Poll of the Day > Major 8.7 earthquake near Russia and tsunami

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this is crazy

https://www.tsunami.gov/

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JixHedgehog posted...

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Not seeing it

Click that link. It's 8.7

There's a tsunami warning for the state of Hawaii

There was a 7.4 in the same region just a week ago, and dozens of 5.0 and above quakes since.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d556caed.jpg

Nothing crazy about it.

I see a 7.9 an hour and a halfish ago

*checks around*

OK, 8.8
Hawaii officials advise to stay calm and seek higher grounds
Workers told to leave, people stocking up on water, roads are backed up

That area has been rocking for over a week now and it finally let off some steam.

Tsunami activity being reported across the pacific and coastal gauges in Japan. This is not going to end well.

Hawaii expecting their first wave now, so far so good

Official says somethings definitely coming, may take several hours and that they're done monitoring the situation and are working to downgrade the warning

Edit : a lot of water has receded in Hanalei Bay

SunWuKung420 posted...

Nothing crazy about it.

We've had multiple evacuation warnings and some public transportation lines have been down for a good part of the day here in Japan.

Things are a bit crazy. @SunWuKung420

JixHedgehog posted...

Official says somethings definitely coming, may take several hours and that they're done monitoring the situation and are working to downgrade the warning

Edit : a lot of water has receded in Hanalei Bay

Why would they stop monitoring it if they think something is coming? That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Nothing crazy about it.

You sound like my 12 year old trying to act like they're too cool for anything, but you're a grown ass man.

hockey7318 posted...

You sound like my 12 year old trying to act like they're too cool for anything, but you're a grown ass man.

Or I grew up in California where every earthquake was going to make the state fall into the ocean.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Or I grew up in California where every earthquake was going to make the state fall into the ocean.

When's the last time California had an 8.8 magnitude quake?

You're right. Totally lame. No big deal. So stupid.

Nothing like my 12 year old...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/76df1b47.png

SoreChasm posted...

When's the last time California had an 8.8 magnitude quake?

Since he won't answer: Not in recorded history and probably not for the past several million years at least. No fault in California is likely even capable of generating that magnitude of earthquake, as the San Andreas fault complex is a strike-slip fault and high magnitude earthquakes are generally the result of the subducting plate megathrust type faults.

I was looking into this stuff recently. If there is a big earthquake from the Cascadia Fault it could still affect California. It could also cause the San Andreas fault line to rupture

https://survivingcascadia.com/part-1-cascadias-impact-area/

SunWuKung420 posted...

Or I grew up in California where every earthquake was going to make the state fall into the ocean.

If youre not going to even read the topic title you should probably just shut the fuck up.

Damn_Underscore posted...

I was looking into this stuff recently. If there is a big earthquake from the Cascadia Fault it could still affect California. It could also cause the San Andreas fault line to rupture

https://survivingcascadia.com/part-1-cascadias-impact-area/

Not so much could as will cause a San Andreas quake, but it would most likely result in something below 8.0 - possibly two separate earthquakes in the 7.0-8.0 range if the north and south ends slip separately. The San Andreas hasn't generated an 8.0 earthquake in recorded history, which when you consider the Great San Francisco Earthquake was "only" 7.8 should tell you something about how bad a potential 8.5-9.0 earthquake near Seattle might be.

willythemailboy posted...

Since he won't answer: Not in recorded history and probably not for the past several million years at least. No fault in California is likely even capable of generating that magnitude of earthquake, as the San Andreas fault complex is a strike-slip fault and high magnitude earthquakes are generally the result of the subducting plate megathrust type faults.

According to Wikipedia: The southern segment, which stretches from Parkfield in Monterey County all the way to the Salton Sea, is capable of an 8.1-magnitude earthquake. At its closest, this fault passes about 35 miles (56 km) to the northeast of Los Angeles. Such a large earthquake on this southern segment would kill thousands of people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and surrounding areas, and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage.

Magnitude 8.8 is approximately 5 times stronger than an 8.1. (Earthquake magnitudes are based on logarithms, so an increase of 1 magnitude is 10 times larger.)

captpackrat posted...

According to Wikipedia: The southern segment, which stretches from Parkfield in Monterey County all the way to the Salton Sea, is capable of an 8.1-magnitude earthquake. At its closest, this fault passes about 35 miles (56 km) to the northeast of Los Angeles. Such a large earthquake on this southern segment would kill thousands of people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and surrounding areas, and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage.

Magnitude 8.8 is approximately 5 times stronger than an 8.1. (Earthquake magnitudes are based on logarithms, so an increase of 1 magnitude is 10 times larger.)

Based on the source D_U posted

The Northern San Andreas Fault with its potential to produce an M7.9 ruptures and doesnt stop at the creeping section
Instead, it flows through to meet with the Southern San Andreas Fault (or visa versa) with its potential to produce an M7.8.

Several other sources agree with that, so this may be a case of "don't trust wikipedia".

I would like to clarify. I feel empathy for those affected by natural disasters. My wife is watching "Violent Earth* and it makes cry learning the stories of survivors and victims.

But at the same time, natural disasters happen, and I can't be sad about that. They play a role in giant system we exist within and they have to happen.

There exists forces beyond our control. It's how we react to them that defines us. I hope everyone affected by the tsunami gets help and can return to some measure of "normal" life soon.

No damage where I live, thankfully.

SunWuKung420 posted...

But at the same time, natural disasters happen, and I can't be sad about that.

We weren't asking you to be sad, we just were asking that you not be so flippant over people being surprised by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.