Japan earthquake swarm Google Earth animation

9 thoughts on “Japan earthquake swarm Google Earth animation”

1. I could be wrong, but I don’t think each dot represents a different earthquake, but rather the dots represent different earthquake sensors recording data on the same earthquakes.

   • It says that each second equals one hour, so I assume they’re all separate quakes and/or aftershocks.

   • Having just lived through the Christchurch quake and having felt and seen then seen these types of images of the quakes and aftershocks I can tell you that each of those dots is a separate quake. The number signifies the magnitude and the size is most likely a secondary presentation of the magnitude.

     After a big quake it is not unusual to have thousands of smaller ones follow in succession.

   • They are all separate quakes and aftershocks:
     http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

2. All this from the feeble earth we are so close to destroying. Maybe those who believe they change the earth’s timeless natural processes should switch to working on stopping earthquakes and tsunamis.

   • I am almost stunned into silence trying to comprehend the lives that are gone, the damage that is done, and the disaster that may be around the corner. This is scary shit! Remember the old poster in the 70’s, I had one hanging in my room. Jesus H Christ, this is bad and once the shifting starts, as with Chile, New Zealand, etc. it keeps on a moving. Can’t tell l’il ole me that sucking all that oil, minerals, etc isn’t changing the earth. My rant. Now the poster. LOL!

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   • And how do you expect someone to stop an earthquake?? Are you kidding?

3. Live coverage from Japanese TV:
   http://jibtv.com/program/index.aspx?page=0

4. If the time scale is correct all over then some of those magnitude ~5 quakes go on for a few hours.

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