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Large earthquate hit vanuatu

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timmi
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Don't have any links yet, but it hit an island west of australia called vanuatu. I don't think theres any news out about it yet.
Mar 17 2011 12:13AM
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Blake.P
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2012?
Mar 17 2011 12:14AM
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timmi
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ga6WspKCjs2XxGHRj5_BRRShplyg?docId=6272940

no threat of tsunami which is good news.
Mar 17 2011 12:15AM
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Vino
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00024wv.php
Mar 17 2011 12:15AM
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yellav
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i live about 200 feet away from a major faultline... all this earthquake news is frightening
Mar 17 2011 12:16AM
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skier_boy26
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EAST of Australia, and that place gets tons of earthquakes. Right on the bloody ring on fire. Consequently, it has volcanoes, too.
Mar 17 2011 12:16AM
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timmi
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My mistake.
Mar 17 2011 12:17AM
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--ski--
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Shit, I just got back from Vanuatu as well
Mar 17 2011 12:18AM
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jeremy.g
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damn lots of earthquakes. the are where i live is due for a fairly major one i believe. garrr
Mar 17 2011 12:18AM
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lanny94
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man i know wat ur talkin about my old school was built on a major fault line lol
Mar 17 2011 12:21AM
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E.FARR
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if you add up the dates from the world trade center bombing, japan, and now this earthquake and then correspond those numbers to letters in the alphabet it spells out UW-IL-DI
or "You Will Die"
Mar 17 2011 12:32AM
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GayWolf420
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Wasatch fault line? Yeah. Pretty much salt lake is doomed if a large earthquake hits us. Not to mention we are sitting ontop of a massive volcano that spans from yellowstone. If that erupts, we are fucked.
Mar 17 2011 12:34AM
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skiierman
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i'm on foothill... thanks in advance for the sacrificing of your lives for my new beach front property, after cali goes of course.
Mar 17 2011 12:48AM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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mad earthquake in ottawa today. projector in my lecture shook and everything
Mar 17 2011 12:50AM
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OnePlank
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yep. i live in san fran, and i know shits about to go down

Mar 17 2011 12:51AM
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Ribss.
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is this actually true? too lazy to do the math
Mar 17 2011 12:52AM
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yellav
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well i was talking about 1300E...
Mar 17 2011 3:09AM
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spere
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Seems like volcanoes on the ring of fire have become more frequent as of late, or perhaps they are just getting more exposure.
Mar 17 2011 3:18AM
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Yung_Gnarley
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That whole fault is going to be active for a little while.
Mar 17 2011 3:19AM
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A^frame
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We have to accept that the majority of the best skiing in the world is located near the "Ring of Fire" because the mountains are so Young, in geological years, and still growing. This will only result in larger peaks to shred in the future.
Mar 17 2011 3:43AM
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E.FARR
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haha oh yea totally true..go try it
Mar 17 2011 2:50PM
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H8CH
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inb4 California's "Big One".....

I fear it's coming.... it's long overdue!  Scary stuff...

Mar 17 2011 2:58PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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after such a large event it wont be surprising to have significant activity for a while. the coasts of japan and cali are now 13 feet closer together after the quake, thats alot of land moving in a split second. deffiantly shook up the earth a bit.
Mar 17 2011 3:21PM
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Anathema
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yeap, definitely felt that. house was vibrating and i was like uhhhhh ok this 2012 shit is getting real
Mar 17 2011 3:22PM
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Bumblesteeze
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Wasn't the earthquake yesterday?
Mar 17 2011 3:24PM
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shibby
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Weird, I didn't feel it at all.
Mar 17 2011 3:27PM
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belden...
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The day is actually like a thousandth of a second shorter cuz were spinning faster
Mar 17 2011 3:30PM
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[evan]
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So basically the epicenter of freestyle skiing will be wiped off the face of the planet.
Mar 17 2011 3:30PM
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skiierman
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yeah i know but isn't 1300e right on the fault line, meaning you'll fall into a pit that will probably have a raging party at the bottom?
Mar 17 2011 7:44PM
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Phil-X-
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youre gonna get your shit ROCKED



HAHAHA get it?
Mar 17 2011 8:11PM
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trettzilla
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wes fucked
Mar 17 2011 8:26PM
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bakedpow
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The West coast is pretty much due for an earthquake, it may not happen for ever or it could happen any second... will you be ready?!?!?!
Mar 17 2011 8:29PM
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ndye
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Large earthquakes usually signal an abnormally active fault line over a period of time after the first quake.
Mar 17 2011 8:29PM
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ndye
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Large earthquakes usually signal an abnormally active fault line over a period of time after the first quake.
Mar 17 2011 8:37PM
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chicken
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6.3 is not that large. They can be dangerous if in a populated area with poor construction. They happen every few days though, it's not uncommon. An earthquake almost twice as powerful hit california just over a year ago (on my birthday).
Mar 17 2011 8:41PM
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KMalinich.
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well enjoy this last year guys.
Mar 17 2011 8:41PM
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chicken
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My condo is literally built on stilts for the parkade. It's also in an area with moderately high to high amplification risk. Basically if cascadia goes with me inside i'm probably screwed. At least the tsunami won't reach me.
Mar 17 2011 9:01PM
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schism
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Thats actually really cool. Thanks for sharing.
Mar 17 2011 9:14PM
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chicken
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I'm pretty sure vanuatu is right on a large convergent boundary (australian and pacific plates) That's not to say this earthquake occurred along it, I really don't know that much about the geology around there. I guess you could figure it out looking at USGS but I really don't care to.

I was also reading a paper that suggests much higher tsunami risks in cali than previously thought due to submarine landslides triggered by earthquakes.
Mar 17 2011 9:33PM
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Daydreaming
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Ain't that the truth. I live down by the river which is worse. Liquefaction will destroy everything.
Mar 17 2011 9:36PM
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yellav
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satans waitin
Mar 17 2011 9:45PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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Everyone knows mid-march to early june is earthquake season, shush your fear-mongering!
Mar 17 2011 9:53PM
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chicken
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yeah submarine landslides actually pose a pretty big threat, like if an entire bank goes. There are quite a few local tsunami hazards in california. The most dangerous are probably submarine landslides, especially catalina.

There are also often still hazards with transform faults because of restraining bends, which can uplift quite a bit (and then of course slip). I'm not sure of any specific examples but there are some on the san clemente fault. There are even tsunami models based on the lateral movement of like an island. If a large island slips a couple of feet it can displace enough water to create a pretty big wave.
Mar 18 2011 3:25AM
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erboardsnow
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just because the plates in the pacific are having their periods doesn't mean the world is going to end.
Mar 18 2011 3:54AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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bitch i live in new zealand, this country IS a frickin fault line
Mar 18 2011 3:59AM
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TonKwon
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TWENTYTWELVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 18 2011 9:58AM
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*Dos*Planker*
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what im wondering is how much of this fear has facts behind it and how much of it is purly coincidental fear because of recent events. Based on information from earthquake.usgs.gov there are about 14469 earthquakes of 4.0 magnetude and up each year. Based on this fact i believe that a lot of the fear about the rising number of earthquakes has more to do with people associating natural events with fears of 2012.

Mar 18 2011 11:10AM
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TheHamburglar
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for those of us who go to school directly on the san andreas fault, should I just chill in a big field if a massive quake hits? are there precautionary steps that I can take to not die?
Mar 19 2011 12:46PM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
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The yellow stone caldera doesnt run underneath Utah at all. The caldera is located throughout the park.
Mar 19 2011 1:56PM
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sarahskis
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Damn, I don't know much about earthquakes or volcanic activity but i'm moving to Bend in June, right next to Mt. Bachelor and the ring of fire.  Best get my education going
Mar 19 2011 3:29PM
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