|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
"O"man(are we in trouble)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: On the edge
Posts: 16,452
|
What's with major earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador?
Is this normal seismic activity?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/powerful-74-magnitude-quake-hits-ecuadors-central-coast/2016/04/16/825ad702-0435-11e6-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html |
||
04-17-2016, 03:00 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Honolulu, HI
Posts: 9,822
|
Ring of Fire.
__________________
'24 Tesla Model 3, '22 Tesla Model Y '19 Tacoma '06 Carrera, '79 930 '06 S4 Avant |
||
|
04-17-2016, 03:11 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Mid-life crisis, could be anywhere
Posts: 10,382
|
Not sure, but we're here in Japan for the last week. Hoping they have stopped.
|
||
|
04-17-2016, 03:11 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Docking Bay 94
Posts: 7,013
|
Quote:
__________________
Kurt |
||
|
04-17-2016, 05:21 AM
|
|
|
"O"man(are we in trouble)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: On the edge
Posts: 16,452
|
Well, at least there is one good reason to live in NYS.
|
||
|
04-17-2016, 05:31 AM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,915
|
Totally normal for Japan. Stuff hits once in a while. I lived in Japan (way, way north from the most recent earthquakes). We frequently felt tremors (seemed like weekly at least), but bigger stuff only happened every once in a while, but it's not unusual for them to come in small groups.
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
04-17-2016, 05:32 AM
|
|
|
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
What happens in Japan doesnt stay in Japan. Stresses and strains are put on the other side of the Ring followed by the readustment. if you recall we had a big one in Japan followed essentially by a big one recently in Alaska and back to Japan and Ecuador. . So where will the next big one strike.
The earth Tectonic plates are always in motion and are constantly readjusting. Look 100 miles due west of Mt St Helens give or take a 100 miles N or S on the fault line. If I dont nail it exactly u azzholes will blah blah blah it in denial. Also TABS time and geologic time run at different speeds so a nanosecond of geologic time is 25 years. A GUESS would be 3 to 10 years with an outside of 20 years depending on the amount of outward slippage from the latest Alaskan quake? The big one in Alaska in the 60's slipped 66 feet south wards, about 20 years later Mt St Helens blew. Last edited by tabs; 04-17-2016 at 10:06 AM.. |
||
|
04-17-2016, 09:47 AM
|
|
