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To think all these earthquakes are strange??

141 replies

Mammylamb · 20/09/2017 19:17

Recently there seems to have been a lot of earthquakes (Japan, nz, Mexico). Is it normal to get so many close together in time? (admittedly thousands of miles apart)

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ZenNudist · 20/09/2017 19:19

Between this and the hurricanes and floods and Trump squaring up to Kim Jong Il it all feels a bit 'end of days' 😬

Sunbitternx · 20/09/2017 19:21

Global warming.

Caused by the West and mass consumerism.

Ozzde · 20/09/2017 19:23

Nah I think we just hear about it more these days with Internet and 24hour news plus they make more impact because of overpopulation on earth. Hurricanes yes can be attributed to climate change but tectonic plates just shift.

EamonnWright · 20/09/2017 19:24

Climate Change may be a factor but there has always been natural disasters.

specialsubject · 20/09/2017 19:24

Earthquakes are not related to global warming. They are caused by geology, and one big one triggers aftershocks.

Kursk · 20/09/2017 19:25

Everything is connected, so I expect that the earthquakes set each other off. I highly doubt its climate change.

As for the hurricanes some years we get a quiet season, others are more active.

Scottishgirl85 · 20/09/2017 19:25

Earthquakes are not caused by global warming!! They are caused by the movement of tectonic plates and are entirely natural. There are several hundred small earthquakes a day, bigger ones a few times a month. Many go unnoticed, for example under the sea or in remote areas. It is so sad when they occur in built up areas :-(

ProverbialOuthouse · 20/09/2017 19:27

There is a planet on a crash course with earth and the closer it gets, the more the gravitational pull effects the earth. The end certainly is nigh.

Ninjakittysmells · 20/09/2017 19:31

Well, this is cheery Grin

coconuttella · 20/09/2017 19:32

There is a planet on a crash course with earth and the closer it gets, the more the gravitational pull effects the earth. The end certainly is nigh.

Not sure whether to Grin or Hmm

Ozzde · 20/09/2017 19:32

I'm struggling to tell if some posters are being serious or taking the piss Grin

ThymeLord · 20/09/2017 19:33

I assume you're joking Proverbial? You can't possibly believe that!

ProverbialOuthouse · 20/09/2017 19:33

Guess where I read it? 😂

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 20/09/2017 19:34

There is a lot we still don't understand about earthquakes. It might be that an earthquake on one part of a tectonic plate might alter the stresses on another part triggering apparently unconnected earthquakes.

AnyFucker · 20/09/2017 19:34

Thete have always been these natural disasters

lozzylizzy · 20/09/2017 19:35

As @Chazs says!

metalmum15 · 20/09/2017 19:35

Well this is cheery 😂😂

(Heads off to preppers corner. .)

metalmum15 · 20/09/2017 19:35

Well this is cheery 😂😂

(Heads off to preppers corner. .)

PeaceAndLove1 · 20/09/2017 19:35

While we're on the out there theories, what about the HAARP program.

ThymeLord · 20/09/2017 19:36

Daily Express are loving it. They've been trying to convince people that "planet x" was coming since 2012. Still waiting....

Sunbitternx · 20/09/2017 19:36

Natural disasters are related to the accumulation of sins committed in one area. Simple.

tehmina23 · 20/09/2017 19:39

Mexico has had 2 large earthquakes recently, & many in the past. This is because it sits on 2 tectonic plates.

Mexico City is built on a dried up lake bed surrounded by rock - it is a city with over a million people in unsafe structures.

There is also a large volcano nearby.

So earthquakes in this region are normal & sadly deadly.
So although it's sad for the people caught up

Witchend · 20/09/2017 19:41

In Matthew Jesus mentions earthquakes as part of the signs of the end of the world.
And wars and rumours of wars.
But don't worry too much, that's just the beginning of the end of the world, the worst is yet to come...

Thought I'd make it cheery for Ninja

We're all doomed.... doomed!

lettuceWrap · 20/09/2017 19:42

There have always been natural disasters but a warmer climate means more energy is available to potentially make, for example, Hurricanes get bigger, faster, more damaging.

There are mechanisms by which global warming could possibly trigger more earthquakes, although that sounds odd I know.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/climate-change-triggers-earthquakes-tsunamis-volcanoes?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

tehmina23 · 20/09/2017 19:42

Sorry meant to say it's sad for the people caught up in it but hardly shocking.

And Japan is prone to earthquakes, so is Greece and in fact many areas of the world, google earthquakes & educate yourself, then you won't think it's strange at all.

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