tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post7978087577477429136..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: ripplesKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-28110347768450272392011-03-14T00:25:01.970+09:002011-03-14T00:25:01.970+09:00It certainly puts one's own everyday problems ...It certainly puts one's own everyday problems in perspective.<br /><br /><br />KevinKevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-31275105935376828912011-03-13T21:15:47.585+09:002011-03-13T21:15:47.585+09:00"Did you see that the quake was strong enough..."Did you see that the quake was strong enough to slightly alter the earth's axial tilt?"<br /><br />Holy crap. No, I did not. Wow, I'm looking at this on Wikipedia and in addition to the change in the tilt of the earth (by 25 cm), the rotation of the Earth increased in speed by 1.6 microseconds. The entire island of Honshu also shifted 2.4 m east!<br /><br />That is insane. This whole thing is just horrible beyond words.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-64863516338819473082011-03-13T14:43:35.952+09:002011-03-13T14:43:35.952+09:00Did you see that the quake was strong enough to sl...Did you see that the quake was strong enough to slightly alter the earth's axial tilt?<br /><br />re: Kobe<br /><br />I guess I should have checked a different source. My quick and dirty Googling landed me <a href="http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/kobe/kobe.html" rel="nofollow">this site</a>, which sort of matched the "5000" figure vaguely floating around in my head.<br /><br /><br />KevinKevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-73901761157360223262011-03-13T14:35:56.076+09:002011-03-13T14:35:56.076+09:00"The waves all propagated generally outward a..."The waves all propagated generally outward and eastward from Japan's eastern coastline, right?"<br /><br />Well, yes... except for the 10-meter one that swept over Japan's coast. But yeah, as horrific as it is, Japan in effect protected Korea from this wave.<br /><br />I do indeed hope that the damage to life and property does not reach the level of the Kobe quake (by the way, Wikipedia lists the number of casualties for that quake at 6,434).Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-22485259496075403892011-03-12T11:15:31.120+09:002011-03-12T11:15:31.120+09:00The waves all propagated generally outward and eas...The waves all propagated generally outward and eastward from Japan's eastern coastline, right? <br /><br />Here's hoping that this latest disaster doesn't rank up there with the Kobe earthquake that killed 5000.<br /><br /><br />KevinKevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-31051432131027955062011-03-12T09:44:41.243+09:002011-03-12T09:44:41.243+09:00As you can imagine, the coverage here has been non...As you can imagine, the coverage here has been non-stop. The news and the images are indeed horrifying.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com