A-L-E-X Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Yes we always have a few Darwin Award Nominees who ignore them. It's hard on the award winners but good for the gene pool as long as they haven't already bred. Steve It's a miracle they survived as long as they did running on low "batteries" like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 CNN reporting another big aftershock just occured. Someone on CNN said a 7.9 aftershock can still happen. That wouldn't be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierwx Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 CNN reporting another big aftershock just occured. Someone on CNN said a 7.9 aftershock can still happen. That wouldn't be good. They say usually the strongest aftershock should be one order of magnitude lower than the quake and that can be up to a year later. That is one doozy to be hanging over your head. Hopefully they will not see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 you can't fix stupid. The one guy who was swept out to sea was taking pictures. I'll bet the last one was taken in low light conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 CNN reporting another big aftershock just occured. Someone on CNN said a 7.9 aftershock can still happen. That wouldn't be good. 7.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 They just had a 7.2 aftershock? Sweet Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 That could trigger another tsunami...although its tough to imagine much more damage being done then has already been inflected by the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 They just had a 7.2 aftershock? Sweet Jesus. now says 6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 now says 6.1 getting it wrong by a full order of magnitude...nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 That could trigger another tsunami...although its tough to imagine much more damage being done then has already been inflected by the last one. Perhaps this has been discussed earlier in the thread but I was under the impression that you need anything over 8.0 to even have a chance at generating a significant tsunami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Perhaps this has been discussed earlier in the thread but I was under the impression that you need anything over 8.0 to even have a chance at generating a significant tsunami. On CNN they said above a 7.0 is good enough...although I understand that's not exactly the best source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Perhaps this has been discussed earlier in the thread but I was under the impression that you need anything over 8.0 to even have a chance at generating a significant tsunami. it depends on lots of things, not just whether it's an 8 or not...bathymetry, angle of the coastline, dampening and enhancing effects of other pieces of coastline, etc all contribute to the tsunami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 How do you clean up something like this? This will take years... God help those in Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 it depends on lots of things, not just whether it's an 8 or not...bathymetry, angle of the coastline, dampening and enhancing effects of other pieces of coastline, etc all contribute to the tsunami. I know but I thought anything under 8 wouldn't be enough for anything big regardless of other favorable factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Check out this striking 45-second video showing the before and after of the Japanese city of Minamisanriku. The scale of the destruction is incredible: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 0030: Nearly 900 people were killed as a result of the earthquake and tsunami, Japanese national police say. 0058: More on those casualty figures from national police: 642 people are also reported missing, with 1,570 injured. The death toll does not include up to 300 bodies found in Sendai, AFP news agency notes. BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Wow, just wiped clean... I hope those people got out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 More before-and-after shots. It really is incredible-- whole cities wiped completely clean: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 More before-and-after shots. It really is incredible-- whole cities wiped completely clean: Wow. Unreal..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 live feed from tokoyo about 10 mins ago said they are feeling aftershocks 6.6 just showed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I'm pretty sure the death toll is going to be much higher than 1k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 0155: A strong earthquake occurred off Japan's eastern coast at 0126 GMT today, the US Geological Survey confirms. It was closer to Tokyo than Friday's quake. Buildings swayed in the capital, AP says. 0157: This new quake measured 6.2 and was centred about 179km (111 miles) east of the Japanese capital, at a depth of 24.5km. BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 0155: A strong earthquake occurred off Japan's eastern coast at 0126 GMT today, the US Geological Survey confirms. It was closer to Tokyo than Friday's quake. Buildings swayed in the capital, AP says. 0157: This new quake measured 6.2 and was centred about 179km (111 miles) east of the Japanese capital, at a depth of 24.5km. whos to say a big afterskock 7+ wont occur close to tokoyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 It's crazy that even these aftershocks are really large events. Quakes over 6.0 are big deals in their own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 is it commom for aftershocks to occur so far away from the main quake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 is it commom for aftershocks to occur so far away from the main quake? It's on the same fault line, so I don't see why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 It's on the same fault line, so I don't see why not. yes but that would be like a quake in LA causing a quake in San Fransisco its almost 500 miles spread on that map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 0214: The number of people reported missing in Fukushima prefecture is now 1,167, AFP reports, quoting Kyodo. BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Any chance this may lead to the eruption of Mt. Fuji. The previous "largest earthquake in Japan" lead to its eruption 49 days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 yes but that would be like a quake in LA causing a quake in San Fransisco its almost 500 miles spread on that map Well, the next time we get an 8.9 earthquake in LA, we'll see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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