The Earthquake Thread

[A.J.]

Some geologist/seismologist allegedly predicted the world series earthquake based on a spike in lost cat/dog reports to a LA paper. I hear he is saying there will be another one there soon. I only heard this in passing so cannot speak for its veracity.

"What is it, boy? Fire? Earthquake? Hippies? Somehow, the animals are always the first to know."

http://www.duffzone.org/framegrabs/4f07/07302002173821.jpg

[Furtherman]

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[Jayw]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn at least his camera and him survived.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

What a state full of sheeple


http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/03/18/worried-californians-purchase-gas-masks-chemical-suits/

[brettmojo]

What a state full of sheeple


http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/03/18/worried-californians-purchase-gas-masks-chemical-suits/
If I was in California I'd be saving my money and buying a house not in California. Shits gonna' go down soon son.

[CaptainBlowhole]

New tsunami footage. Unreal!

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[WRESTLINGFAN]

If I was in California I'd be saving my money and buying a house not in California. Shits gonna' go down soon son.

Arizona will eventally become noted for its beaches as a result

[Judge Smails]

Arizona will eventally become noted for its beaches as a result

Otisburg?

[Sinestro]

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That's sick! What else is there to do in that situation but drive and hope you get some place safe before the waves reach you. I wonder what happened to the person driving the car in front of him.

[brettmojo]

Otisburg?
Costa Del Lex.

[Justice4all]

Otisburg?

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsH/7192-18683.gif

[foodcourtdruide]

New tsunami footage. Unreal!

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This is absolutely terrifying.

[Dude!]

This is absolutely terrifying.

everything scares you

[Judge Smails]

"Ohhhhh Ching Chong Ling Long Ting Tong Ohhhhhh!!!"


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Can we get these people some fucking blankets?

I think it's clear . . . . Barack Obama hates yellow people.

But they sure do love their Manga.

http://i.imgur.com/nUONb.jpg

[hanso]

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Earthquake Song
He sounds like Brian Regan: THE BIG YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN!!! guy at the end.

[Furtherman]

A powerful earthquake hit Myanmar Thursday near its borders with China, Thailand and Laos, the U.S. Geological Survey said. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/myanmar.quake/index.html?hpt=T2)

The quake hit in eastern Myanmar, about 55 miles (89 km) north of Chiang Rai, Thailand, the survey reported.

It had a magnitude of 6.8, the survey said, revising the estimate down from an initial reading of 7.0.

It was a relatively shallow quake, which can be very destructive.

[hanso]

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[hanso]

TEPCO´s Chief has committed suicide - Japanese media
Didn't look into this.

[sailor]

7.4 off japan.

[Gutter]

7.4 off japan.

just got the update on my phone....just terrible. I hope it doesn't cause another major chain reaction event.

[Misteriosa]

7.4 off japan.

http://www.ronfezv3.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif

[Misteriosa]

this is the best i can do for live streaming of nhk. "its soh small" :o (i'll stop now)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[disneyspy]

this is the best i can do for live streaming of nhk. "its soh small" :o (i'll stop now)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

shakey cam!

[Misteriosa]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Tokyo (CNN) -- A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Thursday, triggering a tsunami warning for one prefecture.

Workers evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the quake, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Tokyo Electric said it has communication with the plant and the power is still on. There were no immediate reports of damage, it said.

The quake's epicenter was off the coast of Miyagi in northeastern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Public broadcaster NHK reported a tsunami warning for Miyagi prefecture, saying people in that area should evacuate away from the shore to a safe place.

NHK also reported a tsunami advisory for Iwate prefecture, saying a tsunami is expected to arrive in coastal regions there as well.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said based on all available data, "a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is not a tsunami threat to Hawaii."

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 41 miles (66 kilomemeters) from Sendai -- one of the areas worst hit by last month's 9.0-magnitude quake -- and 73 miles (118 kilometers) from Fukushima, where a crisis has been under way at the nuclear plant since last month's tsunami.

The quake was centered 207 miles (333 kilometers) from Tokyo, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

It was 15.9 miles (25.6 kilometers) deep, the agency reported.

It took place shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time (10:30 a.m. ET).

[Misteriosa]

6.5 earthquake shakes southern Mexico
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/65-earthquake-shake-southern-mexico.html)

[OGC]

I think this is from the original earthquake/tsunami. Videos like this one are gonna be popping up for a while.

This is the most terrifying one I've seen yet. It starts slow, but just realize that the cloud of dust you see in the distance is the ocean approaching.

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[jennysmurf]

I think this is from the original earthquake/tsunami. Videos like this one are gonna be popping up for a while.

This is the most terrifying one I've seen yet. It starts slow, but just realize that the cloud of dust you see in the distance is the ocean approaching.

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Wow. I kept thinking, "Those houses in the foreground will be okay." But it just kept coming. The guy kept panning away from the running people, so we can't know whether or not they made it. I hope they did. Just awful.

[keithy_19]

Wow. I kept thinking, "Those houses in the foreground will be okay." But it just kept coming. The guy kept panning away from the running people, so we can't know whether or not they made it. I hope they did. Just awful.

I was thinking the same thing.

What made it worse was hearing the people scream. Seeing/hearing people at their must vulnerable is a tough thing for me to stomch.

[jennysmurf]

I was thinking the same thing.

What made it worse was hearing the people scream. Seeing/hearing people at their must vulnerable is a tough thing for me to stomch.

I muted it. I didn't want to hear anything.

[PapaBear]

I'm wondering about what the people were trying to pull up the hill, at the 5 minute mark (in the lower left corner of the frame). They almost got washed away trying to save whatever (or whoever) it was. Very scary shit!

As for the sound... I'm just glad I don't understand their language.

[keithy_19]

I'm wondering about what the people were trying to pull up the hill, at the 5 minute mark (in the lower left corner of the frame). They almost got washed away trying to save whatever (or whoever) it was. Very scary shit!

As for the sound... I'm just glad I don't understand their language.

In my mind I assumed it was someone helping an elderly person or someone who was too scared to run.

The one person kept repeating the same phrase, so I wonder if it was along the lines of "oh my god". Not a fun listen.

[StanUpshaw]

http://i.imgur.com/oboN0.jpg

[brettmojo]

Wow. I kept thinking, "Those houses in the foreground will be okay." But it just kept coming. The guy kept panning away from the running people, so we can't know whether or not they made it. I hope they did. Just awful.
I was screaming at my screen PAN DOWN! PAN DOWN!

[jennysmurf]

I was screaming at my screen PAN DOWN! PAN DOWN!

Me too. And I kept doing that dumb thing where you try to look around the frame.

[disneyspy]

bumped,hope all the .netters on the east coast are ok

[Earlshog]

thats was really wierd.. Our building was swaying....

[Misteriosa]

we seem fine over here. some of the people around here didnt even notice it. its the folks over by the va/dc/md area who have it worse.

[PigShitIrish]

My office is in the concourse level of a building in center city Philadelphia, and all of the cabinets, desks, walls, etc. were shaking. It was pretty surreal.

[Snoogans]

im 25 miles north west of NYC and i didnt feel shit

[Misteriosa]

im 25 miles north west of NYC and i didnt feel shit

were you sitting down when it happened? most of the people who didnt feel it were standing up

[Snoogans]

were you sitting down when it happened? most of the people who didnt feel it were standing up

i have no idea. i was either sitting at my comp or walking around my house.

[StanUpshaw]

were you sitting down when it happened? most of the people who didnt feel it were standing up

Diabetes is out of control!

[Misteriosa]

oh no.. officemate is starting with her end times bible babble.. :dry:

[Earlshog]

i have no idea. i was either sitting at my comp or walking around my house.

they felt it in Cleveland and Boston so my guess is walking around....

[Snoogans]

they felt it in Cleveland and Boston so my guess is walking around....

or im so awesome god put a special protective orb around me so i cant be harmed by the end of days

[Gutter]

or im so awesome god put a special protective orb around me so i cant be harmed by the end of days

The reality is your just God's feltching hamster, and that orb is your plastic ball he keeps you in because that smell just does NOT come out.

[Misteriosa]

The reality is your just God's feltching hamster, and that orb is your plastic ball he keeps you in because that smell just does NOT come out.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/minipainteruk/Stuff/BoltHamster01.jpg

[Gutter]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/minipainteruk/Stuff/BoltHamster01.jpg

hahahaha yea, that's Snoogans, only his hair is clumped together with dried poo.

[disneyspy]

oh misti....

[WRESTLINGFAN]

oh no.. officemate is starting with her end times bible babble.. :dry:

Worse than that. One of mine is saying its climate change
:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

[CountryBob]

Worse than that. One of mine is saying its climate change
:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

Haha!

[Dude!]

Worse than that. One of mine is saying its climate change
:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

ha ha...climate change
for an earthquake????

the sheep are so stupid

[sailor]

I'm in Stamford, didn't feel it but half our office did.

[Furtherman]

were you sitting down when it happened? most of the people who didnt feel it were standing up

I felt it. I was bouncing up and down in my chair and my desk shook. There was a freak out... a lot of people ran out of the building. I immediately did the right thing and stayed here so I could make earthquake jokes on Facebook.


First earthquake. Kinda cool.

But California is laughing at us.

[Misteriosa]

Pieces have fallen from the National Cathedral in DC, per report; structural assessment underway - via @walkeje http://bit.ly/ndy3Bk

[Earlshog]

ha ha...climate change
for an earthquake????

the sheep are so stupid

the officemate's end times bible babble is so much more rational :wallbash:

[Earlshog]

I blame Obama!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

ha ha...climate change
for an earthquake????

the sheep are so stupid

Danny Glover should stick to trying to hail a cab in NYC

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/15/danny-glover-haiti-earthq_n_425160.html

[booster11373]

Danny Glover should stick to trying to hail a cab in NYC

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/15/danny-glover-haiti-earthq_n_425160.html

You have this incredible talent to make all things political

[WRESTLINGFAN]

You have this incredible talent to make all things political

My co worker was the one blaming it on climate change. I'll relay the message to her for you.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I blame Obama!

Hes probably blaming the teabaggers for this


http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/08/obama-golfing-in-marthas-vineyard-when-earthquake-hit.html

[Earlshog]

My co worker was the one blaming it on climate change. I'll relay the message to her for you.

Pics?

[Rhah]

I blame Obama!

Credit downgrade, now Earthquake, and soon hurricane coming to East Coast.

Mayans or Obama?

[Rhah]

Pics?

Some pics of the damage coming in:

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/ce/99/ce998cfe7f117a49b87584d3ea91049b.jpg

[Melrapuo]

Some pics of the damage coming in:

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/ce/99/ce998cfe7f117a49b87584d3ea91049b.jpg


:lol::lol::lol:

The news taught me today that there is a Goochland, VA. Thanks, CNN.

O, and I live near NYC and didn't feel a thing.

[Earlshog]

Some pics of the damage coming in:

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/ce/99/ce998cfe7f117a49b87584d3ea91049b.jpg

oh the humanity!


please post a warning before displaying such graphics pics....

[Earlshog]

Credit downgrade, now Earthquake, and soon hurricane coming to East Coast.

Mayans or Obama?

I call him Nobama

[CountryBob]

Some pics of the damage coming in:

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/ce/99/ce998cfe7f117a49b87584d3ea91049b.jpg

Haha - that's terrific!

[Lady Resin]

My poor resin chair.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311203_2074590338435_1055223448_32008484_6330397_n .jpg

:smile:

[disneyspy]

My poor resin chair.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311203_2074590338435_1055223448_32008484_6330397_n .jpg

:smile:

is there anyway we can help?

[Enabler]

Came home from work to find that my Cooley bobblehead was struck down today. There are no words.

http://i.imgur.com/KVfPe.jpg
Cooooooooley (2009-2011)

[Syd]

:lol::lol::lol:

The news taught me today that there is a Goochland, VA. Thanks, CNN.

O, and I live near NYC and didn't feel a thing.

I was more disappointed there was a Bumpass, VA

[WRESTLINGFAN]

The bumpass is on vacation with the president

[PapaBear]

The news taught me today that there is a Goochland, VA. Thanks, CNN.

The bumpass is on vacation with the president
Bumpass is also a town in VA.

The quake woke me up. I felt the bed shaking and the handles on my dresser were rattling. After the shaking stopped, I heard what I though was a huge truck idling outside my bedroom window. I got up to pee, clicked Facebook on my phone, and saw that there had been an earthquake.

My buddy's dog started going nuts ten minutes before the quake. My dog didn't do shit.

[IamFogHat]

I didn't feel it, but of course since the phones stopped working I couldn't get back to my panicky pete family who all thought I was hurt or something insane like that.

[PapaBear]

I didn't feel it, but of course since the phones stopped working I couldn't get back to my panicky pete family who all thought I was hurt or something insane like that.
It's weird how some could feel it and others couldn't. No one at work felt it all, but a place just 100 yards away had shit falling off the shelves.

[jennysmurf]

I felt it. I was bouncing up and down in my chair and my desk shook. There was a freak out... a lot of people ran out of the building. I immediately did the right thing and stayed here so I could make earthquake jokes on Facebook.


First earthquake. Kinda cool.

But California is laughing at us.

Yeah, but we would do that anyway, quake or no quake. You big babies.

[PapaBear]

Yeah, but we would do that anyway, quake or no quake. You big babies.
That's not fair. We don't have anything at all resembling an a building built to withstand earthquakes. And I'd love to see how most Californians would freak in 3 feet of snow.

[jennysmurf]

That's not fair. We don't have anything at all resembling an a building built to withstand earthquakes. And I'd love to see how most Californians would freak in 3 feet of snow.

Waaaa waaaa waaaa, your slip is showing, you girl.

[TripleSkeet]

That's not fair. We don't have anything at all resembling an a building built to withstand earthquakes. And I'd love to see how most Californians would freak in 3 feet of snow.

Are you kidding? They wouldnt be able to handle 3 inches of snow. And they know it. Its all what youre used to and prepared for.

[PapaBear]

Are you kidding? They wouldnt be able to handle 3 inches of snow. And they know it. Its all what youre used to and prepared for.
When I was a teen, we had a family move in across the street who were from SoCal. The mother had never seen snow until the blizzard of '82. She acted like I was retarded for shoveling my driveway every hour or so while the snow was falling. She said, "It just seems silly to not wait until the snow stops falling". I enjoyed watching her try to shovel three+ feet of snow.

[keithy_19]

I work at an adult day care and we had to evacuate the building because the emergency exit door alarm was tripped due to the 'quake. A co-worker felt her chair move and I felt nothing.

For the record, it's very interesting watching how people react in a 'crisis'. The alarm sounded and another co-worker started screaming that we had to get out of the building and ran to the door. You know, not helping get elderly/developmentally challenged people out of the building.

[PapaBear]

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[keithy_19]

:laugh:

And to defend Ms. Smurf, California gets snow.

[PapaBear]

:laugh:

And to defend Ms. Smurf, California gets snow.
They don't get that much in the areas known for quakes.

[Recyclerz]

Yeah, but we would do that anyway, quake or no quake. You big babies.

Umm, I'm not trying to start anything but wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Left Coasters were looking (unsuccessfully) for virgins to sacrifice because a highway had to be shut down for two days to be repaved?






OK, maybe I am trying to start something. :innocent:

[keithy_19]

They don't get that much in the areas known for quakes.

That is true, but I imagine Smurf to be galavanting up and down the state.

[TripleSkeet]

When I was a teen, we had a family move in across the street who were from SoCal. The mother had never seen snow until the blizzard of '82. She acted like I was retarded for shoveling my driveway every hour or so while the snow was falling. She said, "It just seems silly to not wait until the snow stops falling". I enjoyed watching her try to shovel three+ feet of snow.

To be honest I do neither. I let that shit fall then pay the neighborhood teens like $30 to clear it out once its finished.

[PapaBear]

To be honest I do neither. I let that shit fall then pay the neighborhood teens like $30 to clear it out once its finished.
Kids still work for money where you live? That's old school.

[keithy_19]

Kids still work for money where you live? That's old school.

There's kids who come to my house when it snows and they want to shovel. I don't let them but I do see if they're dealing or if any of their friends are. You can never have too many contacts.

[Marc with a c]

http://jmckinley.posterous.com/dc-earthquake-devastation

awesomeness.

[A.J.]

Are you kidding? They wouldnt be able to handle 3 inches of snow. And they know it. Its all what youre used to and prepared for.

Neither can Virginia. That's cause for school shutdowns and liberal leave for the gov't.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/sk082411dAPR20110824124518.jpg

[Furtherman]

At 9:51 AM this morning, New Jersey was hit with a Cheesequake.

http://i.nona.net/locmap_CHEESEQUAKE_-74.45606X40.30472X-74.12006X40.54472.png

[Gutter]

yea, we've got one of those. There's a pretty nice park too with the same name.

[A.J.]

At 9:51 AM this morning, New Jersey was hit with a Cheesequake.

http://i.nona.net/locmap_CHEESEQUAKE_-74.45606X40.30472X-74.12006X40.54472.png

Wit or without aftershocks?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

At 9:51 AM this morning, New Jersey was hit with a Cheesequake.

http://i.nona.net/locmap_CHEESEQUAKE_-74.45606X40.30472X-74.12006X40.54472.png

I shouldnt have had that last Geno's sammich so late while driving thru NJ

[CountryBob]

East coast versus West coast - you all know what happened last time. Notorious BIG and TuPac - RIP

Stop the insanity before we get out of hand - again!

[Snoogans]

it might be a town or a park or something, but all i know about Cheesequake in NJ is that its the name of a rest stop

[Chigworthy]

but all i know about Cheesequake in NJ is that its the name of a rest stop

Of course you do.

[Snoogans]

Of course you do.

har har. they actually put the names on the signs. The first one on the turnpike is named after vince lombardi which i find hilarious

[StanUpshaw]

lol anonymous gay sex lol

[WRESTLINGFAN]

7.0 Shakes Peru

http://news.yahoo.com/strong-6-8-magnitude-quake-shakes-central-peru-180732820.html

[brettmojo]

We're soooo fucked.

Save me John Cusack!

[ozzie]

My poor resin chair.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311203_2074590338435_1055223448_32008484_6330397_n .jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6076613356_672dedf4f0.jpg

[WRESTLINGFAN]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6076613356_672dedf4f0.jpg

8/23 Changed everything!!!!

[thepaulo]

Virginia, Colorado and PERU....Whatever...It's all over.




I'm gonna say the Theatens giant space orb is being activated at the earth's core


http://www.hindustantimes.com/7-0-magnitude-quake-shakes-Peruvian-Amazon/Article1-737261.aspx

[mdr55]

So are they selling the "I survived the 2011 East Coast Earthquake" t-shirts in Chinatown yet?

[StanUpshaw]

Virginia, Colorado and PERU....Whatever...It's all over.




I'm gonna say the Theatens giant space orb is being activated at the earth's core


http://www.hindustantimes.com/7-0-magnitude-quake-shakes-Peruvian-Amazon/Article1-737261.aspx

Worldwide Earthquakes in the Past 7 Days (from USGS)

M 5.1, South Sandwich Islands region
M 6.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Tonga
M 5.3, northern Peru
M 7.0, northern Peru
M 5.0, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
M 5.2, Solomon Islands
M 5.4, Norwegian Sea
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 5.2, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.8, Virginia
M 5.3, Colorado
M 5.1, Kashmir-India border region
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 6.0, southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.9, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.5, Kermadec Islands region
M 5.8, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.8, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.6, South Sandwich Islands region
M 5.3, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.0, Solomon Islands
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 7.0, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.9, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kermadec Islands region
M 7.1, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Fiji region
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kyrgyzstan
M 5.2, Tonga region
M 5.1, Hokkaido, Japan region
M 5.3, Kuril Islands
M 5.3, Banda Sea
M 6.3, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 6.2, Fiji region
M 5.0, Kuril Islands
M 5.1, Georgia (Sak'art'velo)

http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/quake.php

[thepaulo]

Worldwide Earthquakes in the Past 7 Days (from USGS)

M 5.1, South Sandwich Islands region
M 6.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Tonga
M 5.3, northern Peru
M 7.0, northern Peru
M 5.0, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
M 5.2, Solomon Islands
M 5.4, Norwegian Sea
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 5.2, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.8, Virginia
M 5.3, Colorado
M 5.1, Kashmir-India border region
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 6.0, southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.9, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.5, Kermadec Islands region
M 5.8, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.8, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.6, South Sandwich Islands region
M 5.3, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.0, Solomon Islands
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 7.0, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.9, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kermadec Islands region
M 7.1, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Fiji region
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kyrgyzstan
M 5.2, Tonga region
M 5.1, Hokkaido, Japan region
M 5.3, Kuril Islands
M 5.3, Banda Sea
M 6.3, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 6.2, Fiji region
M 5.0, Kuril Islands
M 5.1, Georgia (Sak'art'velo)

http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/quake.php

Oh Holy Mother of God!!!!!

[StanUpshaw]

Recent Earthquakes - Last 8-30 Days (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/)

http://i.imgur.com/8zSfU.gif

[Snoogans]

Worldwide Earthquakes in the Past 7 Days (from USGS)

M 5.1, South Sandwich Islands region
M 6.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Tonga
M 5.3, northern Peru
M 7.0, northern Peru
M 5.0, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
M 5.2, Solomon Islands
M 5.4, Norwegian Sea
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 5.2, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.8, Virginia
M 5.3, Colorado
M 5.1, Kashmir-India border region
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 6.0, southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.9, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.5, Kermadec Islands region
M 5.8, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.8, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.6, South Sandwich Islands region
M 5.3, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.0, Solomon Islands
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 7.0, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.9, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kermadec Islands region
M 7.1, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Fiji region
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kyrgyzstan
M 5.2, Tonga region
M 5.1, Hokkaido, Japan region
M 5.3, Kuril Islands
M 5.3, Banda Sea
M 6.3, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 6.2, Fiji region
M 5.0, Kuril Islands
M 5.1, Georgia (Sak'art'velo)

http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/quake.php

Oh Holy Mother of God!!!!!

in fairness, this list is kinda skewed. If you look at the locations, alot of them were one big earthquake and then all the aftershocks and ripple quakes in near by islands or whatever. Its not like there was that many different spots having seperate unrelated quakes

[StanUpshaw]

If there's one thing this stupid earth of ours knows how to do -- it's quake.

[Snoogans]

also, it should be added that this is possibly good, depending on the nature of the quakes. For example, the one in Rado and the one in DC and im sure a bunch of others were just plain fault line quakes. Thats actually good if there is so many, cause its releasing tensions without doing MAJOR MAJOR damage. Most of the places have come out pretty ok, and it helps prevent major quakes in the future by stopping stress build up

the way it could be bad is if some of the places are very close to or made up of volcanoes. That could be a result, (and possibly in colorado too because of the yellow stone shit) of magma rising under the surface and causing it to rise and stress and causing faults to release. If thats the case, it means eruptions are coming.

There was a interesting thing about Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius i saw on either history or nat geo where they showed how the buildings were at a time underwater. The early early buildings. They were built on stone stilts so when the tides came in it wouldnt flood, and when the tide was out there was sand under, kinda like piers. Anyway, in the 5 years before Vesuvius, the level of the land underneath started to bulge with magma and the buildings ended up being as much as 12 feet above high tide in the weeks before it blew

[Snoogans]

Recent Earthquakes - Last 8-30 Days (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/)

http://i.imgur.com/8zSfU.gif

thats fuckin cool. The data and shit i mean, not that the earth is doing what its been doing forever. But look at the fuckin ring of fire. I wonder if there is like last year or 5 years charts like that to show how nuts it is around there

alot of those were deep underground, which doesnt cause alot of damage, but shows possible volcano shit

[sailor]

in fairness, this list is kinda skewed. If you look at the locations, alot of them were one big earthquake and then all the aftershocks and ripple quakes in near by islands or whatever. Its not like there was that many different spots having seperate unrelated quakes

it's also fairly common. i don't think there is any increase in quakes. if you printed this data for a different time period, you'd get similar results.

[keithy_19]

Worldwide Earthquakes in the Past 7 Days (from USGS)

M 5.1, South Sandwich Islands region
M 6.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Tonga
M 5.3, northern Peru
M 7.0, northern Peru
M 5.0, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
M 5.2, Solomon Islands
M 5.4, Norwegian Sea
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 5.2, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.8, Virginia
M 5.3, Colorado
M 5.1, Kashmir-India border region
M 5.0, Fiji region
M 6.0, southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.9, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.5, Kermadec Islands region
M 5.8, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.8, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M 5.6, South Sandwich Islands region
M 5.3, off the west coast of northern Sumatra
M 5.0, Solomon Islands
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Vanuatu
M 7.0, Vanuatu
M 5.2, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.9, Vanuatu
M 5.6, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kermadec Islands region
M 7.1, Vanuatu
M 5.1, Fiji region
M 5.1, Vanuatu
M 5.0, Kyrgyzstan
M 5.2, Tonga region
M 5.1, Hokkaido, Japan region
M 5.3, Kuril Islands
M 5.3, Banda Sea
M 6.3, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M 6.2, Fiji region
M 5.0, Kuril Islands
M 5.1, Georgia (Sak'art'velo)

http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/quake.php

All this list shows is that the planet doesn't like non-whites so much.

[keithy_19]

What to do during an earthquake. (http://keithradzion.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/what-to-do-during-an-earthquake/)

[Rhah]

it's also fairly common. i don't think there is any increase in quakes. if you printed this data for a different time period, you'd get similar results.

Exactly. The Peru 7.0 would never have been covered by CNN let alone be a front page article if we didn't just have one recently on east coast. Now its quake mania and every one will get reported until people get bored.

Earthquakes happen all the time.

[jennysmurf]

What to do during an earthquake. (http://keithradzion.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/what-to-do-during-an-earthquake/)

Outer space, not outerspace. That's what you get for tricking me into reading your stuff. Unwanted editing.

[Furtherman]

Breaking News:



I guess a 5.8 is just a "rattle"? I've never felt an earthquake. I want too... but not in a city!

Hmmm. I guess I kinda got my wish.

[Gutter]

Hmmm. I guess I kinda got my wish.

was there another tremor? i didn't feel anything.

[Furtherman]

was there another tremor? i didn't feel anything.

Nooooooo....


I had quoted myself wishing I would feel an earthquake and I did. Almost to the exact measurement too

[sailor]

Nooooooo....


I had quoted myself wishing I would feel an earthquake and I did. Almost to the exact measurement too

i was confused as well, till i noticed it was 3 years ago.

[foodcourtdruide]

Nooooooo....


I had quoted myself wishing I would feel an earthquake and I did. Almost to the exact measurement too

Witch!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

http://www.break.com/index/58-magnitude-earthquake-shocks-east-coast-2121265

[Rhah]

Some video of the quake:

http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tumblr_lqe83jWFkW1qz7b4yo1_500.gif

[CaptainBlowhole]

<iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mINUnwifgaA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[StanUpshaw]

I know he's Sikh and all, but still...that's pretty fucking hilarious.

[A.J.]

The terrorists have developed technology to rattle buildings! AHHHHHHH!!!!

[Furtherman]

That made me crack up big time. Hilarious.

[Dude!]

street-level view from a car
showing first the earthquake
and then the tsunami

the guy got out of the car
just before it was smashed up and sunk


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[jennysmurf]

Wow, that was insane! One minute, a tree-lined street, the next, complete chaos.

[cougarjake13]

damn thats fucked

[keithy_19]

The terrorists have developed technology to rattle buildings! AHHHHHHH!!!!

Bad day in India. First a terrorist attack and then an earthquake.

[Furtherman]

7.6 earthquake hits MexicoBy the CNN Wire Staff
updated 2:28 PM EDT, Tue March 20, 2012

Residents rush into the streets in Mexico City
The quake's epicenter is in Oaxaca, the USGS says

Mexico City (CNN) -- A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The earthquake's epicenter was about 15 miles (25 km) east of Ometepec, Guerrero, the agency said.

Its depth was about 11 miles (17 km), the USGS said.

The agency earlier reported the magnitude of the quake at 7.9, but later revised that figure.

Residents rushed into the streets after feeling the temblor in Mexico City.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

[Gutter]

Orrrrdderrr Your Burritos, Orderrrrrrr Your Tortilla Chips!!!

[Misteriosa]

you, sir, are an asshole http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/24.gif

[brettmojo]

7.6 earthquake hits MexicoBy the CNN Wire Staff
updated 2:28 PM EDT, Tue March 20, 2012

Residents rush into the streets in Mexico City
The quake's epicenter is in Oaxaca, the USGS says

Mexico City (CNN) -- A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The earthquake's epicenter was about 15 miles (25 km) east of Ometepec, Guerrero, the agency said.

Its depth was about 11 miles (17 km), the USGS said.

The agency earlier reported the magnitude of the quake at 7.9, but later revised that figure.

Residents rushed into the streets after feeling the temblor in Mexico City.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
http://www.nonduality.com/12742.jpg

[Furtherman]

Just How Big Was the Biggest Earthquake? (http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2941-earthquake-magnitude-explained.html)


F'n ginormous.

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[hanso]

Great Alaskan Earthquake ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

HS! this thing went on for 40 min.

[Furtherman]

Great Alaskan Earthquake ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

HS! this thing went on for 40 min.

Read that again... 4 minutes.

[Furtherman]

Six Italian scientists and a government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over statements they made prior to a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 in the town of L'Aquila. (http://www.livescience.com/24164-italian-scientists-earthquake-verdict.html)

Right. Because we can predict such events with precise accuracy. Holy shit.

[hanso]

Blasphemy!

BREAKING!!!!! Frankie McDonald Confirms end of the World in 2012

[Snoogans]

im gonna remember this next time one of these cockbag weathermen tells me its gonna be nice out and then it rains or snows

[A.J.]

Six Italian scientists and a government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over statements they made prior to a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 in the town of L'Aquila. (http://www.livescience.com/24164-italian-scientists-earthquake-verdict.html)

Right. Because we can predict such events with precise accuracy. Holy shit.

"Hoo hoo."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/assets/img/posters/galileo-battle-for-the-heavens-vi.jpg