Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / June 2006

Wow! According to my Widget, the Gulf of California is bouncing all
over the place!
10 kilometers deep
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usnga3.php

Since last 2 decades i am hearing about earthquakes(once jolted during
sleep). I have noticed rather disturbing pattern. Earthquakes strike to
poor countries(except africa) often. It seems that europe, usa has
immunity from earthquakes.

Hi Brian.  Sorry if this is OT.  I took some images of a lightning storm
about a week ago.  I submitted the best one to a local news station's web
site, and it was selected for posting on their web site.  Here is the link:
http://forms.belointeractive ...

I just read that the 7th century Buddhist stupa complex at Borobudur
that was near the epicenter of the May 26 earthquake wasn't affected by
it.  Pretty amazing:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/indonesia/borobudur/ (esp.