Earthquake thread

And then their are those conspiracy theorists. I read an article that they said the Haiti quake was cause by the US having a weather altering and earthquake causing weapons test. Followed by us taking over the countries only airport with US troops under the guise of humanitarian aid. This test was supposedly a precursor to using it on Iran.Blah blah blah. And then like Barman wrote don't forget December 21st 2012 end of the Mayan calender. Neat video on how it worked http://mayancalendar2012.org/ Fabe

electrotune1200 said:

I think it's just the Earth getting things back in line again. More seismic activity and the occasional volcano can lower the average temperature a few degrees. Not such a bad thing when the average temperature is "supposedly" getting warmer.

Unfortunately.... Us people stand in the way, and casualties result. The earth has ben doing this long before we showed up. We were lucky to go through a fairly innactive period of late.

hmmmm only thing about that is if the average temperature has risen its only by about 1.8 degrees if any at all

What next? Jesus reborn? Possibly?
I don't think he'd like the way things are run nowadays...

spinifex said:

CarlTR6 said:

Mother Earth is quite active lately. I am glad to hear there were not a lot of injuries or deaths.

Precise conversation Sally and I were having.
In years gone by, earth quakes have been less frequent, however, it is becoming more of regular event.

Were they less frequent or have communications gotten much better - and a larger population?

hubris said:

hmmmm only thing about that is if the average temperature has risen its only by about 1.8 degrees if any at all

That's all that's needed to thaw ice. Ponder on that

Waves at Pizzaman. Pepperoni and cheese please.

hm... anything else? mushrooms? anchovies?
and as far as the ice on the poles..... it had been advancing back between 1300's and 1800's so its only natural that it would receded again

Here's another one for you.

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Samoa

Bare Foot Kid said:

PERTH, Australia (AFP) – A record 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Australia's Goldfields region Tuesday, damaging buildings, injuring two people and closing the massive "Super Pit" gold mine.

Record quake hits Australia's Goldfields, two hurt - Yahoo! News

They got it wrong it's not a record for Australia, I was in Newcastle when they had a 5.6,it was very scary.

Kari said:

Let's hope our fellow geeks and members from Down Under have not got any injuries or damage.

Agreed!