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Originally posted by Essan
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by dreamfox1
I'm no expert so I will claim ignorance on this matter. But I am wondering,
Couldn't all these mini quakes be actually relieving the pressure, rather than it being built up?
Yep. But don't tell anyone!
It's when earthquake activity drops you need to really worry. Because that means that as the plates continue to move relative to one another, the pressure is building and building and building ......
It's been suggested that inducing minor quakes might actually be one way we could help prevent big ones.
I would take an earthquake over ANY other natural disaster any ol day of the week! I've lived in California all my life and have been through many many Earthquakes and they have never scared me. I would rather stand on shaking ground for a minute or two than risk getting whisked away in a damn tornado! The thought of being in the middle of a Tornado or Hurricane scares me senseless.
maybe thats why they shut it down,..
Originally posted by donlashway
would an EQ in LA be a problem with the 405 shut down?
Originally posted by Essan
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by dreamfox1
I'm no expert so I will claim ignorance on this matter. But I am wondering,
Couldn't all these mini quakes be actually relieving the pressure, rather than it being built up?
Yep. But don't tell anyone!
It's when earthquake activity drops you need to really worry. Because that means that as the plates continue to move relative to one another, the pressure is building and building and building ......
It's been suggested that inducing minor quakes might actually be one way we could help prevent big ones.
Originally posted by TopherWayne
Originally posted by girl_interrupted
I've only been in a few earthquakes and none were very large. It's still so terrifying. Give me a tornado or a hurricane any day. I can probably even deal with a volcano, but earthquakes freak me out.
I hope that this isn't the precursor to some big event out there on the west coast. And I sure do want all of our members out there to remain safe and sound.
LMAO! Are you kidding me? I would take an earthquake over ANY other natural disaster any ol day of the week! I've lived in California all my life and have been through many many Earthquakes and they have never scared me. I would rather stand on shaking ground for a minute or two than risk getting whisked away in a damn tornado! The thought of being in the middle of a Tornado or Hurricane scares me senseless.
Originally posted by jude11
Glad I'm not the only watching this. I took this shot today:
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A few days ago:
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And an interesting series last week:
Originally posted by UtahRosebud
Actually this is more of a myth now. There can never ben enough small ones to eliminate the possibility of a big one.
Seismologists have observed that for every magnitude 6 earthquake there are about 10 of magnitude 5, 100 of magnitude 4, 1,000 of magnitude 3, and so forth as the events get smaller and smaller. This sounds like a lot of small earthquakes, but there are never enough small ones to eliminate the occasional large event. It would take 32 magnitude 5's, 1000 magnitude 4's, and 32,000 magnitude 3's to equal the energy of one magnitude 6 event. So, even though we always record many more small events than large ones, there are far too few to eliminate the need for the occasional large earthquake.
Source - USGS - Earthquakes Facts & Earthquake Fantasy
Originally posted by Oldtimer2
Once again someone making a foolish prediction,I live in So California and it's been a while since I even felt a quake,this incessive rambling has been going on for 50 yrs that I can remember,the New Madrid fault will have a giant quake before a large quake on San Andreas,besides your local scientists have said it is incapable of a quake larger then 7.5, go watch your sci fi movies and play your video games,.leave the people in Calif alone,we are tired of your basesless claims
Originally posted by shadowmoon
Originally posted by DarkSarcasm
Does anyone know where I can find an EQ map of the past not including the month recently passed week for a comparison.
Not only that, everyone should look at the huge California valley in that map and notice its elevation compared to the rest of californias elevations. The valley is very low. Like in Japan, if a huge EQ does occur, that valley could drop. With many subsequent EQs it very possible that the entire valley could fall/drop below sea level, shortly thereafter there is a small perpendicular valley that connects the ocean with the valley that could also fall. Eventually, probably many centuries from now, maybe even multiple millennia, they will both be below sea level which would turn that valley into a huge bay about the same size as lake Michigan.
To me, the earthquakes are not what scares me about this area, its the repercussions of many large EQs over the next few hundred years. So yea, if you event yet I would suggest looking at the map again and compare the elevation key with the map and pay close attention to the huge valley and the much smaller ocean to valley connection valley.
You know what disturbes me ?
why did nasa took the ele orbit tracker offline ??
now it looks like they do got something big to hide :s
or is it just on my laptop ? can some one confirm this please ??
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov...