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In reply to the discussion: JUST IN🚨: Six powerful earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours [View all]Sympthsical
(11,291 posts)46. There's also a legendary incident about bombing the moon
Despite my best efforts, I've never been able to find it in the histories.
Dumb that is so dumb it circles around to being fantastically entertaining is one of my favorite Internet genres. Sun tornadoes causing earthquakes has to be up there.
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Except the two Sout American quakes were nowhere near the ring of fire. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Thursday
#16
Oh noes! About 300 miles away a 10,000+ mile ring. Difference without distinction.
marble falls
Thursday
#20
They appear to be near the caribbean plate boundary -- so different tectonic source than the others -- terms matter
JT45242
Thursday
#28
When i lived in Seattle, I had noticed that if a quake of more than five tended
mwmisses4289
Thursday
#7
...and he believes black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs don't exist.
LudwigPastorius
Thursday
#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
Thursday
#15
The location dot for the CA earthquake in the first image is like 600 miles off.
RockRaven
Thursday
#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
Thursday
#41
Why does this thread get 68 recs, when the threads about the effects of the Venezuela quakes
muriel_volestrangler
Thursday
#53