They had an earthquake last night, it make me wonder
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well depending on how well it's built, the same thing that would happen to any reactor hear in the US if it core was breached. You would have a radiation leak
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I was at work, watching the Today show with Matt Lauer and Katie Couric.....I was stunned when I saw what happened.  It was chaotic, our office shut down and we were told to go home.  The courts closed and everyone went home in a frenzy and this was in Miami.
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You won't be warned.  The earth will just start moving.  The danger isn't the earthquake.  The dangers are the things that fall on you, the fires that burn after (assuming gas lines or electricity or some source of fire and fuel).
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Yes and no!\n\nYes - the amount of energy released when the fault slips dictates the force of the shock waves.\n\nBut the No is also important.   A deep high magnitude earthquake may not rattle a cup because most of it's energy is absorbed before it reaches the surface.  Where a relatively much lighter earthquake on the surface could cause devesatation.
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You mean earthquakes?  Spelling it right is probably a good starting point.
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I agree 100% with you on this one. As a matter of fact, just the other night, the electricity went off. I woke up sweating because my A/C went off, went to get the phone in total darkness and remembered that IT NEEDS ELECTRICITY TO WORK, so I couldn't call the electric people, I would just have to wait it out. Looked around for a candle, which I don't buy for necessity and more just looks and the darn thing was burned down because I had used it the other day to make the house smell good...lol!\n\nStarted worrying about an hour later because I had to wake up from work and the alarm was not on (no electricity, remember) so I had to stay awake until it came back on, in the heat, with NO light and no phone!\n\nFor 2 hours I was lost and I didn't like it. But do you think I will be prepared for it next time, probably not :)\n\nGood Question!
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We had an earthquake here back in 1989, it was huge, a lot of damage done, a few people perished. It was measured at 5.9 on the scale & went for about 15 seconds with smaller tremors afterwards. \nGenerally speaking, if the ground starts to crack thats a pretty good sign to move fast! And no, the ground does not "swallow you up" it is, as mentioned above, the earth moving. The plates under the ground's surface shift, creating the earth to...quake :o)\nGo here for some more information on protecting yourself:\nhttp://americaninsurancedepot.com/protectyourself/earthquake.htm
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maybe i am not sure it may be the things that happened
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I don't have an article, but I was listening to NPR last night, and the commentator was saying the evacuation was really bungled due to an organization and communication problem. No one took charge and said, hey I'm running the show, get 2000 buses and send them down, because no one felt they were in charge. FEMA, State & local police, National Guard, all were not sure what the other guys were doing and so waited for overall direction, which never really came.
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For a good outline of what happened, see:\nhttp://quakeinfo.ucsd.edu/~gabi/erth15/lecture09/vesuvius.html\n\nThis appears to give some pretty good information regarding it also:\nhttp://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_storia.htm
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Shaking thru the night!!!!
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yes, exactly earth quakes repeated many times, so it is not sure when they repeat, and whts ur question exactly u wanna earthquake completely to the earth at the same time.?\ntil now it is not discovered and can not be detected when they wil occur to take precautions
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the earth's techtonic plates rubbed together, and the ground shook.
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This is very strange but yes SB. One night it was very stormy, wind blowing, lightning with thunder cracking loudly....I was in the embalming area of the mortuary, there were five bodies. It was eerily quiet inside even with all the noise outside. I was alone, the only living soul with five dead. Been there, done that a thousand times, but somehow this night was different. Suddenly my foot started to tap on the cold, hard, cement floor. I took my rubber gloves off and began to snap my thumb and finger, whistling an unknown tune, my head was moving to the beat of a mystery song.\n\n     Wait.....did I hear a voice? Can't be, I am here alone,\nbut am I really alone? More voices, one than two, now three, four , five! Snapping my fingers, tapping my foot, moving my head.....five voices and me. What is it, what could this strange phenomena be? I am not scared, just curious. What are they singing, what is it. As I looked around the embalming area the five bodies were snapping their fingers SB, seriously. Their heads were rocking from side to side, they were tapping their feet against the bottom of the casket.  What is this , what are they singing!\n\n     Then it came to me, the sounds became clearer, the mystery solved......the voices in unison singing:\n   \n     "The hills are alive, with the sound of music."\n\n   We all sang together, a harmony so beautiful, so intense.\n\nIt was a very heartwarming experience, you really had to be there.
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There are literally hundreds of earthquakes every day.  Thankfully most are small.\n\nSome faults are well documented and a loose prediction that they will slip sometime in the near to middle future can be made but with very little accuracy.
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It happened. Could happen again if that's what God decided, but he made a promise to us that it wouldn't (thus the rainbow)\nBut yes, it could happen. Whether there's enough water or not, let's not forget the ice, and if some earth needed to be dropped a little so the water could cover it, guess what God would send? an Earthquake! So that's what I think. It happened. Kind of amazing but that's what he is!
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The scientists are saying that a "big one" is going to happen. It's not a question of "if", its "when." And they don't know when, it is still, unfortuneatley, impossible to predict earthquakes. They have specials on this topic on the Discovery Channel, so check out your local listings so you can see. I think there's even a movie. Anyways, there is also a huge fault by Washington.