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 03/11/2011 02:01:29 AM · #26
Very big. If this holds up it will be the 5th largest earthquake since 1900.

8.9 USGS

Top 15 biggest earthquakes
03/11/2011 08:38:08 AM · #27
Originally posted by hahn23:
Japan Earthquake: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 19-Feet High Tsunami Feared

Magnitude 8.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

As we approach the time of the Extreme Supermoon in 8 days.


I wonder if we'll see more...
 03/11/2011 09:21:52 AM · #28
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Japan Earthquake: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 19-Feet High Tsunami Feared

Magnitude 8.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

As we approach the time of the Extreme Supermoon in 8 days.


I wonder if we'll see more...


If you want me to wildly speculate about an unknowable future????..... okay, I'm not shy! The New Madrid area is of recent concern.
 03/11/2011 09:28:25 AM · #29
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Japan Earthquake: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 19-Feet High Tsunami Feared

Magnitude 8.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

As we approach the time of the Extreme Supermoon in 8 days.


I wonder if we'll see more...


If you want me to wildly speculate about an unknowable future????..... okay, I'm not shy! The New Madrid area is of recent concern.


Let's hope it doesn't ehh?

Message edited by author 2011-03-11 09:28:55.
 03/11/2011 10:15:50 AM · #30
Originally posted by coryboehne:
...Let's hope it doesn't ehh?

Yes, I'd be very happy to have no catastrophes. The Yellowstone super caldera has been quiet for several months, which is a good thing.
 03/11/2011 12:48:08 PM · #31
Originally posted by hahn23:
Japan Earthquake: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 19-Feet High Tsunami Feared

Magnitude 8.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

As we approach the time of the Extreme Supermoon in 8 days.

You're just trolling me by making a veiled connection.

Cory, I can't believe you're encouraging it... :-P

Message edited by author 2011-03-11 12:49:14.
 03/11/2011 01:02:41 PM · #32
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Japan Earthquake: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 19-Feet High Tsunami Feared

Magnitude 8.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

As we approach the time of the Extreme Supermoon in 8 days.

You're just trolling me by making a veiled connection.

Cory, I can't believe you're encouraging it... :-P

So, are you saying the moon has zero effect on the tides and the tectonic shifts? Furthermore, if the moon reaches a closer than normal perigee of its orbit, is it not possible for the gravitational pull to increase, even if marginally? Maybe marginal increases in gravitational pull occasionally and unpredictably trigger earthquakes and volcanic activity.

If you say your science does not allow for any of these possibilities, then I can accept your opinion as legitimately held.
 03/11/2011 01:38:02 PM · #33
Originally posted by hahn23:
If you say your science does not allow for any of these possibilities, then I can accept your opinion as legitimately held.

I don't think it's that science doesn't allow for the possibility, but that evidence of known past events does not support such a cause-and-effect correlation, and that current models/calculations do not predict it. As always, in science, further evidence/data may require changes in opinion ...
 03/11/2011 01:47:19 PM · #34
Humm... Time to whack Warewolves of London onto the Netflix queue again I guess :-) and buy some more tinned food for the end of the world :-))
 03/11/2011 02:31:59 PM · #35
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by hahn23:
If you say your science does not allow for any of these possibilities, then I can accept your opinion as legitimately held.

I don't think it's that science doesn't allow for the possibility, but that evidence of known past events does not support such a cause-and-effect correlation, and that current models/calculations do not predict it. As always, in science, further evidence/data may require changes in opinion ...

I understand and agree. Correlation does not mean causation. We do have four Great quakes in the past 50 years, which were somewhat correlated to moon extremes:

Alaska, 3/27/64, 9.2
Sumatra, Indonesia, 12/26/04, 9.1
Chili, 02/27/10, 8.8
Japan, 03/11/11, 8.9

It is selective data mining to say these events at moon extremes prove any theory. They may very well be coincidences, especially since many intervening moon extremes did not trigger Great quakes. It's pretty easy to call a few data points spurious correlations. All that being said, it's good science to keep an open mind.

"The most the moon can do is slightly alter the timing of an earthquake or eruption that was on the verge of happening anyway." Chris Rowan, Geologist, Univ. of Chicago.

Message edited by author 2011-03-11 14:32:21.
 03/11/2011 03:16:25 PM · #36
Extreme Supermoon...sounds like a Japanese anime heroine...

That...or what happens when a fat man bends over and loses his trousers.
 03/11/2011 03:18:30 PM · #37
Originally posted by hahn23:
'Extreme Supermoon' Will Come Dangerously Close To Earth On March 19

Capture an image of the Extreme Supermoon near the horizon. Special rule: The earth's horizon must be part of the scene. Advanced editing. Image submission time window must include March 19, 2011.


Just going back to the start of this thread, I would say: NOOOOO! Rain, clouds, we just had a impossible challenge about combining this with a daylight view. Why not change this in a nice side challenge for those who can see that extreme moon?
 03/11/2011 03:38:27 PM · #38
I could piss down a crack on an outcrop and have more effect than the moon.

:-P
 03/11/2011 03:42:01 PM · #39
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I could piss down a crack on an outcrop and have more effect than the moon.

:-P

That technique might be especially effective at calving icebergs off the ends of glaciers ...
 03/11/2011 03:44:10 PM · #40
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I could piss down a crack on an outcrop and have more effect than the moon.

:-P

That technique might be especially effective at calving icebergs off the ends of glaciers ...

I may be full of crap. I just sent an email to a Princeton PhD and retired professor of plate tectonics to ask his opinion. I'll see what he says.
 03/11/2011 04:47:42 PM · #41
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I could piss down a crack on an outcrop and have more effect than the moon.

:-P

That technique might be especially effective at calving icebergs off the ends of glaciers ...

I may be full of crap.

Or trigger a landslide ...
 03/11/2011 07:00:07 PM · #42
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I could piss down a crack on an outcrop and have more effect than the moon.

:-P

That technique might be especially effective at calving icebergs off the ends of glaciers ...

I may be full of crap.

Or trigger a landslide ...

I've done some reading and am now confident that I'm not full of crap on this point. Pwn3d.
 03/11/2011 07:18:59 PM · #43
I have to add that disagreeing with me is pure folly. My username is based on tectonism after all. :-P
 03/11/2011 09:01:51 PM · #44
doesnt the mood affect tides?
 03/11/2011 09:06:27 PM · #45
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVwYEwdC8L0&feature=related

apparently this video was telling the truth aha :S
 03/11/2011 09:13:52 PM · #46
Originally posted by hojop25:
doesnt the mood affect tides?


My moods are very tidal, yes, and the moon definitely has something to do with it :-)

More to the point, the difference between "normal" position and this "closest" position is so slight as to be insignificant, is the mainstream position here.

R.
 03/12/2011 01:03:23 AM · #47
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I have to add that disagreeing with me is pure folly. My username is based on tectonism after all. :-P


I would have preferred dipslip... ;P

Message edited by author 2011-03-12 01:03:36.
 03/12/2011 02:25:07 PM · #48
Originally posted by hojop25:
doesnt the mood moon affect tides?

The moon gives us tides, tectonism gives us earthquakes.

A gentle breeze moves our hair, a canon ball blows our heads off.
 03/14/2011 07:33:49 PM · #49
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I could piss down a crack on an outcrop and have more effect than the moon.

:-P

That technique might be especially effective at calving icebergs off the ends of glaciers ...

I may be full of crap. I just sent an email to a Princeton PhD and retired professor of plate tectonics to ask his opinion. I'll see what he says.

He says:
"Probably bullcrap, but still possible, I suppose. If stress was practically at the breaking point, even the smallest trigger could have been responsible."
 03/14/2011 08:08:41 PM · #50
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by hojop25:
doesnt the mood moon affect tides?

The moon gives us tides, tectonism gives us earthquakes.

A gentle breeze moves our hair, a canon ball blows our heads off.


Cows give us milk....bulls give us BS
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