Those who may have seen articles such as this
Discover Magazine article, may want to know more about the Cascadia fault and the possibility of a Fukushima type earthquake [previously:
here].
Here is the best
summary of the science that led to the discovery of the 1700 earthquake and the history of earlier quakes. Of particular interest is a beautiful piece of data display in
Figure 9 that shows the spacing in time and extent of earthquakes over the last 10,000 years based on evidence of tsunamis produced by the quakes.
Finally, here is a great pieces on
Surviving a Tsunami should the need arise.
posted by BillW
on Feb 1, 2013 -
17 comments
On Monday, Google released
Memories for the Future, a website that allows you to "... walk the scarred coastline [after the Japanese tsunami] virtually". "
... it is possible to see the full extent of the damage by finding an image in Street View and then clicking the “Before” and “After” links at the top to see how the earthquake and tsunami impacted that area." The Japan Real Time blog has a
good introduction and writeup.
posted by woodblock100
on Dec 13, 2011 -
9 comments
This is how it will happen. Let’s pick a day: June 22, 2012. It’s a gorgeous Friday afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, 75 degrees and sunny. It’s been raining for weeks, and in Seattle the freeways are jammed with people fleeing the city to enjoy the rare sunshine. Same story in Portland. Out on the coast, the beach towns are thrumming with tourists.
How a monster earthquake and resulting tsunami would affect the coast and cities of the Pacific NW.
posted by jontyjago
on Aug 26, 2011 -
152 comments
The Honeymoon From Hell. Stefan and Erika Svanstrom had planned a long trip that would start in Singapore in early December and end in China four months later.
But things didn't go exactly as planned. They encountered floods, fires, tsunamis and earthquakes along the way.
posted by mannequito
on May 6, 2011 -
14 comments
Amidst the massive aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami being discussed in
this thread, the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plants
continues to unfold. For objective information, discussion, and analysis of the ongoing efforts to stabilize the fuel cores in the boiling water reactors of the type in Fukushima, nuclear engineers such as
@arclight are providing laypeople with a much needed crash course on the inner workings of nuclear reactors.
[more inside]
posted by Dr. Zira
on Mar 12, 2011 -
3157 comments
The Sound of a Distant Rumble: Using monitoring devices originally intended to pick up the sound of nuke launches, researchers track the underwater noise generated by the December 26 (
tsunami) earthquake.
Eerie audio file of the slowly-building roar is included on the page. (More info
here as well)
posted by numlok
on Jul 22, 2005 -
9 comments
Worth picking up if you have a library with a subscription. The May 20th issue of Science was devoted to the
Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of December 24 describing the full power of that event, the most powerful recorded since the deployment of modern electronic sensors. The
multiple effects claimed include swarm earthquakes in Alaska, a shock wave that moved every place on Earth a centimeter, and resonant waves continuing weeks after the event. It is also the
the longest rupture recorded and took over an hour to complete. Animated simulations of aspects of the event are linked through
PhysOrg.com.
posted by KirkJobSluder
on Jun 3, 2005 -
4 comments
Tsunami visualizations Visualizations of recent and historical tsunami episodes, collected by John McDaris at Carleton College. Includes large but visually effective animations, such as this
NOAA visualization of the global propagation of the 26/12/04 tsunami (24MB Quicktime).
posted by carter
on Feb 1, 2005 -
2 comments
