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substitute ([personal profile] substitute) wrote2004-12-27 12:03 pm

The freakiest thing I've heard

[identity profile] citizenx.livejournal.com 2004-12-28 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
This moved Sumatra 100 feet to the southwest.

Seriously. How does one begin to comprehend that? All I have to deal with here are floods and hurricanes, during which the ground tends to stay blissfully stationary.

Holy shit.

[identity profile] corixidae.livejournal.com 2004-12-28 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Damn.

That's just....

Damn.

Where'd you find the animation? It's just astounding even to try to comprehend the power behind the spread of those tsunamis.

Re: Holy shit.

[identity profile] substitute.livejournal.com 2004-12-28 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
It was linked from I think waxy.org? It's on a japanese seismo site.

Re: Holy shit.

[identity profile] corixidae.livejournal.com 2004-12-28 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Nevermind, just found the links at Boing Boing and other places. Those animations are just scary.