Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis

[Wiegert]

Not even a full day into 2024 and Japan's west coast has been hit by a 7.5 earthquake with a major Tsunami warning for the Noto Peninsula and surrounding coastal prefectures.

 

[Liquid]

Scary scenes.

 

[Blitz24]

Magnitude 7.5 earthquakes have occurred near Taiwan. A tsunami warning was issued for Japan.

 

[Blitz24]

VERY rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake occurring 20 miles west of North Plainfield, NJ.

 

[Famine]

Was there a Rumble in the Bronx?

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

4.8 ain't much....but the east coast is really, really not prepared for anything much bigger than that. There is basically zero seismic resiliency in east coast construction practices, from what I've seen.

 

[Keef]

4.8 ain't much....but the east coast is really, really not prepared for anything much bigger than that. There is basically zero seismic resiliency in east coast construction practices, from what I've seen.

We're not prepared at all, and the effects are much stronger and hit a much wider area because the bedrock in the plate is much harder over here.

 

[Touring Mars]

Meanwhile, at Mt. Etna....

 

[Sprite]

Meanwhile, at Mt. Etna....

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That is super cool.

I found a few more images of this and I have to say nature still has the ability to impress and astound me.

 

[TB]

We get it, you vape.

 

[CodeRedR51]

7.0 just happened off the coast of northern California. A tsunami warning was issued.

Edit: warning canceled

7.0 earthquake hits off Northern California coast; tsunami warning canceled

A large, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County on Thursday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

A bunch of people evacuated and no significant tsunami. I don't even know why they caused such a fuss...slip strike faults don't really produce Tsunamis.

 

[TexRex]

SMH Cancel Culture

 

[JoeDaSnow]

Kanlaon, a volcano in the Negros Island Region of the Philippines, began erupting on June 3 this year. It erupted again on December 9.

 

[Dennisch]

Someone needs to alarm the Minoans because Santorini is starting to wake up again.

 

[sirjim73]

Someone needs to alarm the Minoans because Santorini is starting to wake up again.

It is worrying, not just from a safety point of view and risk to life, but it's also going to destroy the tourist season this year, with a knock on effect for all the Greek Islands because some people won't distinguish between the two affected ones and all the others.

Years ago, I had a day on Santorini by boat from Crete, but it was only a short visit due to the time spent travelling on a veery slow boat. You might say, we only got a minor tour (sorry, I've been watching Up Pompeii again).