Re: That was fun.

[Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>]

Neat! If anyone can grab it on VHS for me I'd appreciate it!

-Kara

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Erich Schroeder wrote:

> If there is anyone on the list within the broadcast region of WICS 
> (channel 20 in Springfield, IL) they are going to be interviewing one of 
> our geologists about earthquakes in Illinois. A while back we had a 
> project in which we mapped "liquifaction features" in the Wabash valley. 
> These are features produced when the earth is shook (shaken?) hard enough 
> so that a layer of sand begins to flow like a liquid--sometimes forming a 
> geyser-like blow.
> 
> These features stay visible in the ground for a very long time, and we 
> were able to document hundreds of large earthquakes spanning over the last 
> 8,000 years.
> 
> eks
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Steven Pritchard wrote:
> 
> > I probably should have been more specific...  :-)
> > 
> > Apparently there were two separate quakes: a 5.0 in Darmstadt, IN
> > (near Evansville)
> > 
> >     http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/usfnbk.html
> > 
> > and a 4.4 in Brookport, IL (near Paducah, KY)
> > 
> >     http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/nm571.html
> > 
> > As near as I can tell, I felt both, but just barely.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> 
> 

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