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It could have been worse.

Earth ‘wobbled’ after quake

[update] Or maybe it couldn’t have been worse. Tsunami Death Toll Climbs to 52,000.

This entry was written by Kathy Kinsley, posted on 28 Dec, 2004 at 08:10, and filed under Natural disasters.

5 Comments

  1. Bill Ewing
    Posted 29 Dec, 2004 at 03:02 | Permalink

    According to Richard C. Hoagland in an interview on Coast to Coast AM radio show this morning the “wobble” took place BEFORE the earth quake.
    I thought this was an interesting observation. I do not understand the physics behind this but anyone out there that does understand may wish to chime in.
    He mentioned the “Chandler (I think) Effect” which showed the earth was “wobbling” 14 months prior to the Alaska earth quake on Good Friday in 1964 (I was on Attu at the time).

  2. Kathy K
    Posted 29 Dec, 2004 at 05:05 | Permalink

    Hmm. Well it always wobbles a little. I think it was Chandler that proved that.

  3. Andrew, Lord of Bacons
    Posted 31 Dec, 2004 at 09:58 | Permalink

    I read that the day of the tsunami was 3 milliseconds shorter than a normal day. Never mind the fact that at least one of the islands hit moved 90 yards.

  4. ldoone
    Posted 3 Jan, 2005 at 19:04 | Permalink

    I would think a wobble would result in additional new forces being put on the faulth lines and therefore, look for more earthquakes as a result. On the lighter side…

    if the earth’s a rockin, don’t come knockin.

  5. Kathy K
    Posted 3 Jan, 2005 at 19:13 | Permalink

    Heh… Idoone. Thanks for the grin. I suspect the old song that goes: “I feel the earth move under my feet” is going to suffer a severe decline in popularity for a while.