Earthquakes

Toroid

Toroid

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At 12:30 PST today there was an earthquake near Santa Rosa Island off the cost of California. I felt a rolling motion in LA. It was upgraded from 5.0 to 5.3.
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake recorded in the Channel Islands, USGS says
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Castle-Yankee54

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nivek said:
Sixty nine major earthquakes hit the Pacific's Ring of Fire in just 48 hours driving fears that the 'Big One' is about to hit California

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The quakes rattled Indonesia, Bolivia, Japan and Fiji, but failed to reach the western coast of the United States, which also falls along the infamous Ring of Fire zone.

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I saw only one stronger than a major quake mentioned in the article.......but earthquake preparedness is always a good thing and tsunami prep is ongoing along the coast of the Pacific Northwest.

I just hope some of the other countries along the ring of fire besides the US and Japan are working on it. At least the 2004 and 2011 tsunamis brought on awareness and those around the Pacific are much better prepared.
 
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Wade

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Stare..... They are always staring
I'm sure there is a reason for it but I lived in LA from 1980 to late last year and aside from a brief splurge after the Northridge quake ( It was close but it didn't quiet affect me, I was essentially living on a boat in San Pedro) never really concerned myself with a quake. Now aside from the homeless it's the main thing that I try to keep on top off from my abode in Northern New York.
 
Castle-Yankee54

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Wade said:
I'm sure there is a reason for it but I lived in LA from 1980 to late last year and aside from a brief splurge after the Northridge quake ( It was close but it didn't quiet affect me, I was essentially living on a boat in San Pedro) never really concerned myself with a quake. Now aside from the homeless it's the main thing that I try to keep on top off from my abode in Northern New York.
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Good idea.......northeastern most NY is the "active" seismic zone in the state.
 
Toroid

Toroid

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.Huge 7.8 earthquake struck 123 km from Fiji. It happened at a depth of 378 miles (609km) underground. In the same article it also claims the depth was at 669 km.
Huge 8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Fiji in Ring of Fire region | Daily Mail Online
The earthquake has hit 123 km east south east of Suva, Fiji, at a depth of 669 km
  • The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no destructive tsunami was expected
  • It has been downgraded from an initial reading of 8.1 by the US Geological Survey
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Toroid

Toroid

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Castle-Yankee54 said:
I saw it was 8.1 according to the USGS. I think that makes the 10th major earthquake or greater so far this year.

Thankfully its been a slow year so far.
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They downgraded it and it's another indication they're playing games with the numbers. This is an extremely deep quake at nearly 400 miles.
 
Castle-Yankee54

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Toroid said:
They downgraded it and it's another indication they're playing games with the numbers. This is an extremely deep quake at nearly 400 miles.
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Different groups will sometimes get different numbers.....it doesn't mean the numbers are being played with.

A magnitude 8.1 quake doesn't need to be "covered up". The numbers are often changed from the original release after additional information comes in. Some earthquakes are even upgraded.
 
Toroid

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Indonesia earthquake: Building 'floats' past after quakes liquefy ground | Daily Mail Online
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
  • A 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused a massive tsunami to crash into Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Friday
  • Cities of Palu and Donggala were badly hit with enormous 20ft waves sweeping through entire communities
  • Death toll has risen to more than 1,200 but there are fears hundreds more are trapped in mud or in buildings
  • Footage shows 'liquefaction' of the ground with some 1,700 homes swallowed up in rivers of mud and soil
  • Indonesian officials have prepared a 330ft-long grave in Palu with space for more than a thousand victims
  • In the district of Sigi, 34 children attending a Christian camp were found dead under tsunami debris
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIk_g1crBAU
 
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