I did this with the kids years ago when we had a weaker quake in the same
general area. It was a very interesting exercise, and one of them was
working on a Virginia notebook project for school at the time. Well worth
doing.
Jan
-----Original Message-----
From: John Fox [mailto:jjfoxfox@xxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:07 PM
To: Va-bird
Subject: [Va-bird] Earthquake
Apologies to the list owners but I felt it's worthwhile. From the NABA-Chat
listserve. I didn't take note of any bird or animal behavior during or
afterwards.
This is off-topic, but appropriate for a "citizen science" listserve.
The U.S. Geological Survey tracks earthquake data all over the world.
Because the seismograph network is sparse, they encourage citizens to email
information on how strong earthquakes are felt locally. For today's Virginia
earthquake, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/se082311a.html ;
Toward the bottom of the webpage, there is a link labeled, "Did you feel
it?" You can submit your local information there, and also see a map showing
how intensely the earthquake was felt in each zipcode area surrounding the
epicenter.
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