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