[email protected] said: > If the quake is strong, the temporal acceleration is on the order of 0.1 g. > See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_ground_acceleration
There is a long tail on that curve. One could also define "strong" as 1 g. The wiki page (above) lists 3 events with PGA above 2 g and several more above 1 g. I remember a USGS report about an event in northern California showing a big bulldozer on its side. The punch line was that the local PGA was over 1 g. (Bulldozers have a low center of gravity. It's hard to tip them over.) Those are really nasty events. Distance from the quake (aka luck) is also very important. If you are near one of them you will probably be worrying about things other than your OCXO. (Iterate for what "near" means.) ---------- > Your OCXO will be fine, unless it falls on the floor. I agree that falling on the floor is the main thing to worry about. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
