9.0 in Japan

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CANTTAKESKY

Friday, March 11, 2011 12:48 PM

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xgp.p
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PIZMOBEACH

Friday, March 11, 2011 2:11 PM

5th largest since 1900.

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/bigmap/index.phtml

I had no idea how quake activity so closely followed the edges of continents (Gondwanland boundaries ) - looks like we're cracking like a dropped egg.

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BYTEMITE

Friday, March 11, 2011 3:06 PM

Well, earthquakes require fault activity, and the biggest faults occur at continental margins. You can really only have brittle deformation (which would cause an earthquake) to a depth of 10 km, which the plate boundaries have that to spare. And the deeper the quake you get, there's generally more tension involved.

The earthquake zone around the Pacific rim is also known for a lot of volcanic activity (which also requires faults) - it isn't called the Ring of Fire for nothing. Mt. Fuji in Japan is actually an extinct volcano, for example.

But 8.9, ouch. Apparently they cracked a lot of gas lines, there's fires in some of the affected cities, and depending on if they're using any of the traditional Japanese construction, that's pretty serious.

They're also concerned about moving people away from the nuclear powerplants...

HARDWARE

Friday, March 11, 2011 6:00 PM

Praying for them all.

The videos are gut wrenching. Those poor people.

And for once I can get behind 0 offering support and assistance to the people of Japan. When your neighbor is in trouble you don't ask how much it is going to cost you to help him, you just help.

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QUESTIONABLEQUESTIONALITY

Friday, March 11, 2011 6:34 PM

I don't think sending money or support is what the Japanese need right now. They could probably use a boat-load of dry towels and shams most. The trouble with being asian on Japan isn't the huge waves that can slam the coast, but not having evolved the proper eye to see the waves before it is too late. Koreans would have had no problem seeing the waves coming, because unlike the Japanese the Korean's eyes are set at a 56 degree angle to the horizon and not the rediculous 67 degree slant the poor Japs have got.

Gut-wrenching.

WULFENSTAR

Friday, March 11, 2011 7:42 PM

Another earthquake (6.6) just hit Japan.

WTF.

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, March 11, 2011 11:41 PM

Got wind of an effort from one of my military contacts, the Air Force is (or was, as it's prolly there by now) getting a load of coolant out there at all due speed in order to chill the one reactor that's inching toward meltdown before something really bad happens.

If naught else, besides the humanitarian interest, I think we kind of owe em that, in an ironic sort of way - so may the Valkyrie speed their path, and here's for hoping then can pull a clean shutdown.

-F

QUESTIONABLEQUESTIONALITY

Friday, March 11, 2011 11:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Got wind of an effort from one of my military contacts, the Air Force is (or was, as it's prolly there by now) getting a load of coolant out there at all due speed in order to chill the one reactor that's inching toward meltdown before something really bad happens.

If naught else, besides the humanitarian interest, I think we kind of owe em that, in an ironic sort of way - so may the Valkyrie speed their path, and here's for hoping then can pull a clean shutdown.

-F

Could your military contact be any later with that news? Some contact

akin to me saying I have a contact in government that says Obama has won the whitehouse in 2008.

RIONAEIRE

Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:08 AM

That's a big one allright, I haven't heard much about the stats on it yet, I hope there is as little dammage as possible. The west coast here had tsunami warnings this morning, I don't live close enough to the sea for us to get them in my city, but my best friend in Eureka, whom I just got back from visiting, had the whole thing this morning, my dad already texted her and she says it didn't get weird, I'm waiting to talk to her. It is a good thing they have tsunami warning systems now, too bad they don't have earthquake warnings yet, I doubt they ever could but maybe someday?

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FREMDFIRMA

Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:41 AM

Well it's not like your average fuel monkey is in the decision making loop there, QQ, he just puts the fuel in the planes, and it's not like he ran to the phone afterwords either - he just thought I might like to know, is all.

-F

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