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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:41 PM Original message |
Swarm of Earthquakes Detected Off Oregon |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey, V.I. -- |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Most quakes in our part of Cascadia are off shore, or under |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah -- |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Hey Gateley - |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Wow -- that's a thought! |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Many responders to this post and one in GD think it's gases venting |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. My gut feeling is you made the correct connection. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. So in other words, Mother Earth just ripped one? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
74. How abut the huge Dead Zone they have (or had) there........ |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Negative. Still a mystery so far as I've heard. VERY strange, as there |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Do you have some links to these stories, or sites I can check out? |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I think it's the Middle Sister...the peak itself, not exactly, I think...but |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thanks. I'll look too. |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Google - "South Sister" bulge - Also, see this link for a start |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Think I found the Field guide link |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I do believe that's it. Good work! I'm really thinking there's a connection |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Wow - that was a fascinating clip! |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Good report, isn't it? I just watched it again. Public broadcasting is news worth paying for! |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Just watched the video and it was good/thought provoking |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Watching now, Thank you! |
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wpelb (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
83. Years ago, even before Mt. St. Helens erupted |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh-OH! Cascadia event in the offing? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Damn. How many natural disaster or alien invasion films start this way? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. You're right. nt. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's just oil out there bubbling up from the ground. Probably 433333 Trillion barrels worth |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Hell, EXXON would drain the ocean to get at it! nt |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Only if |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Shit, if Cheney thought there was a way to make money off |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Oregon is over an active volcanic zone which we know back in the early 1970s |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. In know in Washington that there have been |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Many of the peaks in the Oregon Cascades are rumbling....this is off shore and totally bizzare. We |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Yet FEMA has been rendered completely impotent to address this |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Holy Mother of Buddha...I just had a thought - the salmon off the Oregon & California coasts |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So long, and thanks for all the... what, lures? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Ha! |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Now THAT is an interesting point. n/t |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. uh, probably has more to do with the oxygen deprivation of the water |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Well, if there's say sulfur (or some other chemical) venting into the sea there... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. A very unusual series of events |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
72. Well, you certainly called THAT one! That's a DUZY of a prediction ! |
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FightingIrish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. The USGS has a really useful tool for Google Earth |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Cool link -- thanks! nt |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Firefox has a neat 5min delay Equake add-on. Link below. It rattles the screen at the same as the |
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FightingIrish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That is fantastic. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I love it, I've had it for a couple years anyway, and I don't tell visitors its there. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I'm embarrassed to ask, but that never stops me, so... |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I'm still waiting, too....and waiting,...and waiting...Hey, maybe that's not so bad? Still waiting, |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I just finally closed out Firefox. We'll see if it works in Safari. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. I don't think it works for Safari. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. No if your screen isn't rattling, that's "good" news, so to speak. I've answered the other below. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. No, you're done. Look down at the bottom right of your window. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. Thanks for the link! n/t |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yikes! That certainly puts it in perspective! Thanks! |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
39. Interesting, huge quake off Antarctica - over 10 earthquakes in S Pacific < 24hrs |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
40. How do earthquakes swarm? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. like this... |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Fascinating. I hadn't heard the term before |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm in the PNW. Any more news or links? nt |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. 5.2 early this morning! |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. There's another one, same general location. April 13, M4.0, about 22:44 UTC |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. still happening today, here's another monitor site link |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Latest link from the Portland Oregonian on Sunday's events.... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. They are all at the same depth of 10 miles |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:52 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. if another cluster starts on the 16ths that'll make a serious pattern I think |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. hmmm. actually this turns out to NOT be 'never before seen' ... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
84. That's why they're saying it looks like magma moving |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. Eep. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
68. more exciting than the spouting horn at Depoe Bay! |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
45. K&R Juan de Fuca Plate. nt. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. I just e-mailed the writer |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Thank you. I somehow think this story is just developing! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Sounds like it -- Standing by! nt |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. I've been following this story also. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. These may be unrelated events |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
65. North-state earthquakes leave cracks in pattern-6 days in Jan-30 quakes-4.4 and 4.7 |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
70. Big shelf nearby...a slip means big tsunami...mega level....much death destruction... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Well, if you get news of a big quake off the OR coast, head up the nearest hill. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. .......there are no volcanoes in the area........... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
76. Mount Ranier will blow |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Mt. Rainer, or Shasta. When they blow around here, they are ginormous. Remember Mazama. |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. One of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Beautiful photos! Those of us who live here and travel around the state |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Does this look familiar? Ha Ha! |
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