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Originally Posted by What's_nitro?
Hahaha... Except my sister was downstairs and she felt it, too. Her meds don't allow her to drink. Her experience can be trusted.  |
OK we believe you. We just heard from friends around the world and from those reports this quake was felt in Canada, and even in South America (Costa Rica). This was surely no normal quake and probably only felt once every century or so. I mean when you think about it every inch of Earth crust moves. Some are simply felt more than others because of where that location rests on the techtonic plates. California for instance sits on the very edge of that plate so every movement no matter how small is felt with more intensity. The quake in Japan was so devistating is because Japan sits on a plate that is moving downward as it is being covered by the plate next to it. Sientists are saying that Japan will eventually be pushed right into the Pacific Ocean as that plate shifts upwards and over the island of Japan. Thankfully these movements do not really amount to much of anything in a single lifetime, but more so over centuries. Our generations have been pretty lucky seeing only minor movements, but generations being born now and in the next couple hundred years may see some biblical size quakes that will kill millions through moving/colapsing earth and tital waves or tsunamis.