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the quakes on the earthquake maps

As I look at the earthquake maps it seems to me that the quakes are occouring from the bottom of the map and going up towards alaska-all across the world and when you get to USA small quakes can be seen all across the states from Cazlifornia to new york from Oklahoma to the bottom of Ill ans so on all the way up to Alaske and Alaska looks like a bowl of jello --going back to the bottom of the world -or bottom of the map south america

goes across to california AND SO ON LIKE A GREAT MIGRATION-AND ON UP TO REDOUBT -WASHINGTON OREGON INCLUDED AND OFF THE COAST OF EUGENE OREGON THERE IS A CLUSTER OF QUAKES A LITTLE OUT TO SEA. I WATCH THE PATTERN EVERY DAY- SOMETIMES ITS QUIET BUT THE PATTERN NEVER REALLY CHANGES since it started about November 08-- AND SEEMS MORE INTENSE LATELY ALMOST LIKE THE PLATES OR WHATEVER are BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER-COUKLD THE ICE MELTING AND PUTTING WIEGHT ON THE FAULTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA BE CAUSING THESE ALREADY UNSTABLE FAULTS TO BUCKLE? SORT OF LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT? I knowsooner or later there is goung to be abig blowout-mexico or south americaor the subductrion zone off the Oregon coast I think Redoubt is apressure valve but that one isn't "it" that one is only the beginning-I think mexico or South America

Dianna Wright of CO @ Apr 30, 2009 01:19:29 AM

Earthquake and the yellowstone

Could the california Earthquake make the yellowstone erupt if it is a 9.0 on the scale?

Rob @ Apr 27, 2009 14:23:12 PM

Continents are not drifting, but rising.

Earthquake is the effect of the rise of the land

On September 30th 1993, the earthquake that hit the village, killari, situated in central part of India resulted in the death of more than eight thousand people and raised the land surface about three feet high. This elevation was seen in an area of around two kilometers.

Why did the earthquake occur? The quake occurred only in killari, situated in central India and left two kilometers of land area raised. This proves that the earthquake occurred only due to the rise of the land.

Apart from this, the pictures taken by the satellite before the quake showed that the temperature of killari had also risen and the pictures taken after the quake showed it to be normal. After the earthquake occurred, on the borders of Andhra and Karnataka white colored smoke emitted from the ground.

Why did the land rise? Why was the temperature more? Why did the land emit white colored smoke?

We know that the molten rock material called magma is found inside the earth as we have seen it coming out through volcanoes. In the same way, when the molten rock, lava flows on the earth’s surface, we can see the condensed steam and other gases in the form of white colored smoke.

As the water and other hot gases are eliminated as steam, the molten rock cools down and turned in to rock. In the same way when the molten rock inside the earth starts cooling, water and Other hot gases come out in the form of white smoke. Due to this, the temperature of the land rises.

Moreover when the molten rock cools and as the water and hot gases get released, the rocky plates that are formed are of less thickness. For example: water has a higher density and the ice cubes formed from it have a lower density and float on water. Likewise, the molten rock material which has a higher density produces rocky plates which have a lower density and move above the level of the molten rock. In the same way, when new plates are produced by the molten rock material, they start moving upwards there by pushing the plates which were already formed. On account of this movement, the edges of the plates rub against each other thereby causing earthquakes.

For example, in 1356 an earthquake occurred in the city Basel in Switzerland which is situated in central Europe. In the same city, an organization which produces electricity using the heat from underground, drilled two holes of five meters each on the earth in the year 2006.

The project was to send cold water through the first hole which would be changed into steam using the heat of the molten rock and pushed out through the second hole and by rotating dynamos; this would be converted into electricity. But, on the eighth day after the water was sent inside the earth, in the same place, the Richter scale recorded an earthquake with an intensity of 3.4. Even if atom bombs are tested underground, earthquakes do not occur. How could the water which seeped inside produce an earthquake? This clearly shows that the water which seeped inside the earth cooled the molten rock which in turn formed new plates that rose up and caused the earthquake.

Volcanic activity in central Europe

Vogtland, which is situated in central Europe , had often been experiencing a number of minor earthquakes.

In the same place, a researcher by the name Dr,Karin brauer collected the bubbles which came out along with an underground spring in a marshy area and through his research, found out that gases were emitted from a volcano. Based on his research, he says that when the molten rock rises, the pressure of the gases increases and this results in the formation of cracks on rocks which may ultimately result in earthquakes.

But for millions of years in the past, these gases have been coming out of the earth. Apart from this, there are spaces for these gases to be eliminated. We have already seen this fact and the gases do not have enough pressure to bring about an earthquake.

A few years ago from the mountainous part of Nilgiris in India , smoke were seen emanating from earth, but fortunately no earthquake was caused. Likewise, Matsushiro in central Japan also experienced a number of mild quakes. To find out the reason for these quakes, a researcher by the name yoshida collected Water from the hot water springs found there and through experimentation discovered that the water was from the molten rock found underground.

So, she surmises that,” The water which is underground comes out with great pressure and this produces cracks on the rocky plates and this results in earthquakes”. But, the water and gases which are underground have been surfacing through the spaces found between the rocky plates for millions of years in the past. So, the reason for the continuous tremors and the elevation of land is only due to the slow rising of the rocky plates.

For example Wyoming found in central part of North America has more than three hundred hot water springs.

Due to the deposit of sulphur from the water, the rocks in that area appear yellowish in colour. So, the area of hot water springs is referred to as yellow Stone Park . Each year that place experiences about two thousand mild tremors. Between January, 2008 and March 2008, 287 tremors have rocked the place.

Moreover it has been found out through satellite research that the land area of 60 miles is continuously raising. To be specific, starting from 2004 till 2006, the land area has been rising at the rate of 2.8 inches every year and has risen to a height of seven inches in three years. It is still rising.But research scholars say that, it is only the effect of the expansion of the molten rock due to heat.

But the surfacing of the water only shows that the molten rock is cooling.

So the release of water and the gases from the molten rock cools the molten rock. This results in the formation of new plates and the rising in the land level in the central part of the continents and results in tremors in those areas only.

There will be an earthquake tomorrow

One week before an earthquake struck the city of haicheng on 30th February, 1975, on the north eastern part of China , it was officially announced that a quake would strike the city.

People abandoned their houses and assembled in an open area in the snow fall. For one week nobody did any work. As announced there was an earthquake of 7.3 magnitudes which was recorded on the Richter scale.

Two thousand and thirteen people lost their lives. It was estimated that if precaution had not been taken, the death toll would have exceeded one and a half lakhs! The whole world looked at China with surprise and when asked, they said that for the past one year slight tremors were occurring and they were gradually getting intensified. They also explained that, during the previous week there was tremendous change in the underground water table.

But, in the next year, the earthquake which struck the city of Tang Shan situated in the north eastern part of China killed two and a half lakhs of people and severely wounded more than one and a half lakhs of people.

The Chinese geologists said that on this occasion there were no preceding tremors. During the earthquake in haicheng, sulphur gas and in Tang Shan carbon-di-oxide were eliminated from underground. Regarding this incident, Carol Raymond is a geophysicist at NASA's, said “Only if we know how an earthquake is caused, we can warn about it in advance”.

How Does an Earthquake occur?

When the rocky plates under the ground rise and their edges rub with each other, an earthquake is caused. Moreover, the water and the gases found between them are under great pressure when these plates rise and so come above the surface of the earth.

Hence, it is understood that the hot gases and water which come out of the earth and the temperature changes are the most authentic warnings of an approaching earthquake. So, by closely and continuously monitoring the temperature changes through satellite observations and finding out the depth and temperature in which the molten rock is found in a particular place, the occurrence of an earthquake can be predicted in advance. Based on it, if precautions are taken, great loss to human life can be prevented.

Continents are not drifting, but rising...

In 1835, when scientist Charles Darwin came to Galapagos Island which is located at Pacific Ocean, thousand km far away from South America , he found giant tortoises. He was surprised to see the presence of the tortoise because each one would weigh around 250 kilo, which look like a rock and those tortoises couldn’t float in the sea even for a second.

According to the researchers, these tortoises might come from South America by floating by means of tree branches for two weeks when storm hit. But the tree branches can not float in the same dimension and it will roll and flow. Meantime, these tortoises have no fingers in their legs like elephants. And so, it is not possible for these animals to escape from falling in to the river, when the tree branches roll and flow... It is interrogated such as how this animal could survive for two week with out any food and water. The researchers explained that these animals have the ability to store the enormous fats and water in their body. So they manage to live for two week with out having any food and water.

Moreover, Trevor worth, one of the researchers, has taken the jaw and leg bones of a rat like animal which lived 10 million years ago in the New Zealand , An island which situated two thousand kilometers far away from Australia continent. This animal has a bulged structure on the upper part of the leg bone. So it is found that its locomotion was hopping like kangaroo. Therefore it is impossible for the animal to reach the island by floating tree branches, According to Michael archer, a paleontology researcher.

The researchers said that the tortoises had taken two weeks to reach the Galapagos Island , a thousand kilometer away from South America , by means of floating tree branches. Similarly, it would take at least four weeks far the rat to arrive New Zealand by means of floating tree branches, which is located two thousand kilometer away from Australia .

Could a small animal like rat live for a long period with out having any food and water? Then how the animal reached New Zealand ?

Hear the only possibility is extreme low sea level and exposed land connection, on which the animal migration took place, to reach Remote Island From the Australian continent. Moreover dinosaur’s bones were also found in the island called Chatham which is located near the New Zealand . Indicate the dinosaur’s migration also took place between the continents due to the low sea level of ten thousand feet.

But the presence of closely related dinosaur’s bones on different continents leads to think other researchers differently. They think that all the continents were once jointly present and later separated and drifting apart. But the ancient low sea level of ten thousand feet is the only possible reason for the spreading of ancient animals on other continents.

At the same time the presence of fossils of sea animals such as whales and ammonites indicates that all the continents were once lie under the sea and later rose above sea level. And this rising of land masses caused the earthquake.

scientist.g.ponmudi @ Mar 31, 2009 18:15:26 PM

Gases way up in Yellowstone Lake

You not make anything of this find yet in Yellowstone Lake. It now more likely this is going to me something we have not seen before but what will it be? The Fact the gas levels are way up in Yellowstone Lake does paint a new picture what may be coming.

In other places when this happens things do blow about. Finding high levels gases in the lake is not good news for us.

Bill of MT @ Jan 09, 2009 18:27:36 PM

Yellowstone Park

U.S.G.S. Jan 9th 2009

Today U.S.G.S. finds very high leves of gases in Yellowstone Lake. Never before said member of the U.S.G.S. have we seen this. Look's like it's going to blow it's top. Yellowstone like is tilting 23mm in the past two weeks. If this keep's it's going to blow it's top.

U.S.G.S of UT @ Jan 09, 2009 17:14:10 PM

Related EarthQuakes?

WOW! From Costa Rica:

The earth is alive.

We also feel a quake. 6.2 bigger than California.

El Salvador and Nicaragua also haved eartquakes today.

In Costa Rica there was some medium material damages,

But it is not to alarm the world.

Most of the damages are around the Poas Volcano.

If you need to contact or locate somebody

You can use http://RegistroNacional.Com

to to search people if you know the name, phone, address, properties or cars.

Costa Rica of CA @ Jan 09, 2009 02:02:22 AM

Interesting

Do a barrel roll.

@ Jan 08, 2009 21:21:21 PM

Now it's Rabaul's turn

You shouldn't have mentioned Rabaul. Now there's been a quake near Rabaul. It's all your fault, James.

@ Jan 08, 2009 19:40:33 PM