Semper Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 On a serious note. Should we leave the city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Didn't seem that strong, but this is the first one I've experienced. Anybody know why a 7.0 can kill so many in Haiti but only a couple people die in this one? I don't know much about quakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShopBoy Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Didn't seem that strong, but this is the first one I've experienced. Anybody know why a 7.0 can kill so many in Haiti but only a couple people die in this one? I don't know much about quakes. Burma close news.. wait till tmr morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 NOW THAT WAS A GOOD AFTER SHOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippydedodah Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 dang....the gift that keeps on giving! another fair sized aftershock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 and an aftershock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Seems like an aftershock just now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 10:56PM - Did anyone just feel another one? My bed jolted a couple of times just now. //edit - ok, see others felt it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happysanook Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 yess!! nice little aftershock.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenside Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Nong Hoi: Some shocks here 10:56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Already got my trainers on, I won't sleep well tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Yep, will be kipping in the garden tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 NOW THAT WAS A GOOD AFTER SHOCK That was almost as big as the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppa Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 small aftershock just happened here in sansai 11.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Bob Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Didn't seem that strong, but this is the first one I've experienced. Anybody know why a 7.0 can kill so many in Haiti but only a couple people die in this one? I don't know much about quakes. The epicenter of the Haiti earthquake was only 15 miles from Port-Au-Prince. If you look at Google Earth, this quake is out in the middle of the mountains with the nearest community 20 miles away (Small river village). In Haiti the population lived in brick/block & morter structures which are very rigid and do not sway very well, they just collapse unless they are properly engineered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eek Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 felt that 2nd one too. O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Didn't seem that strong, but this is the first one I've experienced. Anybody know why a 7.0 can kill so many in Haiti but only a couple people die in this one? I don't know much about quakes. Depth is the first variation between 2 rated 7 earthquakes, the second is building design. Haiti was all low grade cement and brick. In this area of Myanmar there will be a lot of wooden structures, much much safer in an earthquake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARH Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Felt another one around 11pm. Aftershock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Didn't seem that strong, but this is the first one I've experienced. Anybody know why a 7.0 can kill so many in Haiti but only a couple people die in this one? I don't know much about quakes. It depends alot on the character of the quake and the geological makeup of the area. Some quakes are "shakers", which give a violent pounding but are less dangerous than the "rollers". The rollers tend to create a lot of liquefaction which is highly destructive to structures and infrastructure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokcitylimits Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 We have been been a bit paranoid for a few weeks now after noticing a 1/2 inch crack in our wall of our 14th Floor Condo after a small 3.3 Earthquake hit Chiang Mai a few weeks ago. Plus the Condo above us has a crack big enough you can put your FIST in it... soooo we already didn't feel very SAFE. Then... after what happened in Japan... we were even more concerned. I don't mind DYING in an Earthquake... I just don't want to be buried with a 15 floor Condo At approx 8.30 p.m. tonight we were watching T.V. when the Sofa begin shaking and then the plants in the house and pictures on the walls... then it got bad... and the building was swaying back and forth very slowly. You could hear people screaming in the building.. or maybe that was ME... and everyone started running out of their rooms but.. you can't do much when your on the 14th floor. We walked to the Fire Escape where you could feel the building moving and making a noise.. creeking sound. I must admit it was very Scary and I've been thru a lot of earthquakes in California. We had been discussing moving to a house which would be more safe... give you a chance to run outside. I guess thats a DONE Deal NOW becasue my wife is on-line NOW looking where to move TOMMORROW. Life is SHORT... Try to enjoy something new Everyday. Any houses for rent near Chang Klan Road, Taipae Gate or the Night Bazaar? Wife ready to leave TONIGHT, lol Tomorrow might be too late, that's how it always goes... Downtown Inn hotel has many rooms available. God bless you, it ain't finished yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L&J Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Tonight ended my streak. After traveling every earthquake region of the world over the last forty years and never felt one it finally happened tonight. Sitting in the recliner watching the TV, sometime after 9:00 PM. and I felt my foot starting to move. Thought for sure it was me having some kind of muscle twitch so I ignored it. Strangely I also looked out the window and a bird almost flew into it but veered away at the same time-thought it was strange to see a bird flying around that late. About twenty minutes later my wife said she had felt her recliner move earlier. We went on line later and found that it was indeed an earthquake. Definitely felt an aftershock just before 11:00 PM. Edited March 24, 2011 by L&J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joop50 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 small aftershock here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 MCOT One dead in wall collapse in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district after 6.7 quake strikes northeastern Myanmar, shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folium Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Quite likely that was an aftershock. One bad bit of news is that you can only determine preshocks, main event, and aftershocks after the main event has happened. With the recent big earthquake in Japan there was a series of quakes leading up to a 7.0 two days before the major quake. As the 7.0 quake was followed by 3 smaller quakes (6.0) the same day these were presumed to be aftershocks. Only now do we know that they were just part of the build up to the main event. This is not meant to be alarmist and if you check out the seismicity map on the USGS website you can see that while this area of Asia has had quite a few quakes since 1990, most are pretty small ones. So unless you are unlucky enough to be sitting on top of one or are living on poorly filled reclaimed land (like the Marina district in San Francisco in 1989, even though it was 100kms from the epicentre), there should be little to worry about. Here's the USGS map: My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokcitylimits Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Vacationman, seriously, did independent foreign experts have a look at the building structure ? It sounds not OK... Maybe you can upload some photo's that clearly show the cracks with explanation of the locations and the structure behind ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppa Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Quite likely that was an aftershock. One bad bit of news is that you can only determine preshocks, main event, and aftershocks after the main event has happened. With the recent big earthquake in Japan there was a series of quakes leading up to a 7.0 two days before the major quake. As the 7.0 quake was followed by 3 smaller quakes (6.0) the same day these were presumed to be aftershocks. Only now do we know that they were just part of the build up to the main event. This is not meant to be alarmist and if you check out the seismicity map on the USGS website you can see that while this area of Asia has had quite a few quakes since 1990, most are pretty small ones. So unless you are unlucky enough to be sitting on top of one or are living on poorly filled reclaimed land (like the Marina district in San Francisco in 1989, even though it was 100kms from the epicentre), there should be little to worry about. Here's the USGS map: My link just luv that' don't wantt be an alarmist', so what are you then, you should go and work for the bbc....... i'm jesting by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folium Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Maybe I do work for the BBC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 We have been been a bit paranoid for a few weeks now after noticing a 1/2 inch crack in our wall of our 14th Floor Condo after a small 3.3 Earthquake hit Chiang Mai a few weeks ago. Plus the Condo above us has a crack big enough you can put your FIST in it... soooo we already didn't feel very SAFE. Won't be any kind of load bearing wall. So what happens to the walls doesn't matter much, just cement over it. When you see cracks in the main pillars or beams it's time to get concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Quite likely that was an aftershock. One bad bit of news is that you can only determine preshocks, main event, and aftershocks after the main event has happened. With the recent big earthquake in Japan there was a series of quakes leading up to a 7.0 two days before the major quake. As the 7.0 quake was followed by 3 smaller quakes (6.0) the same day these were presumed to be aftershocks. Only now do we know that they were just part of the build up to the main event. This is not meant to be alarmist and if you check out the seismicity map on the USGS website you can see that while this area of Asia has had quite a few quakes since 1990, most are pretty small ones. So unless you are unlucky enough to be sitting on top of one or are living on poorly filled reclaimed land (like the Marina district in San Francisco in 1989, even though it was 100kms from the epicentre), there should be little to worry about. Here's the USGS map: My link You don't need reclaimed land to be alarmed. The entire city of Bangkok is sitting on land 10 times worse than the Marina. A 9 plus 10 km under Bangkok would result in only tall well founded skyscraper standing. The rest would be underground due to liquification!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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