Should LA be evacuated before the earthquake ?

[Mini 14]

There are near consent 4/5 quakes in baja since the japan quake.
The pressure is building

Let's hope the next one takes out Mexico and NAFTA!

Stop being an asshole for 5 minutes.

Where are you monitoring this data F?

And do they seem to be restricted to baja, or just concentrated there?

 

[LostAmerican]

[Where are you monitoring this data F?

And do they seem to be restricted to baja, or just concentrated there?

Try:

Earthquakes

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

real time app
EARTHQUAKE 3D

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Let's hope the next one takes out Mexico and NAFTA!

Stop being an asshole for 5 minutes.

Where are you monitoring this data F?

And do they seem to be restricted to baja, or just concentrated there?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 18:38:38 37.805 143.349 25.9 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 18:28:39 -56.851 -27.963 235.8 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.7 2011/03/12 18:09:15 37.321 141.367 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.7 2011/03/12 17:54:19 25.456 -109.690 22.2 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 17:48:13 37.381 143.491 24.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 17:40:56 38.728 142.512 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.0 2011/03/12 1724 36.573 142.645 4.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 1709 38.051 144.071 29.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 17:01:22 37.701 143.353 38.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 16:55:41 38.102 143.701 25.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.7 2011/03/12 16:48:14 37.822 141.935 26.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 16:38:45 38.067 144.066 25.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 16:36:41 38.123 143.860 24.9 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 16:22:15 37.891 144.831 34.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 1605 38.426 143.940 25.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.7 2011/03/12 16:07:39 39.076 142.684 36.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 16:03:56 37.259 142.116 25.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 14:53:21 37.569 143.805 24.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.7 2011/03/12 14:43:09 39.471 142.406 21.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.6 2011/03/12 14:35:00 35.784 141.660 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 1456 35.768 140.560 24.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.3 2011/03/12 1405 25.396 -109.652 12.1 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.8 2011/03/12 14:03:30 38.843 142.592 24.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 13:57:12 36.439 141.926 24.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.3 2011/03/12 1356 39.381 142.423 25.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.4 2011/03/12 13:15:42 37.261 141.175 37.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.8 2011/03/12 12:53:50 37.754 143.573 19.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 1228 37.834 143.856 24.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 12:43:13 37.398 143.776 35.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/12 12:27:17 39.721 144.505 25.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 12:15:31 39.789 142.586 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/12 12:06:57 40.058

141.980 25.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.4 2011/03/12 12:03:43 25.260 -109.964 10.1 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

 

[Mini 14]

Cool!

Thanks!

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

WTF is with that smily?

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

 

[LostAmerican]

Cool!

Thanks!

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

If you have loved ones who are in known earth quake zones in California alert them to the likelihood of an earthquake in the next few days.

 

[Avatar4321]

Democrats couldnt evacuate New Orleans, you think they can evacuate LA Which is much larger?

Doesnt matter anyway, there isnt going to be an Earthquake there. If there is id be surprised.

 

[Two Thumbs]

In all likelyhood there will be a major earthquake on or before March 19
Should LA be evacuated ?

uhm

No.

Who would want to take people from LA into their homes?

It's the birth place of The Bloods and The Crips. Who would risk having that in their home?

Besides, they wouldn't want to miss out on the looting.

 

[Two Thumbs]

And you base this likelihood on what?

There is a scientist that can predict earthquakes within a few minutes. Since a lot of it has to do when there is a full moon, he gets laughed at a lot.

but he's called a lot of them in a row, all within 1 hour

Kinda hard to call it luck.

 

[BrianH]

I saw someone from the U.S. geological survey say on TV the other day that they don't expect an earthquake in LA to get over an 8.0. He said the difference is that the plates at San Andreas fault are running parallel to one another. They're sliding back and forth while the plates that caused the Japan quake are running against one another. I don't know much about this, but this is what the gentleman was saying...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/sca/ca_eqs.php

I was looking at the history of California earthquakes and there have only been two that have been over an 8.0. Both were 8.25. One in 1857, and the other in 1906. I'm not saying that these are minor earthquakes, but expecting a 9.0 or 10.0 would be a stretch according to the USGS

 

[Douger]

I shall consult with the brown dwarf on this matter.......................right after she has her banana pancakes and coffee.

 

[Mr. H.]

I talked to my kid about this the other night. He's like "what am I supposed to do about it?"

I said well, you could move back home to Illinois.

He said "fuck no - I'll take my chances."

LOL

 

[blastoff]

I'm all for evacuating if we knew when the big one was coming but think we should just let the folks in Hollywood and Malibu be.

 

[boedicca]

No. The science is not precise enough, and the hazards of a mass exodus are more dangerous than a typical CA earthquake.

We have slipstrike faults in CA, not subduction ones, so the likley hood of a 9.0 is nil. A 7.0 would be a huge earthquake in CA (which is far less powerful than a 9.0 given the logarithmic scale). With modern building codes, people are safe in buildings than on the freeway, imo.

 

[westwall]

LA had an earthquake back in the late 80s.

Same with San Francisco. The tension has been released.

Up here in the Northwest, we have been over 240 years since the last big one. And the last one, back in the 18th Century was a humdinger that caused a huge tidal wave that hit japan. When the big one goes here, it will be in the range of 10 or greater.

But they seem to occur very infrequently here, in the range of 400 years or so. I am not worried.

Now if Mt Rainier goes, the casualty numbers will satisfy even Nuebarth.

Nope, not even close. The quake that occured in Northridge was a little fault. The San Andreas has been building energy since 1857 when the Tejon quake saw 32 feet of movement along the fault line. Same for San Francisco, the 1906 quake was actually up in Mendocino and the Loma Prieta quake was south near Santa Cruz. San Francisco is right in the middle of a bullseye.

Add to that the quakes mentioned were in the 6.7 to 6.9 range (not the 1906 or 1857 obviously) and there was actually very little energy released. The Richter scale is logarithmic.

 

[MaggieMae]

If you have loved ones who are in known earth quake zones in California alert them to the likelihood of an earthquake in the next few days.

Is this on the news anywhere in California?

 

[MaggieMae]

And you base this likelihood on what?

There is a scientist that can predict earthquakes within a few minutes. Since a lot of it has to do when there is a full moon, he gets laughed at a lot.

but he's called a lot of them in a row, all within 1 hour

Kinda hard to call it luck.

Animals tend to get unusually restless just before the onset of an earthquake, cats especially. I lived in the San Fernando Valley when the 1971 quake hit, and I had just gotten out of bed to turn the coffee on when I saw our cat literally clinging to the screen leading to the patio. I just shrugged, then hit the deck a few minutes later. I looked down after it was over, and the water in the pool was a mini-tsunami, sloshing back and forth and waves covering all the deck chairs. Scary. And that was a small one, buy today's standards.

The one in 1994 was much worse, but I wasn't living there at that time. It took giant chunks out of freeways or caused huge heaves, so even if people did try to evacuate, they didn't get very far.