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AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE SOUTHEAST

Posted by hbk459 on July 23, 2006 - 4:08 AM

I have always heard that there was a great fault line that goes through every state in the south east,central us,its name is the GREAT MADRID fault line,recently as 3 days ago there was a 2.5 quake on the fault,in the past about every 27-35 years in the late 1800's and early 1900's there was quakes in ga and sc,i remember when hugo hit sc there was a 3.0 quake was detected under the damn at clarks hill.Does anyone know if the emergency management team in augusta has plans if a quake hits and causes damage there?there was several small quakes here in alabama last week,yes there are so small you dont really feel them but the madrid fault will rupture again,i think the recent small quakes are signs that a bigger one is on the way.With all the plants in the southeast that can cause severe damage if they are damaged does anyone have plans to deal with it?thats my qustion?Augusta is close to a very dangerous plant SRS,what would happen if a quake happens miles away and srs is severly damaged,are people ready,able to respond?There has been so called physics,prophets who has predicted that the madrid fault will wake up and shake so long and so hard that it splits the us in half,laugh if you want no one really knows what power is under our feet,take heed,plan,ask qustions your well being could be at stake.iam not trying to scare anyone or cause an uproar i want people to know the dangers and know what to do if and when it happens,and its going to happen,just because people are on this planet does not mean mother earth is going to keep quit just because we are here.

Submitted by hbk459 on July 23, 2006 - 11:23 AM.

since the 16th of this month,close to adak arkansa has had 21 earthquakes of a 3.0 or greater,thats on the madrid fault line,thats why i have been wondering if the southeast,central us could deal with a massive earthquake,i hope so because madrid is awake and its angry.


Submitted by sandeep on July 25, 2006 - 5:08 PM.

i believe there were some minor tremors this year in the evans area..


Submitted by lazydazy on July 26, 2006 - 10:12 AM.

If a quake on the Madrid fault hit with the magnitude that would "split us in half", I don't really think there's any preparing for it. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. I just don't see any need in worrying about it. There would be no warning, which means there would be no emergency evacuatiions or anything like that to prepare for.

And if you're worried about an earthquake disturbing a chemical plant in the area, you should be more worried about DSM and Solvay. They would cause more immediate damage than SRS should a major earthquake hit this area.


Submitted by weekapaug05 on July 31, 2006 - 4:04 PM.

Yeah dude Charleston, SC is on a fault line perhaps this Madrid one you speak of and I've felt a little rumble or two while I lived there. There was a tremor a couple years ago there.