Tibetan Plateau... Li'l Normal Faulting

Asian & Indian plates at it again

Earth with the shakes; Mag. 7 win

High up on the Tibetan Plateau

Planet continues mountainous show

Build 'em up tall, when plates collide

Seems so easy to make big rocks slide

One side down , other, maybe up

For the locals, it was rather abrupt

Damage reports, slow to come in

At 18km depth, little damage, odds thin

But, for overcrowded nightmare land

Even if remote, room mostly to stand

 Plate Tectonics, how Earth works

Like DNA & evolution..jerks

Don't believe science, toss ya phone

Sit on the ground, stare off..alone

Religion, lotta promises, most empty

And, after death, some guarantee!

Science is why you've live this long

If we agreed on that, we'd all get along

Like..gonna be quakes on Tibetan Plateau

Build better houses..ya know..

Not in valley's with rocks above

To tumble onto heads that ya love..

Just a thought...

Aftershocks will remind ya..

Today On Earth(quakes)

How do you think

That rock got so high in the air..

EARTHQUAKES

Lotta EARTHQUAKES

15 Years Since The Mineral Quake!!

15 years ago today, at 1:51

Earth moved, it was less than..fun

Ceiling shook, floor went up & down

Bricks & blocks flew all around

Quail fault slipped, was revealed

Ancient tensions no longer sealed

East coast rocks, dense, old & cold

So up the entire coast message told

Up in DC, George's monument broke

At magnitude 5.8, quake was no joke

High School, Elementary, beyond repair

School needed to continue, but where

Shared the middle, trailer 'park' grew

Then POD classroom, do what ya do

TJ kids worse than us

Actual trailers, quite the fuss

No matter what the weather be

Little kids..outdoor trek, just to pee

We all survived, not one death

Actually, into schools, a new breath

New HS, new elementary, too

County, quake insurance, who knew!

Traces still, on Roundabout, easy to see

Not a'one, standing, brick chimney

Aftershocks, roiled on for a year

Above mag. 3, tinge of fear..

Millions remember where they were

Any mention, the memories stir

After 15 years we will not forget

More to come, seems a save bet..

Today On Earth

Yea, same as on TOE blog

Oh well!

Philippine & Sunda Plates Battle On!!

55km below S end of Philippine plate

Sunda slipped up, Mag. 7.8; semi-great

Buildings fell, people died, standard scene

When way too many people are seen

Overbreed is what the filipinos do

Too bad, papal support slow to come thru

We know US aid will be slow to come

Dementia donnie, comments rude & dumb?

Yea, donnie..we know dumb ends in B

Thanks for 'xplaning for maga/GOP

💩😲💩

Aftershocks continue to roil along

Just rock getting back where it belong

Tsunami warnings have expired

Sure locals, of shakes, growing tired

Oh yea, ice is melting sea levels rise

Live on islands, should not be surprise

Ain't nothing but change...

Every Day On Earth

Direct evidence of ongoing

CHANGE

Marcasite cockscomb (FeS2)

Sulfur reacts w/ air

Sulfuric acid for the win

Italy's Boot Gets A Kick..

Deep down below Italy's boot

Earth, decided to go for lil scoot

Showed as a 6.2 quake, 250km deep

Just Earth with a little plate creep

But, also heads-up that 🌋's nearby..

Never know, when tephra will fly

Etna & Stromboli, good reminders

Escape route, may be no GPS finders

😱

San Andreas with little slip, too

AND

Earth gonna outlast..me & you

Today On Earth

Very local rock fracture

Time & gravity..for the win!