I live in Northern Vermont. Since then, there have been several more.

It's not unusual and it never has been for that region to undergo minor earthquakes.

[secondwind]

5. We felt it here in Boston

[xchrom]

6. 4.0? That's a pretty good shaker. Nt

[secondwind]

10. We're on the top floor of a townhouse, and our floorlamp was shaking

[defacto7]

26. Yeah, in that area it's a stronger jolt

than on most of the west coast. The ground kind of rolls more in the west. But in the east, bam.

[crim son]

7. I didn't feel it up here in Bangor

but some other locals did. We do occasionally get quakes of about this magnitude here in Maine, no fracking required though I'm not going to rule it out as a cause.

[dflprincess]

8. Perhaps there was some upset at Kennebunkport

when Romeny was compared to Junior Bush.

[Up2Late]

9. it was 4.6 and it happened about 3 hours ago

DU had it when it happened:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1552407

[vanboggie]

18. Sorry

I didn't see it in Late Breaking in the time frame it happened. I guess MSNBC and a lot of us were concentrating on the pre-debate news at that time. Thanks for the correction.

[Up2Late]

21. That's OK, I see they downgraded to 4.0 now at the USGS

Never seen that before, they definitely had it listed at 4.6 for a few hours.

[losangeleslibker]

11. That's not that bad

Where I live a 4.0 is nothing. It's just a quick joult. I lived through a 6.7 in 1994 when I was about 4 years old. I admit earthquakes scare me just like they scare many others as well. That's unusual for there so I feel sympathy for you.

[losangeleslibker]

13. Oh

A 4.6 is much stronger than a 4. A few years ago I went through one that big. Hopefully you won't see any that big again for years.

[Marrah_G]

14. The magnitude does different things in different areas

New england doesn't have structures built with earthquakes in mind and many of our structures are a couple hundred years old. Also, I believe I have read that the type of rock or earth that an area is located on makes a difference in the damage and the area effected.

[NutmegYankee]

17. Rock in the East makes a quake spread much further

It was barely notice here in SE Conn. Big Semi passing feeling.

[nutsnberries]

12. it rattled us

north of boston for about 8-10seconds. my first thought was that there was a helicopter over the house.

[christx30]

15. My wife and kids felt it

It was shaking and the kids were confused. My son asked what was going on. "We're having an earthquake". My son replied, "COOL!!!"

[high density]

16. I was at the grocery store

and I am so annoyed that I didn't feel it!

[jpak]

22. I was driving home from work

damn

[randome]

19. Strong tremor in Hempstead, New York, too!

[jpak]

20. That was Obama kicking sorry repuke ass in NY

yup

[Maine-ah]

23. going around most Mainer's fb pages at the moment.....

[high density]

24. lol

Tuesday is trash pickup day in my neighborhood.

[Up2Late]

28. LOL!

That's pretty good!

[One_Life_To_Give]

32. Don't look like West Hollis to me!

Granite Curbs, Sewers and Trash Pick-up? Pile of Hay bales falling over seems more appropriate.

[blkmusclmachine]

25. F - R - A - C - K - I - N - G

Fracking everywhere. Frack this $h!t!

[lonestarnot]

27. kick

[Did I Just Type This]

30. Fracking

Yeah that would be my guess. It was shallow and strong. I am located 133 kilometers from it. It was a 3.2 here with 11 seconds of shaking. Kinda like a truck driving by.

[hack89]

31. It is surprising how common earthquakes are in the region

From the New England Seismic Network:

http://aki.bc.edu/cgi-bin/NESN/recent_events.pl