another earthquake... 6.5

jpsum · 03-03-2010, 08:31 PM

I would just hate it if the Mayans were right. But I'm still not a believer.

Earthquake hits Taiwan, no initial reports of damage

TAIPEI (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 shook Taiwan on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.

Taiwan uses the Richter scale to measure earthquake intensity. The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 6.5.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 8:18 am (0018 GMT), was around the southern city of Kaohsiung at a depth of 5 km, the Central Weather Bureau said.

Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin.

One of Taiwan's worst-recorded quakes occurred in September 1999. Measuring 7.6, it killed more than 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 50,000 buildings.

(Reporting by Jonathan Standing; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100304/...s_quake_taiwan

len56 · 03-03-2010, 08:40 PM

woah... thats a lot of earthquakes :/

OOO · 03-03-2010, 08:43 PM

Damn why are there so many earthquakes this year?

Bimmer Nerd · 03-03-2010, 08:45 PM

dangggg

ibeclueless · 03-03-2010, 08:57 PM

the world is coming to an end just like the movie "2012"

Negotiator · 03-03-2010, 09:02 PM

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the world is coming to an end just like the movie "2010"

To the snores of the bored few who stuck around to watch the second half of it?

PINeely · 03-03-2010, 09:46 PM

NASA says the one in Chile shifted the earth's axis by 2.76 inches. Hot damn.

335iheLLraiseR · 03-03-2010, 10:46 PM

yep, days are officially shorter now.

MCMLXXXIX · 03-03-2010, 10:48 PM

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NASA says the one in Chile shifted the earth's axis by 2.76 inches. Hot damn.

cool. at that rate, well collide into an asteroid in approximately 2 years

PINeely · 03-03-2010, 11:11 PM

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yep, days are officially shorter now.

By 1.72 microseconds a day. That means about 3,600,000,000 days before an hour is lost.

Memphis1 · 03-03-2010, 11:13 PM

nothing new... happens all the time, we just hear about it now because of our advances in communication.

JoosyJoos · 03-03-2010, 11:15 PM

Eh no biggie. I've been through a 6.8 in Anchorage... freaks you out though.

Memphis1 · 03-03-2010, 11:17 PM

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/

Seminole · 03-03-2010, 11:21 PM

Really when you look at history, we have been long over due for some natural disasters, the 20th century was pretty calm as far as disasters went. The advances in communications within the last 50 years makes it seem like there are disasters every other day now. Before we had 24hr news networks, instant communication, and the internet you probably would have never even heard about most of these earthquakes/etc. even occurring.

I find it really strange though that we haven't had one serious or even close hurricane since Katrina hit.

ghosthi32 · 03-03-2010, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Seminole

I find it really strange though that we haven't had one serious or even close hurricane since Katrina hit.

Aw fuck you just jinxed it.

MCMLXXXIX · 03-03-2010, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ghosthi32

Aw fuck you just jinxed it.

+1...nice going

MCMLXXXIX · 03-03-2010, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by memphis2012

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/

ugh new jersey. and here i thought i was safe from this crap

Cosmop · 03-03-2010, 11:34 PM

Must be global warming

/s

Seminole · 03-03-2010, 11:52 PM

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+1...nice going

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