CNN reports 6.0 earthquake in Southeast U.S. earlier this morning

[whistle]

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6.0 quake in Gulf shakes Southeast
POSTED: 1621 GMT (0021 HKT), September 10, 2006
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A strong, 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico was felt throughout the Southeast but caused no apparent damage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said.

The quake, about 250 miles west of Tampa, Florida, was "pretty unusual" for the area, although a 5.2 magnitude quake was recorded nearby in February, said USGS seismic analyst Jessica Sigala.

People as far away as Stone Mountain, Georgia -- an Atlanta suburb -- reported feeling the quake at 10:56 a.m. ET.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/10/gulf.quake/

[CatWoman]

1. I thought that was just the Earth's reaction to Cheney's many lies

spouted on MTP....

[whistle]

15. And Bush-boy passing wind!

:hurts:

[Janice325]

2. I judt read about this on another forum here on DU.

:wtf:

[WilliamPitt]

3. 250 miles west of Tampa

In the Gulf? Where they found that huge oil reserve rcently?

(I know nothing about geology)

[Horse with no Name]

6. Hmmmm

An "earthquake" where they just found oil?
Any guesses that they were blowing up the ocean shelf?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. I have no clue if there is a connection to the cause of the quake

However, how will this inhibit their plans to continue?

[Horse with no Name]

12. It won't

because the news is reporting an earthquake.
It won't go any further than that.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Couldn't it be cost inhibitive to their project?

If this were to be the beginning of a trend, for whatever reason, could the platform withstand the quakes? I know the people working on it would be viewed as expendable, but those rigs are expensive, don't ya know. :eyes:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

19. Why would they do that?

And what, pray tell, is an "ocean shelf" supposed to be?

[Divine Discontent]

10. I thought the same thing

they're playing around with the crust, and it possibly had to shift.

like these sob's wouldn't use a nuclear weopon to open up the 'floor' for their oil pursuit to make hundreds of billions?

[Warpy]

4. That's roughly the area where they've found the latest large oilfield

in the Gulf. Test drills generally don't have enough oomph to do anything, but...

[BootinUp]

7. A 6.0 Mag quake, thats a lot of energy

being released. I doubt the drilling had anything to do with it. These forces are built up by the constant movement of the earths crust. (not a geologist so someone can show up and correct me if thats wrong)

[BootinUp]

5. I had a thread about it in the lounge. :)

Very weak here in Northwest GA.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5611312&mesg_id=5611312

[whistle]

13. Georgia is on top of granite rock substructure while Florida is

...limestone and marsh. So I would think seismic shock waves are felt more strongly atop hard rock while barely at all over spongy areas. I sensed nothing here in Orlando when the quake was said to have hit nor did I feel any shock waves. Orlando would be about 235 miles from the epicenter of the quake while Stone Mountain Georgia is at least 550 to 600 miles from the center of the quake.

[BootinUp]

16. Yep, thats very interesting.

Undoubtedly it explains why it was not strongly felt anywhere, all the energy was dissipated over a very large area. I used to love learning about geology, don't read about it as much as I'd like anymore.

[ChiciB1]

8. Very Strange... I Live Right Below Tampa & Didn't Feel A Thing!

Just heard about it myself. I don't understand how anyone in NC could feel it!! The sun is shining now and I heard no loud sounds nor did I feel anything else!

They just might be working out in the Gulf! I wouldn't put it past them. You know, they may have been drilling for some time now... who knows, we NEVER get the truth anymore!

[whistle]

9. This is an interesting article by Russian reporter on earthquake

...threats to eastern Russia and North America published over one year ago:

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August 18, 2005

Russian Forces Prepare For Massive Earthquakes as Gulf of Mexico Becomes ‘Zone of Death’ and New Madrid Fault Zone Heads Towards Cataclysmic Event

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers

Russian Emergency Services are preparing for massive earthquakes in Kamchatka after Russian Scientists have determined that the growing instabilities presently occurring in our earths core regions will likely lead to a series of Global Massive Earthquake and Volcanic events by December of this year. The most troubled regions being reported upon by Russian Scientists are Russia’s Far East Regions and the North American Continent.

For the Russia’s President Putin has ordered all Emergency Services to begin preparations for these events, and as we can read as reported by RIA Novosti News Service in their article titled "Powerful earthquake could strike Kamchatka" and which says, "The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is deploying additional units and equipment as a preventive measure against a powerful earthquake expected on Kamchatka, a peninsula in the northeast of Russia, a senior ministry official said Wednesday.
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Reports from the United States show that their Military Leaders are neither preparing their peoples nor warning them of these soon to come events, and even though the evidence of massively building pressures upon the North American Continent are showing the likelihood of a cataclysmic event soon to occur.

Such pressures have built upon the North American Continent, and as we have previously reported upon in numerous reports including our July 5th report titled "Massive Raising of Atlantic Ocean Bed Triggers Current Changes As North American Plate Pressures Build To ‘Unprecedented Levels’ Scientists Report", that the out gassing of Carbon Dioxide from the ocean floors have caused massive fish deaths and created ‘Dead Zones’ surrounding the entire North American Continent, and as we can read as reported by the Associated Press News Service in their article titled "Scientists: Red tide choked off oxygen to Gulf floor" and which says;

"An unusually fierce red tide bloom this summer has choked off oxygen and killed undersea life in a large region of the Gulf of Mexico bottom about 10 miles offshore, scientists said. The area between northern Pinellas and Pasco counties covers some of the spots where divers previously reported a "dead zone" void of sea life. Preliminary results of the research were reported Monday following a research cruise by scientists last week."
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http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index802.htm

Jeb Bush has just pushed for massive oil drilling out in the Gulf of Mexico. Unbelievable. Opening up the shores of Florida to potential massive ecological disasters.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

17. That website is chock full of unhinged gibberish...

...about the horsemen of the apocalypse, end of the world, and all other sorts of irrational nonsense. Why, oh why, would you use that site as a source for anything?

[whistle]

25. Bad choice but it popped up when I googled Gulf of Mexico earthquake

...and I read through to where it was discussing the increasing threat to Russia and North America and where it referenced the rising doom on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico and thought I should share that much anyway. Then I went back to reading the rest of it and realized it might be the Russian extreme of Apocalyptic nonsense. Sorry...

[Selatius]

18. The New Madrid fault is dormant but still poses a threat

The thing runs from the Gulf up to somewhere near the intersection of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. The last earthquake there forced the Mississippi River to move backward because it was so violent.

http://www.tuppenceworth.ie/biglife/quake.html

[SPKrazy]

21. Not Dormant

there are earthquakes along that fault all the time

[ChiciB1]

22. Well I CAN Attest To The RED TIDE Lately.... It's Horrible!

I live about a mile from Nokomis Beach and I even had to stop walking my labrador retriever! At first I stopped the morning walk and decided to walk her around 8:00 PM, then it was 10:00 PM but then I stopped. Today it's not so bad and I don't know why, maybe it's because we had a lot of rain last night. But it has been really "stinko" around here! I need to do some yard work but it's impossible! The smell of dead fish and other critters are extremely "pungent!"

But and Earthquake? We didn't feel a thing here!

[watercolors]

20. never felt a thing

we are just east of Orlando! I've heard reports it was felt as far as Merritt Island, My daughter"s house is up on pillings, she is on the river, said they felt a slght rolling movement.

[ChiciB1]

23. I'm Much Closer Than Orlando & As I Said... Nothing Here!

If Tampa felt something, I'm sure we should have felt something! Just south of Tampa in Sarasota area!

[Selatius]

24. On February 10 of this year, there was another earthquake there

http://culturelifesciencenews.blogspot.com/2006/02/52-earthquake-dead-center-in-gulf-of.html



A mid-sized earthquake shook the Gulf of Mexico today. This is where it is geologically pretty stable. It is also right next to the huge salt domes where much of the oil and gas is being extracted. A retired geologist, Mr. Jack M. Reed, theorized there has to be a hidden tectonic plate segment in this spot and it is not only geologically active but is responsible for triggering the New Madrid Quakes.



Does it not seem Jack Reed's theory has some merit to it???

[BootinUp]

27. interesting

So that red line connects previous earthquakes of 5 or more magnitude.

[Janice325]

26. I live in Stone Mountain, but didn't feel a thing, but that doesn't mean

anything. (I can be quite oblivious to some stuff).
Perhaps Mother Earth is really,really pissed off.