Animation of Earthquake and Tsunami in Sumatra

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[manny298]

This is why California has been quiet for the past 10 to 20 years.. The pacific ring of fire has been very active in the past 20 years only California has been quiet. If you measure the compactness of the soil in California you will notice the increased of pressure. Californians live in denial that earthquakes will not happen again in California...

[noeljr02]

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[MrZenre]

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[TectonicsObservatory]

It's not a program (or simulation), it's an animation.

[CHADwuvkittyz]

was this a program?

if so, can i have the link?

[CastleSnowflake]

new zealand then japan whats going on and whos next and is it true about 2012

[ChicaTheLadybug]

Thanks for posting.  Wow!

[mrlego200]

it makes it look as if an earthquake is an explosion underground

[TectonicsObservatory]

Yes, an earthquake, too, is a violent release of energy, and can release more energy than an explosion.

For example, the energy released by the 1994 Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.7) was 200 times larger than that released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The 2004 Sumatra earthquake (M 9.1) released a MILLION times more energy.

And they both cause seismic waves. Oil companies set off underground explosions and then monitor the resulting seismic waves in their search for new sources of oil.

[mrlego200]

@TectonicsObservatory oh ok. i thought it was just a vibration.(sometimes a very big vibration)

[JustTuningIn]

@TectonicsObservatory Ya It get what they are saying that it's equivalent to an atomic bomb...But an Atomic bomb cooks everything and levels everything...But an earthquake is explosive I do agree.

[MrNonzerogrunt]

@TectonicsObservatory what would happend if you put alot of c4 along the plates their and blew the plates apart. 100 tons of c4 might blow the plates away. wouldnt that separate the plates or put a big hole in the plate and fill it with concrete. i am not a science guy

[notatallheng]

@MrNonzerogrunt The animation isn't drawn to scale. In reality the boundary between the plates is several miles wide and hundreds of miles long, and made out of solid rock which absorbs explosive energy really well. C4 wouldn't even scratch it; you'd need a lot of nuclear weapons to achieve that sort of effect, and doing that would probably create a quake almost as big as the one you're trying to prevent. (Also, there's the problem of radiation and the cost of building those nukes.)

[MrNonzerogrunt]

@notatallheng c4 can blow solid rock. and theirs other types of explosives that are made to blow rocks and stuff

[shamiiiwooo]

@TectonicsObservatory what exactly causes the release of the energy?

[tudoseionut]

Goog animation

[Themusicofangels]

wow

[TemakariniM]

you know your fucked when you have to look at youtube for information about your Earth Science essay..

[1rootle]

the so call "sudden pop up " a bit too simplifies i must say

[TectonicsObservatory]

@1rootle Yes, "pop up" is a bit too simplified. The time it takes an island to emerge depends on how big it is. The earthquake rupture travels about 3 km/sec. For an island that is 100 km in length, it would take about 30 seconds to emerge.

[Reality9O]

Easy to understand.

[dhidayat2]

It's very educative ...easy to be understand

[magicz81]

easy to be "unerstood".