western iran, earthquake - magnitude 5.

[demoleft]

Source: usgs

Quake Details
Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time

* Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 20:23:35 UTC
* Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 11:53:35 PM at epicenter

Location 32.596°N, 48.513°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region WESTERN IRAN
Distances 25 km (15 miles) N of Dezful, Iran
100 km (60 miles) S of Khorramabad, Iran
145 km (90 miles) N of Ahvaz, Iran
435 km (270 miles) SW of TEHRAN, Iran
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9 km (5.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 43, Nph= 43, Dmin=905 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 86°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6


Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rnbm.php

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i read it in an italian newspaper. 5.0 is considered moderate. still do not know if there are damages reported.

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, demoleft.

[demoleft]

7. you're welcome, uncle joe. IRNA reports no news on damages yet. the link:

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=901100&idLanguage=3

ciao.

[davepc]

8. From a 4.9? Probably straighting the pitcures that got twisted crooked as we speak.

[demoleft]

9. inner regions of iran are not exactly like LA. n/t

[davepc]

10. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale, not linear.

4.9 isn't that powerful.

[demoleft]

11. 700 people injured for a 4.9 in southern iran last november. see what i mean?

cnn:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/iran.earthquake/index.html

i know 4.9 is not that powerful, but as you see inner territories of iran can be badly hit by even a 4.9.
so hopefully this time nobody was injured.

[Auggie]

2. Is Earth telling us something?

Like, "Get the fuck off?"

The last several weeks have been quite seismically active

[Bobbieo]

3. I , along with millions of Californians, live in an earthquake zone

and I'm concerned. Like waiting for the big one!!!!! We had a minor one about a week ago.

Those poor people in Haiti - the devastaion is beyond belief and now the violence has begun.

[wordpix]

17. living on a fault line is like gambling - no thanks

[Ecumenist]

19. There's a reason that they aren't called "California-quakes"...

They can and do happen all over earth. At least here in California we have seismic building codes.

[davepc]

5. Current activity is well within the norms. There are about 50 measurable earthquakes a DAY.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php

Frequency isn't the issue. Earthquakes are only a problem when they happen near population centers.

[Auggie]

20. Yes, but of such intensity as we've seen lately?

[Uncle Joe]

6. That's what I was speculating about on this thread

it seems an ice shelf the size of Rhode Island shattered quickly about the same time Haiti was experiencing it's earthquake.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4228034

[Codeine]

12. This is standard siesmic activity.

Not even vaguely unusual; we're just more aware of the reports right now. Normally nobody pays attention.

[gateley]

13. Like a dog shaking off the fleas. nt

[roguevalley]

15. I'm wondering if the melting of great ice masses is causing differentiation

in the weight distribution across the techtonic plates. I wonder. :(

[JackInGreen]

16. Carlin had it right

when she gets tired of us, she'll shake us off, like an infestation of fleas.

[DetlefK]

4. Pat Robertson will say its Islams fault...

Ajmadinejhad will say "Look at those hypocrites Britain, USA and Israel! Helping Haiti but not helping us.!"

[Quantess]

14. I'm waiting for him to say, "Iran made a deal with the Devil"

[AtheistCrusader]

18. Nah this was only a 5.0, so not a 'deal', more like a 'side bet'

:spank: