Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2
On the radio KFI LA..
HOLY COW!
# Magnitude 6.3 #quake hits Argentina, centered near Salta - U.S. Geological Survey 4 minutes ago via BreakingNews Headquarters
I posted this at TRR site on the thread I posted. I just added (can modify our posts) an ACCURACY alert..
Hi girlfriend! Miss seeing you!
Cold chills listening to the sirens on CNN.
HAhhahaaaaaaa!!! Look at what I JUST posted :)
Dear Lord....
YES! You know exactly what I am talking about. It’s looting when you have disaster relief items for the taking. Right now it’s called survival.
bttt
You’re better Googling then hitting the “NEWS” button on top of the page. I have found some hyperbolic statements not backed up with facts on this thread.
Well meaning, but it is best to check the news.
You are quicker than me.
:)
someone who is knowledgeable (heck I didn’t even know the Richter Scale was out of date or how to pronounce Chile)
How do you determine the difference between a separate earthquake & an aftershock?
Point in case the 6.4 event that just occurred in Argentina.
Chile May 1960 = 9.5 quake (largest in recorded history)
...I know because I was there.... this one is certainly bad as well...
Magnitude 6.3 #quake hits Argentina, centered near Salta - U.S. Geological Survey
That is quite a distance away.
Oh My!!! That one in Japan set off a swirl of them!!
CNN Live video has 4 different live streams running, FYI
Currently 3 are reporting on Chile and 2 is reporting on the Tsunami (KHON TV).
What's you professional opinion about this?
that is close enough to be related to the Chile quake
Thanks Fatima, been a bit busy this morning putting a few things together in case the evacuation order is given. We still have a few hours to go before having to leave the area and the news is getting really boring.
Actually seismologists spend a lot of time debating this - the answer is not obvious.
Aftershocks are generally smaller than the mainshock (of course) and occur within the rupture zone of the mainshock. Earthquakes that are nearby but not within the rupture zone of the mainshock either 1) just happened to randomly occur and happened to occur at that time or 2) were "remotely triggered" by the mainshock.
These aftershocks are huge.
4.1 in Central California this morning. That’s not very big, but it’s not too common either.
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