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Viva_La_Revolution

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37. hmm.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:30 AM
Nov 2012

there are more registered because we have 30 times the number of sensors that we had in 1973, and more are reported. thus the increase in "total strength" (this means all added together).

using a timescale of 40 years means bubkiss when discussing geologic activity.

edit cause I can't add, but I do know rocks

Has anybody noticed the frequency of earthquakes lately? darkangel218 Nov 2012 #1
Kind of makes you wonder if global warming might have something to do with it? nolabels Nov 2012 #5
Take a few billion tons of ice each off of Greenland and Antarctica... Systematic Chaos Nov 2012 #26
It's not any more than usual Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #14
Not any MORE than usual, but they are getting stronger over all. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #28
Massive ice migration. joshcryer Nov 2012 #32
hmm. Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #37
I wished I knew more about rocks... SkyDaddy7 Nov 2012 #43
Rocks are good. Human nature is better TalkingDog Nov 2012 #44
sorry, I'll explain better next time Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #48
7.8 in Canada before Halloween neversaydie Nov 2012 #23
7.5 in Guatamala on Nov 7 bananas Nov 2012 #33
Yes, I have. davidwparker Nov 2012 #30
duh.. femrap Nov 2012 #35
No, but I've noticed increase media attention towards them, which isn't the same thing. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #36
Wait- isn't that exactly where the President is heading- like this week? KaryninMiami Nov 2012 #2
Yor right , I heard that sandyshoes17 Nov 2012 #7
I heard that too,,, ReRe Nov 2012 #13
Shake Map Sedona Nov 2012 #3
7.0 isn't too big? Is there a tsunami warning? aquart Nov 2012 #4
Heck i don't know, i am only the messenger nolabels Nov 2012 #8
7.0 is not only big, it's devastating. eyewall Nov 2012 #21
A lot depends on the depth and on other local factors starroute Nov 2012 #29
I don't want to get into a semantic argument eyewall Nov 2012 #42
And the 6.8 Nisqually quake in 2001 caused only scattered damage starroute Nov 2012 #45
A 6.8 is not a 7.0... MisterJones Nov 2012 #46
And this quake in Myanmar was a 6.8 starroute Nov 2012 #47
Link: Hissyspit Nov 2012 #6
Another link, says 6.6: Hissyspit Nov 2012 #9
7.0 is brutal on unreinforced masonry. hunter Nov 2012 #10
Only 9 and 10 KM down Warpy Nov 2012 #11
Isn't President Obama there??? kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #12
not till later in the week. nt Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #15
Planned for next week, I think htuttle Nov 2012 #16
7 would be pretty big in California terms.... defacto7 Nov 2012 #17
In the east the ground rings like a bell. The 4.3 in SE Ky was felt in Cincy. alfredo Nov 2012 #19
Actually its only a 6.6 airplaneman Nov 2012 #18
6.8 itsrobert Nov 2012 #22
Thanks I stand corrected 6.8 n/t. airplaneman Nov 2012 #38
What's that about 20 times less powerful? defacto7 Nov 2012 #40
6.1 miles deep Scairp Nov 2012 #49
Umm...unless the earthshaking news is that Justin Bieber & his girlfriend broke up, you need the Pachamama Nov 2012 #20
No tsunami, too far inland. Here's the report from the Pacific Tsunami Center Liberty Belle Nov 2012 #24
re: Breaking News: Earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude strikes Myanmar: USGS allan01 Nov 2012 #25
Thank you. I kept getting a tragic story about..... left on green only Nov 2012 #39
The 2010 Haiti earthquake that killed over 300,000 people ... Make7 Nov 2012 #27
5 dead sp far; 6.8 Hissyspit Nov 2012 #31
Are you crazy.... femrap Nov 2012 #34
IRIS Seismic Monitor calling it 6.6 gauguin57 Nov 2012 #41
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