Seismologists puzzled by long low-frequency wave that circled the Earth on Nov. 11 (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

Most likely related to some kind of magma shift but the comments from the scientists are interesting.

On the morning of November 11, just before 9:30 UT, a mysterious rumble rolled around the world.

The seismic waves began roughly 15 miles off the shores of Mayotte, a French island sandwiched between Africa and the northern tip of Madagascar. The waves buzzed across Africa, ringing sensors in Zambia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. They traversed vast oceans, humming across Chile, New Zealand, Canada, and even Hawaii nearly 11,000 miles away.

These waves didn't just zip by; they rang for more than 20 minutes. And yet, it seems, no human felt them.

Only one person noticed the odd signal on the U.S. Geological Survey's real-time seismogram displays. An earthquake enthusiast who uses the handle @matarikipax saw the curious zigzags and posted images of them to Twitter. That small action kicked off another ripple of sorts, as researchers around the world attempted to suss out the source of the waves. Was it a meteor strike? A submarine volcano eruption? An ancient sea monster rising from the deep?

“I don't think I've seen anything like it,” says Göran Ekström, a seismologist at Columbia University who specializes in unusual earthquakes.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...ake-waves-rippled-around-world-earth-geology/

 

[Sandman]

Please God, let it be....

 

[livefromDC]

So it begins...

Marty Gilbert: A countdown... wait, a countdown to what David?

David Levinson: It's like in chess: First, you strategically position your pieces and when the timing is right you strike. They're using this signal to syncronize their efforts and in 5 hours the countdown will be over.

Marty Gilbert: And then what?

David Levinson: Checkmate.

 

[saint-58]

And now this-


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday morning in Anchorage, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a warning to residents in Kodiak to flee to higher ground for fear of a tsunami.
The warning was lifted without incident a short time later. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the first and more powerful quake was centered about 7 miles (12 kilometers) north of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, with a population of about 300,000. People ran from their offices or took cover under desks.




http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ba...alaska/ar-BBQjfcl?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

i had marital relations that day
it had been some time previous
probably just a coincidence

 

[Madmarsha]

I read this first as "seminologists".

 

[superchuck500]

I read this first as "seminologists".

You would

 

[Madmarsha]

You would

Right?

 

[Saintman2884]

Speaking of Japan's favorite son, when are Godzilla and King Kong going to get it on in the biggest, most hyped up MonsterVerse bad-arse super-flick?

Frankly, as a longtime fan of Godzilla It is my biggest wish that he be allowed to kick that big, fat, overrated monkey's arse all the way back to the sheet cave where he belongs and is NEVER allowed out otherwise on the pain of worse arse-kickings and that's only if Godzilla is in a good mood willing to cut him some slack.

 

[bonnjer]

Wouldn't it be great if they were able to make a big discovery on predicting earthquakes / volcanic eruptions from this (if they'd just so happen to be related)? I'll be interested to see what comes of this.

 

[Saintman2884]

It's possible in the distant future geologists/seismologists might be able to make general time-frame predictions about volcanic eruptions or earthquakes happening in and around a certain span of years let's say Mt. Vesuvius will erupt in the next 3-5 years and predicts how disastrous and catastrophic the damage it would cause to nearby Naples and it would be catastrophic, bonnjer. If a Pompeiian-like eruption were to occur again like it did in August 79 CE, the death toll would be in the thousands, possibly even 6 figures. Naples is one of Italy's biggest, important, most populated cities and it's almost on top of Vesuvius today as Pompeii and Herculaneum were 2,000 years ago.

 

[Juicy Fruit]

Speaking of Japan's favorite son, when are Godzilla and King Kong going to get it on in the biggest, most hyped up MonsterVerse bad-arse super-flick?

Frankly, as a longtime fan of Godzilla It is my biggest wish that he be allowed to kick that big, fat, overrated monkey's arse all the way back to the shirt cave where he belongs and is NEVER allowed out otherwise on the pain of worse arse-kickings and that's only if Godzilla is in a good mood willing to cut him some slack.

?

 

[Taurus]

Speaking of Japan's favorite son, when are Godzilla and King Kong going to get it on in the biggest, most hyped up MonsterVerse bad-arse super-flick?

Frankly, as a longtime fan of Godzilla It is my biggest wish that he be allowed to kick that big, fat, overrated monkey's arse all the way back to the shirt cave where he belongs and is NEVER allowed out otherwise on the pain of worse arse-kickings and that's only if Godzilla is in a good mood willing to cut him some slack.

Preach, brother!

 

[Joe OKC]

Hey now... Kong got the babes...

 

[play action]

Please God, let it be....

Mothra or the turtle. not the ninja turtles. can't remember the name. Any way it has to be one of them. Godzilla always burps before appearing, it's a seldom mentioned factoid everybody knows that.