#earthquakes

[punkitt-is-here]

Okay, this is a bit of a funny ask, but I wanted to reach out.

I've had a complete and utter debilitating fear of earthquakes for years. Like, had to go to therapy for it type fear. I'm much, much better now. I've got anxiety medication and a lot of planning and research under my belt so it's no longer something I freak out about or even worry about day to day. However, I still get anxiety flare-ups from time to time.

A bit odd, but I was wondering if anyone would be able to share some positive earthquake-related news? Especially anything in relation to the Cascadia earthquake, as that's the one that had a pretty big effect on me as a kid. I know I'm committing one of the Big Internet Safety Sins by discussing something that has a big effect on me, but I feel like I'm a the point where it's fine to risk it and ask. I'm doin' pretty okay, but I had an anxiety flare-up and I figured I would ask if anyone knew of any good things happening in relation to that. Anything that might help with peace-of-mind would be awesome.

Okay thanks!!

[mapsontheweb]

Animation showing the tsunami waves triggered by the M8.8 earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia

[zinjanthropusboisei]

Noticed something a little funky in the world around you and want to figure out what's up? Especially if there might be something you ought to be doing about it? Not sure what information sources to trust these days? If you're in the US, federal agencies like NOAA, USGS, EPA and more collect massive amounts of scientific data every day, much of which is publicly available online - if you know where to look.

A PDF version with clickable links is available for free on my itchio page (quakeandquiver); I'll add a direct link in a reblog.

[angeltreasure]

Let’s pray for Venezuela, Japan, and the Philippines! 

[fandoomed-len]

If it's possible for you, please send donations and humanitarian aids to Myanmar for the earthquakes. We don't have a good plan for earthquakes in place because the country literally is going through a civil war. Though I'm not minimizing the damage in Thailand in anyway, Myanmar's situation has been very largely ignored for the last few years so this was very hard-hitting since we were already going through so much. Mandalay is especially in shambles, and it is known as the second most populous city in Myanmar. People and businesses really suffered from this and they won't be able to rebuild this at all for the next few years because of the civil unrest. And even places not affected too much by the earthquakes, like Yangon, is facing electricity cutoffs. They were rationing electricity before and now there are not even rations. The whole grid is down. Phone lines are also still partially down. What's worse is the military junta hates the word "donation" or "charity" so sometimes they would shut down bank accounts for it and give out arrest warrants, even if the donation is not about supporting the defense forces. So we're in a bind as people who want to send money over will already have to disguise their help as something other than a donation because they don't wanna be flagged and arrested for this. Foreigners have the upper hand as they can just prove their aids truly is a humanitarian aids, while people in the country don't even get a first chance. So please send any (monetary or otherwise) help over if you can and I hope y'all can at least spread the news even if you cannot contribute to the cause.

[digitalfossils]

[teaboot]

hai! sorry you had to deal with an earthquake, i hope you and everyone you know are ok! i wanted to ask, if that's not too insensitive, what *does* and earthquake feel like? i live on the canadian shield so i'm completely insulated from them, but i am curious as to how one lives through it. feel free to ignore or dunk me if i'm being an asshole rn. ty!

Oh!! lol no worries that’s not a rude question at all- the earthquake we just had on the west coast was actually pretty light, or else I wouldn’t have been so flippant

We get earthquakes all the time here, you just don’t usually notice them below a magnitude 2.5 or under- I said “big earthquake” as a relative thing, ‘cause I actually FELT it, and we only get THOSE a handful of times a year.

A smaller earthquake- like a 3.5-4.5- for me sorta just feels like low blood sugar or vertigo. I usually have to look up at hanging fixtures to verify that it IS an earthquake and not just me. The atmosphere just feels off for a sec and then it’s over.

A bigger earthquake- like a 4.5-5.5- feels like a sudden jolt. It’s easier to notice on a second story of a building or higher- harder to notice on the ground. Computer and TV monitors shift and wobble, and fixtures on the ceiling sway. Like…. If a building was built on a tray of jello and someone gently flicked it. One bump followed by smaller aftershocks.

Idk how to describe it actually. It’s not actually very scary below a 6, from my experience, as long as you’re either outdoors or in a building designed for tectonic shifts, which ours pretty much all are out here, and those are p rare. I think in my life I’ve only seen two. And for reference, anything below a 5.5 is considered mostly benign.

A 6 or more is usually where you see damage to structures and stuff.

So, long answer to a short question I guess? It feels a bit like a toddler kicking the back of your seat in a car through a pillow. Or like standing still on a skateboard and someone taps it under you.

Super cool to look at in a wild fielded area, actually. Ground kinda twists a little like a gentle wave

[destielmemenews]

"A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia early Wednesday. Warnings are also in place for California, Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts south toward New Zealand.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami as high as 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) had been detected in 16 locations as the waves moved south along the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to just northeast of Tokyo. Officials urged caution, saying that bigger waves could come later.

Damage and evacuations were reported in the Russian regions nearest the quake’s epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula."

Associated Press

News 18

CNN