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Honshu, Japan-(ENEWSPF)- The seabed has not settled off the coast of Honshu, Japan. Yet another substantial earthquake has struck, this one registring 6.2 magnitude on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:44:07 UTC, 06:44:07 AM(CDT) - Central Daylight (Chicago), at a depth of 37 km (23.0 miles).
The epicenter was 304 km (188 miles) E of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan; 339 km (210 miles) E of Mito, Honshu, Japan; 349 km (216 miles) ESE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan; and 418 km (259 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan.
No tsunami watch, warning or advisory is in effect subsequent to this event at this time.
Originally posted by Juanxlink
reply to post by ElectricUniverse
We get 2-3 of these every day(almost), wont say its fine, but cant see why its news now...
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
Originally posted by Juanxlink
reply to post by ElectricUniverse
We get 2-3 of these every day(almost), wont say its fine, but cant see why its news now...
You are getting lots of quakes, but not 2-3 6.2 richter scale earthquakes almost every day...
I have been looking for the past almost two weeks and I haven't seen any 6.2 or higher in at least two weeks or more.
Originally posted by Skorpiogurl
So... anyone think it's pure concidence that several highly un-reliable and some more credible sources predicted this? I mean all you have to do is google it and it's all over the place...(sites and videos) Personally, I think it's an interesting and fairly cool coincidence. What do you all think?
Originally posted by Curious and Concerned
Originally posted by Skorpiogurl
So... anyone think it's pure concidence that several highly un-reliable and some more credible sources predicted this? I mean all you have to do is google it and it's all over the place...(sites and videos) Personally, I think it's an interesting and fairly cool coincidence. What do you all think?
I have tried googling and can't seem to find anyone predicting this quake? How specific was this prediction you speak of?
Just wondering, because if someone made a prediction that there would be a 6+ earthquake occurring "somewhere", then it's not really that much of a coincidence. Using data from USGS since 1990, we get on average a 6+ magnitude quake every 2.4 days. The chances of predicting such a quake has quite a high probability (0.41) of success. If your prediction is more specific, for example predicting a specific location, then the probability of success decreases.
When the amount of "predictions" increase, the probability of one of them occurring also increases. I would consider most prediction successes as more of a chance based on probability than a coincidence, unless they have a significant degree of specificity. So I would be interested in seeing the specificity of any recent predictions.