Thursday, October 18, 2012

Maine Earthquake Facts: How Unusual Was The Tremor On October 16th?

From OurAmazingPlanet: How unusual was the magnitude-4.0 earthquake that struck southern Maine on Oct. 16?Millions of Californians in schools, offices and hospitals paused their routines at 10:18 a.m. Thursday to participate in an earthquake drill billed as the largest such safety exercise in U.S. history. In the east portal lobby of Union Station inThe Notre Dame high school team in Cabaret, Haiti, was going through its practice rhythms when, six miles below the surface, the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates shifted: earthquake. “Everyone was scared,” Francois, now a freshman forwardBrayden Woods, 10, crouches under a desk in the library of Michael T. Simmons Elementary School during the Washington ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. (Chelsea Krotzer/Staff writer). All was quiet in the library of Michael TA building permit consultant has been hired as San Francisco's first earthquake safety czar.
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