FW: Emergency Alert from Fairfax County

[Howard Cunningham]

-----Original Message-----
From: Fairfax County EAN 40840
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:06 PM
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Subject: Emergency Alert from Fairfax County

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), via FEMA
Operations, has confirmed that the National Capital Region
(in an area one mile from Annandale) experienced an
earthquake of magnitude 1.8 this afternoon.

Sent by Fairfax County Emerg.Mgmt. to All users (e-mail,
pagers, cell phones) through the Fairfax County Emergency
Alert Network

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[Mark Whittington]

If you're not already aware, this is pretty much a non-event. An M1.8
earthquake is generally not going to be felt. People don't start feeling
them until about M3.5.

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html

73,

-Mark KA8I (who has slept through 6.0+ earthquakes)

[Daniel Sullivan]

Well that is not bad. I had the joy of a 4.4 in Taiwan that knocked me out of my desk chair. Sounded like an empty Freightliner hitting a pot hole at 75mph.

Dan S
KO1D/3


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> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 15:20:37 -0400
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