Massive 7.8 quake in Ecuador

[2Stonedbirds]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...04-17-11-19-05

Reported 235 deceased.

[Fuzz]

My buddy is living in Guayaquil, hope he is OK...His Skype status was "available" earlier, so I think that is a good sign...

[TheScorpion]

Dang, that's really too bad.

[T@T]

Pacific ring of fire strikes again, how long before it gets closer to home. You couldn't pay me enough to raise a family close to this zone.

[Kybosh]

I was pretty close to the epicentre in January. Most of the buildings in that region are brick and mortar construction so the damage would be extensive.

[transplant99]

Reports that Canadians among the dead.

earthquakes are nasty business.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by T@T

Pacific ring of fire strikes again, how long before it gets closer to home. You couldn't pay me enough to raise a family close to this zone.

The Oregon to BC stretch of that plate really has been quite lucky in regards to earthquakes.

[Fuzz]

Well, he's OK, sounds like it's pretty chaotic down there right now.

[Table 5]

I was in Ecuador a couple years ago, and unfortunately the infrastructure and urban fabric in a place like Guayaquil is questionable at the best of times. It's not a country that can really afford these types of tragedies, so it's sad to see something like this.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by nik-

The Oregon to BC stretch of that plate really has been quite lucky in regards to earthquakes.

The Island has had two medium ones in less than 6 months I think. There's some real paranoia this week with the amount of quakes in such a small amount of time. If that Yellowstone thing is true it's really going to toss the West coasters into an uninformed tizzy.

[Scrambler]

Two massive quakes over +M7 in quick succession in the Pacific Ring in Kyushu, Japan and NW Ecuador. Kind of reminds me of 2011 with Christchurch, New Zealand and Tohoku, Japan.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by dammage79

The Island has had two medium ones in less than 6 months I think. There's some real paranoia this week with the amount of quakes in such a small amount of time. If that Yellowstone thing is true it's really going to toss the West coasters into an uninformed tizzy.

What yellowstone thing?

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Hes

What yellowstone thing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

[Knut]

Yeah. But he made it sound like something was imminent.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Hes

What yellowstone thing?

There's a link in this thread saying the river around the volcano has boiled and become sulphuric. Kind of like the movie Dante's peak. Might just be click vait though. Hence why I said if it is true.

[Knut]

That was the only link that said it was happening. It would probably be much bigger news if that was the case

[FlamesAddiction]

Two Canadians are confirmed dead (a mother and her 12 year old son).

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...amme-1.3540495

[polak]

Originally Posted by Hes

That was the only link that said it was happening. It would probably be much bigger news if that was the case

Yeah, the Supervolcano at Yellowstone will be a world changing event and hundreds of thousands of people will die because of it. The river starting to boil or any significant swell would probably be Emergency Broadcast worthy in the affected area's (Calgary being right on the line) and definitely a breaking news story across the world.

[Scrambler]

Originally Posted by 4X4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

Totally completely off topic... but I am curious when was the last time 2 'One of the Nine' members posted in the same thread. Has to have been quite awhile (a half decade at least would be my guess).