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8.9 earthquake in Japan

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sailordad:
heard on the morning news
that quake moved the island 8ft  :o

Pat B:
The earth has been doing these things since it's beginnings millions of years ago. There are eathequakes happening every minute around the world. For some reason, we humans think we can control these natural occurances so we build near what we know are affected areas.
  I am saddened by what has taken place in Japan as I was with Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and orthe natural disaster areas but the severity of these occurances can be lessened by not building in vulnerable areas.   Just look at Seattle, WA. If Mt. Ranier blows, Seattle is in the debris part of many of the past erruptions and will surely be adversely affected by such a tragity.

sailordad:
Pat, your right
never understood why people insist on living in areas that are prone to natural disaster year after year
in my part of tee country its seasonal flooding
this year they expect it to the worse year for flooding in a looooong time
we have areas that flood every year
and every year you see the same people on tv complaing that they lost everything
and yet they rebuild in the same spot again
then in a year or two,they do it all over again
dont quit understand the mindset for that  :-\

Jesse:
Your not alone in noticing the increased frequency.  These where warned about thousands of years ago as a sign to look for. Specifically earthquakes. These are also referred to as birth pains. "birth pains" tend to increase in frequency.  These statistics only show mag 7 and higher there are also numerous smaller ones.
 DATES FROM & TO      PERIOD            NO. EARTHQUAKES (Mag. > 6.99)
  ---------------------------         -----------             ------------------------------
 1863 to 1900 incl            38 yrs                   12
 1901 to 1938 incl            38 yrs                   53                                                                   Reference list 1901 to 1938
 1939 to 1976 incl            38 yrs                   71                                                                   Reference list 1939 to 1976
 1977 to 2014 incl *          38 yrs                 156 (to Sept. 2010) predict >190 in total.               Reference list 1977 to date

 

Pat B:
Jesse, Japan has been keeping records for 140 years. In geologic time that is nothing. In the US, 110 years. What about the last billion years?(not trying to invoke a religious argument). Plate techtonics has been taking place since the earth's crust solidified. Japan has earthquakes every day as does anywhere that is near a tectonic plate line. It is all part of how the earth was formed and is still forming. It would be more scary to me if these phenomena didn't happen.

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