agsnchunt
Old Mossy Horns
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake that leveled buildings all over has now been followed by a 7.7.
Unreal scenes.
Unreal scenes.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake that leveled buildings all over has now been followed by a 7.7.
Unreal scenes.
I think it was yesterday morning. I believe I heard that the first after shock was almost as strong as the initial earthquake.I'm not seeing these two new earthquakes on the usgs maps. Are they from today or were they aftershocks yesterday? The weather is cold and thousands of people are trapped and the will not survive the elements long enough to be rescued. Truly tragic
I'm guessing this will be the worst ever quake devastation
Nah, when an over 9.0 happens, and affects the rotation of the Earth, and far away people see liquifaction on top of the ground,.....that is WORST case quake possible. I know it happened in Japan, and I think that also happened a long time ago in Alaska.I'm guessing this will be the worst ever quake devastation
Nah, when an over 9.0 happens, and affects the rotation of the Earth, and far away people see liquifaction on top of the ground,.....that is WORST case quake possible. I know it happened in Japan, and I think that also happened a long time ago in Alaska.
What I don't understand is how a 7.7 ish is gigantically more powerful than a 7.0? Both can crumble man made structures. 9.0+ on the other hand can change parts of the planet.
Prayers for all involved in this powerful quake.
Sad!
It's been 50 years since I dealt with logarithmic scales but I think a 7.7 has twice the power of a 7.5!
What I don't understand is how a 7.7 ish is gigantically more powerful than a 7.0? Both can crumble man made structures. 9.0+ on the other hand can change parts of the planet.
Watching those videos just strikes a different nerve. Imagine losing everything you’ve ever know including family and friends in such a short amount of time. Or just falling into the earth while sitting in your office. I can’t imagine what it would be like to work on an emergency team in that area.
I’m thinking you’re right about the cooled earth thing, and more powerful quakes but I also think it potentially happened on a much slower rate than we can fathom. The last episode responsible for forming the Rockies was 55-80 million years ago. If you take just the one episode over the course of 25 million years, also accounting for erosion, and factor in that parts of the Himalayan’s are still growing at up to 5mm a year, that’s plenty to time for them to form without a catastrophic quake of unfathomable proportions, or 5, creating them in one fell swoop (or 5).The human condition is fragile at best, mother nature is the 800lb gorilla that will do as it pleases and we are but passengers along for the ride. I often wonder when I see these 'strong quakes' just how much power was involved pushing up the rockies.. that potential I guess is still there I guess. (though I assume that happened when the earth had not cooled as much)
The human condition is fragile at best, mother nature is the 800lb gorilla that will do as it pleases and we are but passengers along for the ride. I often wonder when I see these 'strong quakes' just how much power was involved pushing up the rockies.. that potential I guess is still there I guess. (though I assume that happened when the earth had not cooled as much)
yep and I may be completely wrong, but I suspect that they did not grow at the current rate initially. Not trying to say they were thrust up all at once however, I am not sure we can grasp just how big quakes have been in geological history. I just wonder if some of those make the biggest ones humans have ever recorded look pretty small.The Himalayian mountains are still growing as the Indian plate collides with the Eurasian plate.
You have to keep in mind that the camera is most likely being shaken by the same forces as the area being videoed. That makes it hard to judge the real magnitude of what you are seeing. A slight movement of the camera has a huge impact on what you see.My brain is actually having trouble comprehending some if these videos. Never seen anything like that.
yep and I may be completely wrong, but I suspect that they did not grow at the current rate initially. Not trying to say they were thrust up all at once however, I am not sure we can grasp just how big quakes have been in geological history. I just wonder if some of those make the biggest ones humans have ever recorded look pretty small.