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mrford

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:12:45

That was relatively shallow

for those who are lazy

http://i303.photobucket.com/...mrford_photo/photo-10.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/.../mrford_photo/photo-9.jpg

I always thought that the rictor scale was horrible though, it's exponential nature makes it extremely misleading.

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1) No one actually uses the Richter Scale anymore since it is really only appropriate for SoCal.
2) Logarithmic scales are extremely helpful and make a lot of sense. At smaller magnitudes you are able to be more precise since you do not have to worry about instrument saturation or as large a frequency spectrum to consider. To make a scale linear in energy release (as opposed to moment) and to be able to have a current 10.0 earthquake you'd need your scale to go to 590,490,000,000,000. That would be a horrible scale.

Dragonlance

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:20:42

yeah hope you are all right scodey mate.

it's the first time i've ever seen a building i've actually been in as a pile of rubble on the ground from an earthquake...

Really brings it home.

Christchurch cathedral was a gorgeous church..

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:21:49

What kind of damage? We have a 5+ up here in Canada this past year that sank some nice potholes which took out some building foundation

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Dragonlance

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:23:11

christchurch had a 7+ last yr that lost no lives and didn't have huge amounts of damage.

now a 6+ that has killed and done alot of damage..

shows how important location and depth can be to the amount of damage done.

mrford

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:26:15

Originally posted by Detmer:

well, what then master would that 6.3 that the USGS labeled it as on the RICHTER SCALE be called?

I can only seem to find it labeled as a 6.3. Kinda funny for a system that "no one uses anymore" please enlighten me

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

mrford

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:27:01

Oh, and good that your okay iscode

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

Dragonlance

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Feb 22nd 2011, 5:36:26

yeah i knew it was bad when about 2-3pm suddenly every news station in Sydney/Aust. started having full on coverage throwing all the other news off front pages:/

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Feb 22nd 2011, 6:06:01

I'm glad that iMagNum won't have to reactive "Scode's Stoners".

I'm glad you're okay mate.

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koonfasa

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Feb 22nd 2011, 6:21:30

Good you're ok, fellow kiwi. I still like imagland.
Reminds me where's wench and dr dial?
You should move up to auckland,

Edited By: koonfasa on Feb 22nd 2011, 6:24:52. Reason: but uno what...
See Original Post

ZDH

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Feb 22nd 2011, 6:56:29

damn dude thats messed up hope everything works out for ya.

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Feb 22nd 2011, 7:33:41

Hugs Scode. And thanks for replying to me somewhere else.

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Feb 22nd 2011, 8:05:47

great to hear your ok.

ITM

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Feb 22nd 2011, 11:23:20

Good to see you're alright Scode. My place is fine, we have a spare bed/room if you need a place to stay. 0223028812

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Feb 22nd 2011, 12:01:42

very sorry to hear, scodey, but glad to hear that you're (all) okay :)

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paladin

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Feb 22nd 2011, 12:40:21

Glad to hear that you are safe scode.

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Soviet

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Feb 22nd 2011, 13:47:16

The real Scode died years ago.

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Detmer

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Feb 22nd 2011, 14:12:13

Originally posted by mrford:

Originally posted by Detmer:

Could you show me where the USGS said it was a 6.3 on the Richter Scale? Looking at the earthquake report the USGS emailed me it looks like 6.3 is the initial moment magnitude.

Shinigami

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Feb 22nd 2011, 14:54:51

That sure sucks dude... glad you are ok though.

Patience

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Feb 22nd 2011, 15:10:23

So technically it's not called the Richter scale anymore, it's called the Moment Magnitude scale. Is it really worth fighting over here? The numbers are the same - it was devastating and people died.

Glad you made it through with only property damage, Scodey - although I am sorry to hear about your home. :(

I cannot see your signature - so if it's witty, put it in a post instead! :p

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PapaSmurf

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Feb 22nd 2011, 15:29:48

I'm glad your okay Scode. I hope you will be able to salvage some of your things, and insurance should cover the house.

Detmer

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Feb 22nd 2011, 15:39:11

Originally posted by Patience:

So technically it's not called the Richter scale anymore, it's called the Moment Magnitude scale. Is it really worth fighting over here? The numbers are the same - it was devastating and people died.

The numbers are not the same. It is not like the scale was simply renamed or something. The Richter Scale was the first modern earthquake scale, devised by Charles Richter in the early 1900's. It was calibrated to the local geology of Southern California based on the amplitude of a certain type of seismograph. The Moment Magnitude Scale is based on the moment release of an earthquake, which actually tells you something fundamentally about the earthquake. There is a definite difference.

You're right though, I am sorry I tried to make the world a more educated place.

Detmer

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Feb 22nd 2011, 15:39:58

PapaSmurf brings up an interesting point - do you have earthquake insurance? Can you get it? In many earthquake prone parts of the US you can not even get earthquake insurance.

PapaSmurf

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Feb 22nd 2011, 15:42:57

Originally posted by Detmer:

PapaSmurf brings up an interesting point - do you have earthquake insurance? Can you get it? In many earthquake prone parts of the US you can not even get earthquake insurance.

Which is ridiculous.

Sifos

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Feb 22nd 2011, 15:53:06

For a company to be able to handle earth quake insurances, they would have to big enough to get clients in many different locations. Only signing insurances in a single location is a pretty suicidal business :P

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Patience

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Feb 22nd 2011, 16:02:15

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound snarky. lol And I meant the numbers are the same as in the people cost...

I cannot see your signature - so if it's witty, put it in a post instead! :p

archaic: Patty, if it was you wearing it, I'd consider a fuzzy pink pig suit to be lingerie. Patty makes pork rock.

Detmer

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Feb 22nd 2011, 16:17:11

Originally posted by Patience:

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound snarky. lol And I meant the numbers are the same as in the people cost...

Ah yeah, it is always tragic when people die from anything. The death toll is definitely constant independent of how we characterize the earthquake. I guess the silver lining is this could have been a lot worse considering what we know about it.

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Feb 22nd 2011, 18:14:53

good to hear you're allright, scode. seem to be having a bit of bad luck =/

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ZIP

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Feb 22nd 2011, 20:10:53

here are some pics
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...-rubble-Christchurch.html

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Feb 22nd 2011, 20:20:00

glad to hear you're all good scode!

our thoughts are with you and others down there right now

ps. move to canada

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Dragonlance

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Feb 23rd 2011, 1:46:07

http://www.smh.com.au/...t-ann-20110223-1b4go.html

pretty depressing.

Imperial

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Feb 23rd 2011, 2:14:16

The good thing is you're alive and kicking bro. Hopefully your home insurance is somehow able to cover this for you. +1 to what pang said.... move to Canada! =)

CaptainTenacious

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Feb 23rd 2011, 3:06:23

yay canada! only our west coast is somewhat susceptible to earthquakes at this present time!

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WH

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Feb 23rd 2011, 3:52:48

at times like this we must look to reverend Afro Man

earthquakes, keep on quakin'
where you gonna run when the ground is shakin
the earth is rumblin', buildings tumblin'
like 911, concrete crumblin'
wam bam, trafick jam,
can't go nowhere, nigga got damn - (not sure with that)
you know how the traffic go, it dont
the radio could play my song, but they wont
i can have better luck finding nemo
than finding me a record company for my deemo (don't you mean demo?)
and if i find a lable, who is the man, across the table
some pencil neck geek, who don't know fluff
tryna' tell me what's a goddamn hit
you can be from L.A, and be the absolute best
and still don't get no respect from the west

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Feb 23rd 2011, 4:09:10

afro man is from mississippi lol

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jon316

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Feb 23rd 2011, 4:46:35

Originally posted by Soviet:

The real Scode died years ago.

Although you weren't around when it happened...This.

iHobo

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Feb 23rd 2011, 19:31:01

Originally posted by Soviet:

The real Scode died years ago.

True story.

Marshal

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Feb 23rd 2011, 20:37:38

good that scodey is ok.

p.s. he should play.

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Junky

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Feb 23rd 2011, 21:30:04

<@RB> damn, well atleast hes ok, he was a big pain in the ass when i played, but i still like the guy
<@RB> go post what i just said above. he seriously is the first person i thought about when I saw the news. I cant post as rainbow, i no longer have an account

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Suni

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Feb 24th 2011, 2:05:14

"hey hun dont know when i will be online again, as soon as I am I will email you, glad to hear you dont work weekends :D, im all good so dont worry bout me, sleeping in a tent, its like camping, aftershocks still coming through, they estimate well over 150 dead and think a few mates will be in that, they were in the PGC building that collapsed (dont know what ya news coverage is like but one of the main buildings that collapsed gone) and no one has heard from them 3 days later."

That is an excerpt from an email I received from Scode today. No one else spells quite like he does ;)

Soviet

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Feb 24th 2011, 2:14:39

That's actually quite good for him. I wonder if he has an auto spellchecker like firefox does.

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Evolution

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Feb 24th 2011, 2:50:51

I hope the best for you scode. Insurance is going to be an issue for everyone affected as only certain types of damage will be covered.

Not posting on AT as much because Maki/Steeps gave back some of my forums on GHQ. RIP my decade long blog, my blog even had replies from people who are no longer with us :(.

Dragonlance

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Feb 24th 2011, 3:01:21

from what i saw on Tv, the PGC building as a pile of rubble now.

estimating lots of dead in there.

Marshal

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Feb 24th 2011, 21:26:59

doubt any spellchecker would help scodey. :P

Dibs Ludicrous

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Feb 24th 2011, 22:11:18

hehe, think Outlook does it automatically until i turn the dang interfering nonsense off.

glad that Scode is ok, now i can bug him about Xena, errr, Lucy...

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