> Is your area known for earthquakes? I don't remember hearing about them
> there before. /jnm
They're infrequent. But the Adirondacks are active, with hundreds of small
events a year. The granite transmits seismic energy pretty well. I heard a
geologist from Middlebury College on the radio, who said it may be the crust of
the earth, still popping back up from under the pressure of the glaciers!
I called my brother-in-law in L.A., who asked (between mouthfuls of chips) if
it was a "boomer", "shaker" or "roller". Well, I guess it was a "shaker" but
it felt like there was a train in the basement.
The town in N.Y. nearest the epicenter had a lot of damage to some old stone
churches . . . and to the liquor store, which sufferred a staggering loss of
inventory (except for the cheap vodka in the plastic bottles.)
Morgan
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