[Skywise]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/e...al_summary

Rattled quite an area. I'm sure that frayed a few nerves.

I had lived not 20 miles south of the epicenter for a short time when I was a kid.

Brian

[Island Chris]

And a news article:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/02/us/michiga...index.html

The focal mechanism (in the USGS link) is strike-slip with ENE-WSW shortening. The maximum principle (principal?) stress axis is generally ENE-WSW in eastern USA, although I think the Virginia quake a few years ago was not consistent with that.

Chris

[KathyKeegan]

(05-03-2015, 10:40 AM)Island Chris Wrote: And a news article:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/02/us/michiga...index.html

The focal mechanism (in the USGS link) is strike-slip with ENE-WSW shortening. The maximum principle (principal?) stress axis is generally ENE-WSW in eastern USA, although I think the Virginia quake a few years ago was not consistent with that.

Chris

I have some friends up there that went through that. Woke them up. It mainly rattled pictures on walls and wiggled some pottery. Lasted about 30 seconds.