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Originally posted by Hr2burn
Excellent work, and I admire your concern for the people of Japan. They have seem to have lost their newsworthiness as of late. So strange how what may be one of the worst disasters ever, is just being swept under the rug.
S&F
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
Well I don't know about this, but there seems to be some correlation between that volcano on the south side and the bigger quakes:
122.20.254.201:443...
Cause it seems just about every time that thing turns fire red with lava in the crater, within a couple hours Japan gets another 5+. It was fire red earlier, before the 5.8 and now 6.0.
Originally posted by vox2442
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
Well I don't know about this, but there seems to be some correlation between that volcano on the south side and the bigger quakes:
122.20.254.201:443...
Cause it seems just about every time that thing turns fire red with lava in the crater, within a couple hours Japan gets another 5+. It was fire red earlier, before the 5.8 and now 6.0.
For those that can't read Japanese, that camera view is from the Kurokami river camera at Sakurajima.
(黒神川1号ダム上流左岸 - Kurokami River, 1st dam, upstream, left bank). I assume that's the Minamidake peak erupting.
Sakurajima is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. It's been erupting almost non-stop since 1955. By the OP'S logic, we should have been having 6.0 quakes on a weekly basis since then.
In other news, I predict (for the record), based on my consultations with the tarot, meditation, and observation of the weather channel, severe tornadoes in Oklahoma for the first week of July. I strongly urge that the US government evacuate the state. Maybe send everyone to Mexico or something.
Originally posted by maximumpower
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out but areas that experience lots of earthquakes actually release a lot of tension and decrease the probability of "the big one" striking. These are still aftershocks too? It was a pretty huge quake...
Decreasing the probability doesn't mean it can't happen, but your "documentation" is basically meaningless.
Seismologists have observed that for every magnitude 6 earthquake there are 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, 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 never enough to eliminate the need for the occasional large earthquake.
Originally posted by TheOneEyedProphet
same wording, same phrasal structures, a bit of variation here and there, all for name calling and general trolling, trying to downplay some very SERIOUS ISSUES, trying to contain the free flow of information, very odd, very odd indeed, because a true ATSer would have checked TRUE AMERICAN`s profile and corroborated that the man does not post bull, and that any claims he makes are not done so lightly...
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 13:37:03 UTC
Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 10:37:03 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 35.617°N, 140.452°E
Depth 42.9 km (26.7 miles)
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 64 km (39 miles) E of TOKYO, Japan
76 km (47 miles) ENE of Yokohama, Honshu, Japan
82 km (50 miles) S of Mito, Honshu, Japan
115 km (71 miles) SSE of Utsunomiya, Honshu, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.8 km (9.2 miles); depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Parameters NST=378, Nph=378, Dmin=227.1 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0002w98
Originally posted by Allegory of Illumination
reply to post by kro32
Eat crow my friend, and then let me know how it tastes.
Do you have a link for the weather channel actually.
Originally posted by Finalized
Originally posted by Allegory of Illumination
reply to post by kro32
Eat crow my friend, and then let me know how it tastes.
The comments from the detractors will be something along the line of "it wasn't big enough" or "there wasn't a tsunami".