Théière Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 That big earth quake in Japan has shifted its coastline 13 ft [:-))]http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/japan-quake-moved-coast-by-13-feet_100513946.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 [quote user="Théière"]That big earth quake in Japan has shifted its coastline 13 ft [:-))]http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/japan-quake-moved-coast-by-13-feet_100513946.html[/quote]Is that relative movement between tectonic plates or absolute movement on one of those GP5 thingammyjigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sam Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 A geophysicist with The U.S. Geological Survey reported one GPS station moved 8 feet, and together with satellite measurements from the Geospatial Information Authority, the indication is the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass.Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches!Much the same info as in the link, but it would appear to be a shift of the land mass.S'pose one could dig out the theodolites and check if the TomTom things are in fact accurate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Good investigative research; can you flesh that out a bit by indicating the direction of the coastal displacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sam Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 [quote user="pachapapa"]Good investigative research; can you flesh that out a bit by indicating the direction of the coastal displacement.[/quote]Looks like 500 TomTom things must be correct! All the technical details are available here:[url]http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/gfz/Public+Relations/Pressemitteilungen/aktuell/110316_Erdbebenablauf[/url] and,[url]http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/gfz/Public+Relations/M40-Bildarchiv/001_+Japan/110315_slip[/url]Details of the axis shift:[url]http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.html[/url]but of course this may just be a coincidental event marking the forthcoming arrival in December 2012, of Nibiru otherwise known as 'Planet X'. (Well so the purveyors of doom would have us believe!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 [quote user="Salty Sam"] [quote user="pachapapa"]Good investigative research; can you flesh that out a bit by indicating the direction of the coastal displacement.[/quote]Looks like 500 TomTom things must be correct! All the technical details are available here:[url]http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/gfz/Public+Relations/Pressemitteilungen/aktuell/110316_Erdbebenablauf[/url] and,[url]http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/gfz/Public+Relations/M40-Bildarchiv/001_+Japan/110315_slip[/url]Details of the axis shift:[url]http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.html[/url]but of course this may just be a coincidental event marking the forthcoming arrival in December 2012, of Nibiru otherwise known as 'Planet X'. (Well so the purveyors of doom would have us believe!) [/quote]Useful couple of links with just the information I was seeking giving an estimate of the vectors for the displacement along the tectonic plate subduction zone.Berechnungen der GFZ-Modellierungsgruppe um Stephan Sobolev ergaben sogar bis zu 27 Metern Versatz und eine Vertikalbewegung von sieben Metern.Bit busy today but will check the report more fully whilst watching the two rugby matches later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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