Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Massive quake strikes Antarctica (December 24, 2004)
I had not heard about this until now, but another quake hit Antarctica on Friday, December 24th. The linked article says,
"A MASSIVE earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale struck the largely uninhabited area around Macquarie Island in Antarctica, French seismological officials said.
The quake hit at 1:58am Friday AEDT, the Earth Sciences Observatory in Strasbourg said in a statement."
I have to say that if I lived near a major fault line (aka California) I would be more than a little bit nervous.
BTW... if you are interested I found this Seismic Monitor. It shows all the seismic activity going on in the world today (real time). It all gives a good indication of where the earthquake hotspots are located.
"A MASSIVE earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale struck the largely uninhabited area around Macquarie Island in Antarctica, French seismological officials said.
The quake hit at 1:58am Friday AEDT, the Earth Sciences Observatory in Strasbourg said in a statement."
I have to say that if I lived near a major fault line (aka California) I would be more than a little bit nervous.
BTW... if you are interested I found this Seismic Monitor. It shows all the seismic activity going on in the world today (real time). It all gives a good indication of where the earthquake hotspots are located.
