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JennGM
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Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 9:26am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Love all the scientific explanation! We eat this up!

What kind of bedrock does Japan have? Are you saying it wouldn't matter with that kind of quake?

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Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 9:29am | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
From the super-helpful USGS website:

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Western rock is relatively young, which means it absorbs a lot of the shaking caused by earthquakes. Thus, western earthquakes result in intense shaking close to the epicenter, but fade more quickly the farther the earthquakes travel.

In the eastern United States, on the other hand, the rock is far older, and so earthquakes can have a much larger and more widespread impact. Earthquake energy can therefore spread farther and have a greater impact.


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Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 11:05am | IP Logged Quote ShannonJ
It's funny because it definitely "shook" our house. The pool was sloshing about. Woke my hubby up. The second wave knocked down, my often wobbly, dd . I lived out in California for a bit and the quakes seemed more "rolling" than what we felt yesterday. Made for an exciting discussion!

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