Re: Earthquakes

[Jeroen van Aart <jeroen () mompl net>]

Owen DeLong wrote:
> I've been through more than one quake in the 5.2-5.5 range, so, perhaps they are
> rare in the Netherlands (6 million years or so), but, in California they are much more
> frequent, perhaps 5-7 years or so.

Well, 6 million years was a "slight" exaggeration to get a point across. 
The Netherlands doesn't really have any quakes due to faultlines (there 
aren't any). But it does have the occasional quake due to coal/gas 
mining. Where the ground compacts or something like it.