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rts551
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Just got back from 6 weeks of Abreojos. We only felt 1 of these quakes and it was real mild. So far they seem to be isolated to the Asuncion area.
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Bajagypsy
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Anyone here from shari or her daughter? worried that there have been no posts lately.
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Mexitron
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I'm wondering how common it is to have earthquakes so close to the surface that they are only felt in such a local vicinity...seems like magma banging
around makes more sense but I'm no geologist.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
I'm wondering how common it is to have earthquakes so close to the surface that they are only felt in such a local vicinity...seems like magma banging
around makes more sense but I'm no geologist. |
I absolutely agree with you Mexi, something is shaking that area only, and since the town sits on bedrock it cant be that far underground. I know
that Hollister California is considered the earthquake capitol since they have more quakes there than anywhere but nothing like what is going on in
Asuncion.
Since there is no recent history of this activity in the area it could all settle down again for a couple thousand years.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
I'm wondering how common it is to have earthquakes so close to the surface that they are only felt in such a local vicinity...seems like magma banging
around makes more sense but I'm no geologist. |
All depends on the local bedrock, and how well it will transfer shaking. Think of banging on a wooden table with something like a coin balanced on its
side. it'll take a medium to big pounding to get it to fall over. Now do the same thing with a table made out of jello...not much effort needed. Now
do the same thing with a stone table....now you really have to be close to get the coin to fall over.
By the way, Los Angeles fits into the Jello model.....
Based on where the quakes are centered (off-shore) I am more inclined to think it's movement along an off-shore fault than magma moving around below
Asunción.
[Edited on 12-3-2006 by Taco de Baja]
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I hear what you're saying Taco but even if the bedrock is uber stable a 6.0 earthquake is gonna hit farther away, no? Are earthquakes that close to
the surface very common? That and the swarming behavior of the quakes and the "venting" that Shari saw is kind of suspicious. Did you read about the
venting that people saw in nearby Bahia Cristobal years ago? Still, I know the probability of a magma event is quite low but interesting to
speculate.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
thanks, I'm back in the house now as it hadn't rumbled for a half hour...ohhhhh no not again...just when I thought it was calming down. A fellow on a
sailboat said it was better when there are lots of little ones to avoid the big one....I don't know what the heck to believe. That will be the 13th
one in the last hour and a bit. People have now reported lots of things falling off walls and cracking houses. Pretty darn exciting but I hope it
doesn't get anymore exciting. I'm gonna make myself a margerita to calm my nerves. |
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kellychapman
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A MARGARITA......listen to me closely......just go get a big bottle of Don Julio and put it in a plastic container with some ice and don't forge to
squeeze a few limon's in it.....keep it close to you at all times and if all else fails you too can shake rattle and roll in your current
enviornment...or sober up and get the hell out of that area........god bless everyone and everything around and may you be safe.
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kellychapman
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oops....and 3 shots of damiana......thats the ticket....yummmmmmmmm......
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Shari and familia probably at San Roque with no net access..
I certainly hope so! gp
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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hey Ralph e me at home....
gonna keep Alaska and Abreojos...
dump Florida, enough of the lower 48...needed a while here to realize we don't want to be here.
george
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| Quote: | Originally posted by kellychapman
oops....and 3 shots of damiana......thats the ticket....yummmmmmmmm...... |
Ohhhh YES! That IS the ticket.... Damiana served cold!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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put the Damiana inside the container with Don Julio and a few limon squeezes and ice......that's the kind of medicine you would need to handle the
situation.......I say plastic in case you should drop it.......a survival drink, because the first thing it effects is your judjement and if your in
deep trouble maybe it will not seem so scary....and hey....no one will know if your driving drunk as it would seem normal.....most of all I hope you
all know I am only trying to make light of a potential serious situation and certainly would not expect to be drunk if an emergency occur......be safe
and take care of yourself......then of course get drunk!!!!
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