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NuclearDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-11 05:08 PM
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51. Because we have the ability to report on them and measure them, they seem more common
Before we'd recorded the history of seismic activity along the major fault lines, we don't know if extremely powerful earthquakes were this common.

Since we had no way to accurately measure earthquakes in the past, we based our measurements off of how devastating the quakes were. Of course, this was also back before building codes and other safety measures.
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  -Quakes: Chile 8.8, Sumatra 9.0, Japan 9.1 - should we be worried? Hugabear  Mar-14-11 12:35 PM   #0 
  - Yes, if Gaia is pissed  Kennah   Mar-14-11 12:36 PM   #1 
  - LOL!  JVS   Mar-14-11 12:43 PM   #8 
  - Looks like she is.  athenasatanjesus   Mar-14-11 09:33 PM   #60 
  - That's ridiculous  jdp349   Mar-15-11 08:36 AM   #72 
     - Heh, heh, heh! I'm going to invoke Crom!  Kennah   Mar-15-11 01:18 PM   #73 
  - Earthquakes happen all the time.  Lucian   Mar-14-11 12:36 PM   #2 
  - Bullshit. Quakes around the 9.0 range do NOT happen "all the time"  Hugabear   Mar-14-11 12:38 PM   #5 
  - Maybe it's the end of the world now!!!!111111  Lucian   Mar-14-11 12:55 PM   #17 
  - Snark all you want  Hugabear   Mar-14-11 01:03 PM   #19 
  - Yes actually, they ARE very common. Always have been. Look it up.  Maru Kitteh   Mar-14-11 09:36 PM   #61 
  - is today your 12th birthday?  meow mix   Mar-14-11 01:04 PM   #22 
  - It was a stupid question to ask to begin with.  Lucian   Mar-14-11 01:08 PM   #25 
     - definetly a stupid answer. the question is extremely relevant to the ongoing disaster however  meow mix   Mar-14-11 01:11 PM   #26 
     - It's not a stupid question. Those are significantly and unusually large quakes.  Matariki   Mar-14-11 02:54 PM   #41 
     - I am sure a few Earth Scientists are asking that stupid question too  nadinbrzezinski   Mar-14-11 05:14 PM   #54 
  - You seem to have no answers so now must move on  Cleita   Mar-14-11 01:16 PM   #28 
  - Wow, way to back up your statements with cogent arguments.  TalkingDog   Mar-14-11 01:48 PM   #31 
  - By only going back to the 70's  Upton   Mar-14-11 02:24 PM   #39 
  - I didn't conveniently omit anything. You've got a problem with the data  TalkingDog   Mar-14-11 09:25 PM   #58 
  - A bit of a quibble with your flood analogy: a 1000-year flood today doesn't decrease or increase  petronius   Mar-14-11 10:02 PM   #63 
  - We are agreeing, but saying it differently.  TalkingDog   Mar-15-11 02:23 AM   #64 
  - This website does something wierd...  Geostudent   Mar-15-11 01:32 PM   #75 
  - Why are you using the Wisconsin Solidarity logo?  eowyn_of_rohan   Mar-14-11 02:59 PM   #44 
     - Oh yes...  Lucian   Mar-14-11 05:38 PM   #56 
     - i didn't call you that  eowyn_of_rohan   Mar-14-11 06:17 PM   #57 
     - Not buying into unscientific nonsense  Codeine   Mar-15-11 01:56 PM   #78 
  - Actually, I saw a figure that somewhere on the earth experiences a high-8 quake each year.  Lucky 13   Mar-14-11 03:38 PM   #47 
  - means nothing.  Teaser   Mar-14-11 03:45 PM   #49 
  - Because we have the ability to report on them and measure them, they seem more common  NuclearDem   Mar-14-11 05:08 PM   #51 
  - Actually they do. They just happen out in the ocean and miles underground and go unnoticed.  Maru Kitteh   Mar-14-11 09:28 PM   #59 
  - I have lived all my life in either the Atacama desert of  Cleita   Mar-14-11 12:48 PM   #14 
  - Maybe it's a vast government conspiracy.  Lucian   Mar-14-11 12:56 PM   #18 
     - Maybe we need to look at what industrialization is doing  Cleita   Mar-14-11 01:04 PM   #20 
     - What does industrialization have to do with the moving plates?  Lucian   Mar-14-11 01:07 PM   #23 
        - Shouldn't we look into it?  Cleita   Mar-14-11 01:13 PM   #27 
        - Please explain how those things affect plate tectonics.  TheWraith   Mar-14-11 02:55 PM   #42 
           - No, but increasing activity in the Earth's core could affect plate tectonics  Hugabear   Mar-14-11 04:59 PM   #50 
              - Plate Movement  Geostudent   Mar-15-11 01:45 PM   #76 
              - Right. None of which has anything to do with human agency.  TheWraith   Mar-15-11 04:02 PM   #80 
        - Induced seismicity?  LanternWaste   Mar-14-11 02:06 PM   #36 
     - More snark. Shouldn't be surprised, I guess  Hugabear   Mar-14-11 01:19 PM   #29 
     - Shhhhhh! No one can know of our EARTHQUAKE WEAPONS!!!!!!  NuclearDem   Mar-14-11 05:13 PM   #53 
  - I am 69 years old and I have almost never heard of a quake over  jwirr   Mar-14-11 01:56 PM   #34 
  - Well then you haven't been paying attention..  Upton   Mar-14-11 02:56 PM   #43 
     - That chart makes my assumption that it can happen in the US even  jwirr   Mar-14-11 03:21 PM   #45 
  - I suggest you go tell that to the survivors of the latest ones, okay?  niyad   Mar-14-11 09:49 PM   #62 
  - I think there is nothing unusual here - many super-quakes happen at the bottom of the sea  closeupready   Mar-14-11 12:36 PM   #3 
  - Um, small sample sizes...makes for huge uncertainty...  HereSince1628   Mar-14-11 12:37 PM   #4 
  - Should we be worried? No, but we should be prepared.  subterranean   Mar-14-11 12:42 PM   #6 
  - Disaster preparedness begins at home. If you depend solely on government to be prepared for a quake  slackmaster   Mar-14-11 12:45 PM   #12 
  - 1) Worrying does you no good.  Edweird   Mar-14-11 12:42 PM   #7 
  - Be prepared, not worried.  slackmaster   Mar-14-11 12:44 PM   #9 
  - I am going to take a shower. If you see a man on CNN running from a Tsunami  itsrobert   Mar-14-11 12:44 PM   #10 
  - I'm surprised. I expected you to say, "If you see a man on CNN running from a tsunami,  gkhouston   Mar-14-11 01:07 PM   #24 
  - Isn't that three of the four corners of the Pacific Plate?  11 Bravo   Mar-14-11 12:45 PM   #11 
  - Pacific Northwest  smirkymonkey   Mar-14-11 12:50 PM   #16 
  - Yup (It was a rhetorical question.)  11 Bravo   Mar-14-11 03:37 PM   #46 
  - But the New Zealand quake was a mere 6.3 magnitude  CrawlingChaos   Mar-15-11 04:28 AM   #65 
  - I am very worried and I want people who are living  Cleita   Mar-14-11 12:45 PM   #13 
  - I don;t know if there is greater likihood for a large quake where you live but  snagglepuss   Mar-14-11 12:49 PM   #15 
  - if we start getting "warning quakes" around pnw  meow mix   Mar-14-11 01:04 PM   #21 
  - Yes. We should be worried. But what good does that do?  aquart   Mar-14-11 01:33 PM   #30 
  - See reply #31 with link to a website showing historical patterns and current deviations.  TalkingDog   Mar-14-11 01:51 PM   #32 
  - The planet doesn't run to human timescales  ikri   Mar-14-11 01:53 PM   #33 
  - and worrying will do what exactly?  Desertrose   Mar-14-11 01:58 PM   #35 
  - +1  Supply Side Jesus   Mar-14-11 02:27 PM   #40 
  - Only if you live near the subduction zone.  hobbit709   Mar-14-11 02:15 PM   #37 
  - Part of a normal 300 - 500 year cycle?  haele   Mar-14-11 02:24 PM   #38 
  - Earthquakes are not distributed according to a "normal" distribution  Teaser   Mar-14-11 03:42 PM   #48 
  - Other than those earthquakes (Haiti too) when was the last time you heard of  lunatica   Mar-14-11 05:11 PM   #52 
  - Well, Haiti and some regions of China aren't exactly known for their building safety  NuclearDem   Mar-14-11 05:16 PM   #55 
  - Newsweek pushing this "four corners" threat  CrawlingChaos   Mar-15-11 04:54 AM   #66 
  - I think that it's normal in the sense that earth is constantly changing  TNLib   Mar-15-11 06:34 AM   #67 
  - I think my response is a DU first:  rucky   Mar-15-11 06:48 AM   #68 
  - more people, and living packed in cities  stuntcat   Mar-15-11 07:29 AM   #69 
  - No, don't worry. Natural disasters are, well, natural. One can prepare  Obamanaut   Mar-15-11 07:38 AM   #70 
  - you forgot New Zealand, China...of and Haiti  ElsewheresDaughter   Mar-15-11 07:52 AM   #71 
  - Only if you live on the West coast  Baclava   Mar-15-11 01:26 PM   #74 
  - It is best to always have something to worry about. This works for now. eom  yawnmaster   Mar-15-11 01:54 PM   #77 
  - A map of +5 quakes in a week  tama   Mar-15-11 02:35 PM   #79 
 

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