Japan 7.1
The increase in frequency (strength) of the quake is increasing because the subduction zone is on the move.
ZONES (there are a few types) vs. faults vs fissures; increase the likelihood it will continue. A ZONE is where the plates move against each other. In this case it is a subduction zone and the land moving under the seafloor/continent/continental shelf/ is moving rock at the mantle of Earth. The more rock entering the mantle of Earth the more that will follow. The mantle will melt the rock and turn it liquid.
Earth's crust is really very thin compared to the radius and diameter. Below Earth's crust is the mantle. The mantle is how even when very cold sea water enters the zone as with this subduction zone; heat results. When a ZONE moves there is always the possibility of escalation of earthquakes rather than SIMPLY aftershocks. There are many, many earthquakes that don't effect human activity even crossing the oceans. Earth's movement measured by scientists in places like USGS are the movements that effect human populations.
I stated HEAT RESULTS. It is not as though there is a specific depth to Earth's crust that defines Earth, but, when it comes to the mantle it is rock melting heat because of CHEMISTRY and/or physics. The heat is produced by the the PRESSURE of the rock above it as well as a cooling core. But, even if the core of Earth (nickel and iron and some other elements in small amounts) were to be completely cold (which won't happen) the mantle would still be rock melting heat because of the pressure of the crust where people live.
There is nothing anyone can do to change Earth's nature. There is no stopping plate movement. The plates sit on top of a liquid mantle with great forces at work all the time.
Earth is a planet and that is not an option.
M7.0 - 1 km WSW of Kumamoto-shi, Japan. (click here)
Time
2016-04-15 16:25:06 (UTC)
2016-04-15 12:25:06 (UTC-04:00) in your timezone
Nearby Places
1.0 km (0.6 mi) WSW of Kumamoto-shi, Japan
12.0 km (7.5 mi) NNE of Uto, Japan
13.0 km (8.1 mi) SSE of Ueki, Japan
15.0 km (9.3 mi) NNE of Matsubase, Japan
631.0 km (392.1 mi) SSE of Seoul, South Korea
And, of course, we worry about the people of North Korea, too. They have less exposure to rolling oceans than South Korea, hence, less chance of a tsunami.
The increase in frequency (strength) of the quake is increasing because the subduction zone is on the move.
ZONES (there are a few types) vs. faults vs fissures; increase the likelihood it will continue. A ZONE is where the plates move against each other. In this case it is a subduction zone and the land moving under the seafloor/continent/continental shelf/ is moving rock at the mantle of Earth. The more rock entering the mantle of Earth the more that will follow. The mantle will melt the rock and turn it liquid.
Earth's crust is really very thin compared to the radius and diameter. Below Earth's crust is the mantle. The mantle is how even when very cold sea water enters the zone as with this subduction zone; heat results. When a ZONE moves there is always the possibility of escalation of earthquakes rather than SIMPLY aftershocks. There are many, many earthquakes that don't effect human activity even crossing the oceans. Earth's movement measured by scientists in places like USGS are the movements that effect human populations.I stated HEAT RESULTS. It is not as though there is a specific depth to Earth's crust that defines Earth, but, when it comes to the mantle it is rock melting heat because of CHEMISTRY and/or physics. The heat is produced by the the PRESSURE of the rock above it as well as a cooling core. But, even if the core of Earth (nickel and iron and some other elements in small amounts) were to be completely cold (which won't happen) the mantle would still be rock melting heat because of the pressure of the crust where people live.
There is nothing anyone can do to change Earth's nature. There is no stopping plate movement. The plates sit on top of a liquid mantle with great forces at work all the time.
Earth is a planet and that is not an option.
M7.0 - 1 km WSW of Kumamoto-shi, Japan. (click here)
Time
2016-04-15 16:25:06 (UTC)
2016-04-15 12:25:06 (UTC-04:00) in your timezone
Nearby Places
1.0 km (0.6 mi) WSW of Kumamoto-shi, Japan
12.0 km (7.5 mi) NNE of Uto, Japan
13.0 km (8.1 mi) SSE of Ueki, Japan
15.0 km (9.3 mi) NNE of Matsubase, Japan
631.0 km (392.1 mi) SSE of Seoul, South Korea
And, of course, we worry about the people of North Korea, too. They have less exposure to rolling oceans than South Korea, hence, less chance of a tsunami.
