Earthquake in West Virginia

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:15 pm

Over near Barrett in Boone county.

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 3.5
Date-Time Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 21:37:08 UTC
Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 04:37:08 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 37.882Â°N, 81.672Â°W
Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) set by location program
Region WEST VIRGINIA
Distances 15 km (9 miles) NE (45Â°) from Amherstdale-Robinette, WV
16 km (10 miles) SW (228Â°) from Whitesville, WV
17 km (11 miles) SW (215Â°) from Sylvester, WV
234 km (146 miles) NNW (328Â°) from Winston-Salem, NC
320 km (199 miles) SSW (208Â°) from Pittsburgh, PA
Map:
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Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:32 pm

The jokes just write themselves on this one.

lastone · Post by **lastone** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:41 pm

I would think a collapsing large deep mine could cause something like this. Looks too shallow to be a "Real" earthquake.

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:23 am

hey look that was near Cow Creek Road...

[/absolutely no idea where this is]

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:06 am

lastone wrote:I would think a collapsing large deep mine could cause something like this.

Ditto.

It would be like the time when the microwave paths on top of Horsepen Mountain were lost when the top of the mountain suddenly became eight feet shorter.

cgarison · Post by **cgarison** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:58 am

It looks like Massey's Long Wall Weapon of Mass Destruction is performing quite well.

I will have to say that if what I felt when a portion of a mine collapsed back in 1999 was less than a 3.5 magnitude, this shook the bloody hell out of Boone Co.

Scott Reppert · Post by **Scott Reppert** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:21 am

Hey, I spent an evening with Pat Taylor after half a dozen Yann dogs, a sub from the Parkway, a fries and salad from the Poky Dot, two quarts of Colt .45 all topped off with a Mug root beer from the "Stereo 98" soda machine in the motel hallway. I know earthquakes...