Magnitude 10 Earthquake Will Hit Earth

[ScienceRocks]

I know let's joke about it, but while were joking could it one day be possible for this to happen?

Every 4 or 5 days, I read about an magnitude 6 Earthquake hitting Earth somewhere. Is this normal activity?

There have been 15 Earthquakes of the magnitude 6 and above, 2 hurricanes, 3 volcanic eruptions (not sure) in past 30 days.

Yes entirely normal. Look for a magnitude 7 at least once a year. Magnitude 8's around once every ten years.

Earthquake Facts and Statistics

6 - 6.9 134
15 magnitude 7's per year.
1 magnitude 8's per year

The 9 magitude is likely the one that happens on the decade scale.

 

[Monopoly]

Yes entirely normal. Look for a magnitude 7 at least once a year. Magnitude 8's around once every ten years.

The Earthquake that hit Washington DC 1 month back was magnitude 7.

Pentagon was emptied/evacuated and White house must also have been shaken.

Anyway, white house was shaken 2 and half years back.

Now this is 100% political discussion.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Yes entirely normal. Look for a magnitude 7 at least once a year. Magnitude 8's around once every ten years.

The Earthquake that hit Washington DC 1 month back was magnitude 7.

Pentagon was emptied/evacuated and White house must also have been shaken.

Anyway, white house was shaken 2 and half years back.

Now this is 100% political discussion.

5.8 magnitude...10+(thinking 12) times weaker.

 

[westwall]

Yes entirely normal. Look for a magnitude 7 at least once a year. Magnitude 8's around once every ten years.

The Earthquake that hit Washington DC 1 month back was magnitude 7.

Pentagon was emptied/evacuated and White house must also have been shaken.

Anyway, white house was shaken 2 and half years back.

Now this is 100% political discussion.

No, the east coast quake was a magnitude 5 something. A 7 would have done serious damage.

 

[westwall]

Every 4 or 5 days, I read about an magnitude 6 Earthquake hitting Earth somewhere. Is this normal activity?

There have been 15 Earthquakes of the magnitude 6 and above, 2 hurricanes, 3 volcanic eruptions (not sure) in past 30 days.

Yes entirely normal. Look for a magnitude 7 at least once a year. Magnitude 8's around once every ten years.

Earthquake Facts and Statistics

6 - 6.9 134
15 magnitude 7's per year.
1 magnitude 8's per year

The 9 magitude is likely the one that happens on the decade scale.

Achh that's correct, I posted the figures for dense population areas.

 

[The Gadfly]

Yelloestone isn't a warning, it a ...

GAME OVER

Not quite, but a Yellowstone eruption on the scale of the last one would be pretty close...and it WILL happen again. The real question is when, and that could be 10 years from now, a hundred years from now, or ten thousand years from now; with what we know today, there is no way to be certain.

 

[Inthemiddle]

An Eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera could been an extinction level event for the world, and would most certainly mean the end of the USA.

It's been some time, But I read once that the last Eruption at Yellow stone was so large the force actually changed the length of a day by slowing our spin, moved us slightly in space, and changed out Angle on our Axis. The Ash and rock it spewed into the Stratosphere sparked one of the deepest Ice Ages in Earth History.

Wherever you're getting your information from, I would stop if I were you. Volcanic activity from the Yellowstone hotspot continues to this very day, and is seen in the form of geysers and ground swelling. Aside from the handful of super-eruptions the field has also exhibited non explosive lava flows. The last super-eruption out of the Yellowstone hotspot spewed about 1,000 km/sq of ejecta, which is the bottom qualification of a "super-eruption." Most explosive eruptions produce more.

I think that whatever you were watching you are confusing Yellowstone with the Toba Caldera. The last super-eruption there was one of the most massive ever in history. The catastrophe theory behind it attributes the eruption to accelerating the onset of the last ice age, though not causing it by itself. I've never heard of a theory that it caused a change in the earth's orbit or rotation, though I suppose it's possible considering the multiplicity of factors that are involved in the position of the earth's axis (with tectonic activity being one of them). The eruption caused a volcanic winter, the duration of which is disputed among scientists, though certainly no more than a decade. Though some scientists theorize that any effects in weather may have endured for no longer than three years. The Toba eruption is attributed as being a leading cause in a bottle neck in the Homo Sapiens population, to possibly as few as 10,000 people, and with possibly being a major contributor to the extinctions of Homo Erectus and Neanderthals.

All this being said, it needs to be understood that this event was an exceptional case of volcanic activity. The chances of the next Yellowstone eruption even equaling the magnitude of the Toba eruption are negligible. The chances that a comparable eruption could be an "extinction level event" for humans are effectively zero, considering the differences in human population dispersement of then and now. When the Toba eruption occurred humans occupied mostly native regions in Asia and Africa, with African populations being the predominant survivors from which the population was replenished. Scientific evidence indicates that the human population quickly rebounded and increased exponentially after the sudden decrease. A Yellowstone eruption the size of the Toba eruption would indeed have a great effect on the US, and could certainly lead to a decline in population over the next couple of generations. But the more likely case is that modern technology and economics would largely shield the ability of such an event from inflicting substantial damage to the US population, while other regions around the world might suffer more from any food shortages, due to the US having greater economic ability to secure scarce food than poorer countries.

Currently, there is no evidence that the Yellowstone hotspot will erupt in any forseeable future. A few years ago there was a sudden increase in the growth of the Yellowstone plateau. However, that subsided and returned to normal levels.

 

[Inthemiddle]

Actually, Yellowstone is Giant Volcanic Caldera and sits over the Hot Spot (kind of like how Hawaii sits on top of a Hot Spot) which has been burning its way across the North American Plate for the last several million years. She last had an eruption around 600,000 years ago.

That was the last super-eruption. There have been several non explosive eruptions of lava and/or steam since then, with continuing geyser activity.

 

[Richard-H]

Damn! The end of the world again!

 

[freedombecki]

Current earthquakes

At website, you can enlarge any portion of the US Map to see more clearly the type and magnitude of earthquake in a given region. Link
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[westwall]

Actually, Yellowstone is Giant Volcanic Caldera and sits over the Hot Spot (kind of like how Hawaii sits on top of a Hot Spot) which has been burning its way across the North American Plate for the last several million years. She last had an eruption around 600,000 years ago.

That was the last super-eruption. There have been several non explosive eruptions of lava and/or steam since then, with continuing geyser activity.

Yes, I know, I was just referring to the last big one. However, I do disagree with you on the magnitude of difficulty when she lets go again. It will be catastrophic for the US and depending on the prevailing winds for Canada or Mexico as well. Europe will suffer the cooling effects but shouldn't suffer from the ash clouds too much.

The same thing happened in the Long Valley Caldera of California 700,000 years ago and it killed most everything on the west coast and left measurable quantities of ash (the Bishop Tuff) in the Mid Atlantic Ridge.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

....because of Manmade Global Warming

 

[Toro]

BTW, how does an earthquake "hit" the earth?

 

[Conservative]

Some 30 days back, scientists have given a warning of magnitude 10 Earthquake hitting Earth.

If I read it correctly, then there is activity in yellow stone national park volcano which has a crater of 85 kilometers (not sure).

Everybody be prepared for the big one. It is coming. All of USA porn and prostitutes will feel Earth move.

It is unlikely to hit someplace 'other' than Earth... and we'd never know if it did.

 

[uscitizen]

Why is this thread in the politics forum?

 

[Monopoly]

BTW, how does an earthquake "hit" the earth?

Upper cut. The earth moves up 20 meters to 100 meters to a distance of 2000 kilometers to 5000 kilometers.

O baby O baby, everything you need.

 

[Conservative]

An Eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera could been an extinction level event for the world, and would most certainly mean the end of the USA.

It's been some time, But I read once that the last Eruption at Yellow stone was so large the force actually changed the length of a day by slowing our spin, moved us slightly in space, and changed out Angle on our Axis. The Ash and rock it spewed into the Stratosphere sparked one of the deepest Ice Ages in Earth History.

Wherever you're getting your information from, I would stop if I were you. Volcanic activity from the Yellowstone hotspot continues to this very day, and is seen in the form of geysers and ground swelling. Aside from the handful of super-eruptions the field has also exhibited non explosive lava flows. The last super-eruption out of the Yellowstone hotspot spewed about 1,000 km/sq of ejecta, which is the bottom qualification of a "super-eruption." Most explosive eruptions produce more.

I think that whatever you were watching you are confusing Yellowstone with the Toba Caldera. The last super-eruption there was one of the most massive ever in history. The catastrophe theory behind it attributes the eruption to accelerating the onset of the last ice age, though not causing it by itself. I've never heard of a theory that it caused a change in the earth's orbit or rotation, though I suppose it's possible considering the multiplicity of factors that are involved in the position of the earth's axis (with tectonic activity being one of them). The eruption caused a volcanic winter, the duration of which is disputed among scientists, though certainly no more than a decade. Though some scientists theorize that any effects in weather may have endured for no longer than three years. The Toba eruption is attributed as being a leading cause in a bottle neck in the Homo Sapiens population, to possibly as few as 10,000 people, and with possibly being a major contributor to the extinctions of Homo Erectus and Neanderthals.

All this being said, it needs to be understood that this event was an exceptional case of volcanic activity. The chances of the next Yellowstone eruption even equaling the magnitude of the Toba eruption are negligible. The chances that a comparable eruption could be an "extinction level event" for humans are effectively zero, considering the differences in human population dispersement of then and now. When the Toba eruption occurred humans occupied mostly native regions in Asia and Africa, with African populations being the predominant survivors from which the population was replenished. Scientific evidence indicates that the human population quickly rebounded and increased exponentially after the sudden decrease. A Yellowstone eruption the size of the Toba eruption would indeed have a great effect on the US, and could certainly lead to a decline in population over the next couple of generations. But the more likely case is that modern technology and economics would largely shield the ability of such an event from inflicting substantial damage to the US population, while other regions around the world might suffer more from any food shortages, due to the US having greater economic ability to secure scarce food than poorer countries.

Currently, there is no evidence that the Yellowstone hotspot will erupt in any forseeable future. A few years ago there was a sudden increase in the growth of the Yellowstone plateau. However, that subsided and returned to normal levels.

Yellowstone National Park: Caldera Rises, Falls and Rises Again

 

[Conservative]

It's all Bush's fault.

 

[Monopoly]

Why is this thread in the politics forum?

Because presidents, prime ministers, politicians, billionaires and responsible people are useless.

 

[uscitizen]

Damn! The end of the world again!

What do you expect since we have the antichrist as president?