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Japan, Taiwan, New York, this is apparently the year of the earthquake.

by wumeow 3y ago

seydor 3y ago
4.7 is not really a strong earthquake, it s routine in earthquake-prone zones
- chrinic74929 3y ago
  > 4.7 is not really a strong earthquake, it s routine in earthquake-prone zones NYC quake was at shallow depth. 4.7 quake at 1 km depth will shake more at the surface than a 6.0 at 30 km depth
  - neogodless 3y ago
    In this case, it's a 4.8 mwr at 4.7 km depth.
  - renewiltord 3y ago
    USGS shows it as 4.8 at 4.7 km https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000ma74&extent=40.01079,-76.23688&extent=41.39123,-73.27881 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureI... The Belden quake is 4.4 at 7.8 km, and 4.2 at 5 km. It's a log scale so the Whitehouse quake is much larger, but the significance of the quake seems to be more than just these numbers because Belden quake is irrelevant (didn't make the news really). Sarupathar was a 5.8 (huge comparatively) at 10 km. Hualien was 5.1 at 15.9 km and talked about more than Sarupathar. So the defining aspect appears to be how many people are within range of the epicenter rather than just raw depth and magnitude. Which makes sense, I suppose. We care about how population centers encounter the movement!
    - ylyn 3y ago
      > Hualien was 5.1 at 15.9 km That's just an aftershock. The main quake was three days ago. M 7.4 according to USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4/executive https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4... So for an earthquake that's almost 1000x as strong, you'd think it'd be talked about more.
      - renewiltord 3y ago
        Thank you! Yeah, a 7.4 is humongous. I did wonder about this because my wife's family reported quite intensive shaking and I've been in a 6-something before and that was quite disruptive. I can't imagine a 5.1 being that much.
kube-system 3y ago
The hurricanes are coming soon. Oceans are warming up at record speeds this year already.
- FrustratedMonky 3y ago
  Dogs and Cats Living together.
- lxgr 3y ago
  Solar eclipses, even!
- postalrat 3y ago
  Fire and brimstone!
- JALTU 3y ago
  Sharknadoes
- bregma 3y ago
  Locusts (or at least Cicadas)!

Japan, Taiwan, New York, this is apparently the year of the earthquake.

by wumeow 3y ago

Japan, Taiwan, New York, this is apparently the year of the earthquake.

seydor 3y ago

4.7 is not really a strong earthquake, it s routine in earthquake-prone zones

chrinic74929 3y ago
> 4.7 is not really a strong earthquake, it s routine in earthquake-prone zones NYC quake was at shallow depth. 4.7 quake at 1 km depth will shake more at the surface than a 6.0 at 30 km depth
- neogodless 3y ago
  In this case, it's a 4.8 mwr at 4.7 km depth.
- renewiltord 3y ago
  USGS shows it as 4.8 at 4.7 km https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000ma74&extent=40.01079,-76.23688&extent=41.39123,-73.27881 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureI... The Belden quake is 4.4 at 7.8 km, and 4.2 at 5 km. It's a log scale so the Whitehouse quake is much larger, but the significance of the quake seems to be more than just these numbers because Belden quake is irrelevant (didn't make the news really). Sarupathar was a 5.8 (huge comparatively) at 10 km. Hualien was 5.1 at 15.9 km and talked about more than Sarupathar. So the defining aspect appears to be how many people are within range of the epicenter rather than just raw depth and magnitude. Which makes sense, I suppose. We care about how population centers encounter the movement!
  - ylyn 3y ago
    > Hualien was 5.1 at 15.9 km That's just an aftershock. The main quake was three days ago. M 7.4 according to USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4/executive https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4... So for an earthquake that's almost 1000x as strong, you'd think it'd be talked about more.
    - renewiltord 3y ago
      Thank you! Yeah, a 7.4 is humongous. I did wonder about this because my wife's family reported quite intensive shaking and I've been in a 6-something before and that was quite disruptive. I can't imagine a 5.1 being that much.

kube-system 3y ago

The hurricanes are coming soon. Oceans are warming up at record speeds this year already.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago
Dogs and Cats Living together.
lxgr 3y ago
Solar eclipses, even!
postalrat 3y ago
Fire and brimstone!
JALTU 3y ago
Sharknadoes
bregma 3y ago
Locusts (or at least Cicadas)!