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Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

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Re: Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

legostormtroopr wrote: post #10
goshx wrote: post #4

They upgraded it to 8.4 after.

I appreciate those kinds of quick release cycles. I'm hoping that when they upgrade to 9.0 we get some new features though.

Each point release just about doubles the force of the earth quake. Makes me wonder how my mom handled the Good Friday one in Anchorage, which was at 9.2.

Re: Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

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Post by flukus »

King-Aaron wrote: post #9
VMG wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlikely. Have not seen it for other types of grid damage.

To be fair, the amount of light emitted from a mains transformer exploding is something to behold

How much do those things cost? I'd love to see every fireworks show end with blowing one up, watching the world change color for a few seconds is very surreal.

Re: Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

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Post by King-Aaron »

flukus wrote: post #14
King-Aaron wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, the amount of light emitted from a mains transformer exploding is something to behold

How much do those things cost? I'd love to see every fireworks show end with blowing one up, watching the world change color for a few seconds is very surreal.

Looking at this document: https://www.endeavourenergy.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/62ccd4804...

Page 49 lists some prices in a table. It looks like they range from $40,000 to $50,000 (AUD) for a pole-mounted transformer

Re: Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

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Post by singularity2001 »

mrb wrote: post #2

Really cool "green lightning" effect observed before and during the earthquake: https://mobile.twitter.com/AlanEchelon96/status/906031454529... I believe this phenomenon is still not understood...

https://youtu.be/D276D9_R2wg?t=46s

Re: Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

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Post by ablation »

mrb wrote: post #2

Really cool "green lightning" effect observed before and during the earthquake: https://mobile.twitter.com/AlanEchelon96/status/906031454529... I believe this phenomenon is still not understood...

Earthquake lights like other posters have said, but I wonder if the exceptional geomagnetic activity caused by the recent X-level CME event has any sort of impact on this too? (Thinking auroral activity, but at far too low of a latitude of course).
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