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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
1000 times stronger than the one in Haiti. Less than 24 hours ago, a magnitude 7.2 struck off the coast of Japan. Tsunami warnings are in effect for most of the coastal areas of the Pacific Ocean. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/ ... tml?hpt=T1 So what's going on here? Are we getting that many more massive earth quakes, or is the media just reporting more of them? |
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| Author: | sabresindc [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
being both Japan and Chile are in the pacific, could El Nino be a reason for these earthquakes or could it be related to the Haiti quake in anyway??? |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
sabresindc wrote: being both Japan and Chile are in the pacific, could El Nino be a reason for these earthquakes or could it be related to the Haiti quake in anyway??? There's no possible way for these quakes to be related to El Nino. As far as the Haiti quake, I don't know enough about seismic activity to give you a definitive answer there. |
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| Author: | sabresindc [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
PuckSniperPensel wrote: sabresindc wrote: being both Japan and Chile are in the pacific, could El Nino be a reason for these earthquakes or could it be related to the Haiti quake in anyway??? There's no possible way for these quakes to be related to El Nino. As far as the Haiti quake, I don't know enough about seismic activity to give you a definitive answer there. k, I just didn't know that the weather extremes recently could have done something to the plate to shift. Lets hope the Tsunami's don't cause too much destruction. That's all this world needs right now |
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
it's just regular tectonic activity...these things tend to roll through in swarms. Hawaii is on alert for tsunami activity around 3pm EST. I'm eagerly awaiting a nice shake up around here. /I'm less than a mile from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
True DC. |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
2012 came a bit early? |
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| Author: | sabresindc [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
CriminallyVu1gar wrote: 2012 came a bit early? Maybe this is just the beginning..... Anyway, here is the current list of seismic activity in the last 7 days http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ |
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
That looks just about normal.... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 5.-115.php California always has that much activity. |
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| Author: | MsRussellBeebe [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
Crosscheck wrote: I'm eagerly awaiting a nice shake up around here. /I'm less than a mile from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake Stay safe, XC. Don't make us worry about you, too! 
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| Author: | mechaphil [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
Sounds like shit is getting the usual ugly in the Ring of Fire. |
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
MsRussellBeebe wrote: Crosscheck wrote: I'm eagerly awaiting a nice shake up around here. /I'm less than a mile from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake Stay safe, XC. Don't make us worry about you, too! heh... We're fine...my place is new construction so it could take a good shake. I really am eagerly awaiting the next one...they're kinda fun 
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| Author: | MsRussellBeebe [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
Crosscheck wrote: MsRussellBeebe wrote: Crosscheck wrote: I'm eagerly awaiting a nice shake up around here. /I'm less than a mile from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake Stay safe, XC. Don't make us worry about you, too! heh... We're fine...my place is new construction so it could take a good shake. I really am eagerly awaiting the next one...they're kinda fun I guess "fun" is in the eye of the beholder...... We had a couple of jolts while I lived in St. Thomas. We had one large jolt in the middle of the night. My (then) husband and I were sound asleep--3:30 a.m. when it hit. I was out of the house like a space shuttle launch, buck-ass nekkid, while he was still in the bed! Another time, we were on the beach, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, on St. John. I felt it; he didn't. Maybe a 2.3 on the Richter scale, but enough to cause a little ripple in the sea, with 1-2' wave breaks. The last one I felt before I moved off island was while I was at work, bartending. The bar was like most; open air type shacks. This one was in a small marina, on the lagoon. I ran out of the bar to the parking lot and left the customers sitting there, open-mouthed. When I returned to the bar, I could see the ripple from the seismic activity make it's way into the lagoon, making waves crash against the dock. I felt like running around shouting, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" |
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
MsRussellBeebe wrote: I guess "fun" is in the eye of the beholder...... I guess it's the fact that California is built pretty well for seismic activity...it would take a huge earthquake to cause real damage much less fatalities around here. The last big one we had my wife was still working at the time...on the 14th floor of a high rise in downtown LA. She said the building was swaying 5 feet in each direction for 40 seconds...now THAT would scare the hell out of me. |
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| Author: | MsRussellBeebe [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
Crosscheck wrote: MsRussellBeebe wrote: I guess "fun" is in the eye of the beholder...... on the 14th floor of a high rise in downtown LA. the building was swaying 5 feet in each direction for 40 seconds...now THAT would scare the hell out of me. Agreed. <shivers> I guess I associate earthquakes (however small) with the devastation and human misery I see portrayed after cataclysmic seismic events. I forget that most (at least on the mainland US) buildings in quake-prone zones are built to withstanding prolonged seismic activity. |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
I was in my house in Lake George when we had a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that lasted 10 seconds. First earthquake I've ever experienced. Small compared to many others, but it was a TON of fun. I was grinning the whole time. |
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| Author: | MsRussellBeebe [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
PuckSniperPensel wrote: I was in my house in Lake George when we had a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that lasted 10 seconds. First earthquake I've ever experienced. Small compared to many others, but it was a TON of fun. I was grinning the whole time. <points index finger at head, close to ear and does small circles> 
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
I'm the same way...I get a big grin and immediately go online to check the magnitude and submit a "I felt it" report
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
MsRussellBeebe wrote: PuckSniperPensel wrote: I was in my house in Lake George when we had a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that lasted 10 seconds. First earthquake I've ever experienced. Small compared to many others, but it was a TON of fun. I was grinning the whole time. <points index finger at head, close to ear and does small circles> I am a little crazy. Don't care.  Crosscheck wrote: I'm the same way...I get a big grin and immediately go online to check the magnitude and submit a "I felt it" report And apparently, I'm not the only one. 
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake In Chile |
we had an earthquake here a few weeks ago. we usually get a small one ever so often. that one was in Illinois, but you could feel it here, i guess. i was a asleep. |
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