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Looking over the Research section, I noticed some odd peculiarities in the overall writing style and just one reference ( this one) at the bottom. Having looked at the reference, it becomes clear the unusual writing is attributable to the fact that nearly the entire section (save for the first couple of sentences) is copied and pasted directly from the cited USGS web page. I'm not certain whether the report qualifies as Public Domain material, and in the event it doesn't, this needs to be rectified. If the source material does qualify, I feel like there should be some kind of attribution instead of just citing the lifted material as a reference. Thanks. KirkCliff2 ( talk) 17:57, 25 August 2016 (UTC) reply

shortly after the quake, the level in lake anna was reported to have fallen 22"

http://enenews.com/cbs-affiliate-locals-say-theyre-worried-quake-hit-virginia-nuke-plant-many-concerned-that-water-levels-in-large-lake-used-by-reactors-have-dropped-nearly-22-inches-in-a-day

now the original article is gone but the metanews site enenews.com is keeping the key elements.

should this be added to the article on effects

-- Patbahn ( talk) 19:45, 10 March 2013 (UTC) reply

There was a huge (7.7 - 7.9 est) earthquake near Lone Pine, California in 1872. It killed many people in the then-small town who lived in adobe dwellings. Not far south of town is Diaz Lake. I was told long ago that the surface of the land dropped so much that it relocated beneath the top of the water table, filling the depression with water. The article 1872 Lone Pine earthquake suggests it was filled otherwise (runoff or rainfall, etc.) but it remains today. Activist ( talk) 14:43, 10 September 2016 (UTC) reply

These are anecdotal reports, are they not? It seems to be to be very dubious that some animals would anticipate the felt earthquake by minutes, unless there were seismic signatures preceding their reactions. Seems more likely than not an example of Illusory correlation. Activist ( talk) 14:34, 10 September 2016 (UTC) reply

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