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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 NickNameNick »

FooHentai wrote: post #30
adventured wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's from damage to the electrical grid.

This explanation is posted whenever earthquake lights are reported, but it's wrong. I have a few reasons: First. So the explanation goes, during the earthquake power substation transformers and fuses blow, causing these lights. Problem is, the grid doesn't sustain that level of damage during these earthquakes. Yes, the power usually goes out and there is grid damage, but the amount of damage is nowhere near 'every su…

During the same earthquake, my curtain fell down, and I saw lights across Wellington harbour that I'm fairly sure were high voltage lines clashing. from my elevated point of view, the source was below the horizon.

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

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Post by matheweis »

cies wrote: post #49
afsina wrote: post #41

Many people here in Turkey will think solar eclipse triggered this. Strong 1999 earthquake in Turkey also happened just some weeks after the full solar eclipse. I think it is just a coincidence though. Edit: wording.

Gotta love Reddit in Turkey then. (Possibly already blocked though) "Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake strikes off Mexico's coast. A Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake was predicted by a Redditor just a day earlier on this subreddit." https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6yss3m/magnitud...

r/conspiracy aside, looks like the redditor's main theory is that there is some sort of casual link between solar flares and earthquakes. Should be an easy thing for a data scientist to debunk or validate...

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

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Post by cies »

matheweis wrote: post #52
cies wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gotta love Reddit in Turkey then. (Possibly already blocked though) "Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake strikes off Mexico's coast. A Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake was predicted by a Redditor just a day earlier on this subreddit." https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6yss3m/magnitud...

r/conspiracy aside, looks like the redditor's main theory is that there is some sort of casual link between solar flares and earthquakes. Should be an easy thing for a data scientist to debunk or validate...

> r/conspiracy aside

:)

> Should be an easy thing for a data scientist to debunk or validate...

He's calling those with said skills to help him. From his announcement:

> If you are good at statistical analysis we could use your help. Please pm me.

Link: https://np.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6yhv3l/the_ultim...

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

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Post by JetSpiegel »

singularity2001 wrote: post #24

How do they appropriately measure earthquakes so deep? It had a magnitude of 8.1 on the surface level, however it happened at a depth of 32000 meters! so was it a magnitude 9 earthquake down there, or does the 8.4 already take into account the depth?

Magnitude measures energy released, so it takes into account the distance.

For damage done on the surface you have the subjective Mercali scale.

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

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Post by matheweis »

raverbashing wrote: post #44
afsina wrote: post #41

Many people here in Turkey will think solar eclipse triggered this. Strong 1999 earthquake in Turkey also happened just some weeks after the full solar eclipse. I think it is just a coincidence though. Edit: wording.

Are there studies on possible tidal effects (if any) that an eclipse situation could cause?

Sort of; they found that the probability of a quake along shallow thrust faults increases about 3x during full and new moons in general (of which an eclipse is a special case, with no special risk):

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-position-moon-or-planets-affec...

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

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Post by anotherbrownguy »

matheweis wrote: post #52
cies wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gotta love Reddit in Turkey then. (Possibly already blocked though) "Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake strikes off Mexico's coast. A Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake was predicted by a Redditor just a day earlier on this subreddit." https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6yss3m/magnitud...

r/conspiracy aside, looks like the redditor's main theory is that there is some sort of casual link between solar flares and earthquakes. Should be an easy thing for a data scientist to debunk or validate...

The funny thing is almost everything outside of r/conspiracy and a few other places is a conspiracy theory site for conspiracies including Russiagate.

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

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Post by uep »

FooHentai wrote: post #30
adventured wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's from damage to the electrical grid.

This explanation is posted whenever earthquake lights are reported, but it's wrong. I have a few reasons: First. So the explanation goes, during the earthquake power substation transformers and fuses blow, causing these lights. Problem is, the grid doesn't sustain that level of damage during these earthquakes. Yes, the power usually goes out and there is grid damage, but the amount of damage is nowhere near 'every su…

I've seen the same green flashes of transformers blowing during serious hurricanes. Hello Florida, 2004, where I had the pleasure of seeing this during 3 different hurricanes. There were no tectonic plates shifting. The clouds were illuminated; it looked like flashes of green lightning from my front row seats. Though it's not as though I saw a green lightning arc.

Where I was, power was generally restored within 24 hours. I don't believe this would be possible if every substation were blowing. I believe people refer to the transformers on the telephone poles failing.

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

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Post by eregorn »

cies wrote: post #49
afsina wrote: post #41

Many people here in Turkey will think solar eclipse triggered this. Strong 1999 earthquake in Turkey also happened just some weeks after the full solar eclipse. I think it is just a coincidence though. Edit: wording.

Gotta love Reddit in Turkey then. (Possibly already blocked though) "Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake strikes off Mexico's coast. A Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake was predicted by a Redditor just a day earlier on this subreddit." https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6yss3m/magnitud...

He predicted an earthquake in the Philippines and other areas that didn't happen 2 months ago and one in New Zealand 1 month ago. He also made a prediction for a 9.0 earthquake in Nepal after the eclipse and slowly dropped the number over the days to fish out a "prediction". He was also hedging his bets on this earthquake and was giving preference to Japan, not Mexico.

The guy's a charlatan that was basically throwing predictions at the wall till they stuck and is now hoping no one notices his failures.

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