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No. Plate tectonics NV Whino Apr 2015 #1
so plate tectonics marym625 Apr 2015 #5
Correct OKIsItJustMe Apr 2015 #45
Thank you for the answer marym625 Apr 2015 #46
Yes, I read them OKIsItJustMe Apr 2015 #47
Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #48
You’re welcome OKIsItJustMe Apr 2015 #49
Sorry, I am really behind on responding to things marym625 May 2015 #58
Now if they had been fracking in the area.... daleanime Apr 2015 #2
I actually was wondering just that marym625 Apr 2015 #6
yes there is fracking questionseverything Apr 2015 #28
Well shit! marym625 Apr 2015 #35
No. Earthquakes in that area have been common for... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #3
I do understand that earthquakes are natural events marym625 Apr 2015 #7
Yes, changes in storm intensity and sea level affect plate tectonics. bananas Apr 2015 #4
Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #8
And this is why that's no such thing..... daleanime Apr 2015 #9
I'm glad I am not the only one educated here. marym625 Apr 2015 #10
Geological time scales are SheilaT Apr 2015 #26
Yes, I get that marym625 Apr 2015 #31
Nepal is located on a major tectonic plate Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #38
I'm waiting for the earthquake in Chicago marym625 Apr 2015 #39
You make a good point. SheilaT Apr 2015 #42
Thank you! marym625 May 2015 #59
The quake that made the Mississippi run backward SheilaT May 2015 #65
I haven't visited, yet marym625 May 2015 #66
There was just a quake epicenter Galesburg Michigan marym625 May 2015 #62
Nepal is so far from the nearest sea that sea level rise contributed ZERO Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #15
But, marym625 Apr 2015 #36
Fracking Earthquakes are usually around 3.0. Nepal was a 7.8 Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #40
I don't think it's all humans marym625 Apr 2015 #41
I spent six years studying subduction zone magma production and mantle melting processes. Maedhros Apr 2015 #51
ya know, i asked a similar question in this forum a few years ago. mopinko Apr 2015 #11
I hope we learn it marym625 Apr 2015 #12
What physics lessons would that be? dbackjon Apr 2015 #19
that at a certain point a heating planet mopinko Apr 2015 #20
The atmosphere would have to get awfully hot dbackjon Apr 2015 #21
the heating of the oceans would mopinko Apr 2015 #23
No - the oceans warming a degree or two will do ZERO to the crust dbackjon Apr 2015 #24
Our understanding of plate tectonics doesn't go back very far.. kristopher Apr 2015 #13
K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #14
No! Absolutely not. Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #16
Upon further researhc, I may have overstated my case... Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #18
I appreciate this marym625 Apr 2015 #29
I have occasionaly fits of close-mindedness, but I usually recover. n/t Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #30
Same here! marym625 Apr 2015 #37
Newsweek: More Fatal Earthquakes to Come, Warn Climate Change Scientists mackdaddy Apr 2015 #17
Dr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava agrees Optical.Catalyst Apr 2015 #22
Thank you Boomer Apr 2015 #25
and how much does it have to rise marym625 Apr 2015 #33
"10cm or 15cm rise in sea level...." bloom Apr 2015 #53
Thank you very much marym625 Apr 2015 #34
From what I think I know about plate tectonics, SheilaT Apr 2015 #27
I can see both sides of it marym625 Apr 2015 #32
We do know that fracking can cause small earthquakes. SheilaT Apr 2015 #43
No, not directly but indirectly it becomes a "Possibly". Nihil Apr 2015 #44
Thank you marym625 May 2015 #60
I would think that the melting of all of that heavy ice MAY have an impact.. truebrit71 Apr 2015 #50
Me too marym625 May 2015 #55
I wouldn't discount it, but will leave it to the scientists. Cleita Apr 2015 #52
I agree marym625 May 2015 #56
Found a reference article Boomer May 2015 #54
That's quite a move! marym625 May 2015 #57
And now article specifically about Nepal's earthquake! Boomer May 2015 #61
This explains a lot.. cilla4progress May 2015 #63
That is interesting in itself marym625 May 2015 #64
My experience was there is no one cilla4progress May 2015 #67
Thank you marym625 May 2015 #68
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