An earthquake woke me up!!

Ronni

Ronni

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Nashville TN
Sleeping peacefully, and around 3.15 my time was shaken awake by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake! Really? In Tennessee? The epicenter was actually in Decatur TN, about 150 miles from Nashville. But it was strong enough to wake me, and cause things on my shelves to rattle. I just lay there, wondering if that was the pre-shock to a bigger one, but no, there was one milder after shock and that was it. Took me a while to relax and go back to sleep.

I used to live in California, and lived through a couple of horrendous quakes...anyone familiar with the Whittier/Narrows quake? That was the last one before I got the heck outta Dodge, I HATE the things. Tennessee isn't on a major fault line like California and the San Andreas fault, so it was surprising to discover, when I searched the net, that the eastern Tennessee seismic zone is one of the most active earthquake areas in the southeast.

[url]http://earthquake in Nashville[/URL]
 

Sort of wonder which is worse and, have been thru them:

Earthquakes (So California), Tropical Storms/Hurricanes (here in northeastern Florida) and Snowstorms/Blizzards (in Colorado).
 
We had an earthquake here in Maryland, about 7-8 years ago. Pretty mild, about a 3. A lot of people didn't know what was going on, as they are so rare here.
 

ClassicRockr said:
Sort of wonder which is worse and, have been thru them:

Earthquakes (So California), Tropical Storms/Hurricanes (here in northeastern Florida) and Snowstorms/Blizzards (in Colorado).
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Y'know, I had friends think I was nuts for moving to an area that is prone to tornados. :D My thought is that at least with tornados, there is usually some warning...weather conditions ripe for same, Watches, etc. And they are somewhat seasonal as well. I think hurricanes have similar attributes don't they? But earthquakes are COMPLETELY capricious, striking at any time or the day or night with zero warning. No thanks, I'll take tornados any day!!!
 
Anywhere there are mountains there will be earthquake faults. And plenty of non-mountainous areas have them, too.

There's no place on earth - and probably the universe - beyond the reach of Mother Nature's temperamental hand.
 
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