New 6.4 magnitude earthquake in taiwan! - Polidicks

[quote]Mother Earth is on a tear. A large earthquake hit Taiwan Thursday morning, registering 6.4 on the Richter scale. There were no immediate reports of deaths, but the quake injured at least 64 people, spawned blackouts, disrupted rail service and caused widespread panic. Coming in the wake of the devastating 7.0 quake in Haiti and this week's 8.8 quake in Chile, could something sinister be going on? Experts say no. "It's coincidental. These quakes are not connected," said geophysicist Don Blakeman at the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center. "We constantly have quakes going off. It takes one big damaging earthquake to get people's attention and then they start noticing all the quakes." Tell that to the Japanese. One of the most quake-prone countries in the world, Japan has been getting jittery, especially since several ultra-rare deep-sea oarfish have washed ashore. The huge dragon-like fish, believed to be the genesis of sea monster legends, are a traditional earthquake omen. They normally remain in the dark depths below 600 feet where they can grow to be 50 feet long. Japanese folklore has long held that whenever a giant oarfish shows up in a fishing net, a major tremor is nigh. In recent weeks, more than two dozen of the mysterious giant oarfish have washed ashore or been found dead in fishing nets off Japan's northern coast. Experts are baffled. "I don't know why so many were found almost simultaneously," an aquarium official told the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. Blakemen shrugged off the omen, suggesting the Pacific tsunami spawned by the Chile quake may have killed the fish. Though unconnected, the recent quakes were all in the Ring of Fire - the world's most active fault line. It circles the entire Pacific Ocean, from the tip of South America, up the west coast of the Americas to Alaska, west to the eastern coast of Asia and down to New Zealand. More than 75% of the world's volcanoes are part of the Ring of Fire and about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur on it. Most of history's deadliest geological disasters took place along the ring, including the massive 1883 explosion of Krakatoa, which darkened the skies for years, and the 9.5 earthquake that hit Chile in 1960, the biggest quake ever recorded. The U.S. Geological Survey says there are about 17 major earthquakes - of a magnitude between 7.0 and 7.9 - and at least one even bigger earthquake - 8.0 or above - every year somewhere in the world. Read more: [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/04/2010-03-04_taiwan_earthquake_measuring_64_sparks_widespread_panic_scores_injured_but_no_cas.html#ixzz0jkoHWqjr[/url] [/quote] [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/04/2010-03-04_taiwan_earthquake_measuring_64_sparks_widespread_panic_scores_injured_but_no_cas.html[/url] Fucking mother earth is going nuts!

What the fuck is going on here?

What's with all the earthquakes? Thread music: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12pywl9zNIE[/media]

[QUOTE=rooky;21074979]What the fuck is going on here?[/QUOTE] if you even glanced at the article, it says that scientists are saying it's all coincidental. also, because of the Haiti earthquake, more people as well as the media are paying more attention to earthquakes

A major tectonic shift maybe? Taiwan is just outside the ring of fire...

Ever hear that theory about the planet having an earthquake so massive that it throws an entire continent out into space? I'm beginning to worry. [editline]12:05PM[/editline] It's called a Verneshot, apparently.

[QUOTE=ZakkShock;21075097]Ever hear that theory about the planet having an earthquake so massive that it throws an entire continent out into space? I'm beginning to worry. [editline]12:05PM[/editline] It's called a Verneshot, apparently.[/QUOTE] If this is a serious concern of yours you shouldn't be allowed on the internet let alone Facepunch.

[quote]... disrupted rail service and caused widespread panic.[/quote] I guess you could say... they were [I]shaking[/I] in fear! [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/Hezzy88/mojo.jpg[/IMG]

Oh god, i guess that 2012 is coming early this year. :regd09:

There's nothing to this... It's exactly as the article quote states; [QUOTE] "We constantly have quakes going off. It takes one big damaging earthquake to get people's attention and then they start noticing all the quakes." [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=r4nk_;21074980]What's with all the earthquakes? Thread music: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12pywl9zNIE[/media][/QUOTE] Good god that's unfitting thread music. Also, scientists will always say X and Y are not related if a panic might be involved. Great example would be the "Health benefits" of the smoking industry in the 50's. Nobody had the balls to say smoking kills because they were getting a fat check. When the news was broke people flipped the fuck out.

If you think [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation]2012 is something to be worried about,[/url][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation/"][/URL] you need to get out.

It looks like [B]Onix[/B] has done it again.

What. People take it way too seriously, atleast there wasn't any deaths (yet)

just earth taking a dump no need to panic

[QUOTE=krakadict;21077526]just earth taking a dump no need to panic[/QUOTE] Dude that makes no sense

It's 2012 man. Shit's getting more accurate. Or it might just be The Book of Revelations coming into play.

They must be quaking in their boots. [editline]03:33PM[/editline] [QUOTE=articpenguin;21077818]It's 2012 man. Shit's getting more accurate. Or it might just be The Book of Revelations coming into play.[/QUOTE] In before 'OMG CHRISTSHUNS ARE FAYGOTTS WHO BELEEVS IN SKY MAN HUHUHUH'

This is [I]groundbreaking[/I] news.

[QUOTE=Hoboharry;21078346]This is [I]groundbreaking[/I] news.[/QUOTE] Where's Austin?

[QUOTE=Zemog;21078633]Where's Austin?[/QUOTE] It's in Texas.

[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;21078659]It's in Texas.[/QUOTE] And Steve?

:doh: I swear if people keep posting these "omg earthquack no people ded and this happen 500 tims a year WHATI S PLANET EARF DOIN?¬!?!?!" threads I am going to go on a Facepunch killing spree.

I guess Taiwan was [I]shaken, not stirred. [/I][img]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/Hezzy88/mojo.jpg[/img]

I guess you could say things got [i]shaken up[/i]

Don't get your hands [i]shaky[/i] over this. [img]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/Hezzy88/mojo.jpg[/img]

What a [I]quivering[/I] story. [img]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/Hezzy88/mojo.jpg[/img]

Shit just got real.

It is HAARP.

[QUOTE=Weirdo009;21080572]Shit just got real.[/QUOTE] If by "got real" you mean easily fear mongered lemmings who spazz out at every single tremor get brought back down to reality, then yes.