Earthquake thread

How awful, seems to be happening more and more, what a shame. Hope that losses are at a minimum.

seekermeister said:

With all of the quake threads in the Chillout Room, I'm beginning to feel that this is the internet seismic center.

Maybe it should be re-named!

That's a big quake for anywhere, the building codes in the outer areas of China are not very good, hope they can get some help there. Still pretty cold there this time of year.

I live 400 yards (metres) from the Headquarters of the Shelterbox charity and they were in action within 17 minutes of the disaster being announced. They are truly wonderful people and I am privileged to know many of them personally.
See here:
ReliefWeb » Document » ShelterBox responds to earthquake in Western China

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has rattled parts of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...arthquake.html

Bare Foot Kid said:

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has rattled parts of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...arthquake.html

4.9? Down here in SoCal, we call those speed bumps.

Probably Yellowstone getting ready to explode and annihilate us all.

Airbot said:

Probably Yellowstone getting ready to explode and annihilate us all.

It going to wake the New Madrid Seismic Zone and that with Yellowstone will be the end.

PERTH, Australia (AFP) – A record 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Australia's Goldfields region Tuesday, damaging buildings, injuring two people and closing the massive "Super Pit" gold mine.

Record quake hits Australia's Goldfields, two hurt - Yahoo! News