wingnut- Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,673 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7,358 Days Won: 67 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted May 2, 2015 http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/28960921/42-magnitude-earthquake-hits-central-michigan-shocks-felt-in-detroit-area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 2, 2015 I think Michigan is not a usual place for earthquakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingwalker Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 970 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 11 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/20/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 2, 2015 Hey wing, we have earthquakes all the time, and we dont feel them unless they are 5.0 or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut- Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,673 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7,358 Days Won: 67 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 No, definitely not. However the largest fault in North America runs along the Mississippi River and continues up directly beneath us. San Madrid or Madras, I forget now what the name of it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut- Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,673 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7,358 Days Won: 67 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 The dogs are still howling about it wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,098 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,834 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted May 2, 2015 welcome to our world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,098 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,834 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted May 2, 2015 We are having about one of those a week now.  We have had 1,778 quakes at 2.0 and above in the past year...  181 last month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut- Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,673 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7,358 Days Won: 67 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 We have had earthquakes before, but this is the highest magnitude one that I can ever recall, about twice as high as any of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udx Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 684 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 230 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/15/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted May 2, 2015 I bet it has something to do with fracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted May 2, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,709 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,523 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Not much fracking going on in Michigan. Love it how every time there's an earthquake everyone is eager to blame it on the oil field, regardless of whether there's any fracking going on nearby or not, and regardless of the fact they have yet to show any evidence that cracking can cause quakes of that magnitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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