Strong earthquake in China
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Ohh shoot! Just read about it here: Hundreds dead in China quake, Xinhua reports - CNN.com
I have family over there! I hope they are ok....
Jay
I have family over there! I hope they are ok....
Jay
Jay - hope your family is doing well. You didn't mention where "over there" was. By the reports I've seen, even those in Tibet are fine, and it's closest. Any westerner hiking around the areas where that quake was probably has a lot more to be worried about being tried and killed as a "spy" then from the earthquake - so I suspect they're fine.
For those that don't know - China's not a "small" place. When we have a quake in California, people in the midwest aren't dyin' in droves. The distances are similar. From the mountains around Tibet out to Shenzen (where V4L's products are probably being manufactured) is nearly a couple thousand miles if my memory of the geography serves, with a handful of good size mountain ranges in between - some of the most rugged in the world. Where that quake was centered is actually a little closer, give or take, to Thailand or Vietnam... Far closer to India than to the Coast near Hong Kong.
For those that don't know - China's not a "small" place. When we have a quake in California, people in the midwest aren't dyin' in droves. The distances are similar. From the mountains around Tibet out to Shenzen (where V4L's products are probably being manufactured) is nearly a couple thousand miles if my memory of the geography serves, with a handful of good size mountain ranges in between - some of the most rugged in the world. Where that quake was centered is actually a little closer, give or take, to Thailand or Vietnam... Far closer to India than to the Coast near Hong Kong.
I wonder if Leaford felt it? Where are you Leaford?
We felt the Mexico quake which was 7.2 pretty good in So Cal.
We felt the Mexico quake which was 7.2 pretty good in So Cal.
That's our Adrenalynn, always the voice of reason.
Truthfully though, all I caught was the headline this morning, and my first two thoughts were, "I hope everyone is okay," and then, "I wonder if the e-cig factories made it alright?"
Truthfully though, all I caught was the headline this morning, and my first two thoughts were, "I hope everyone is okay," and then, "I wonder if the e-cig factories made it alright?"
I wonder if Leaford felt it? Where are you Leaford?
We felt the Mexico quake which was 7.2 pretty good in So Cal.
JenJen - the question is whether they felt the Mexico quake in Chicago or Kansas... That's the kinda distance we're talking from Leaford to the epicenter.
The distance from LA proper to the Mexicali quake epicenter was somewhere in the neighborhood of 150mi. There's no magnitude on the scale that would even make that quake possible to feel in Kansas or Chicago - and the Sierra's are just little mole-hills by comparison to the ranges we're talking about.
And the China quake was 6.2ish from what I saw last night on quake.usgs news. So an entire magnitude less power.
Stormfinch - I try.
JenJen - the question is whether they felt the Mexico quake in Chicago or Kansas... That's the kinda distance we're talking from Leaford to the epicenter.
The distance from LA proper to the Mexicali quake epicenter was somewhere in the neighborhood of 150mi. There's no magnitude on the scale that would even make that quake possible to feel in Kansas or Chicago - and the Sierra's are just little mole-hills by comparison to the ranges we're talking about.
And the China quake was 6.2ish from what I saw last night on quake.usgs news. So an entire magnitude less power.
Stormfinch - I try.
Oh I know, just wondering if he felt even a rumble lol
Probably depends on which way the fault line goes.
I felt the China quake here in Western PA.....
No wait.....that was just gas....
Nevermind....
No wait.....that was just gas....
Nevermind....
Given two facts of life:
1. The character of Charlie Epps is becoming something of a "hero" of mine and
2. I'm good at being obnoxious if nothing else
I decided to check-up on my geography recollection, pin-point the quake, and give us all a sense of scale.
The image below overlays the US (rotated) and China. The scale is accurate on both.
The image is position such that the Mexicali Quake overlays the China Quake.
Los Angeles is marked (not picking on you, JenJen, not by a long-shot, but it's a familiar marking.) Leaford's location is also marked, although approximate (I just figured somewhere within ~20mi of Shenzhen, where the vast majority of manufacturing takes place)
We can see by comparison that Leaford is in Louisiana by scale. (!) So we should be asking if people in Louisiana and Witchita felt the Mexicali quakes, by comparison.
1. The character of Charlie Epps is becoming something of a "hero" of mine and
2. I'm good at being obnoxious if nothing else
I decided to check-up on my geography recollection, pin-point the quake, and give us all a sense of scale.
The image below overlays the US (rotated) and China. The scale is accurate on both.
The image is position such that the Mexicali Quake overlays the China Quake.
Los Angeles is marked (not picking on you, JenJen, not by a long-shot, but it's a familiar marking.) Leaford's location is also marked, although approximate (I just figured somewhere within ~20mi of Shenzhen, where the vast majority of manufacturing takes place)
We can see by comparison that Leaford is in Louisiana by scale. (!) So we should be asking if people in Louisiana and Witchita felt the Mexicali quakes, by comparison.
I was only concerned because that was the region they were in. But I heard they are doing ok.
No new news on how of the other people they went with are.
Heres hoping!
Jay
No new news on how of the other people they went with are.
Heres hoping!
Jay
Thanks for the concern everyone! But I was actually at home in San Fran at the time.
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