Scientific research in Oregon, Washington and Japan tells us that at 9 p.m. on Jan. 26, 1700 AD, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, centered about 75 miles offshore, ruptured along a 600 mile long fault...Via KATU, a press release from DOGAMI (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries). So the actual moment of the anniversary will be about 2 hours from now.
Miscellaneous thoughts on politics, people, math, science and other cool (if sometimes frustrating) stuff from somewhere near my favorite coffee shop.
Monday, January 26, 2009
It Was 309 Years Ago Today
Almost missed this... chatting with fellow coffee-drinkers, reading LOL cats and news and so on. All the image work for the apophyllite post took longer than I expected, too. So I was just skimming over news from my RSS folder, "Oregon News and Blogs," and what should pop up but this little bit of trivia:
I think about something similar with volcanoes as I stare at Mt. Hood. Isn't that due for an eruption?
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