1 posted on
05/24/2011 7:00:06 AM PDT by
decimon
To: decimon
Caption: This diagram shows the March 11 fault motion sequence. 1. Rupture of the fault plane begins at the epicenter. 2. Rupture travels westward, down the fault plane towards Honshu. The island suffers violent shaking for 40 seconds. 3. The upward sloping east side of the fault plane begins to rupture, continuing for 30 to 35 seconds. The sediments overlying the east side expand up the fault plane in response to the force of the rupture. 4. The water above the sediments is pushed into an unstable dome that then flows out in all directions as a tsunami.
Credit: Anna Cobb, Stanford News Service
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2 posted on
05/24/2011 7:01:56 AM PDT by
decimon
To: decimon
Well, thats what it felt like, for sure.
3 posted on
05/24/2011 7:02:14 AM PDT by
AmericanInTokyo
(22 May in Japan, and still here!!! ;-) Oops, Harold. Maybe next time.)
To: decimon
Captain Obvious!! Caaaaptaaaaain Obvioooous!?
6 posted on
05/24/2011 7:09:47 AM PDT by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: decimon
11 posted on
05/24/2011 8:31:40 AM PDT by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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12 posted on
05/24/2011 7:34:00 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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