OT However could be of interest. Earthquakehttp://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpin05.htm in Tibet:

-- Notforlong (Fsur@aol.com), January 26, 2000

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-- boop (leafyspurge@hotmail.com), January 26, 2000.

Earthquake in Tibet http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpin05.htm

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), January 26, 2000.

Earthquake Jolts Tibet

BEIJING (AP) -- A strong earthquake jolted the Himalayan Mountains in Tibet near the border of Bhutan early Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.

The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck Cona county, 15 miles east of Bhutan, around 12:45 a.m., Xinhua said, citing government seismologists.

The region is sparsely populated and has poor communication links with Lhasa, Tibet's capital 150 miles to the northwest, and the rest of China, Xinhua said.

China is going through a period of increased earthquake activity. Two earthquakes hit Yunnan, the province neighboring Tibet, on Jan. 15, leaving 90,000 people homeless. The state-run China Daily reported Wednesday that the death toll from those quakes has risen to seven people.

AP-NY-01-26-00 0055EST

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 26, 2000.

I wonder...do you suppose the Chinese are doing some road building? What is the status of that cross-Himalayan road/invasion route they started?

-- chairborne commando (what-me-worry@armageddon.com), January 26, 2000.

The Tibet earthquake did not show up as a very large circle on the IRIS map. It may be a precursor to more activity along the ring of fire? I am more interested in the smaller quake in New Madrid, Missouri, this morning. It was only 2.8 magnitude, so probably not many people felt anything. However, any quake east of the Rockies shows up like a flashing light on the geologic maps, and especially if it is called "New Madrid".

Did anybody notice?

-- Margaret J (janssm@aol.com), January 26, 2000.

Margaret: I live here right on top of the New Madrid fault and didn't notice anything. We have lots of trains though and sometimes the trains really shake the house. We do have about one mini quake a week though. A REALLY good book to read is The Earthquake America Forgot. It has a lot of history. For instance, one thing I didn't know was that a man named Nicholas Roosevelt was taking the very first steamship on it's maiden voyage down the Mississippi right at the time of some of the very worst quakes(about 8.5). He had his wife and newborn baby with him, and they didn't realize that there had been an earthquake at first because they were on the water. They were in very great danger however,since the quakes caused the Mississippi to run backwards in places. The fact that there has been a lot of quakes in a lot of different places this year makes me nervous, and I'm glad I've made my preps-there's other potential disasters than Y2K!

-- soapie (soapie@suds.com), January 26, 2000.

Soapie, I'm usually pretty hopeless at feeling earthquakes, tho I've lived in quake country for years. The only one I felt in Sacramento was the one that took down the San Francisco bay bridge, and even then I thought it was just a rough engine in my car.

I agree with your caution about preparing. Y2K may not have had a big impact, but I also live in flood and quake country.

-- Margaret J (janssm@aol.com), January 26, 2000.