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Showing Original Post only (View all)JUST IN🚨: Six powerful earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours [View all]
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JUST IN🚨: Six powerful earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours
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JUST IN🚨: Six powerful earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours [View all]
riversedge
10 hrs ago
OP
The Ring of Fire. The Pacific Rim. Get ready for a period of 'adjustment'.
marble falls
10 hrs ago
#1
Except the two Sout American quakes were nowhere near the ring of fire. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
10 hrs ago
#16
Oh noes! About 300 miles away a 10,000+ mile ring. Difference without distinction.
marble falls
9 hrs ago
#20
They appear to be near the caribbean plate boundary -- so different tectonic source than the others -- terms matter
JT45242
9 hrs ago
#28
When i lived in Seattle, I had noticed that if a quake of more than five tended
mwmisses4289
10 hrs ago
#7
The big brained ape has spoken and the Universe no likey very much ;) n/t
Cheezoholic
10 hrs ago
#10
...and he believes black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs don't exist.
LudwigPastorius
9 hrs ago
#29
Im not being disrespectful. Just that a 7.5 + 7.2 that close together might be classed as 14.7? Which is horrifying.
Srkdqltr
10 hrs ago
#15
Thank you. I did not know how that worked. Appreciate the answer. Horrifying
Srkdqltr
18 min ago
#62
The location dot for the CA earthquake in the first image is like 600 miles off.
RockRaven
10 hrs ago
#18
I'm not a geologist, but that's sort of looks like the ring of fire to me. Wonder what geologists have to say about that
msfiddlestix
8 hrs ago
#41
Why does this thread get 68 recs, when the threads about the effects of the Venezuela quakes
muriel_volestrangler
7 hrs ago
#53