5.8 Quake in the Cayman Islands
 

What's next? Some of the dormant Caribbean volcanos going to erupt?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...us2010rrbc.php

global warming......

5.8 happened in ca a year ago or so while i was there, first time I felt a quake and it was fucked up, but because lots of the building code was updated after the 94 quake damage was minimal

Wow, 5 quakes in the past 2 weeks
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/

Magnitude 4.0 OKLAHOMA January 15, 2010
Magnitude 7.0 HAITI REGION January 12, 2010
Magnitude 6.5 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA January 10, 2010
Magnitude 4.1 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA January 07, 2010

So what? Look at the other years. It's not exceptional.

Even more;
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak.../N_America.php

Yeah, 5.8 in CA is not so bad with good building codes but in places that are not used to earthquakes and don't have the same rigorous building codes they can be pretty bad.

we're all dhooomed

Mother Nature is a hell of a terrorist... And her cause is not about religion.

You're right, this time last year we were already at 8.

Cue all the assholes asking for help in aid for the Caymans. I am sure CECash is working on his post now.

12.12.2012

when i used to teach sunday school, i used to teach the children that earthquakes were nothing more than mary having orgasms up in heaven...

:thumbsup

We're all a bunch of fleas anyway. 'Bout time mother earth got rid of us. I say bring it all down!

That's pretty wild, I can't say that I've ever heard of an earthquake there before.

2012 on the doors

Gee I hope the bank that has my money in it is ok...

Had a Quake in Central Mexico yesterday evening.

had a 4.1 yesterday in northern New Mexico about 170 miles northeast of Albuquerque.

Thank goodness the Caymans are a lot more resilient to acts of nature and their government has a lot more money than Haiti. Was there a couple years ago after a series of hurricanes had flattened the landscape, but because of all the foreign money they have, they were able to get things rolling again.

Other places in the Caribbean wouldn't fare as well, Honduras and Belize are also pretty poor countries, hopefully they'll be safe from any siesmic activity.

I hope all of my money is OK....

With all our technology, we're really still stuck on this chunk of rock that we have pretty much no control over. It's humbling.