CaneTalk: Re: 7.3 (estimated) in 1886

Re: 7.3 (estimated) in 1886

Posted by Chris in Tampa on 6/6/2009, 9:23 pm

Upon further reading, 7.3 is only an estimate anyway. The guy who developed the Richter scale was not even born yet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

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This is an interesting article published after the San Francisco earthquake:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906.2/charleston.html
Seems like Charleston rebuilt quickly.

Damage photos from 1886 Charleston quake:
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/1886EQ/

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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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