Plate tectonics

[Mich the Tester]

Good time to buy Japanese stocks.

I agree; especially building contractors.

[Gonzo]

Just looking at this map of the plates that make up the earths crust.

Given that we have had two fairly big quakes around the edge of the pacific plate recently, what are the chances of the US west coast getting shaken violently in the near future?

I'm no expert, I only did this stuff at school, but I am sure that the plates are not recent creations so the chances of the US West Coast shaking are no more or less likely than they were last week.

hth

[Gonzo]

According to Wikipedia, this particular earthquake was not caused by movement in tectonic plates.

While on one hand that is in bad taste, insensitive and should not be condoned, on the other hand I find it hilarious.




This is from someone that now lives in a risk zone and doesn't expect anyone's pity should the inevitable happen during my lifetime.

[doodab]

I'm no expert, I only did this stuff at school, but I am sure that the plates are not recent creations so the chances of the US West Coast shaking are no more or less likely than they were last week.

hth

I don't think the age of the plates has anything to do with it. But the San Andreas fault it basically the same two plates moving against each other isn't it. Although their are separate fault zones so there is probably no correlation. I just thought if the pacific plate were suddenly moving a lot for some reason, e.g. a great big lump of molten rock ascending in the mantle, that this might not be the last of it.

And of course, Godzilla might still be hungry.

[TheFaQQer]

I don't think the age of the plates has anything to do with it. But the San Andreas fault it basically the same two plates moving against each other isn't it. Although their are separate fault zones so there is probably no correlation. I just thought if the pacific plate were suddenly moving a lot for some reason, e.g. a great big lump of molten rock ascending in the mantle, that this might not be the last of it.

And of course, Godzilla might still be hungry.

San Andreas is mainly two plates rubbing past each other, rather than one being subducted (plus all sorts of other geological nastiness and cross faults etc.). Earthquakes in Japan and the Pacific shouldn't impact the likelihood of an earthquake in California one way or the other.

[gingerjedi]

San Andreas is mainly two plates rubbing past each other, rather than one being subducted (plus all sorts of other geological nastiness and cross faults etc.). Earthquakes in Japan and the Pacific shouldn't impact the likelihood of an earthquake in California one way or the other.

Juan de Fuca Plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Was that really his name? Nice bloke??

[minestrone]

I think some Bond type villian planted a nuke on the sea bed to trigger the earthquake.

NZ never paid the ransom, neither did Japan, if the States does not pay up California will be next.

[doodab]

I think some Bond type villian planted a nuke on the sea bed to trigger the earthquake.

NZ never paid the ransom, neither did Japan, if the States does not pay up California will be next.

You are Alistair MacLean and I claim my 5 pounds.

[PAH]

You are Alistair MacLean and I claim my 5 pounds.

Maybe that was the inspiration for Bill Hicks to daydream about Arizona Bay. Seeing as that was over 20 years ago, my popcorn's gone soggy waiting.

[shaunbhoy]

I think we should be more worried about the one that runs through the middle of Iceland. Especially as Iceland is now a poor country and can no longer afford all the blue tack and gaffer tape to hold the Eurasian and Carribean plates together.