Nov 2nd, 2016: The Earth Moved Baby

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2016, 09:11 PM

Earth quakes have been big news lately. We see pictures of crumbled buildings and people suffering. This is what actually happens.

This is the Futagawa Fault in Japan. It moved 5 ft 11 inches(1.8m) horizontally in some places during an earthquake for 4 miles(6/7K) in 2015.
It was a magnitude-7.3 earthquake That shakes stuff up pretty good.

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glatt · 11-01-2016, 09:20 PM

If that happened in a suburban area, it would spark fights over property lines.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2016, 09:32 PM

A surveyors/lawyers goldmine. Wait till California gets The Big One.

Snakeadelic · 11-02-2016, 07:23 AM

Someone pointed out in a "how the real world would wreck your favorite sequels" post on another site that the movement of the San Andreas Fault means that when Marty McFly comes back from the 1800s, the other side of that train track would be something like 400 feet down the canyon...fault tectonics are SCARY if you pay too much attention! Seriously, quake maps of LA, Puget Sound, and Oklahoma are getting scarier and scarier. A few years back someone noticed a several-mile-long fault line, deeper than previous equipment could sound out, directly under one of the BIG arterials in Hollywood/Beverly Hills-ish. Don't remember which road, just that it's one of the ones with $$$$$$$$$ shops lining the endangered section.

footfootfoot · 11-02-2016, 12:02 PM

I think about the crust of the earth as being similar to the top of brownies when they come out of the oven. As they cool the crust hardens first and as the inner part cools and shrinks it creates cracks in the crust.

Now imagine an earth sized brownie. A few degrees of temperature change (i.e. global warming) you are going to have crust movement. I expect we'll see a lot more earthquakes in the coming years, along with the other extreme weather events, flooding, with a slight chance of locusts.

Gravdigr · 11-02-2016, 01:43 PM

That's a very good analogy, Foot.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2016, 02:17 PM

If the Earth was a brownie I'd be half way to China by now.

Diaphone Jim · 11-03-2016, 11:27 AM

Talk about earthquake resistant construction!
That 7.3 went through the front yard and I can't see any damage to the buildings.

11-01-2016, 09:11 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nov 2nd, 2016: The Earth Moved Baby Earth quakes have been big news lately. We see pictures of crumbled buildings and people suffering. This is what actually happens. This is the Futagawa Fault in Japan. It moved 5 ft 11 inches(1.8m) horizontally in some places during an earthquake for 4 miles(6/7K) in 2015. It was a magnitude-7.3 earthquake That shakes stuff up pretty good. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2016, 09:32 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A surveyors/lawyers goldmine. Wait till California gets The Big One. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2016, 12:02 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I think about the crust of the earth as being similar to the top of brownies when they come out of the oven. As they cool the crust hardens first and as the inner part cools and shrinks it creates cracks in the crust. Now imagine an earth sized brownie. A few degrees of temperature change (i.e. global warming) you are going to have crust movement. I expect we'll see a lot more earthquakes in the coming years, along with the other extreme weather events, flooding, with a slight chance of locusts. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-02-2016, 01:43 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	That's a very good analogy, Foot. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-02-2016, 02:17 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If the Earth was a brownie I'd be half way to China by now. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2016, 09:20 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	If that happened in a suburban area, it would spark fights over property lines.

11-02-2016, 07:23 AM	#4
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Someone pointed out in a "how the real world would wreck your favorite sequels" post on another site that the movement of the San Andreas Fault means that when Marty McFly comes back from the 1800s, the other side of that train track would be something like 400 feet down the canyon...fault tectonics are SCARY if you pay too much attention! Seriously, quake maps of LA, Puget Sound, and Oklahoma are getting scarier and scarier. A few years back someone noticed a several-mile-long fault line, deeper than previous equipment could sound out, directly under one of the BIG arterials in Hollywood/Beverly Hills-ish. Don't remember which road, just that it's one of the ones with $$$$$$$$$ shops lining the endangered section.

11-03-2016, 11:27 AM	#8
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Talk about earthquake resistant construction! That 7.3 went through the front yard and I can't see any damage to the buildings.

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