[extropy-chat] earthquake

[spike]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: spike [mailto:spike66 at comcast.net]
> 
> Whoa, earthquake!  10.05 a.m. PST... spike

Hey this is kinda cool.  After the shake I googled
on the single word earthquake and found a site where
you can submit a form answering questions about the
intensity of a quake, then they collect them and
figure out quickly where it happened and what is
the approximate intensity.

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/

I knew the 10.05 a.m. event was mild and close, because
the shaking was short duration.  They had it up on the
site with 32 reports within 17 minutes of the event: 
 
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/STORE/X40183076/ciim_display.html

Grandpa, did people do before the internet?  Just go around
not knowing stuff?

spike