To think all these earthquakes are strange??

[Mammylamb]

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)

I thought it was a volcano falling into the sea and causing a giant tsunami that will wipe out the eastern coast of USA this weekend? Although perhaps Nibiru will cause that. Plausible I suppose.

And yes, bollocks, the lot of it!

Thats always a possibility Cloud. Nibiru is going to trigger massive earthquaked and volcanic eruptions as it exerts its massive gravity on earth. Or, you know, it won't and come Sunday these wackos will say their calculations were wrong, it's actually coming on and the daily express can write some more journalistic masterpieces, with LOTS of words in CAPS.

What makes me laugh is the uninformed masses with their cries of "There have always been hurricanes/tornadoes/earthquakes etc."

Do they not educate themselves?

It's a bit like the nay-sayers who denied the truth of what Rachel Carson was saying back in the 60s.

Seriously. We need to wise up.

If we can't get our act together and halt global warming the weather patterns are going to get even more extreme.

Sitting in your house saying "But we've always had earthquakes" is just the most profoundly stupid comment ever.

Yes, there have always been earthquakes/volcanic eruptions.

But we haven't always had the enhanced greenhouse effect you stupid numbskulls.

It'll be a perfect storm when it reaches a certain level.

It's just further evidence that life as we know it is a computer generated simulation. The holographic universe yes. There is no actual matter. Energy, vibration and frequency.

Say what you think Crowdie, don't hold back 😂

Caused by the West and mass consumerism
I read that quickly and thought you meant Kanye West and his wife

I was going to say about the El Niño effect.

Remember a few years ago we had lots of named storms and flooding in the U.K? That was due to the jet stream being positioned further north or south (can't remember) than usual.

I was in Greece in 1999 when the Turkish earthquakes happened. It caused lots of movement in the plates where I was and dreadful storms at the same time.

I think trump calling Kim the rocket man and antagonising him is scarier than the weather Tbf.
That man is a tornado of his own

Think I read somewhere the bible says the world is going to end on Saturday so probably the build up
To that I reckon

Excellent , Bonjour, that cheered me up

"It is going to be quite some time before stone notices its disfiguring little skin disease and starts to scratch, which is just as well." Pratchett.

I think she has woken up and noticed us.

Ah well, if it's loosely hinted at, in a roundabout could-be-interpreted-however-you-like kinda way, in a 2000 year old book of moral stories written by primitive people, then it must be true! At least I won't have to worry about my hangover on Sunday.

I won't hold back ThymeLord .

The unadulterated stupidity of people with their complacent "Oh, it'll never happen to us etc. etc" just fucking blows my mind.

I remember one of my lecturers telling us (20 years ago) that at that time every weather record (highest floods, fiercest hurricanes, tsunamis) etc. had all been broken in the preceding 10 years. And that was since records had begun (1650s?).

And since then, those records have also been broken time and again.

Nobody thinks it's odd that since the industrial revolution weather patterns have gone haywire?

The recent eclipse was a portent of certain doom as well.
Even though they happen on average around once every year and a half.
But yeah, doooom, we're all doooomed!

I don't dispute any of the global warming/climate change factors. I'm more about disputing the end of the world coming again bollocks. People are trying to link it to earthquakes/weather and it's ridiculous.

Yeah, eclipses happen regularly.

And can be predicted.

Your point being?

Weather is not so predictable.

I blame the Vogons, they are selfishly persisting with their plans for an intergalactic highway.

Well, I am absolutely no "The End Is Nigh" merchant- BUT we are facing food security issues, weather pattern changes, population explosion, antibiotic resistance and mutating viruses.

Hurricanes are worse because of Global Warming

Earthquakes are the same because its tectonics
BUT
The whole tectonic system around the world is a series of tensioned springs
particularly around the pacific
when one goes, it destabilises the others for a while

No no no, you're all wrong.

During the miners strike of 1984, we were staying in a B&B. There was a small earthquake just as we were getting up. The bed shook, glasses and china rattled, etc. The landlady explained that the disturbance happened because God was angry with the miners for being on strike.

So now you know.

I blame the Vogons, they are selfishly persisting with their plans for an intergalactic highway

So long and thanks for all the fish :)

This thread is scaring me, all this "end of the world" talk.

It's just further evidence that life as we know it is a computer generated simulation.

Sim City 3000: Disaster setting is ON.

Also: Beware of the Leopard.

What makes me laugh is the uninformed masses with their cries of "There have always been hurricanes/tornadoes/earthquakes etc."

Well I have news for you. There have always been extreme weather events and earthquakes. There's plenty of geological evidence for both. The planet has never been entirely stable and never will be.

Here you go get some real science on the matter here.

Mail them and ask them and they'll tell you the real reasons etc:)

earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/home.html

Earthquake rates remain constant

It is generally believed, and confirmed by all available data, that the rate at which earthquakes occur over the long term is constant. Indeed, it would be amazing if this was not so, since the ultimate source of the energy released in earthquakes, heat generated deep within the earth's mantle, is hardly likely to fluctuate significantly.

What is changing, is human society. Population is increasing worldwide, and becoming more and more urbanised. But an urban population is a more vulnerable population.

Traditional pastoralists are not much at risk from earthquakes, but economic migrants living in poorly-constructed shanty towns are highly vulnerable. Thus, even if the rate of earthquakes stays the same, the rate of earthquake disasters is likely to increase.