> -----Original Message----- > From: Owen DeLong [mailto:o...@delong.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:48 PM > To: Jeroen van Aart > Cc: NANOG list > Subject: Re: Earthquakes > > > On Mar 24, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > > Owen DeLong wrote: > >> I've been through more than one quake in the 5.2-5.5 range, so, > perhaps they are > >> rare in the Netherlands (6 million years or so), but, in California > they are much more > >> frequent, perhaps 5-7 years or so. > > > > Well, 6 million years was a "slight" exaggeration to get a point > across. The Netherlands doesn't really have any quakes due to > faultlines (there aren't any). But it does have the occasional quake > due to coal/gas mining. Where the ground compacts or something like it. > > LOL @ NL creating artificial earthquake faults because they're Jealous > of California's natural seismic events. ;-)
Sorry for being jealous ;) At least we create them and in California they just happen. Mark
