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Does Louisiana get little earthquakes?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:53 am
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:53 am
Sometimes I can feel little rumblings on the floor in my house when I'm laying down. Is that just me being paranoid or is it something more?
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Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:55 am to Macintosh504
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something more
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:55 am to Macintosh504
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Sometimes I can feel little rumblings on the floor in my house when I'm laying down. Is that just me being paranoid or is it something more?
House is settling, maybe.
Again, I ran a questions thread on Earthquakes this week.
Some of these questions are answered in it:
LINK
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:57 am to Macintosh504
In parts on Nola ground shakes from heavy truck passing nearby
Irish bayou had a mild earthquake in 1989
D ville had a good one long before any of us were born
Irish bayou had a mild earthquake in 1989
D ville had a good one long before any of us were born
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:01 am to Macintosh504
Do you live near railroad tracks?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:02 am to Macintosh504
Do you eat a lot of spicy foods?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:06 am to Macintosh504
That's a train
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:06 am to Macintosh504
I felt the earth move the other night.
One too many cocktails
One too many cocktails
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:09 am to Macintosh504
Big Mac you sure you didn't fart?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:10 am to Macintosh504
Every once in a while.
A few years back the windows shook a little. You wouldn't have even noticed unless you were right by one.
The better shake in BR was when the Space Shuttle used to fly over and the sonic boom would hit.
Dairy Queen is pretty good, too.
A few years back the windows shook a little. You wouldn't have even noticed unless you were right by one.
The better shake in BR was when the Space Shuttle used to fly over and the sonic boom would hit.
Dairy Queen is pretty good, too.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:13 am to Macintosh504
Yes
There's actually a fault that runs right underneath Catholic High
There's actually a fault that runs right underneath Catholic High
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:34 pm to Macintosh504
I think the michoud fault is one of the most active faults in the nation only we can't really feel it because of the soft ground.
At least that's what munier told us in one of the surveying classes that I took with him.
At least that's what munier told us in one of the surveying classes that I took with him.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 2:27 pm to Macintosh504
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:36 pm to Macintosh504
Do you live near a salt dome?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:45 pm to Macintosh504
Several years ago I visited the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) out in Livingston Parish. See LIGO to better understand the research.
When I visited their control room, one of the monitors that is used to detect changes in the laser had been shut off for a short period of time before I arrived. They explained that they have to shut off the monitor when there are earthquakes.
That took the visitors by surprise due to the fact, as Louisianians, we never feel earthquakes. They elaborated further that LA experiences hundreds to a thousand quakes a year, typically daily, but that we never feel them because of our soft soil. Most are small and virtually imperceptible to us because of our soil conditions. However, their laser monitors easily pick them up.
Thus, the simple answer to the question is yes, but we don't feel them.
When I visited their control room, one of the monitors that is used to detect changes in the laser had been shut off for a short period of time before I arrived. They explained that they have to shut off the monitor when there are earthquakes.
That took the visitors by surprise due to the fact, as Louisianians, we never feel earthquakes. They elaborated further that LA experiences hundreds to a thousand quakes a year, typically daily, but that we never feel them because of our soft soil. Most are small and virtually imperceptible to us because of our soil conditions. However, their laser monitors easily pick them up.
Thus, the simple answer to the question is yes, but we don't feel them.
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 11:47 pm
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