I kid you not. I just watched a 48 minute documentary on YouTube lastnight which focused on March 11th thru 14th in Japan when that earthquake hit. Killed over 18,000 people. Video was released two years ago to commememorate the 10th year anniversary. Weird.The tsunami in Japan was about 9 meters high. What is the verticle distance down from the malecon in Santo Domingo to the ocean level?
Yes, the bed was shaking a bit. But I thought it is the rest of the alcohol in my head. But then I read the news...
There was another shake this morning at 4am. Not as strong as the first one but it was shaking my bed.
The tsunami in Japan was about 9 meters high. What is the verticle distance down from the malecon in Santo Domingo to the ocean level?
Simply notice that Santo Domingo still has many of its principal colonial buildings and none that are in ruins or no longer exist was due to the effect of an earthquake. The same couldn't be said of for example Azua or La Vega. Their original towns had to be abandoned many centuries ago, guess why... You can still visit the remaining ruins in the original sites where these towns were built.It varies. Maybe 3M on average. Most of that area is high-rise apartment blocks and I imagine they would withstand a tsunami if they have been built to withstand hurricane-force winds. But earthquakes are another matter - I was told that's the reason that building insurance is expensive here, because a quake is a strong possibility and would destroy a building entirely, while a hurricane would probably only take out the windows and cause internal damage.
Or then again maybe this was predicted?It startling how many earthquakes are happening. In the last couple of days we had a terrible one in Turkey/Siria, and now a strong one in Buffalo, NY, the strongest in 40 years. There have been a couple of smaller ones on the news the last few days.
Maybe it's got something to do with the Earth's core that supposedly stopped spinning?
Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
It startling how many earthquakes are happening. In the last couple of days we had a terrible one in Turkey/Siria, and now a strong one in Buffalo, NY, the strongest in 40 years. There have been a couple of smaller ones on the news the last few days.
Maybe it's got something to do with the Earth's core that supposedly stopped spinning?
The Syria one was supposedly 11 miles deep.But that doesn't answer the Syria question...... or ours
In Jan. of 2020 a 7.7 earthquake shook several buildings in the Miami metro area. The center of the quake was located about 73 miles northwest of Lucea, Jamaica. It was about 6 miles deep.The earthquake that takes place in an earthquake-prone location is at its base the rapid release of potential energy in the Earth's crust. In those locations, the tectonic plates move and shift, storing potential energy. A very rough analogy would be the snapping of a stretched rubber band.
The Buffalo quake was an anomaly, with a possiblly different mode of production.
/La Profe removes teacher hat and retires.