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[robmorg]

Largest Earthquakes in US

Actually, to set the record straight, if you believe this site, California and Missouri are tied for the larges earthquakes in the continental US. Both were a magnitude of 7.9 and both were in the 19th century. (This doesn't necessarily disprove Bob's premise as it doesn't take "faults" into consideration.)

Of the 25 largest recorded earthquakes in the US, the numbers break down like this...

• AK - 15
• CA - 4
• MO - 3
• NV - 2
• HI - 1

There is only one state that has had an earthquake of a magnitude of 8.0 or higher, and that is Alaska with eight of them.

AKSpyderMan better watch out up there. :yikes:

 

[wiredgeorge]

Actually, to set the record straight, if you believe this site, California and Missouri are tied for the larges earthquakes in the continental US. Both were a magnitude of 7.9 and both were in the 19th century. (This doesn't necessarily disprove Bob's premise as it doesn't take "faults" into consideration.) Of the 25 largest recorded earthquakes in the US, the numbers break down like this...

• AK - 15
• CA - 4
• MO - 3
• NV - 2
• HI - 1

There is only one state that has had an earthquake of a magnitude of 8.0 or higher, and that is Alaska with eight of them. AKSpyderMan better watch out up there. :yikes:

While Texas may be the biggest state in CONUS and by far the best, I guess we will let CA and MO fight for this title. The new Rock movie is about the only one I have heard of for awhile that shows any zip. Last one I went to see was American Sniper which was obviously a terrible movie since it couldn't win any awards... as I recall, the big Academy Award winners were.... errrr well, I can't recall and nobody saw them hehe

 

[finless]

Also looking at the movie trailer for this, it is highly inaccurate.

The San Andreas all the way up through San Francisco is a slip fault. It's not a subduction fault. As the fault moves up north from there out in the ocean along Oregon and Washington it becomes a subduction fault.

Slip faults on land do not cause title waves to come in on the area of the earthquake, It can send them out over the ocean though. So LA and SF won't see title waves from a earthquake on the San Andreas.

Now along Or and Wa, if that fault has an event, it is expected that title waves will roll in on Portland, Seattle, etc. That won't be good and could be worse than Japan's quake and tsunami's.

But either way, when the San Andreas goes and if it is big, it wont be fun and I am sure!

Bob