MAJOR CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE IN SEPTEMBER 2010!!! - Page 19

Batalov · 2012-12-14, 19:26

I felt it, went to the computer to find it (using my usual link ) and of course didn't find anything (waited for 10 minutes).

Thanks for solving this mystery for me!

Uncwilly · 2012-12-14, 20:20

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Originally Posted by Batalov

I felt it, went to the computer to find it (using my usual link )

Try this instead: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

kladner · 2012-12-15, 02:54

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Try this instead: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

USGS has updated their site since I last visited. Quite an improvement. The zoom and pan map makes it a lot easier to get perspective on the location. I get their email notices, but there are very many of those. I'm sure I went there after the Japanese Tsunami, though it have been through EQuake3D which gives a graphic representation of quakes by accessing USGS data.

xilman · 2013-01-18, 18:22

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21073263

The epicentre of this one was 10km from where I grew up and where most of my family still live.

chalsall · 2013-01-18, 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21073263

The epicentre of this one was 10km from where I grew up and where most of my family still live.

But the quake occurred about 13 km underground.

This is a good thing.

cheesehead · 2013-01-18, 20:04

If xilman was speaking of the horizontal dstance to the surface point directly above the epicenter, from Pythagoras we have sqrt(10^2+13^2) = a bit more than 16 km as-the-slanted-drillbit-travels diagonal distance. However, the characteristics of earthquake wave propogation may render that particular measure irrelevant.

xilman · 2013-01-18, 20:10

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Originally Posted by cheesehead

If xilman was speaking of the horizontal dstance to the surface point directly above the epicenter, from Pythagoras we have sqrt(10^2+13^2) = a bit more than 16 km as-the-slanted-drillbit-travels diagonal distance. However, the characteristics of earthquake wave propogation may render that particular measure irrelevant.

I was.

The only reason that the quake was felt in three counties (Derbys, Notts and Leics) is that those counties meet at a point close to the epicentre.

I've not heard from my family but I doubt they felt anything. The very fact I've not heard from them supports that supposition.

Uncwilly · 2013-01-19, 01:45

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Originally Posted by xilman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21073263

I point and laugh at your excitement. I have been through much worse (5's and better) and didn't even stop what I was doing.

xilman · 2013-01-19, 08:03

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I point and laugh at your excitement.

That's why I posted it.

henryzz · 2013-01-19, 14:51

I am at uni in Leicester. Lots of people were posting on facebook saying they woke unusually early. One had a poster fall off a wall. I didn't even notice myself.

Not a very big one. I was on the third floor of a victorian building during the Manchester earthquakes a few years back. That was quite noticeable. We got an impromptu break outside because some people were scared lol.

chalsall · 2013-01-19, 20:22

Most people get this wrong (just where is our education?)...

During a major earthquake, should you climb under furniture to try protect yourself, or immediately adjacent to same?

2013-01-18, 18:22	#202
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 25041₈ Posts	The sort of thing we get excited about :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21073263 The epicentre of this one was 10km from where I grew up and where most of my family still live.

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2012-12-14, 19:26	#199
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 22431₈ Posts	I felt it, went to the computer to find it (using my usual link ) and of course didn't find anything (waited for 10 minutes). Thanks for solving this mystery for me!

2013-01-18, 20:04	#204
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 2²×3×641 Posts	If xilman was speaking of the horizontal dstance to the surface point directly above the epicenter, from Pythagoras we have sqrt(10^2+13^2) = a bit more than 16 km as-the-slanted-drillbit-travels diagonal distance. However, the characteristics of earthquake wave propogation may render that particular measure irrelevant.

2013-01-19, 14:51	#208
henryzz Just call me Henry "David" Sep 2007 Cambridge (GMT/BST) 2×3³×109 Posts	I am at uni in Leicester. Lots of people were posting on facebook saying they woke unusually early. One had a poster fall off a wall. I didn't even notice myself. Not a very big one. I was on the third floor of a victorian building during the Manchester earthquakes a few years back. That was quite noticeable. We got an impromptu break outside because some people were scared lol.

2013-01-19, 20:22	#209
chalsall If I May "Chris Halsall" Sep 2002 Barbados 2·67·73 Posts	Most people get this wrong (just where is our education?)... During a major earthquake, should you climb under furniture to try protect yourself, or immediately adjacent to same?