There is a fault line that runss under the eastern U.S
called the Ramapo fault. Unlike the San Andreas though
it's just a crack in the earth and not a place where
two plates join. However it is specualted that since
the rocks in the east are older and cooler earhtquakes
are more violent and can do more damage.
Mark Lloyd
--- "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is your area known for earthquakes? I don't remember
> hearing about them
> there before. /jnm
>
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> Subject: [OM] OM-2 survives earthquake
>
>
> Around 7 this morning my house started to shake
> violently, and continued
> shaking for about 15 seconds. Among other things,
> an OM-2 was sent to the
> floor from a high shelf. It hit a dresser, then the
> floor. It earned a
> little ding on the prism, and the metal base of the
> rubber lens hood is
> dented. But it seems to work fine, along with the
> 35-70 lens.
>
> The quake was centered about 12 miles west, across
> Lake Champlain in the
> Adirondack Mts. of N.Y. State. Some fellow there had
> a chimney land on his
> car.
>
> Morgan
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