Earthquake - 17/05/2017

[2ndchance]

so if we get a big quake, this means either Town or Sando, or Chaguanas, would collapse? Building codes as they are get regularly flouted. No way buildings could withstand a large quake, like 7.0 or above.

Most of Trinidad you mean. A Lil 6.0 shakeup should wake up the country. Who knows people might actually start to pray when they realize how fragile life is.

trini was hit with a 6.1 in 2006 and is the same sheit..

ollur memory short or wa

Nah bai been ten years too laang....

Ten years since a 6? Didn't we have a 6.1 or 6.2 just December last year? And in 2013 we had a 6.4 in the usual area.... http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-10- ... e-rocks-tt

I wish the government would use some the new revenue from their increased property tax to adopt a national building code in law and put measures in place to ensure enforcement.

true eh but i believe the 6.1 in 2006 was higher on the Mercalli Scale.

..i remember good cuz zen didnt open that night....

You're correct that the intensity values observed in Trinidad for the September 2006 earthquake were higher than the October 2013 earthquake although the 2013 earthquake was of greater magnitude. This is a good example of the difference in intensity due to a closer epicenter. The 2013 epicenter was out at sea, about 74km northwest of Port-of-Spain while the 2006 epicenter was within Trinidad, about 11km northeast of Port-of-Spain. Most reports for the 2006 earthquake lists 3 injuries and damage such as cracks in buildings while there was no report of injuries or damages for the 2013 earthquake. Some reports even state a revised magnitude of 5.8, not 6.1 for the 2006 earthquake.

[Monkey Man]

so if we get a big quake, this means either Town or Sando, or Chaguanas, would collapse? Building codes as they are get regularly flouted. No way buildings could withstand a large quake, like 7.0 or above.

Most of Trinidad you mean. A Lil 6.0 shakeup should wake up the country. Who knows people might actually start to pray when they realize how fragile life is.

trini was hit with a 6.1 in 2006 and is the same sheit..

ollur memory short or wa

Nah bai been ten years too laang....

Ten years since a 6? Didn't we have a 6.1 or 6.2 just December last year? And in 2013 we had a 6.4 in the usual area.... http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-10- ... e-rocks-tt

I wish the government would use some the new revenue from their increased property tax to adopt a national building code in law and put measures in place to ensure enforcement.

true eh but i believe the 6.1 in 2006 was higher on the Mercalli Scale.

..i remember good cuz zen didnt open that night....

You're correct that the intensity values observed in Trinidad for the September 2006 earthquake were higher than the October 2013 earthquake although the 2013 earthquake was of greater magnitude. This is a good example of the difference in intensity due to a closer epicenter. The 2013 epicenter was out at sea, about 74km northwest of Port-of-Spain while the 2006 epicenter was within Trinidad, about 11km northeast of Port-of-Spain. Most reports for the 2006 earthquake lists 3 injuries and damage such as cracks in buildings while there was no report of injuries or damages for the 2013 earthquake. Some reports even state a revised magnitude of 5.8, not 6.1 for the 2006 earthquake.

true, found some conflicting reports about the magnitude, still make ppl freak the hell out nevertheless...

...and they should too, considering how much reclaimed land there is in pos

[gencon]

I surprised we haven't gotten a big one yet

Just wait until I eat some beans.

[2ndchance]

...and they should too, considering how much reclaimed land there is in pos

True.
Check out an interesting article by Ira Mathur.
http://www.iramathur.org/Articles/567_RF24.02.10.htm

[Sundar]

so if we get a big quake, this means either Town or Sando, or Chaguanas, would collapse? Building codes as they are get regularly flouted. No way buildings could withstand a large quake, like 7.0 or above.

Most of Trinidad you mean. A Lil 6.0 shakeup should wake up the country. Who knows people might actually start to pray when they realize how fragile life is.

trini was hit with a 6.1 in 2006 and is the same sheit..

ollur memory short or wa

Nah bai been ten years too laang....

Ten years since a 6? Didn't we have a 6.1 or 6.2 just December last year? And in 2013 we had a 6.4 in the usual area.... http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-10- ... e-rocks-tt

I wish the government would use some the new revenue from their increased property tax to adopt a national building code in law and put measures in place to ensure enforcement.

true eh but i believe the 6.1 in 2006 was higher on the Mercalli Scale.

..i remember good cuz zen didnt open that night....

You're correct that the intensity values observed in Trinidad for the September 2006 earthquake were higher than the October 2013 earthquake although the 2013 earthquake was of greater magnitude. This is a good example of the difference in intensity due to a closer epicenter. The 2013 epicenter was out at sea, about 74km northwest of Port-of-Spain while the 2006 epicenter was within Trinidad, about 11km northeast of Port-of-Spain. Most reports for the 2006 earthquake lists 3 injuries and damage such as cracks in buildings while there was no report of injuries or damages for the 2013 earthquake. Some reports even state a revised magnitude of 5.8, not 6.1 for the 2006 earthquake.

true, found some conflicting reports about the magnitude, still make ppl freak the hell out nevertheless...

...and they should too, considering how much reclaimed land there is in pos

That's the thing I work in town. ..

[Sundar]

I surprised we haven't gotten a big one yet

Just wait until I eat some beans.

Bro. ... earthquake eh not atomic bomb. ..

[2ndchance]

I surprised we haven't gotten a big one yet

Just wait until I eat some beans.

Bro. ... earthquake eh not atomic bomb. ..

Maybe he will deploy a MOAF.... a Mother of All Farts?!

[Sundar]