OMG Earthquake?

[Mr.Habitat]

Mr.Habitat

Y U so mad?

I already made you a Y U so mad meme before.

[avelanch]

You're from Chicago?

in chicago, not from. and i move back on tuesday (well, to seattle anyway)

[Buggernut]

If the earthquake happened in the middle of some godforsaken uninhabited nowhere with little or no human casualties or damage, do we at least get a tsunami out of it that we can sit glued in front of our computers watching CNN and reading every tweet about in anticipation?

[Mr.Habitat]

If the earthquake happened in the middle of some godforsaken uninhabited nowhere with little or no human casualties or damage, do we at least get a tsunami out of it that we can sit glued in front of our computers watching CNN and reading every tweet about in anticipation?

YOUR HURRICANE HEADQUARTERS!

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/weather/0805/hurricane.tracker/

[Armada]

I just read that there was an earthquake in New West on Facebook. Can anyone comfirm? I'm not at home right now so I just wanna know if everything's okay, since I'm half way around the world right now.

Edited September 12, 2011 by warmplate

[The Brahma Bull]

No idea about New West. I checked usgs earthquake site, but i didn't see anything posted yet.

There was a 4.2 at 2:37 am north of vancouver island though.

Could the Big One be coming soon? I'll give it a couple of days.

Edited September 12, 2011 by The Brahma Bull

[Armada]

No idea about New West. I checked usgs earthquake site, but i didn't see anything posted yet.

There was a 4.2 at 2:37 am north of vancouver island though.

Could the Big One be coming soon? I'll give it a couple of days.

I was thinking about it. Wouldn't the recent 6.4 and the countless aftershocks release a lot of the pressure off the plates, meaning the big one would be held back even longer.

Or what if the big one doesn't even hit Vancouver but maybe more north or south from Vancouver.

[The Brahma Bull]

I was thinking about it. Wouldn't the recent 6.4 and the countless aftershocks release a lot of the pressure off the plates, meaning the big one would be held back even longer.

Or what if the big one doesn't even hit Vancouver but maybe more north or south from Vancouver.

That's what some people seem to say, but you never know. Back in july 2004, northern vancouver island had two earthquakes 4 days apart with an almost identical epicentre. The first was a smaller 5.8 and the 2nd was a bigger 6.1. The 2nd waspretty scary. Felt like thunder from below in the middle of the night. Who knows. I'll be wearing my helmet full-time for the next week and staying out of highrises.

Edited September 12, 2011 by The Brahma Bull

[Armada]

That's what some people seem to say, but you never know. Back in july 2004, northern vancouver island had two earthquakes 4 days apart with an almost identical epicentre. The first was a smaller 5.8 and the 2nd was a bigger 6.1. The 2nd waspretty scary. Felt like thunder from below in the middle of the night. Who knows. I'll be wearing my helmet full-time for the next week and staying out of highrises.

I hear the highrises are pretty safe

[aliboy]

I believe that this is the show that has the mud core data, very new information.

http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/discovery-presents/monster-quake-are-we-there-yet/

[aliboy]

I was thinking about it. Wouldn't the recent 6.4 and the countless aftershocks release a lot of the pressure off the plates, meaning the big one would be held back even longer.

Or what if the big one doesn't even hit Vancouver but maybe more north or south from Vancouver.

I think it was a different fault line, wasn't cascadia.

[The Brahma Bull]

I believe that this is the show that has the mud core data, very new information.

http://watch.discove...e-we-there-yet/

thanks for the video.

[The Brahma Bull]

Does anyone have any information on British Columbia's Building Codes in regard to earthquakes? Any links would be appreciated. For buildings now being built, what earthquake magnitude are they designed to withstand? Are they forcing them to build to a magnitude of a megaquake 9+'ish?

For older buildings, what that are they generally designed to withstand? I'm mainly interested in hospitals, bridges, highrises.

Edited September 12, 2011 by The Brahma Bull

[Wetcoaster]

Does anyone have any information on British Columbia's Building Codes in regard to earthquakes? Any links would be appreciated. For buildings now being built, what earthquake magnitude are they designed to withstand? Are they forcing them to build to a magnitude of a megaquake 9+'ish?

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/hazard-alea/zoning/haz-eng.php

http://www.bcbuildinginfo.com/display_topic.php?division_id=2&topic_title_id=47&topic_id=212

[aliboy]

Does anyone have any information on British Columbia's Building Codes in regard to earthquakes? Any links would be appreciated. For buildings now being built, what earthquake magnitude are they designed to withstand? Are they forcing them to build to a magnitude of a megaquake 9+'ish?

For older buildings, what that are they generally designed to withstand? I'm mainly interested in hospitals, bridges, highrises.

No, they aren't built to withstand a 9.0, it won't be that big when it hits us, the fault line is off the coast.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Earthquake, magnitude 6.2 near north coast of New Guinea - usgs http://on.doi.gov/q44bdc

[Comfortably_Numb]

Depth

34.9 km (21.7 miles)

Which means it is nothing!

Magnitude doesn't mean much, it is all about depth. An earthquake with a depth of 35 km could be a 8.0+ and it still would do less (a lot less actually) than something like a 6.0 500 meters under ground.

Edited September 13, 2011 by Comfortably_Numb

[nitronuts]

I was thinking about it. Wouldn't the recent 6.4 and the countless aftershocks release a lot of the pressure off the plates, meaning the big one would be held back even longer.

Or what if the big one doesn't even hit Vancouver but maybe more north or south from Vancouver.

It works both ways.

From the US Geological Survey, on the 9.0 earthquake that triggered a tsunami on March 11 in Japan:

The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days, beginning on March 9th with a M 7.2 event approximately 40 km from the epicenter of the March 11 earthquake, and continuing with another three earthquakes greater than M 6 on the same day.

[Comfortably_Numb]

It works both ways.

From the US Geological Survey, on the 9.0 earthquake that triggered a tsunami on March 11 in Japan:

The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days, beginning on March 9th with a M 7.2 event approximately 40 km from the epicenter of the March 11 earthquake, and continuing with another three earthquakes greater than M 6 on the same day.

Contrary to popular belief, foreshocks are usually relative to the size of the earthquake. The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake had a 7.3 forshock in 2002. Also, the most destructive types of Earthquakes are megathrust (like the one in Japan this year) which is what the big one will be. It depends on where you live really, Richmond should be worried about drowning, Vancouver should be worried about crumbling and the valley should be worried about suffocating from Mt. Baker erupting.

Edited September 13, 2011 by Comfortably_Numb

[The Brahma Bull]

Contrary to popular belief, foreshocks are usually relative to the size of the earthquake. The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake had a 7.3 forshock in 2002. Also, the most destructive types of Earthquakes are megathrust (like the one in Japan this year) which is what the big one will be. It depends on where you live really, Richmond should be worried about drowning, Vancouver should be worried about crumbling and the valley should be worried about suffocating from Mt. Baker erupting.

We should all be given mandatory jetpacks. Seriously, if this was harry potter, we'd just be able to hop on our brooms and escape.