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Massive New Zealand quake moves country west
Associated Press ^
| Jul 22, 2009
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Posted on 07/22/2009 12:52:06 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon
Yeah, but I’ll bet a round trip ticket from Sydney to Christchurch will still cost the same.
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:23:52 PM PDT
by
Jaxter
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
To: Talisker
F=ma Acceleration...that's it, acceleration. I was thinking of the...uhh...instantaneous velocity. Yeah, that's it.
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:25:20 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: jwparkerjr
I guess we can expect to see the airfare between the two go down a bit? I'd worry more about the Australian pilots overflying the runways. If they use GPS, that is.
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:27:40 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Wow, now that you mention it, the list just goes on and on!
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:31:16 PM PDT
by
jwparkerjr
(Palin Must GO! to the white house)
To: jwparkerjr
Yea, they’re lucky we’re here to figure it all out......
; )
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:36:37 PM PDT
by
Jeffrey_D.
(veritas odium parit)
To: decimon
Question: Onstar and GPS devices ...
will they have to be "recalibrated"? ...
and each time this situation happens in the future anywhere in the world?
To: slickfree
Question: Onstar and GPS devices ...
will they have to be "recalibrated"? ...Well, surely the GPS coordinates on maps should be changed. Elsewise, you might miss New Zealand by a foot.
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posted on
07/22/2009 3:58:24 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Hot Tabasco
,,, NZL may qualify for a bailout.
To: decimon; Fred Nerks; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Ooooh! Dang. Thanks decimon.
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posted on
07/22/2009 7:29:47 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:10:31 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(RUN, SARAH, RUN!)
To: Monkey Face
:') I was going to post a pic of
Horace Greeley but it turned out that he didn't coin the phrase most closely associated with his name. :'(
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:17:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Well that’s just plain criminal!
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posted on
07/23/2009 1:31:13 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(RUN, SARAH, RUN!)
To: Sawdring
Approximate table from earthquake.usgs.gov:
Magnitudes and corresponding energy (Joules and tons of TNT)
| Magnitude |
Es (from Me) |
Es (from Ms or Mw) |
Tons of TNT |
Nuclear Bomb Equivalence (# of bombs) |
| 4 |
0.22E+11 |
0.63E+11 |
15. |
0.00 |
| 5 |
0.71E+12 |
0.20E+13 |
475. |
0.02 |
| 6 |
0.22E+14 |
0.63E+14 |
15023. |
0.79 |
| 7 |
0.71E+15 |
0.20E+16 |
475063. |
25.0 |
| 8 |
0.22E+17 |
0.63E+17 |
15022833. |
790.6 |
| 9 |
0.71E+18 |
0.20E+19 |
475063712. |
25,003.3 |
Once the energy is known in Joules, it can be compared to the explosive energy of TNT. One ton of TNT has an energy of 4.2*10E09 Joules.
This must be modified after studies reveal the extent/ length of the fault line that moved, and other pre and post-major quake activity. Here is another article that describes that process: Tsunami Earthquake 3 times larger than first thought
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posted on
07/24/2009 5:31:24 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: decimon; dragonblustar; Little Bill; FreedomFerret; Talisker
see post#33 for table of earthquake energy
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posted on
07/24/2009 5:35:58 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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