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Igel

(37,690 posts)
61. No, doesn't work that way.
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 11:04 PM
Thursday

Seismologist that I heard interviewed this morning said that the one quake would have barely concluded by the time the other was starting so she wasn't sure it wasn't more properly termed one long earthquake.

In which case it would be a single 7.5 magnitude on whatever modified scale they're using these days.

14.7 would basically have the Earth's crust shredded. Venezuela would, at the very best, be a rather large pool of magma with bits of Venezuela waiting to submerge or melt. With the rest of the hemisphere being rifted all over the place with magmatic upwellings in the rifts. (Igel checks to make sure he's not hallucinating that phrase ... no, it's actually used)

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The Ring of Fire. The Pacific Rim. Get ready for a period of 'adjustment'. marble falls Thursday #1
As predicted by Johnny Cash.. thomski64 Thursday #14
Except the two Sout American quakes were nowhere near the ring of fire. Nt Fiendish Thingy Thursday #16
Oh noes! About 300 miles away a 10,000+ mile ring. Difference without distinction. marble falls Thursday #20
See post #28 Nt Fiendish Thingy Thursday #38
They appear to be near the caribbean plate boundary -- so different tectonic source than the others -- terms matter JT45242 Thursday #28
We need seismic activity all right /nt bucolic_frolic Thursday #2
The world is in unrest. cachukis Thursday #3
Earth in Upheaval Give Peace A Chance Thursday #44
Apparently we're in the middle of a Magnetic Pole shift. haele Thursday #48
Waiting for Earth to swallow him ZDU Thursday #4
Something's up! What has Trump done now? surfered Thursday #5
Well, Cheney's dead Sympthsical Thursday #6
Were you here like twenty years ago? fujiyamasan Thursday #8
I am versed in the lore Sympthsical Thursday #11
I must've missed that one. hamsterjill Thursday #24
It's amazing Sympthsical Thursday #33
Wow, that was something! ShazzieB Thursday #39
There's also a legendary incident about bombing the moon Sympthsical Thursday #46
That was a classic fujiyamasan Thursday #54
Oh good lord!!! hamsterjill Thursday #45
When i lived in Seattle, I had noticed that if a quake of more than five tended mwmisses4289 Thursday #7
USGS - latest earthquakes surfered Thursday #9
The big brained ape has spoken and the Universe no likey very much ;) n/t Cheezoholic Thursday #10
Delong Chi is on the outer, outer fringe of science, if he's there at all. nilram Thursday #12
I would ... marble falls Thursday #23
...and he believes black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs don't exist. LudwigPastorius Thursday #29
Do you ever get the feeling Jilly_in_VA Thursday #13
Yes. hamsterjill Thursday #47
Yes - Mother Earth is angry, with good reason. yellow dahlia Thursday #55
Im not being disrespectful. Just that a 7.5 + 7.2 that close together might be classed as 14.7? Which is horrifying. Srkdqltr Thursday #15
No, doesn't work that way. Igel Thursday #61
Thank you. I did not know how that worked. Appreciate the answer. Horrifying Srkdqltr Thursday #62
As someone who survived the Loma Prieta quake Fiendish Thingy Thursday #17
The movie: 'Earthquaknado'. marble falls Thursday #25
We had a Hurriquake in California... haele Thursday #51
What a great drive-in movie triple feature. marble falls Thursday #56
Agreed but Unwind Your Mind Thursday #27
The location dot for the CA earthquake in the first image is like 600 miles off. RockRaven Thursday #18
I know north of Ukiah Tree Lady Thursday #57
Didn't feel it around Napa Sympthsical Thursday #58
How long you lived there? Tree Lady Thursday #59
Going on seven years now Sympthsical Thursday #63
I had a class there in my junior year Tree Lady Yesterday #64
That seems to be the track Sympthsical Yesterday #65
Napa used to be in the 80's in the summer Tree Lady Yesterday #66
It's still mostly like that Sympthsical 23 hrs ago #67
We got alerts Unwind Your Mind Thursday #60
Do you know what this means? Sneederbunk Thursday #19
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That's great it starts with an earthquake birds snakes and airplanes... Prairie Gates Thursday #22
Wonder how solar radiation tied into it ? dave99 Thursday #26
It doesn't. LudwigPastorius Thursday #30
When you're plagiarizing a Roland Emmerich film Sympthsical Thursday #32
They get this crap from that moron on utube with the spinny globe lol n/t Cheezoholic Thursday #50
The End Times AverageOldGuy Thursday #31
thanks for the information. AllaN01Bear Thursday #34
In 1994 DFW Thursday #35
I worked as a secretary for company near the Berkeley campus, Zackzzzz Thursday #43
Thankfully the New Madrid fault Line was not on the list. Emile Thursday #36
Gotta wonder when New Madrid will act up? LeftInTX Thursday #40
MAGAts will cry "fake news". Dr. T Thursday #37
You have no idea Dem_in_Nebr. Thursday #42
I'm not a geologist, but that's sort of looks like the ring of fire to me. Wonder what geologists have to say about that msfiddlestix Thursday #41
The "myshake" app on iPhones is very useful. dickthegrouch Thursday #49
Can't we just have one very precisely-aimed lightning bolt? C_U_L8R Thursday #52
Why does this thread get 68 recs, when the threads about the effects of the Venezuela quakes muriel_volestrangler Thursday #53
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