Deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Thankfully you don't see anyone die in the video but there's one on tik tok of a bunch of people running away as one building starts making large noises. Then suddenly a building on the next block that they're all running to collapses.

Just crazy stuff to be stuck in.

Yeah, this one and that one where the news crew was filming one building where people were being extracted only to turn around exactly as another building started collapsing behind them! It's horrifying to watch. The era of livestreaming disaster footage is not something I was really prepared for. Too many videos of children.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

I try to keep my tinfoil hidden most of the time, but has anyone seen this fellow on twitter who was using solar system geometry to try and corroborate quakes, and called this exact quake 3 days ago? it's kind of eerie. he's being retweeted by everyone and their uncle right now, and it's probably just some wild coincidence, but I'm a bit rustled by it.

https://twitter.com/hogrbe

I didn't dig into how he cited it, but still I'm unfamiliar with the science. I agree though, this prediction is eerie.

Here's that tweet.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1621479563720118273

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Looking at footage from Turkey makes me so grateful to live in Calgary. As much as I bitch about the weather, we really do live in one of the safest places on Earth. No war, low crime, no major natural disasters other than some flooding and hail, plentiful water and food supply. I'm thankful I lucked out on the geographic lottery

Thats why we need to build nuclear powerplants here.

People whining about that it's cold here in winter.... yeah ok.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

I didn't dig into how he cited it, but still I'm unfamiliar with the science. I agree though, this prediction is eerie.

Here's that tweet.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1621479563720118273

Sheesh. I hope this guy isn't on to something.

He also has a tweet about the massive Cascadia earthquake that happened in 1700 and said there will be similar conditions in the 2nd half of 2023.

[surferguy]

The Cascadia event is due and when it rips it’s going to #### up the west coast of N America.

It will be at least a 8.5 quake but probably stronger (into the 9s). The damage to land and property will be catastrophic.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by surferguy

The Cascadia event is due and when it rips it’s going to #### up the west coast of N America.

It will be at least a 8.5 quake but probably stronger (into the 9s). The damage to land and property will be catastrophic.

The one in 1700 is estimated to have been at least a 9.0.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Living on the west coast (especially between San Fran and Portland where there is a triple junction of tectonic plates) in the next handful of years would not be wise

It's a ticking time bomb

[Faust]

It’s been 323 years since the last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. How prepared are you for the ‘Big One?’

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...e-big-one.html

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Sheesh. I hope this guy isn't on to something.

He also has a tweet about the massive Cascadia earthquake that happened in 1700 and said there will be similar conditions in the 2nd half of 2023.

He put a red dot around one of the most seismically active areas on the planet and "predicted" an earthquake would hit "sooner or later". The guy just got really lucky with his timing, I imagine he's going to start making a ####load of other predictions now that he has his 15 minutes of fame and he'll be forgotten when none of them happen

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by surferguy

The Cascadia event is due and when it rips it’s going to #### up the west coast of N America.

It will be at least a 8.5 quake but probably stronger (into the 9s). The damage to land and property will be catastrophic.

Is that the one predicted to decimate the BC coast that we collectively don't address until we wake up one morning and thousands/tens of thousands of BC residents are dead?

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Is that the one predicted to decimate the BC coast that we collectively don't address until we wake up one morning and thousands/tens of thousands of BC residents are dead?

What exactly do you mean by "we collectively don't address"?

Every resident from San Diego to Anchorage has been warned about this fault for about many many years, either move or take the chance, Yellowstone might blow up tomorrow and decimate Calgary yet we're still here.

[shermanator]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Reports are the Ghanaian Christian Atsu is missing.

Sounds like Atsu has been found.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1622876798223585281

[chummer]

Originally Posted by surferguy

The Cascadia event is due and when it rips it’s going to #### up the west coast of N America.

It will be at least a 8.5 quake but probably stronger (into the 9s). The damage to land and property will be catastrophic.

Jesus, you're scaring me.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

What exactly do you mean by "we collectively don't address"?

Every resident from San Diego to Anchorage has been warned about this fault for about many many years, either move or take the chance, Yellowstone might blow up tomorrow and decimate Calgary yet we're still here.

Is this true?

[Winsor_Pilates]

This is another reminder that I really need to make an earthquake plan here in Vancouver with my family.
One of those things you always put off and just can't afford to.

So sad to see what's happening in Turkey right now, terrifying.

[Leeman4Gilmour]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Is this true?

https://www.cbc.ca/doczone/content/l...emap_main.html

Yah, it'd be a bad day.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour

https://www.cbc.ca/doczone/content/l...emap_main.html

Yah, it'd be a bad day.

According to that link, we are in zone 5 and we can expect 15cm of ash.

I don't think that's terribly catastrophic? It would be like a snow day, just black.

[FlamesAddiction]

Technically, an earthquake can happen anywhere. It's far more likely to occur along fault lines and volcanically active areas, but nowhere is completely safe. When you look at where fault lines are, There are probably billions of people living in areas that could be decimated by earthquakes tomorrow.

[calumniate]

Apparently around 5000 buildings collapsed I keep looking at the washington post and their estimates grew from 1700 at first to now 5000.. however I think the final toll is going to be catastrophic

[Leeman4Gilmour]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

According to that link, we are in zone 5 and we can expect 15cm of ash.

I don't think that's terribly catastrophic? It would be like a snow day, just black.

Agreed. I was being pretty literal. It would be a bad day for us in Calgary.

"Buildings in zone 5 are still at risk of collapse if the roofs are not immediately cleared of ash. Trees would be severely damaged due to breaking of branches. Road transport would be halted due to build up of ash on roads and cars would stop working as air-filters become clogged. Rail transport and electricity may be cut as wet ash short circuits signaling systems and sub-stations"