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53. Why does this thread get 68 recs, when the threads about the effects of the Venezuela quakes

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 04:14 PM

19 hrs ago

with hundreds of dead, and it's feared many more, get under 20?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143684265
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221327919
https://www.democraticunderground.com/132174665

The author of the later tweets is a loon.

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JUST IN🚨: Six powerful earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours [View all] riversedge 22 hrs ago OP

The Ring of Fire. The Pacific Rim. Get ready for a period of 'adjustment'. marble falls 22 hrs ago #1

As predicted by Johnny Cash.. thomski64 22 hrs ago #14

Except the two Sout American quakes were nowhere near the ring of fire. Nt Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #16

Oh noes! About 300 miles away a 10,000+ mile ring. Difference without distinction. marble falls 21 hrs ago #20

See post #28 Nt Fiendish Thingy 20 hrs ago #38

They appear to be near the caribbean plate boundary -- so different tectonic source than the others -- terms matter JT45242 21 hrs ago #28

We need seismic activity all right /nt bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #2

The world is in unrest. cachukis 22 hrs ago #3

Earth in Upheaval Give Peace A Chance 19 hrs ago #44

Apparently we're in the middle of a Magnetic Pole shift. haele 19 hrs ago #48

Waiting for Earth to swallow him ZDU 22 hrs ago #4

Something's up! What has Trump done now? surfered 22 hrs ago #5

Well, Cheney's dead Sympthsical 22 hrs ago #6

Were you here like twenty years ago? fujiyamasan 22 hrs ago #8

I am versed in the lore Sympthsical 22 hrs ago #11

I must've missed that one. hamsterjill 21 hrs ago #24

It's amazing Sympthsical 21 hrs ago #33

Wow, that was something! ShazzieB 20 hrs ago #39

There's also a legendary incident about bombing the moon Sympthsical 19 hrs ago #46

That was a classic fujiyamasan 17 hrs ago #54

Oh good lord!!! hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #45

When i lived in Seattle, I had noticed that if a quake of more than five tended mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #7

USGS - latest earthquakes surfered 22 hrs ago #9

The big brained ape has spoken and the Universe no likey very much ;) n/t Cheezoholic 22 hrs ago #10

Delong Chi is on the outer, outer fringe of science, if he's there at all. nilram 22 hrs ago #12

I would ... marble falls 21 hrs ago #23

...and he believes black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs don't exist. LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #29

Do you ever get the feeling Jilly_in_VA 22 hrs ago #13

Yes. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #47

Yes - Mother Earth is angry, with good reason. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #55

Im not being disrespectful. Just that a 7.5 + 7.2 that close together might be classed as 14.7? Which is horrifying. Srkdqltr 22 hrs ago #15

No, doesn't work that way. Igel 12 hrs ago #61

Thank you. I did not know how that worked. Appreciate the answer. Horrifying Srkdqltr 12 hrs ago #62

As someone who survived the Loma Prieta quake Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #17

The movie: 'Earthquaknado'. marble falls 21 hrs ago #25

We had a Hurriquake in California... haele 19 hrs ago #51

What a great drive-in movie triple feature. marble falls 14 hrs ago #56

Agreed but Unwind Your Mind 21 hrs ago #27

The location dot for the CA earthquake in the first image is like 600 miles off. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #18

I know north of Ukiah Tree Lady 14 hrs ago #57

Didn't feel it around Napa Sympthsical 14 hrs ago #58

How long you lived there? Tree Lady 13 hrs ago #59

Going on seven years now Sympthsical 11 hrs ago #63

I had a class there in my junior year Tree Lady 10 hrs ago #64

We got alerts Unwind Your Mind 13 hrs ago #60

Do you know what this means? Sneederbunk 21 hrs ago #19

K & R malaise 21 hrs ago #21

That's great it starts with an earthquake birds snakes and airplanes... Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #22

Wonder how solar radiation tied into it ? dave99 21 hrs ago #26

It doesn't. LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #30

When you're plagiarizing a Roland Emmerich film Sympthsical 21 hrs ago #32

They get this crap from that moron on utube with the spinny globe lol n/t Cheezoholic 19 hrs ago #50

The End Times AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #31

thanks for the information. AllaN01Bear 20 hrs ago #34

In 1994 DFW 20 hrs ago #35

I worked as a secretary for company near the Berkeley campus, Zackzzzz 19 hrs ago #43

Thankfully the New Madrid fault Line was not on the list. Emile 20 hrs ago #36

Gotta wonder when New Madrid will act up? LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #40

MAGAts will cry "fake news". Dr. T 20 hrs ago #37

You have no idea Dem_in_Nebr. 19 hrs ago #42

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 20 hrs ago #41

The "myshake" app on iPhones is very useful. dickthegrouch 19 hrs ago #49

Can't we just have one very precisely-aimed lightning bolt? C_U_L8R 19 hrs ago #52

Why does this thread get 68 recs, when the threads about the effects of the Venezuela quakes muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #53