EARTHQUAKE

[Los216]

We just had an Earthquake in Cleveland. No joke. Our whole building shook. It's on old High School building but that shit was shaking. Not my first Earthquake but it was my first at home in Cleveland. This is not normal.

 

[Lee]

There was an earthquake in the mid 80's that hit northeast ohio. They happen, there are non active fault lines there. What wouldn't be normal is a major earthquake in Ohio.

 

[bob2the2nd]

so just to add to some knowledge. The strongest earthquake to ever hit the continental US was in St Louis. So while the central US is not known for their earthquakes they definitely happen. Of note while the Madrin fault line (st louis) is known about the triggers to these earthquakes are not known about it. Because while these "fault lines" exist why they are moving and how isnt really understood.

that said northeast ohio sits right around one of these not well known areas so it actually has a good number of very minor quakes.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

4.0 centered in Eastlake. I know some folks on the east side who felt it, west side apparently didn't, for the most part.

 

[Sebastian]

The New Madrid seismic zone centered on the Mississippi on Missouri and Kentucky has the potential to be the most damaging in the US.

Whereas the Cascade Induction Zone can generate quakes in the 9.0 region, a 8.0 in the Midwest would be devastating because no one is prepared for strong quake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

 

[2 For The Brew]

The New Madrid seismic zone centered on the Mississippi on Missouri and Kentucky has the potential to be the most damaging in the US.

Whereas the Cascade Induction Zone can generate quakes in the 9.0 region, a 8.0 in the Midwest would be devastating because no one is prepared for strong quake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

Cascadia is more likely and probably a more direct threat to life than New Madrid. You're probably seen this:

The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest

When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Sebastian]

Cascadia is more likely and probably a more direct threat to life than New Madrid. You're probably seen this:

The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest

When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.

www.newyorker.com

This is true. But the PNW is prepared (as one can be). Buildings are built to seismic code.

If a 7.5 occurred anywhere in the Midwest tomorrow, it would be catastrophic because the buildings are not built to withstand any sort of quake and there is no emergency response plan in place for something of that magnitude.

Scientists and insurance professionals believe another quake similar to the New Madrid one of 1812 would cause more deaths and more damage than the Big One in either California or the PNW.

Bottom line: Clevelanders, in the event of the Big One, sacrifice yourselves and protect Baker Mayfield at all costs! You will be rewarded in Valhalla.

 

[JDailey23]

This is true. But the PNW is prepared (as one can be). Buildings are built to seismic code.

If a 7.5 occurred anywhere in the Midwest tomorrow, it would be catastrophic because the buildings are not built to withstand any sort of quake and there is no emergency response plan in place for something of that magnitude.

Scientists and insurance professionals believe another quake similar to the New Madrid one of 1812 would cause more deaths and more damage than the Big One in either California or the PNW.

Bottom line: Clevelanders, in the event of the Big One, sacrifice yourselves and protect Baker Mayfield at all costs! You will be rewarded in Valhalla.

This x1000. Save Baker!!

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

This is true. But the PNW is prepared (as one can be). Buildings are built to seismic code.

If a 7.5 occurred anywhere in the Midwest tomorrow, it would be catastrophic because the buildings are not built to withstand any sort of quake and there is no emergency response plan in place for something of that magnitude.

Scientists and insurance professionals believe another quake similar to the New Madrid one of 1812 would cause more deaths and more damage than the Big One in either California or the PNW.

Bottom line: Clevelanders, in the event of the Big One, sacrifice yourselves and protect Baker Mayfield at all costs! You will be rewarded in Valhalla.

Save the pierogies!

Then save Baker.

 

[Stark]

There was an earthquake at a game at Progressive Field once in like 2010/2011.

Matt and Rick were up in the booth not even understanding what was going on since their booth was shaking. Minor things around the Cleveland area happen. If we got rocked by like a 7.5, then yeah, that's not normal.

 

[Cratylus]

The New Madrid seismic zone centered on the Mississippi on Missouri and Kentucky has the potential to be the most damaging in the US.

Whereas the Cascade Induction Zone can generate quakes in the 9.0 region, a 8.0 in the Midwest would be devastating because no one is prepared for strong quake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

 

[2 For The Brew]

This is true. But the PNW is prepared (as one can be). Buildings are built to seismic code.

If a 7.5 occurred anywhere in the Midwest tomorrow, it would be catastrophic because the buildings are not built to withstand any sort of quake and there is no emergency response plan in place for something of that magnitude.

Scientists and insurance professionals believe another quake similar to the New Madrid one of 1812 would cause more deaths and more damage than the Big One in either California or the PNW.

Bottom line: Clevelanders, in the event of the Big One, sacrifice yourselves and protect Baker Mayfield at all costs! You will be rewarded in Valhalla.

PNW is not as protected as it should be - article points that out.

The real issue is the much higher probability of a PNW quake. The Midwest is in the center of a plate and therefore not in a subduction zone - except for NEO from 1964 - 2016.

 

[Sebastian]

So reading up on the fault situation in Ohio, Cleveland actually lies on one of the more troublesome faults. The Akron Magnetic Boundary runs just south of Cleveland and has a history of quakes. Nothing too large mind you, but there and poorly understood at the moment as to why.

The Cleveland area is actually the most seismically active in the state:

Most of the faults in the Midwest are part of a failed Precambrian rift zone that was ripping the American plate in two 500 million years ago and now constitutes the Mississippi Valley, along with another ancient rift that constitutes Lake Superior (Lake Superior is deep due to this, and would be much deeper if 300 million years of sediment and fill didn't raise the bottom considerably) and Huron running into the Canadian Shield.

These faults are ancient and since the rifting stopped there isn't much potential for big quakes because there aren't plates shifting against each other. Rather, these faults now constitute weak spots in the plate.

That said, the New Madrid zone is active, and dangerous and scientists don't really understand why.

Here is a neat site that talks about Cleveland's seismic history: http://sabolscience.blogspot.com/2010/06/cleveland-earthquake-history-faq.html

 

[2 For The Brew]

I was working in Akron in an old 5 story factory when the 1-31-86 quake hit. Building shook a lot - no real damage. That was 4.96 - a pretty lame earthquake actually. Wouldn't make a decent disaster movie.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

The Cleveland area is actually the most seismically active in the state:

Of course it is. I mean, have you seen the size of some of the lard-asses hopping on and off buses around here?