Re: [Paddlewise] Puget-sound area paddlers...

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 10:46:57 -0500
At 02:32 PM 2/28/01 -0800, Jack Fu wrote:
>Not much damage here where I live in Seattle.
>
>The geologists are telling us that because the quake center was very
>deep, we probably won't get any aftershocks. (Just the same, I plan to
>sleep in my car tonight!)

Just don't park it near a brick building, okay.

I've been following the reports about the PNW quake somewhat because
I'm noticing several difference between this one and the Loma Prieta
quake in 1989 even though the magnitude was nearly the same.  The
depth on the Loma Prieta quake was 11 miles and that seems to have
made a big difference.  I lived 10 miles from it's epicenter and
felt a *lot* of aftershocks, a couple of which in the 5.0 range.
The scariest time was after the 7.1 quake just waiting for the
next aftershock, and more specifically wondering when they were
actually going to stop.  The waiting lasted for several weeks.

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