4.1 Quake in Quebec yesterday....

[Castle]

Thats pretty uncommon isn't it?

Earthquakes in diverse places......hmmmmm

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[Pleye]

Well, this is a diverse place, but do you remember the 5.something in New York within the last few years? This one was pretty close to that area. Not terribly unusual there I don't believe but because it isn't the pacific rim it would qualify for a diverse place in my opinion. It was also only 4.1 and not a great quake.

[Pleye]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007hya2.php#summary

People in the large Western Quebec seismic zone have felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from larger ones for three centuries.

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East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. A magnitude 4.0 eastern earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 100 km (60 mi) from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source

[VoiceofReason]

Not to burst the prophetic bubble, but I think a 4.1 in a place where quakes are a regularity isn't a big deal. Regardless, we've had a ton of 6 or bigger all over the place so it's still a sign eh?

[Mecha]

Not to burst the prophetic bubble, but I think a 4.1 in a place where quakes are a regularity isn't a big deal. Regardless, we've had a ton of 6 or bigger all over the place so it's still a sign eh?

Yes, of an active cycle of Plate Tectonics. Most of those quakes have happened on the southern and western parts of the pacific plate. I believe that adds pressure to the eastern parts (i.e. California). Anyone remember Kobe, Japan? Almost exactly 1 year later we got the big Northridge quake.

[Castle]

Not to burst the prophetic bubble, but I think a 4.1 in a place where quakes are a regularity isn't a big deal. Regardless, we've had a ton of 6 or bigger all over the place so it's still a sign eh?

I'm not sure how you define "regular", but I have been following earthquakes for ~ 20 years and I don't recall many quakes in Quebec over that period.

Additionally, Jesus never commented on the "magnitude" of quakes. He simply said that they would occur in diverse places. "Diverse" doesn't imply that you would see earthquakes for the FIRST time EVER in certian locations either...Diverse is what it is...Compared to the typical earthquake patterns, as someone suggested (pacific rim etc), then I would think that places in Canada (far away from where the typical, daily, earthquakes occur) would classify as "diverse"...

On another note, I think the Olivet Discourse is one of the most misunderstood, misread passages in the entire bible :)

[Pleye]

I'm not sure how you define "regular", but I have been following earthquakes for ~ 20 years and I don't recall many quakes in Quebec over that period.

I haven't been following them that long, I can only tell you what I read at the USGS. That link I sent above has a lot of information about the seismic zone this earthquake occurred in.


Additionally, Jesus never commented on the "magnitude" of quakes. He simply said that they would occur in diverse places. "Diverse" doesn't imply that you would see earthquakes for the FIRST time EVER in certian locations either...Diverse is what it is...Compared to the typical earthquake patterns, as someone suggested (pacific rim etc), then I would think that places in Canada (far away from where the typical, daily, earthquakes occur) would classify as "diverse"...


In Luke 21 Jesus makes mention of 'great earthquakes.' That definitely refers to a magnitude. Remember, Canada is a huge country. No question though, still qualifies as diverse in my books.

As one who is in Canada, we are not free from quakes. I believe every province and territory in Canada has had an earthquake since the beginning of measurement (not sure, but I can name 7).


On another note, I think the Olivet Discourse is one of the most misunderstood, misread passages in the entire bible :)

Also on another note, some end times teachers believe that 'great earthquakes' in Luke 21 would parallel the USGS measurement for a great quake, which I believe is 8 and over. Just for the record....I don't believe everything I hear from the source I got that from.

Also of note, on the USGS map there was another quake in Quebec but in a different zone, one in Ohio on Lake Erie, one in the Texas panhandle. Definitely diverse.

Regarding the second one in Quebec, it was right near Quebec City and on the St. Lawrence River. USGS has this to say about it:

The zone is one of the most seismically active in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. The first and largest known damaging earthquake (magnitude about 7) in the seismic zone occurred in 1663. Several others have caused damage since then, most notably in 1925 (magnitude 6.2), and the most recent damage from an earthquake in the seismic zone was in 1979 (magnitude 4.8). Earthquakes cause damage in the seismic zone every few decades. Smaller earthquakes are felt roughly two or three times a year.

I had no ideas that the area just East of Quebec City is one of the most seismically active zones in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.