Earthquake in West Virginia

[genlock]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 10uiam.php

Says Man but actually between Sarah Ann and Rita.
Looks from Google earth like you could get there by going up Chauncey hollow or up #4 hollow.
A couple of ridges east of the slate dump/garbage dump for #15 mine.
No report on any spilled beer.

[Waveguide]

...... and the earth (in West, by God, Virginia ) moved.........
Babies will be born from this event.

Was there a full moon too???....

[Big Media]

I am sure this earthquake had nothing to do with the 6 or 7 active mine sites within a few miles of the epicenter.

[genlock]

Old parts of #15, Stirratt and whatever the number of Crystal Block coal & Coke might have run thru there.
The old West Virginia coal and coke, Omar #4 was a huge mine in it's day. Maybe some of it was up there.
I have no knowledge of the mines around Rich Creek/Rita.

[fearpeddler]

and there is a 4-lane road being built through there right now as well....

[genlock]

A four lane road?
From where to where?

[Big Media]

[lastone]

The road was to go from Man to Logan but was de-funded in the middle of Man bridge several years ago. Completion date is now sometime in 3000, should Robert live that long. Much like the interstate from Beckly to Williamson.

[fearpeddler]

it was de-funded, but there is still work going on there that was paid for before funding was yanked..... thats roads mostly finished up through the man area, its mainy a few bridges needing to be built between logan and man to connect it all up now....

[genlock]

I don't think Sen Rockefeller will get us the money to complete it.
I assume the four-lanes will converge at Gilbert. (52/119/corridor and rte 10)
The Omar beltway.

[fearpeddler]

a couple of those bridges are pretty impressive considering the strange terrain some of them are spanning.... I was down that way last year and drove on a section of the completed highway....

[David Paleg]

Could there have been a chance that Mark H. went jogging near the epicenter?

[The Interpreter]

"Earthquake" may have been mining activity:

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/bri ... alse-alarm

[AmpedNow]

Much like the interstate from Beckly to Williamson.

Is this the "I-73" corridor that's been proposed for literally decades? Or a different road all together?

Well, one thing's for sure: nobody reading this will live long enough to see its completion...

Unless we score a bunch of that Obama money.

[Bob Campbell]

Should a major earthquake strike West Va. and level a lot of buildings, would it decrease or increase their value?

[genlock]

The best thing to happen to the I-73 project was the enlightened decision to use strip mines as the base for the road.
That is going to save millions of dollarrs in the Williamson (wimson) and Matewan areas alone. Maybe jobs too.

[lastone]

Should a major earthquake strike West Va. and level a lot of buildings, would it decrease or increase their value?

It would increase the property value but cost money to remove the mess. WV "mobile home" manufactures however, would have a field day!