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Can Singaore survive a multitude 7 quake
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Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
i guess singapore cannot survive.
but lucky we do not have too much earthquake recorded in history of this little red dot.
i guess singapore cannot survive.
but lucky we do not have too much earthquake recorded in history of this little red dot.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
The most fearful is the unknown, going by the frequecy of earthquakes happening any place anytime around the planet, especially those in indonesia that is so near this red dot, we might just run out of luck anytime.
The most fearful is the unknown, going by the frequecy of earthquakes happening any place anytime around the planet, especially those in indonesia that is so near this red dot, we might just run out of luck anytime.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
dun think there is any fault line near us.
so i dun think we will have a massive earthquake
but we have a super volcano near us.
dun think there is any fault line near us.
so i dun think we will have a massive earthquake
but we have a super volcano near us.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
Well, that super volcano is man made, it's not unknown thus not so fearful. It doesnt have the fury and devastating power of the devine.
Well, that super volcano is man made, it's not unknown thus not so fearful. It doesnt have the fury and devastating power of the devine.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
can you estimate the casualties?
probably hundreds of thousands similar to Tangshan earthquake...up to 800K dead!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake
can you estimate the casualties?
probably hundreds of thousands similar to Tangshan earthquake...up to 800K dead!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
From The Times
January 14, 2010
Haiti and its 200 years of tragedy
How did you feel when you heard the news of the earthquake?
Martin Fletcher
As I heard reports of the Haiti earthquake yesterday morning my mind flashed back to a day in September 1991, when I hitched a lift from Miami to Port-au-Prince on a tiny plane chartered by a US TV network. We were the first journalists to reach Haiti after the coup that overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a fiery priest elected president nine months earlier. What we found was heart-rending.
Haiti was once the jewel of the French empire — a lush Caribbean island. In 1804 the world’s first successful slaves’ revolt won its independence. Since then it had been downhill all the way, culminating in the terrifying reigns of Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier, sustained by their Tonton Macoutes death squads. Haiti is the western hemisphere’s poorest nation, its once fertile hills stripped as bare as its coffers.
Aristide was no saint, but for the first time in 200 years Haiti’s oppressed masses had elected their own champion and he had been stolen from them. Heavily-armed goons, known as “attachés”, patrolled the slums of Carrefour and Cité Soleil. The people cowered in huts flanked by open sewers, full of fear and drained of hope. Each night corpses appeared in alleyways to discourage rebellion.
It is easy to turn on the Today programme, hear news of conflicts, massacres or natural disasters in small and distant countries such as Haiti and forget about them over your toast and coffee. It is less easy if you have been to those places and witnessed the people’s suffering.
Haiti was my first such experience. More recently I have seen how Robert Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe, how Ethiopia’s US-backed invasion of Somalia wrecked its best hope of peace in a generation, how millions of Iranians saw their hopes of freedom dashed in last year’s stolen presidential election. In each case the wickedness of a small elite translated into real suffering for real human beings and I felt real anger.
Journalists are often accused of callousness, but it is not true. We do become emotionally involved in stories. I felt angry again watching Alastair Campbell tell the Chilcot inquiry on Tuesday how “incredibly proud” he was of the Iraq invasion. They were the words of a man who had seen that country only cocooned in a prime minister’s entourage — not in the aftermath of suicide bombs, bodies floating down the Tigris, the unbearable grief of the bereaved and displaced. Yes Saddam Hussein was evil, but there had to be a better way.
Haiti’s earthquake was a natural disaster, but it compounded 200 years of man-made suffering for the gentle people of that wretched land. My sadness long outlasted breakfast.
From The Times
January 14, 2010
Haiti and its 200 years of tragedy
How did you feel when you heard the news of the earthquake?
Martin Fletcher
As I heard reports of the Haiti earthquake yesterday morning my mind flashed back to a day in September 1991, when I hitched a lift from Miami to Port-au-Prince on a tiny plane chartered by a US TV network. We were the first journalists to reach Haiti after the coup that overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a fiery priest elected president nine months earlier. What we found was heart-rending.
Haiti was once the jewel of the French empire — a lush Caribbean island. In 1804 the world’s first successful slaves’ revolt won its independence. Since then it had been downhill all the way, culminating in the terrifying reigns of Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier, sustained by their Tonton Macoutes death squads. Haiti is the western hemisphere’s poorest nation, its once fertile hills stripped as bare as its coffers.
Aristide was no saint, but for the first time in 200 years Haiti’s oppressed masses had elected their own champion and he had been stolen from them. Heavily-armed goons, known as “attachés”, patrolled the slums of Carrefour and Cité Soleil. The people cowered in huts flanked by open sewers, full of fear and drained of hope. Each night corpses appeared in alleyways to discourage rebellion.
It is easy to turn on the Today programme, hear news of conflicts, massacres or natural disasters in small and distant countries such as Haiti and forget about them over your toast and coffee. It is less easy if you have been to those places and witnessed the people’s suffering.
Haiti was my first such experience. More recently I have seen how Robert Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe, how Ethiopia’s US-backed invasion of Somalia wrecked its best hope of peace in a generation, how millions of Iranians saw their hopes of freedom dashed in last year’s stolen presidential election. In each case the wickedness of a small elite translated into real suffering for real human beings and I felt real anger.
Journalists are often accused of callousness, but it is not true. We do become emotionally involved in stories. I felt angry again watching Alastair Campbell tell the Chilcot inquiry on Tuesday how “incredibly proud” he was of the Iraq invasion. They were the words of a man who had seen that country only cocooned in a prime minister’s entourage — not in the aftermath of suicide bombs, bodies floating down the Tigris, the unbearable grief of the bereaved and displaced. Yes Saddam Hussein was evil, but there had to be a better way.
Haiti’s earthquake was a natural disaster, but it compounded 200 years of man-made suffering for the gentle people of that wretched land. My sadness long outlasted breakfast.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
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Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
An excellent question. Methinks such an outcome would depend primarily on the order of magnitude of the natural disaster. As I understand the Richter Scale a 7.0 strike is ten times more devastating than a 6.0 event. Therefore what is the breaking point for our infrastructure? 7.0? 8.0? I am sure some enlightened soul with knowledge of our civil codes would be able to provide some valuable insight.
An excellent question. Methinks such an outcome would depend primarily on the order of magnitude of the natural disaster. As I understand the Richter Scale a 7.0 strike is ten times more devastating than a 6.0 event. Therefore what is the breaking point for our infrastructure? 7.0? 8.0? I am sure some enlightened soul with knowledge of our civil codes would be able to provide some valuable insight.
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what do you mean super volcano is man made? i am not talking about the volcano in front of mirage hotel in las vegas or the copy in sentosa. i am talking about real shit. TOBA.
what do you mean super volcano is man made? i am not talking about the volcano in front of mirage hotel in las vegas or the copy in sentosa. i am talking about real shit. TOBA.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
not that one. that is just a normal volcano. bigger than normal.
but not a super volcano.
it is big but not super.
it is like comparing king kong bundy and t-rex.
not that one. that is just a normal volcano. bigger than normal.
but not a super volcano.
it is big but not super.
it is like comparing king kong bundy and t-rex.
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
you think sgp got a higher chances of getting wipe out by a super volcano than a earthquake or tsunami?
you think sgp got a higher chances of getting wipe out by a super volcano than a earthquake or tsunami?
Re: Can Singaore survive a magnitude 7 quake
first of all, it's magnitude, not multitude. a multitude of 7.0 earthquakes happening every other second will destroy any city.
first of all, it's magnitude, not multitude. a multitude of 7.0 earthquakes happening every other second will destroy any city.
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the richter scale is base-10 logarithmic, meaning an earthquake measuring 8 is ten times larger (not hundred) than one measuring 7. 8 will be one hundred times larger than 6.
8.0 is hundred times more than 7.0...
the richter scale is base-10 logarithmic, meaning an earthquake measuring 8 is ten times larger (not hundred) than one measuring 7. 8 will be one hundred times larger than 6.
sg has very poor building codes with regards to earthquake safety, because no one in authority in sg believes earthquakes will ever happen in sg, which is partially true. the problem with that mindset of complacency and/or denial is that they are lulled into a false safety that only seismic disasters happen in neighboring indonesia and 'faraway' philippines. well, sumatra is not far away, and sumatra is perhaps one of the world's most active seismic region. the whole huge island is a result of subduction under two giant continental-size tectonic plates rubbing against each other, with one layer more dense than the other. the denser layer submerges and forms an ocean trench while the lesser emerges, forming land and the island. sumatra will only continue to expand, causing further constriction and more shallowness in the malacca straits. in such a subduction scenario, volcanoes form as soil and rock material in the denser layer melts into lava below the earth's colder crust. they have no place to go but float to the top, by pushing thru' the crust via whatever cracks and passageways they can find. it's just sg's luck or lack of it that sumatra happens to be home to one of the most dangerous super volcanoes on this planet. a combination of once in a lifetime seismic and volcanic activities on sumatra will render the whole region useless for decades.
how many times do i have to repeat this?
how many times do i have to repeat this?
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Oop! my bad, if it's the real shit Toba then it's total annihilation, red dots doesnt exist anymore.
Oop! my bad, if it's the real shit Toba then it's total annihilation, red dots doesnt exist anymore.
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Tangshan, like SGP is equally further away from the nearest fault line..look at Google Map..
But still kena until very jialat jialt...dun think it's fault line problem....we are all under the God's mercy..
Tangshan, like SGP is equally further away from the nearest fault line..look at Google Map..
But still kena until very jialat jialt...dun think it's fault line problem....we are all under the God's mercy..
This is something that has been on my minds. OK we are not in earthquake area but does the supposed earthquake area ever change - even if so slightly. After all the depth in which the quake occurs makes a big difference.
On the other hand we are pushing the envelope and basing our codes on NO earthquake/tremor. What if there is a big 8.0 in a part of Indonesia that is very close to us and the quake is close to the surface? Will the buildings on reclaim land be able to withstand such a quake with our neighbor?
As it is we read about swaying buildings in Singapore leading to people evacuating in panic. In natural disasters one should plan for the 100 year floor or in earthquakes where buildings can collapse a 500 year tremor. A good move would be to base our building codes on Indo have a massive 8.5 quake near surface which might mean that we need to have our buildings designed for a 6.0 quake.
On the other hand we are pushing the envelope and basing our codes on NO earthquake/tremor. What if there is a big 8.0 in a part of Indonesia that is very close to us and the quake is close to the surface? Will the buildings on reclaim land be able to withstand such a quake with our neighbor?
As it is we read about swaying buildings in Singapore leading to people evacuating in panic. In natural disasters one should plan for the 100 year floor or in earthquakes where buildings can collapse a 500 year tremor. A good move would be to base our building codes on Indo have a massive 8.5 quake near surface which might mean that we need to have our buildings designed for a 6.0 quake.
sg has very poor building codes with regards to earthquake safety, because no one in authority in sg believes earthquakes will ever happen in sg, which is partially true. the problem with that mindset of complacency and/or denial is that they are lulled into a false safety that only seismic disasters happen in neighboring indonesia and 'faraway' philippines. well, sumatra is not far away, and sumatra is perhaps one of the world's most active seismic region. the whole huge island is a result of subduction under two giant continental-size tectonic plates rubbing against each other, with one layer more dense than the other. the denser layer submerges and forms an ocean trench while the lesser emerges, forming land and the island. sumatra will only continue to expand, causing further constriction and more shallowness in the malacca straits. in such a subduction scenario, volcanoes form as soil and rock material in the denser layer melts into lava below the earth's colder crust. they have no place to go but float to the top, by pushing thru' the crust via whatever cracks and passageways they can find. it's just sg's luck or lack of it that sumatra happens to be home to one of the most dangerous super volcanoes on this planet. a combination of once in a lifetime seismic and volcanic activities on sumatra will render the whole region useless for decades.
how many times do i have to repeat this?
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