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Subject: Re: big quake
From: George Bush gbush@.......
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:43:17 -0700


At 10:25 AM 6/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>The NEIC reports it as the; south Indian Ocean, and believed
>to be the largest known earthquake for the area.  Mw 7.5  See:
>
>http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/000618144413.HTML
>
Meredith-

	The location of this quake is very interesting. I looked at the history
display and noticed very few previous quakes in the area. The shallow
ridges on the ocean floor look sort of like spreading ridges. I didn't
think that spreading centers caused large earthquakes such as this. I
wonder if we are seeing the start of a volcano?

George Bush
Sea Ranch, CA, USA
38.74N, 123.5W
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