Earthquakes and Volcanoes

[epzik8]

Haha I learned of the New Jersey quake while at work in Maryland, then went on my lunch break and said "this is gonna be a thread on r/maryland" (on Reddit) and that was indeed the case. People from Montgomery and P.G. reported feeling it, but I didn't in Harford, closer to the epicenter.

[Rothman]

My colleagues in Lower Manhattan said they definitely noticed the quake and that "engineers" have pronounced the building safe (seems like a very quick determination for a quake that was less than an hour ago).

Nah.  Can tell pretty quickly with a dinky quakey like this one.

[bing101]

Here is a Building in Taiwan getting demolished because yes it pose a risk to aftershocks.

[Road Hog]

Is a tilted Uranus an oval?

[jakeroot]

Speaking of the Taiwan earthquake, I did not feel it here in Okinawa, though we did have to evacuate away from the coast because of a tsunami warning (the main arteries became one-way for a bit). Originally it was predicted to be a 3-meter tsunami, though fortunately it ended up being very small and not notable.

Here is a tweet showing all the cars going the same way on one of the main roads last week:

https://x.com/yuruhuwa_kdenpa/status/1775514073842762067

[bing101]

One of the major news outlets in Taiwan has video of a land slide that took place during the 2024 7.4 quake that hit the country. This is where there are reports of people reported missing is coming from.