Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / October 2005

I received the prized rock Fluorite, in the mail the other day from
George and though I've already expressed my appreciation to him for it,
I have to tell you it is one marvelous piece of earth.
The crystals look like tiny computer chips dipped in dark chocolate.

That and 7 more small ones yesterday and today along the California coast.
Would that relieve stress or is it leading to a big quake in the next few
weeks?
Skeats

Right then, I have just discovered an amazing clip, that claims to be
proof of the existence of giants!
I found it on this guy's  site, which is pretty interesting reading. If
you're interested, head over here -

 Exploding Rocks Dredged from Seafloor
 Newfound undersea rocks explode when hauled to the surface and
 could hold a treasure trove of information about Earth's insides.
 The rediscovered "popping rocks" have been known since they were

One for Brian's WEIRD page-  Coincidence, Ocam's razor, and Hume's
Maxim (Your page on weird things)
Earth expansion and spin symmetry of  crustal structure.
Now you're right here; spin symmetry of crustal structure does not

I awoke this morning and turned on the TV news, which is something I
don't normally do and today I caught the images of the horror on the
Cypress Structure in Oakland. That night it was rough going in that
neighborhood. A lot of the locals had arrived on the scene early, long

Historically, the Missouri Bootheel was a swamp. During the 1811-12
earthquakes, the Bootheel was a swamp. Since 1900, the Bootheel has no
longer been a swamp, but lots of flat agricultural land overlain with a
network of drainage ditches.

Earthquake prediction attempt fails
by
Wednesday 12 October 2005 8:11 PM GMT
Earthquake prediction is said to be the 'Holy Grail of seismology'  

http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Maps/117-34.html
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Quakes/ci10148369.html
Not a big quake, but it's the location. Near the SA. There
was a 4 something a little west of this one back on June 16,

Stand Deyo is claiming a hit on the Taiwan 6.6 that occured today,
claiming to have 'nailed it' on this Oct 10th map.
On that map he did have a new circle centered right on the epicenter.
But...always a but, isn't there? :)

How come there are so many deaths from earthquakes in Asia? What are
the most common direct causes of death? Are people being crushed by
bricks? Buried/asphyxiated by clay?
Which kind of building materials are safest in an earthquake? Here's my

Scientific American Special Edition - Everchanging Earth.
The article on Mountain Building -
Has anyone gone out and actually bought this yet - for (in Australia)
the exorbitant price of $11.95., say $12?  Yes/ no?

Some of the most powerful earthquakes in United States history occurred along
the New Madrid fault in the Mississippi Valley in 1811-1812. The effects of
shaking from these magnitude 8+ earthquakes caused church bells to ring in
Boston, Massachusetts nearly, 1,000 miles away.

From http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usegag.htm
Magnitude     5.0
Date-Time     Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 07:05:42 (UTC)
Location     35.989°N, 139.762°E

This Wednesday night-Thursday AM 10/19 there will be earthquake
roundtable.Jim Berkland-Stan Deyo-Jim McCanney.I dont agree with all
above, but interesting to listen to.
Stan Deyo`s method of sea surface temps leaves questionable questions.