SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by?
You don’t have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether there’s been an earthquake nearby. You can also be part of the survey’s data gathering by reporting what you experienced on its Did You Feel It? page.
It’s not just Los Angeles and San Francisco – earthquakes happen all the time, often in places that we don’t think of as seismically active. While the West Coast up into Alaska frequently rocks and rolls, quakes aren’t uncommon elsewhere. Other quake-prone areas include Charleston, South Carolina, eastern Massachusetts, the St. Lawrence River area and the central Mississippi River Valley, according to Michigan Tech…