Scientists: Quake may have made Earth wobble

Robert McClelland · Dec 29, 2004, 07:52 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science...eut/index.html

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Dec 29, 2004, 08:36 PM

yea i heard that on CNN, pretty stunning crap if u ask me

Geminiwave · Dec 29, 2004, 08:48 PM

huh...last time the earth wobbled, we got the saherra(sp?) desert

Dom · Dec 29, 2004, 09:15 PM

Quite incredible.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 29, 2004, 10:12 PM

so they're saying "we think that the earth is spinning .03 seconds faster than before."

Robert McClelland · Dec 29, 2004, 10:24 PM

I'm getting diszzy hehe

mike2h · Dec 29, 2004, 10:33 PM

feeling a little nauseous myself. kinda like playing hl2.

kemet64 · Dec 29, 2004, 11:51 PM

Yea thats pretty amazing. Said it moved the earth's axis by an inch...which is pretty impressive considering the immense mass.

Warpy · Dec 29, 2004, 11:55 PM

This all makes sense... I keep going dizzy.

They also reckon that the San Andreas fault line will cause a much larger tear in the earths core. Its coastaly positioned too - I'd be expecting huge waves...

To say the earth has moved though is a very large statement. I'd like more proof.

Sargentwhitey · Dec 30, 2004, 12:03 AM

Wouldn't that make the gravity change?... O.o then that.. whole gravity acceleration value would change wouldn't it?

Warpy · Dec 30, 2004, 12:09 AM

Not too sure buddy, but I do know that the drama queens at NASA are not a tool to measure accuracy with. Without evidence or any figures to show his 'specualtion' it isnt worth considering IMO.

FireElements · Dec 30, 2004, 12:34 AM

Earthquake! I thought you ment the game...

Louiemaster · Dec 30, 2004, 01:17 AM

Yeah me too. I thought the popularity of Quake unbalanced the Earth's rotation on its axis and around the sun. Well its possible.

mike2h · Dec 30, 2004, 01:52 AM

1st the rotation is not unbalanced. 2nd rotational speed has nothing to do with gravity. 3rd the whole theory is just that, a theory. 4th it is very interesting. 5th was there a quakecon going on at the time?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 30, 2004, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Funky Monkey

Not too sure buddy, but I do know that the drama queens at NASA are not a tool to measure accuracy with. Without evidence or any figures to show his 'specualtion' it isnt worth considering IMO.

Well a enormous bunch of pressure was released....
but likely this put alot of pressure on the other fault lines ..
wich could be bad for people in say calafornia...
as last I knew thier overdue for a really big one....

CDsDontBurn · Dec 30, 2004, 03:51 AM

well, seing that i live about 30 miles away from the san andreas fault, i'll let you guys know when the big one hits

. The last big quake we had was the Hector quake back in October 2001 or 2002 (one of those two years), but it was announced to be a 7.2 quake on the richter scale. Luckily since it was out in the middle of no where, there wasn't any really big property damage other than a couple things fallen off some shelves in stores and houses.

BlueMak · Dec 30, 2004, 04:26 AM

Wasn't there a movie or a book or a game about a planet getting out of orbit/rogue or something? I am sure there was at least a star trek episode about it :-)

We have to create at least one big colony for better chances to survive as a species.

Robert McClelland · Dec 30, 2004, 05:37 AM

Is that what Mars is for

?

CDsDontBurn · Dec 30, 2004, 07:23 AM

i think the moon could also work out. have it be as a "pit stop" type of thing before the long trip to mars

Judas · Dec 30, 2004, 07:30 AM

Rotational speed vs gravity has effects. The faster you spin something, no matter then masses, the larger one spinning, faster means less ability to keep objects within a certain specific radias.... not saying it won't attract anything

davidbowie · Dec 30, 2004, 07:39 AM

i feel a song coming on:

"I feel the earth move".....

mike2h · Dec 30, 2004, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

Rotational speed vs gravity has effects. The faster you spin something, no matter then masses, the larger one spinning, faster means less ability to keep objects within a certain specific radias.... not saying it won't attract anything

to make that short- gravity vs centrifugal force.

Dexsal · Dec 30, 2004, 09:03 AM

According to theory Moon formed from debris blasted off Earth in a giant impact.
Maybe that was the start of the Earth Rotational. As for slight wobble i cant see it, i mean, the Earth spins free.

The larger the wheel the slower the speed Rotational (how would it gain speed) slight wobble in wheels allways slows down.

Scientists: Quake shifts islands.

The massive earthquake that devastated parts of Asia permanently moved the tectonic plates beneath the Indian Ocean as much as 98 feet (30 meters), slightly shifting islands near Sumatra an unknown distance, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday
Read More CNN.Com

tastyweat · Dec 30, 2004, 12:09 PM

sumatra moved south 150 feet :o

BlueMak · Dec 30, 2004, 03:08 PM

Don't the plates move anyway every year? Like a meter a year? Or is it less?

I have a feeling if there is an end for humanity it will not be because of loss of orbit around the Sun. It will probably be alien invaders and many humans saying to them "you do not exist!" :-)

CDsDontBurn · Dec 30, 2004, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

Don't the plates move anyway every year? Like a meter a year? Or is it less?

I have a feeling if there is an end for humanity it will not be because of loss of orbit around the Sun. It will probably be alien invaders and many humans saying to them "you do not exist!" :-)

under normal circumstances, land masses move only a few inches/cm a year. the magnitude at which these islands have moved at is quite dramatic from this one single event.

Senor_Mota · Dec 30, 2004, 04:45 PM

All I can say is that you better know how to swim...

Judas · Dec 30, 2004, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

to make that short- gravity vs centrifugal force.

is it centrifugal? i'm having a hard time pulling this all out of my head atm as it's been a good 4 years since we've taken up anything even remotely related to this talk..... probably more likely 6 or 7 years. (my school didn't teach anything)

mike2h · Dec 30, 2004, 05:23 PM

"(my school didn't teach anything)"

get a refund

Judas · Dec 31, 2004, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

"(my school didn't teach anything)"

get a refund

yeah, apparently there definition of a refund is to put crap in my LIFE Folder that they have there saying i constantly purposely screwed the school computers up by building viruses and hacking into admin.... grr, all untrue, even have proof. I do beleive in the end, i'll soon be taking it to a whole new level to get that crap off my record

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Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,668 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	I'm getting diszzy hehe __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

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Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	This all makes sense... I keep going dizzy. They also reckon that the San Andreas fault line will cause a much larger tear in the earths core. Its coastaly positioned too - I'd be expecting huge waves... To say the earth has moved though is a very large statement. I'd like more proof. __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Last edited by Warpy; Dec 30, 2004 at 12:00 AM.

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Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Not too sure buddy, but I do know that the drama queens at NASA are not a tool to measure accuracy with. Without evidence or any figures to show his 'specualtion' it isnt worth considering IMO. __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

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davidbowie DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	i feel a song coming on: "I feel the earth move".....

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Dexsal Space Monocerotis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aust Posts: 1,401 Rep Power: 0	According to theory Moon formed from debris blasted off Earth in a giant impact. Maybe that was the start of the Earth Rotational. As for slight wobble i cant see it, i mean, the Earth spins free. The larger the wheel the slower the speed Rotational (how would it gain speed) slight wobble in wheels allways slows down. Scientists: Quake shifts islands. The massive earthquake that devastated parts of Asia permanently moved the tectonic plates beneath the Indian Ocean as much as 98 feet (30 meters), slightly shifting islands near Sumatra an unknown distance, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday Read More CNN.Com

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