**Official 8.7 Earthquake in SE Asia Thread**

[notfred]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

Looks like you failed geology 101.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
I love how none of the news stations have fact checkers any more. Even the BBC is calling it a possible "tidal wave."

They've sacraficed specificity and accuracy for quickness of release.

Which I don't disagree with, but it does show a lack of education on the writers part. Especially after the last earthquake/tsunami, every writer should have at least that much knowledge.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
I love how none of the news stations have fact checkers any more. Even the BBC is calling it a possible "tidal wave."

They've sacraficed specificity and accuracy for quickness of release.

Which I don't disagree with, but it does show a lack of education on the writers part. Especially after the last earthquake/tsunami, every writer should have at least that much knowledge.

Exactly. Today's news reporters/writers aren't the brightest of the bunch. Seems like a job people take when they can't do anything else.

 

[rh71]

anyone see the clip they just showed with a bunch of people fleeing by motorized bike or cars ? That had to be a 5:1 ratio of bikes:cars... they were practically on top of each other.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

Looks like you failed geology 101.

I was thinking the same thing...

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Surf's Up! :thumbsup:

DIAF!

 

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

So 8.2 is not powerful enough to trigger a tidal wave ?

 

[Aharami]

i hope there is not as much damage this time around

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

So 8.2 is not powerful enough to trigger a tidal wave ?

It really depends on what type of earth movement caused that quake. It would be a Tsunami, not a tidal wave.

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

So 8.2 is not powerful enough to trigger a tidal wave ?

It's just Dave, don't mind him, he's just an out-of-touch with reality troll.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

So 8.2 is not powerful enough to trigger a tidal wave ?

It really depends on what type of earth movement caused that quake. It would be a Tsunami, not a tidal wave.

they're the same thing.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

So 8.2 is not powerful enough to trigger a tidal wave ?

It really depends on what type of earth movement caused that quake. It would be a Tsunami, not a tidal wave.

they're the same thing.

No, they're not.

Tsunami, Tidal Wave, Tidal Bore or Rogue Wave: What's the Difference?

A tsunami is a large wave produced by the vertical movement of the sea floor, a meteor strike or a landslide. While the term tidal wave has been used interchangeably with tsunami, a tidal wave is more properly synonmous with a tidal bore. A tidal bore is created in a river when a rapidly-moving tide is slowed by friction with the river bottom and the water builds up into a large breaking wave. Tidal bores are fairly predictable events as they occur at particular locations at particular times. Occasionally, though, they surprise observers as happened with some students who went to see a bore in the Qiantangjiang River in China in 2002. They found running for their lives as it unexpectedly topped the sea wall and chased them down the street.

A rogue wave occurs during heavy storms when two or more normal ocean waves created by strong storm winds meet and reinforce each other, giving the combined wave an exceptional height. These waves can grow as tall as 90 feet and present a danger to even the largest ships that cross their paths

 

[imported_Ziggy]

It's been 3 hours and no tsunami yet, right?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

So 8.2 is not powerful enough to trigger a tidal wave ?

a 7.0 is powerful enough to generate a TIDAL WAVE*

TSUNAMI is Japanese for "tidal wave"
:roll:



A tidal wave is a tidal "bore" . . . . technically a earthquake generated wave is NOT a 'tidal wave' OR 'tsunami' . . . but it is perfectly understandable to just about anyone

. . . the wave ACTS like the tide coming in - all at once.

 

[Mill]

Upgraded to 8.7. Wonder if Japan will upgrade theirs to even higher?

 

[Doggiedog]

Wow!

Now its an 8.7 earthquake.

Edit: a few secs too late.

 

[apoppin]

The latest from Hawaii:

NOTE:
THERE HAS BEEN NO MAJOR TSUNAMI OBSERVED NEAR THE EPICENTER.

THERE WAS HOWEVER A SMALL TSUNAMI OBSERVED ON THE COCOS TIDE GAGE.
WARNING... THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A WIDELY
DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI IN THE OCEAN OR SEAS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE.
AUTHORITIES IN THOSE REGIONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY
AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. THIS ACTION SHOULD INCLUDE EVACUATION
OF COASTS WITHIN A THOUSAND KILOMETERS OF THE EPICENTER AND CLOSE
MONITORING TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR EVACUATION FURTHER AWAY.

THIS CENTER DOES NOT HAVE SEA LEVEL GAUGES OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC
SO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETECT OR MEASURE A TSUNAMI IF ONE WAS
GENERATED. AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO
TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER
WITHIN THREE HOURS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
How weird...the first big quake was one day after Christmas...this one is one day after Easter.. :Q

jesus is pissed.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/indonesia.quake/index.html

Sri Lanka also issued a warning that the earthquake may spawn a tsunami that would reach Sri Lanka's shores by about 3 a.m. Tuesday (4 p.m. ET Monday) and urged those living in low lying areas to move to higher ground.

 

[Kyteland]

**Note to self** Don't read this thread right after reading the "Good April Fools Praks" thread.

Kalvin00, you were on the sh!t list there for a second. Too bad it isn't a joke.

 

[Chadder007]

News is saying there is a 100% guarantee of Tsunami right now.....

 

[DeMeo]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
How weird...the first big quake was one day after Christmas...this one is one day after Easter.. :Q

jesus is pissed.

Must be pissed off about the jesus joke thread in ATOT.

 

[iamme]

how terrifying for people living there right now

nothing on the news yet...

 

[z0mb13]

holy fsck.. that area is cursed..

 

[prontospyder]

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
The tsunami should have hit by now, right?

Looks like this was an aftershock and not a true Earthquake so looks like no Tsunami out of this.

Huh?

Aftershocks aren't "true" earthquakes?

Whatever.. lol