Japan had an earth quake 8.9 and 32 foot tsunamis that came in 6 miles. Some people say that Japan moved 13 feet closer to the United States, do you agree?
I heard Japan moved 2.4 metres, sank down a bit, and the earth axis moved by 10 cm (don't ask me how and where they measured this, I would have expected a number in degrees and not in length) causing the day to be shorter by a few milliseconds.
I just heard that it moved 2 or 4 inches closer to the U.S. and scientists say that in the next 2 years boats and ships maps will be messed up,we will have to reset maps,G.P.S. and more...
I wouldn't be suprised if this did happen. What most people don't know is that when someone says that the Earthquake was rated 8.9, that means the earthquake was 89 times stronger than a level 1 earthquake, not 8.9 times stronger
Erm, its a base 10 logarithmic scale meaning that a rating of x is 10 times more than a rating of x-1, so an earthquake rated at 8.9 is 10^7.9 times stronger than one rated 1. Which is roughly 79 million times more. The largest earthquake recorded is the 1960 Valdivia earthquake measuring 9.5. It was 10^0.6(about 4) times stronger than the earthquake that caused the recent tsunami.
How is it going to move, what's under Japan, what's it connected to?
well a earthquake could do that but I don't think it moved 13ft closer to the US.
You see how the Japan borders the North American Plate in this map? Along that border, the Eurasian Plate moved 3.1 meters over the North American plate like this.
Geez. I learned about this in fifth grade. You guys must all be fourth graders.
It is very probable with a 8.9 magnitude earthquake.
