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originally posted by: stormcell
earthquake.usgs.gov...
To me, this seems to be related to the earthquake in China, then Mexico city and now offshore from Japan
originally posted by: FamCore
a reply to: stormcell
Funny how we never even hear about Fukushima anymore - aren't there 300 tons of radioactive water flowing into the Pacific daily because of that mess?
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: stormcell
So Nibiru is actually coming. Great. Well at least we won't have to live through another election cycle.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
This thread needs some meat on it's bones.
Bigger earthquakes have more and larger aftershocks and the sequences can last for years or even longer especially when a large event occurs in a seismically quiet area; see, for example, the New Madrid Seismic Zone, where events still follow Omori's law from the main shocks of 1811–1812. An aftershock sequence is deemed to have ended when the rate of seismicity drops back to a background level; i.e., no further decay in the number of events with time can be detected.
Land movement around the New Madrid is reported to be no more than 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) a year,[7] in contrast to the San Andreas Fault which averages up to 37 mm (1.5 in) a year across California.[8] Aftershocks on the San Andreas are now believed to top out at 10 years while earthquakes in New Madrid are considered aftershocks nearly 200 years after the 1812 New Madrid earthquake.[9]
originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: thesaneone
Sung to Johnny Cash, or Social Distortion's cover?..I hate to admit it...but I lean towards Social D
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: BlueJacket
It's actually an aftershock of the 2011 9.1.
Bigger earthquakes have more and larger aftershocks and the sequences can last for years or even longer especially when a large event occurs in a seismically quiet area; see, for example, the New Madrid Seismic Zone, where events still follow Omori's law from the main shocks of 1811–1812. An aftershock sequence is deemed to have ended when the rate of seismicity drops back to a background level; i.e., no further decay in the number of events with time can be detected.
Land movement around the New Madrid is reported to be no more than 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) a year,[7] in contrast to the San Andreas Fault which averages up to 37 mm (1.5 in) a year across California.[8] Aftershocks on the San Andreas are now believed to top out at 10 years while earthquakes in New Madrid are considered aftershocks nearly 200 years after the 1812 New Madrid earthquake.[9]
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That 9.1 will have aftershocks for many years to come most likely.