NEWS: Water Level In Virgina affected by Asian Earthquake

The USGS states that a well that provides water in a town in Virginia was affected by the earthquake in the Sumatra-Andaman Island region that caused the tsunami. The well - which has been monitored by the USGS since 1969 -- had a variation of 3 feet from normal an hour after the earthquake and it took 5 hours for it to return to near pre-earthquake level. There are several wells that are monitored by the USGS in Virginia for various reasons including drought levels; some of these wells are so sensitive they actually vary with the tides.



Over the few months I have been here I have learned a great deal about earthquakes from Val. But this totally blew me away. I find it hard to comprehend the power and the speed that was needed to have this happen 9,600 miles away in only an hour. And for it to take 5 hours to settle back down to normal is amazing.



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[edit on 10-1-2005 by Banshee]

Well, you learn something new everday---if you're lucky

The Christiansburg well, in the western part of the state, also shows regular, but small, changes caused by tides.

--from your excite link

I often wondered if freshwater was affected by tides, but this shows that even groundwater is affected.
It also amazes me this happened so quickly, was such a big rise in water level.
Of course, I am also amazed that the USGS knows enough to even know to monitor these wells.

I'm also learning way more than I ever thought I'd know about weather and earthquakes thanks to ATS.

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Thanks for this news Justme - great stuff. ....It's just amazing how everything is connected, isn't it? another wow



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This sort of news makes one wonder about the effects that the Boxing Day earthquake had on Mt. Ranier/St. Helens and Yellowstone. It makes the possiblity of a major event in the U.S. seem less like speculation and more like an issue of when.