At 06:20 AM 8/26/97 -0700, Peggy A. Stonnell wrote:

If I remember right, (someone who knows, please correct me -- what am I
thinking, of course someone will -- if I'm wrong) but I seem to remember
reading that there is a fault line through NY's Central Park.  People
don't think of earthquakes there because the area is more stable, ie
less stress on the faults, then the West Coast.  It always seems to
surprise people in the East when they have one, where as we here in the
west sort of have the expectation of the "Big One" bred in our bones.  And
I would rather be here, where the civil planners give it some thought than
in the East where it gets lower priority.

I would like to point out, though, that what is generally considered the
most major quake in US history happened in Missouri (the New Madrid Fault).
Reversed the course of the Mississippi River, was felt in Charleston, SC,
lots of other stuff that I don't remember.  IIRC, the people in the area
noticed that the animals all went crazy *before* it happened, and those
animals that could get out of the area, did.


Does anyone know if the Kanto Quake was the worst one in Japanese history?


Jeanne Hedge
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