Submitted by UpstairBit t3_11c23bj in worldnews
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El_CapitanJames t1_ja194o8 wrote
Seems this happens ever so often. If I remember correctly
jeffyoulose t1_ja19tmm wrote
Just seismic waves bouncing around and loosening some faults. Nothing to see here -- especially if it concerns Papua New Guinea.
RUS_BOT_tokyo t1_ja1ah6i wrote
Alexa, play ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
TravelinDan88 t1_ja1atdl wrote
Don't forget the one in Wales, too.
t-b0la t1_ja1aw7f wrote
Pretty sure I read about one in Indonesia yesterday.
SideburnSundays t1_ja1ax71 wrote
Happens all the time. Media is just going ham reporting on every single shake they can find to keep riding the click-train of the Turkey disaster.
pachaconjet t1_ja1eg99 wrote
In Costa Rica, just in the last week alone, have been something like 2000+ earthquakes, of course most of them aren’t perceivable, but there has been several 5+
PuspakViman t1_ja1g0c2 wrote
Earth seems to be having a bad stomach.
Ready4Chaos t1_ja1g48e wrote
“OmG qUAkeS aRe HapENiNg EveRYwHeRe!!!”
It’s normal. Shut up. Tell ur mum to stop walking around
VideoGenie t1_ja1gf4d wrote
Underground nuclear tests by Russia.
Dry-Peach-6327 t1_ja1gpd8 wrote
Can Mother Earth calm down pls
Dry-Peach-6327 t1_ja1gqvi wrote
I feel attacked
Valianne11111 t1_ja1hqij wrote
when the plates start shifting
That75252Expensive t1_ja1j1qe wrote
Just wait till you see how many clicks the major pnw quake gets.
By_Design_ t1_ja1jj56 wrote
click one for me. I'll likely be busy being swallowed in the soil liquefaction
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That75252Expensive t1_ja1jx5t wrote
You'll be fine. Just make sure you're not in a building, or on a road, or near any structures and you'll be fine.
Archimedes_Redux t1_ja1kh07 wrote
Plate tectonics happen...
CTG0161 t1_ja1l1fq wrote
It's the end of times. Yep, end of times coming soon.
FirelordRob76 t1_ja1l1u1 wrote
this is because of the big solar flare we just saw.
zachmoss147 t1_ja1mot2 wrote
If the earthquake can’t see me it can’t hurt me
That75252Expensive t1_ja1o13v wrote
Snip snap
Lirvan t1_ja1o4y1 wrote
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-42.94034,-26.36719&extent=68.33438,218.84766
USGS map showing all global earthquakes.
They're constant.
I_am_Relic t1_ja1oefq wrote
Dont forget wales in the UK. Seems that they got hit with a 3.7 or something.
Not an expert but it seems that recently the tectonic plates are having a bit of a grumble and doing some rearrangement.
Former_Football_2182 t1_ja1qwcl wrote
6.2 happens all the time?
SideburnSundays t1_ja1t4hd wrote
2022 had 128 earthquakes greater than 6.0 across the world.
Biff_Malibu_69 t1_ja1th0g wrote
Quake & Bake!!!
blackbomb22 t1_ja1vj1f wrote
Is this related to the one that hit Japan, or are they unrelated?
Arctic_Chilean t1_ja244cn wrote
6.0s are WAY more common than most people think. Anything over a 7.0 is usually newsworthy unless it's a very shallow 6.0 near a populated area, like the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake.
buddytheelfofficial t1_ja27t0m wrote
There were over 15,000 earthquakes >4.0 magnitude last year
PurpEL t1_ja28g3c wrote
No problems, just wear and inflatable suit. Remain bouyant.
TechieTravis t1_ja29ydl wrote
It's a normal amount of earthquakes. We are just more focused on them because of what happened in Turkey and Syria.
TechieTravis t1_ja2a5q4 wrote
"It's the end of the world!" "It's HARP!" "We are over due for the big one!" /s. Doom and gloomers and drama queens always do this. The sky is always falling.
TechieTravis t1_ja2a925 wrote
That would not cause an earthquake that far away from Russia.
TechieTravis t1_ja2aaqb wrote
She was never calm. She's not going to start now.
TechieTravis t1_ja2aikd wrote
Yes. This is all normal. We are hyper-focused because of the tragedy in Turkey and Syria.
TechieTravis t1_ja2alvj wrote
Maybe, but we are experiencing a normal amount of earthquakes.
Dt2_0 t1_ja2fs9r wrote
Unrelated. Earthquakes happen all the time. You don't hear about them because usually the big ones don't hit in extremely vulnerable areas like Turkey. One does, and for a month or so, the media freaks out about earthquakes for a while.
Papua New Guinea is located in the Ring Of Fire, and has several large volcanoes. Like Japan (also in the Ring of Fire), quakes like this are not uncommon.
blackbomb22 t1_ja2gk02 wrote
Thank you! :)
Informal_Caramel1344 t1_ja2lyu2 wrote
Ah shit! So when’s the tsunami coming?
Cheshire1234 t1_ja2m8ko wrote
Expert here. That's completely normal and not out of the ordinary. They just report it now. You can compare the numbers easily: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/
Also, the most commonly used scale (Richter) is logarithmic. There's a huge difference between magnitude 3 and magnitude 6.
I_am_Relic t1_ja2mng3 wrote
Cool. thank you! I had a vague notion that what you said was the case and its good to hear someone say it (or read it in this case).
Appreciate the link too. Going to educate myself more and have a look at it.
sawedknickers t1_ja2o5la wrote
Here's a magnitude 1.5 earthquake report on the UK. So scary!
buffaloprocess t1_ja2u03r wrote
Buffalo NY had a 4.2 a couple weeks ago too.
UniversalMomentum t1_ja36nb6 wrote
Well could be that we do get more earthquakes based on solar activity and the sun has been acting a little bit weird lately while also approaching it's projected cycle peak.
It's still a loose correlation based link, but we haven't written it off yet and this cycle will be a good one to study.
mfb- t1_ja39qne wrote
About every third day in the long-term average. Normally they don't make international news, but after the Turkey earthquakes every 6.x gets media attention for a while.
Former_Football_2182 t1_ja3jmje wrote
Well, that's kind of overwhelming. Thanks?
duffman274 t1_ja3k1lb wrote
There was also one in Central Asia
SilverAudience2 t1_ja5rww6 wrote
Don't forget construction standards.
lolzexd t1_ja75asw wrote
But the media's reporting them more often which means more must be happening, right?!!!!!!
WirelessBCupSupport t1_ja9f7uo wrote
Eh. You realize there are 44 or more active volcanoes so ... earthquakes are frequently felt... plate tectonics et al... just the big ones that do damage we are told about.
Murky_Interview3502 t1_ja17oqh wrote
turkey japan now papuA???? what the