RE: Earthquakes

["Mark Scholten" <mark () streamservice nl>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen () delong com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:48 PM
> To: Jeroen van Aart
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: Earthquakes
>
>
> On Mar 24, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> LOL @ NL creating artificial earthquake faults because they're Jealous
> of California's natural seismic events. ;-)

Sorry for being jealous ;)

At least we create them and in California they just happen.

Mark