Hi Lowell-

I see you are back. Ha.... I knew you you wouldn't be able to resist....
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"Anyway, I noticed this statement:
Today's epicenter is at distances from Vanuaut, Sumatera, and Iran
where strong (Ms>=6) earthquakes have occurred in the past several days.
These events probably aided in triggering the earthquake in northeast
China today.
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Are you saying that Mag 6+'s are possibly triggering at long range as well? Doesn't it take about 32000 (?) Mag 6's (or so) to make one Mag 7 quake? This is a big difference in energy between the M6's and M7's and this point seems to be a change in what you had been saying before....

Anyway, nice report. I had heard that Maine had lots of black flies or bugs that bite alot and hope that you are not drenched in OFF bug spray this time of year and all....