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Re: BART fanboy tokes a GG Bridge doobie in IJ
Author: Dr. Lucy
Date: 07-17-2019 - 07:32
Mouse, you are sooooo smart. But wrong:
The recent magnitude 8.6 earthquake that occurred on April 11, 2012 in the Indian Ocean, far offshore Sumatra, was very different from other "mega-earthquakes." In fact, it broke two records:
It is the largest strike-slip earthquake ever recorded. (In "strike-slip"earthquakes, land on either side of the fault moves in the horizontal direction, as happens, for example, along the San Andreas fault. Watch an animation of a strike-slip earthquake.)
It is the largest intra-plate earthquake ever recorded.
What's more, its magnitude 8.2 aftershock is the second largest ever recorded.
And the rupture followed the most complex path ever imaged by modern seismology, taking some right-angle turns, much as if it were finding its way through a maze.
The recent magnitude 8.6 earthquake that occurred on April 11, 2012 in the Indian Ocean, far offshore Sumatra, was very different from other "mega-earthquakes." In fact, it broke two records:
It is the largest strike-slip earthquake ever recorded. (In "strike-slip"earthquakes, land on either side of the fault moves in the horizontal direction, as happens, for example, along the San Andreas fault. Watch an animation of a strike-slip earthquake.)
It is the largest intra-plate earthquake ever recorded.
What's more, its magnitude 8.2 aftershock is the second largest ever recorded.
And the rupture followed the most complex path ever imaged by modern seismology, taking some right-angle turns, much as if it were finding its way through a maze.
