CaneTalk: 7.3 in 1886

7.3 in 1886

Posted by Chris in Tampa on 6/6/2009, 9:14 pm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1886_09_01.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake
Some places note it as being 7.5, but most including the USGS say 7.3.

The earthquake did not occur along the boundary of two tectonic plates, which makes it rarer and less understood...

"Earthquakes occurring along boundaries of plates (e.g., San Francisco, 1906) are well understood in terms of plate tectonics, but those occurring within plates are not similarly understood. This problem still is being studied more than 100 years after the earthquake."
from the USGS link above.

Intraplate earthquake:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraplate_earthquake

In this thread:

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits mid-Atlantic Ocean - aquaRN, 6/6/2009, 5:42 pm

Re: Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits mid-Atlantic Ocean - Cape_Fear_NC, 6/6/2009, 8:39 pm
- Re: Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits mid-Atlantic Ocean - aquaRN, 6/6/2009, 8:52 pm
  - 7.3 in 1886 - Chris in Tampa, 6/6/2009, 9:14 pm
    - Re: 7.3 in 1886 - Cape_Fear_NC, 6/6/2009, 10:04 pm
    - Re: 7.3 (estimated) in 1886 - Chris in Tampa, 6/6/2009, 9:23 pm
      - Re: 7.3 (estimated) in 1886 - Cape_Fear_NC, 6/6/2009, 10:20 pm
      - Re: 7.3 (estimated) in 1886 - BobbiStorm, 6/6/2009, 10:09 pm
Re: Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits mid-Atlantic Ocean - aquaRN, 6/6/2009, 5:45 pm
- Re: Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits mid-Atlantic Ocean - JAC, 6/6/2009, 5:55 pm

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