Earthquakes and the Ring of Fire

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Big one in Chile
A bunch of medium sized in LA lately
One in Portland tonight.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire

The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. It has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.[1] It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.

:MARIS61:

 

[BigGameDamian]

We had a earthquake?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yes.

 

[Further]

http://rt.com/usa/earthquake-oregon-report-tsunami-330/

Researchers say a massive earthquake and tsunami could soon strike the Northwest US coast, killing more than 10,000 people, flooding entire towns, and causing economic damages totaling $32 billion.

An alarming report published by the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission warns about the dire effects of the quake and claims that it is imminent and could strike anytime. The report, which was compiled by a group of more than 150 volunteer experts, was requested by the Oregon legislature in order to adequately prepare for the looming disaster.

The last high magnitude earthquake in the region occurred in the year 1700 in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The quake had a magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, and geologists in 2010 predicted that there is a 37 percent change of another such quake occurring within 50 years. The new report claims that there is a 100 percent chance of a monster earthquake occurring in the region – but scientists don’t know when.................

 

[Natebishop3]

TEOTWAWKI!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I live in a Tsunami zone. :MARIS61:

 

[barfo]

“Big jolt. I was upstairs and had just put girls to bed. (I) thought something came crashing down from wall in my daughter’s room then my husband came running out and acting like a girl. (It) wasn’t rolling here at all; real sudden,” said Jenny Hansson, who lives in Beaverton.

I'm thinking there's a man in Beaverton who is going to get teased at work tomorrow.

barfo

 

[Further]

TEOTWAWKI!

No, just a few days to months of chaos most likely. But better have water, first aid, food and protection in the meantime.

 

[MarAzul]

Big one in Chile
A bunch of medium sized in LA lately
One in Portland tonight.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire
:MARIS61:

It matches up quite precisely with a map of Tectonic Plates boundaries where the
subduction zones are located. Where Tsunamis are generated when the water cover over an up lifted ocean floor (a displacement event) causes a surface turbulence before the water displaced reaches equilibrium. This has only happen where the water cover depth is less than a 1000 meters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_plates_boundaries_detailed-en.svg

 

[THE HCP]

That shit was in the middle of the country, not Portland!


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[EL PRESIDENTE]

That shit was in the middle of the country, not Portland!


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Could be a pre-shock. Before we got the larger quake last weekend we had a smaller quake about this magnitude. And Portland isn't that big compared to LA's area. Its the same general area.

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Thought the Ring of Fire was some satanist shit.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Thought the Ring of Fire was some satanist shit.

The ring of fire is what you get a few hours after eating some really spicy food...

 

[crowTrobot]

I live in a Tsunami zone. :MARIS61:

I live literally a few feet outside a mapped zone (90 ft elevation 1/4 mile inland).

Not that comforting. There were focus spots in Japan where the water reached
well over 100 ft.

 

[Cryptkeeper]

The ring of fire is what you get a few hours after eating some really spicy food...

Oooouch...

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

6.1 earthquake in Nicaraugua.

 

[mobes23]

I'm tellling you, earthquakes freak me out -- the good news for Oregon is that it's generally safer than Washington. The big exception is the entire Oregon coast line and that's a big exception. Seattle is built on top of multiple fault lines and multiple faultlines are in close proximity. Like the Oregon coast, the entire Washington coast line is also a tsunami disaster waiting to happen.

Here's a link to a review of Full-rip 9.0, a recent book focused on earthquakes in the Northwest: http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2013/06/full_rip_90_review_the_next_bi.html

 

[MarAzul]

I'm tellling you, earthquakes freak me out -- the good news for Oregon is that it's generally safer than Washington. The big exception is the entire Oregon coast line and that's a big exception. Seattle is built on top of multiple fault lines and multiple faultlines are in close proximity. Like the Oregon coast, the entire Washington coast line is also a tsunami disaster waiting to happen.

Here's a link to a review of Full-rip 9.0, a recent book focused on earthquakes in the Northwest: http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2013/06/full_rip_90_review_the_next_bi.html

When was the last time the Cascadia Fault generated a Tsunami?