Posted on 03/12/2005 8:52:20 PM PST by bd476
depth is called a hypocenter and for instance in Calif usually shallow like 15 miles or so.....in Alaska where the biggest quakes are, they are deeper.....you will feel a shallow quake more than a deep on given the same magnitude,, and deep ones are harder to measure.....though a deep one of significant magnitude would do severe damage as well......a 6.0 at that depth wouldn't be much in Calif but is still bad in Iran.....
Interesting Factoid: The amount of energy released during the recent Tsunami was 10,000 larger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
very good.......most people have no idea of the relative power of nature........living in Calif, I kind of know what the power of an quake is and it would take most of the nukes on earth to approx one.......
That is really a wild pattern of earthquakes....
Heh.. I was off by 'a bit'. I knew I had the 'tens of thousdands' right.
Anyway... fixed up there now for accruacy (with link)
CBC News
TEHRAN, IRAN - Rescue teams continue to pull out more bodies from the ruins of Iranian villages, destroyed when a powerful earthquake hit the country Tuesday, killing at least 500 people.
INDEPTH: Earthquakes
But heavy rain, freezing temperatures and the mountainous terrain hampered rescue efforts.
Crews have been using dogs and machinery to locate bodies trapped in the debris.
INDEPTH: Iran
The 6.4-magnitude quake hit the Kerman province near the town of Zarand, about 740 kilometres southeast of Tehran, affecting an estimated 30,000 people.
Many survivors were left homeless, living in tents and surviving on food rations.
"The death toll is now 500, and there's a possibility that the figure will increase," Mohammad Javad Fadaei, deputy governor of Kerman province, told the Associated Press.
About 40 villages were damaged in the quake, located in a region about 200 kilometres northwest of the historic city of Bam, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2003.
Iranian man weeps over the body of his relative, who was killed in an earthquake in the village of Sarbagh. (AP photo) That disaster killed about 40,000 people in the southeastern Iranian city.
FROM DEC. 26, 2003: Quake toll in Iran now 25,000
The Iranian Red Crescent Society has said it does not need outside aid, but Iranian officials say medicine, syringes and tents are in short supply.
Iran lies on top of seismic fault lines and is often shaken by quakes.
Death toll climbs to 500 in Iranian quake
Yes, there are many and they are all over the place.
3.3 in Washington state about 2 hours ago, depth 26KM, location about 12 miles from the epicenter of the Nisqually quake (south Puget Sound)
Anyone else happen to think of TESLA here?
I know its crazy... but Iran really has had some strange luck lately.
What if...
Nice map. Thanks
Thanks, yall. Interesting, huh?
Thanks, yall. Interesting, huh?
Yesla on the Tesla. Someone's aim is getting better, we didn't hit Turkey or Greece.
It's another new moon. Syzygy. The moon and sun are exerting gravitational force inline with the earth. More "tidal" deformation of the crust. Most big quakes occur +/- 1 day from an old or new moon.
From USGS, here's a map showing major tectonic boundaries in the area. Iran has numerous fault lines and a history of major earthquakes.
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