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[Cynthia12]

Recent CA Earthquakes:



There is a lot of Activity by Eureka....

I'll bet you already knew this, but having quakes in an area like California is a good thing..releasing pressure off of those plates. Us..scary thing is, we haven't been having enough..that's why we all talk about the big one coming. For years now, people keep saying, the big one is coming..it's long over due..not enough small quakes to release pressure. Alright already, we know, now, are we ready? My DH and I think we are doing pretty good with food storage and water. Just the two of us here. We have so much from having had the kids home, we have a lot. Need to share our wheat I think..with the kids. We have three huge bins of it down stairs.

 

[Cynthia12]

Way cool. If you put something up for privacy..share again .. the finished product.

 

[ronott1]

I'll bet you already knew this, but having quakes in an area like California is a good thing..releasing pressure off of those plates. Us..scary thing is, we haven't been having enough..that's why we all talk about the big one coming. For years now, people keep saying, the big one is coming..it's long over due..not enough small quakes to release pressure. Alright already, we know, now, are we ready? My DH and I think we are doing pretty good with food storage and water. Just the two of us here. We have so much from having had the kids home, we have a lot. Need to share our wheat I think..with the kids. We have three huge bins of it down stairs.

Yes, it is a good thing to have small quakes.

It that one had gone closer to 8, oh boy!

The 9 in Alaska sent a tsunami to Crescent City.

 

[Arielle]

Been 3 yrsnow since the "9" quake that cause the sunami that destroyed the Japanese power plant. I would think this was the other side of the plate that makes the CA coast.

 

[ronott1]

Been 3 yrsnow since the "9" quake that cause the sunami that destroyed the Japanese power plant. I would think this was the other side of the plate that makes the CA coast.

The quake that sent the tsunami to Crescent City was in Alaska in 1960.

The Japanese wave hit Crescent City, damaged the Docks in the Bay and pulled one person out to Sea. Did you know that radiation from Fukishima is just now reaching us? The unique isotopes have been found in Washington State and will be on the California Coast soon.

A piece of Dock washed ashore last summer In Oregon.

It is a straight shot to Japan from here. There was even a Japanese Sub off of the Coast During WWII.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Been 3 yrsnow since the "9" quake that cause the sunami that destroyed the Japanese power plant. I would think this was the other side of the plate that makes the CA coast.

It is, if you zoom out on the below map, you can see all the plates outlined along with the quakes in the last day.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua...ue,"map":true,"settings":false,"help":false}}

 

[Arielle]

Will definitely have a look at that when the kids are home from school . . I often refer to the pacific rim to help the kids understand that we ( CA, US) are connected to Japan, CHina, the many islands of Indonesia, etc. I'm not sure how much sticks, but I'm trying!! THey are intrues by volcanoes and quakes-- they are boys after all. Oldest is making a blasting volcanoe of mentos and soda this week in science. We have tried vinegar and baking soda but that was less exciting than expected-- they wanted it to shoot high, not just oooze.

 

[Dragonfly216]

I wanted to share my weekend project. I spent the weekend putting in a base for our outdoor shower. I had originally put some leftover ceramic tiles on the soil but it was nothing but mud for the second shower. So, I built a box (4'x3'9") from treated 2x6s. Then, I dug out under the showhead and installed the box. Next, I put about 4" of sand in the box and wet it down well to settle and level it. Finally, I set concrete pavers in the sand and filled in with pea gavel. It is just to the right of the rock garden I posted a week or so ago. This is the area just to the right of the rock garden, you can just see the edge of it on the left side of the first pic. I worked hard on it, but a couple of Motrins and I'm good to go! Bunny, what is this little weed/flower that grows out in the middle of the grass lawn?

That looks great! Good job!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Will definitely have a look at that when the kids are home from school . . I often refer to the pacific rim to help the kids understand that we ( CA, US) are connected to Japan, CHina, the many islands of Indonesia, etc. I'm not sure how much sticks, but I'm trying!! THey are intrues by volcanoes and quakes-- they are boys after all. Oldest is making a blasting volcanoe of mentos and soda this week in science. We have tried vinegar and baking soda but that was less exciting than expected-- they wanted it to shoot high, not just oooze.

There are actually 4 plates that meet at Japan.
Most volcanoes just ooze, some just steam a little. Explosions like Mt. St. Helens are much less common.
The link I posted is really cool and real time so it updates. When you zoom in or out or move the map the list of quakes in the left column will just list those in the screen area. Another interesting thing is that most but not all quakes are along the edges of the major plates. The others are on fault lines like the New Madrid fault. I wonder if those that aren't along plates and faults like those that are in Oklahoma may be from gas fracking.

Another thing that will help you are these links. Ring of fire is so interesting.
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/Maps/map_plate_tectonics_world.html
http://fionamariecarter.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/5es-explore-plate-tectonics/
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate.html
This is a very cool site.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/
One of the stories tells of a 68 million metric ton February landslide in Alaska that was the largest on earth since 2010.

One of the things I love about Costa Rica is it's so active geologically. It's only the size of West Virginia but has 6 active volcanos and 61 inactive or extinct ones. It's along the ring of fire so geologically it is changing rapidly. Two of the active volcanos, Irazú and Poás, you can drive right up to the craters. Three others you can hike to. The summit of it's most famous, Arenal, is closed to tourists because of the danger but it's been quiet for 4 years.
When I was at Arenal you could see the lava flow at night and rocks blown out during the day from an adjacent mountain.
On a clear day (very rare there), from the rim of Irazú you can see both the Atlantic and Pacific from the same spot. Poás erupted a couple times just last month.
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/costa_rica.html

 

[Arielle]

My kids were asking me for a definition of "hot spot" -- ( I quiz them; they quiz me, lol) and they said it was a thin area of the crust that is not along the edge of a plate. I havent looked for a definition myself to check if this is correct.

Fracking must have some impact; how can it not?