I was just in an earthquake for the third time in my life, and I think this might have been the most intense. The whole building moved slightly and my shelves swayed back and forth. And that’s not the most interesting part. The interesting part is how much data is already available on the internet. Within about ten minutes the quake information was already available on the USGS Earthquake website. The quake with a 5.6 magnitude occurred 10 miles NNE of Dillon, MT, which is southwest of Helena. The USGS site also has an area where people can fill out a form about their earthquake experience for the purpose of gatherings statistics about earthquakes. Just over a half hour after the quake, 1371 Montanans, Idahoans, and Washingtonians had filled out the survey. That’s amazing to me. This Interweb thing is really cool.
The Shakes
July 25th, 2005 · 2 Comments
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1 Anonymous // Jul 26, 2005 at 1:21 pm
I was wondering if you were by the 5.6 quake…were the other 2 in SD i didn’t know they had earthquakes????????????
2 Nicole // Jul 26, 2005 at 10:33 pm
The first earthquake was in Mexicali, Mexico. At the time, I thought a loud truck had rumbled by, then later found out it was an earthquake. The second time was in Vermillion, SD. I was at the office working and the whole building shook a little. I think the epicenter for that one was somewhere in Nebraska.
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