Earthquake - 17/05/2017

[K74T]

Just felt in Chaguaramas about 2 mins ago

[ismithx]

Felt in caroni

[nos_specialist]

Nun by me at P-A-P

[K74T]

[Monkey Man]

allyuh men rel jumpie yes.

that is petty thing

[gencon]

I le poom. ....sowwy.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

that spot very active

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[redmanjp]

sleep through it, nun felt

[Monkey Man]

sleep through it, nun felt

and i hope NEVER to hear these words from monkey woman yes

[Sundar]

that spot very active

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Possible fault line?

[2ndchance]

that spot very active

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Possible fault line?

Yes, there are several faults in the Trinidad area as we are in the vicinity of the boundary between 2 tectonic plates - the South American and the Caribbean.

[Sundar]

I surprised we haven't gotten a big one yet

[breathalyser]

Nothing in siparia

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[sinnaz25]

Salt san do

[Monkey Man]

I surprised we haven't gotten a big one yet

well the fact that there have consistently been smaller ones over the years indicates that a 'big' one shouldnt happen soon. the stress and pressure at the fault line is being released gradually in these little quakes

[desifemlove]

really? smaller tremors could indicate a much larger one to come. There is no reliable method in predicting earthquakes.

[Monkey Man]

really? smaller tremors could indicate a much larger one to come. There is no reliable method in predicting earthquakes.

it indicates the spot is active so a big one can happen anytime due to that.

but small amounts of stress can be temporarily released rather than building up. but it all depends on the mantle and how much it influences the plates to move.....so it can go both ways.

[2ndchance]

that spot very active

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viewtopic.php?f=4&t=654767&p=9018828&hilit=earthquake#p9018828

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That spot has been active for a long while as shown in this map from a paper that you can get at http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/publi ... EAO087.pdf
If you do download the paper, check the name of the 3rd author. Guess he was good for something other than politics.

[Dizzy28]

really? smaller tremors could indicate a much larger one to come. There is no reliable method in predicting earthquakes.

it indicates the spot is active so a big one can happen anytime due to that.

but small amounts of stress can be temporarily released rather than building up. but it all depends on the mantle and how much it influences the plates to move.....so it can go both ways.

Monkey Man is a Geological Man ??

[desifemlove]

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.

[Sundar]

really? smaller tremors could indicate a much larger one to come. There is no reliable method in predicting earthquakes.

it indicates the spot is active so a big one can happen anytime due to that.

but small amounts of stress can be temporarily released rather than building up. but it all depends on the mantle and how much it influences the plates to move.....so it can go both ways.

Monkey Man is a Geological Man ??

Monkey logic lol

[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.

[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

[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....

[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.

[Sundar]

I can't remember

[desifemlove]

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.

So if the epicentre is in Trinidad itself then it's licks.

[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.

So if the epicentre is in Trinidad itself then it's licks.

Typically the closer the earthquake source is to you, the more intense the ground shaking at your location. When you think of proximity, don't forget to consider the depth of the earthquake. The response of the building that you're in to the ground shaking is the factor that will most influence how you fare. Given the current lack of proper construction techniques, especially with residential structures, I think you're correct in thinking the damage would be greater for an earthquake with epicenter within Trinidad as compared to that same magnitude earthquake with an epicenter out at sea. I think we have been fortunate that those magnitude 6+ earthquakes did not occur at shallow depths beneath Trinidad or Tobago.

[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....

[desifemlove]

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.

So if the epicentre is in Trinidad itself then it's licks.

Typically the closer the earthquake source is to you, the more intense the ground shaking at your location. When you think of proximity, don't forget to consider the depth of the earthquake. The response of the building that you're in to the ground shaking is the factor that will most influence how you fare. Given the current lack of proper construction techniques, especially with residential structures, I think you're correct in thinking the damage would be greater for an earthquake with epicenter within Trinidad as compared to that same magnitude earthquake with an epicenter out at sea. I think we have been fortunate that those magnitude 6+ earthquakes did not occur at shallow depths beneath Trinidad or Tobago.

And if it happened, in any big place, it would be carnage. extreme? no it's not, we all know the scene of how construction does wuk...