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Earthquakes are indeed a reaction of the earth itself to the calamitous emotions being felt by the inhabitants. This is so very difficult for humans to understand and accept. Perhaps the following analogy will help with this understanding.

Picture a dog (planet earth) with a litter of puppies (humanity), say a large litter of sixteen. These puppies nurse from the mother dog, but they also crawl all over her playing. Let's assume that they are all in a cardboard box which limits the area the puppies have to roam. They more or less are forced to live their life on top of their mother's body. As they grow larger, they also come into the animal instinct in very strong degrees. These animal instincts bring on fights and upheaval is prevalent at all times within this box.

At first the mother tries to control her brood by giving warnings and little nips and perhaps growls, but it soon becomes impossible to struggle against them. She resigns herself to this sort of activity on EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  her body and slowly but surely the vibrations of the fighting dogs begin to wear away at her vital organs.

It first affects the muscles of her body which causes her to not be able to move out of the way of the puppies into the corner of the box. She is slowly becoming paralyzed. As the puppies continue to fight they are also continuing to nurse and get their sustenance from the mother dog. As the mother dog's muscles become paralyzed partly from the vibrations that are constantly being sent into her body through their nursing and their animal instincts when fighting, she can no longer consume enough food or digest it in order to provide the milk to nurse the puppies.

The milk processing plant of her digestive system is the first to shut down. The other organs soon follow suit, but then a strange event will take place. There will become a period of time when the animal instinct body of the mother will take over and rise up as energy, unbelievable energy, in an effort to save her own life. She will find the strength to stand up and shake her body and thus shake loose the puppies and scatter them against the sides of the box. This is an inborn instinctual happening that actually would take place with humans who were being destroyed in the same manner if this were ever to take place.

At times this instinct will show up in humans as they prepare to die, but in most cases it does not, due partly to drugs that are used and also to the fact that man is leaving his instincts behind as he evolves. This is one of the instincts that survived the transition from the animal stage to the human stage, but it has slowly been bred out of the race because it was not needed as strongly in humans as in the animal kingdom.

This mother has now reestablished her power in the cardboard box and the puppies settle down, learn to eat other nourishment that is given them and not continue to feed off the mother dog. This heals her digestive system allowing nutrients from her food to heal the other organs of her body. If the puppies are not removed from the box the whole set of circumstances will take place over and over again until the puppies stop fighting and calm down their vibrations to peaceful and loving cooperation with each other and the mother dog.

This can be related to the human communities affected by not only earthquakes but also by all disasters. You can readily see the analogy of humans living of top of the mother earth. When they fight and bring forth their animal instincts they affect the harmonious pre-planned functioning of the mother as being the one able to provide sustenance.

Please keep in mind that the human body is made up of material of the earth. The same way our bodies are sensitive seismic instruments of stress, so also is the earth from which these bodies were fashioned. It is made up of exactly the same material.

The first thing affected in the mother dog was the muscles. The comparison of this to the earth is the plates that allow movement of the continents, just as the muscles of the dog allow movement of the dog. As these muscles in the dog become weak and stop her ability to process any of the bodily functions, so also does the stoppage of the movement of the plates affect other processes in the earth. These other processes that are affected are the cause of floods, fires, volcanoes, tornadoes, snowstorms, lightning, and hurricanes. All the other natural disasters that take place are the result of the stoppage of the movement of the plates which is caused by the animal instinct emotional upheavals that the humans living on the mother earth's body are sending into her body.

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The earth consists of a series of solid and separate plates (tectonic plates) floating on a sea of magma. These plates move slowly because of currents within the magma. Faults occur along the margins of tectonic plates as they grind against each. The idea that the Earth consists of moving plates was first proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1915. His theory was considered controversial at the time and did not achieve widespread acceptance amongst geologists. However, as time passed increasing evidence was found to support the idea that the earth's plates are in continual motion.

Not all plate movement cause earthquakes. If this was the case shocks and quakes would be continuous. Occasionally one of the plates will ride up on top of another. In this way mountains are formed. Earthquakes occur when the plates snag. This may cause a temporary halt to the slipping process. EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  Eventually the pent-up energy is released in an explosive rapid movement. Once this occurs a great deal of energy is released. This energy moves through the earth's crust in rapid waves. The place where the movement begins is called the focus or hypocentre.

The hypocentre can occur throughout the crust. The region of the earth's surface above the hypocentre is termed the epicentre. The epicentre is usually the region that receives the brunt of the earth's power and therefore suffers the most damage. Shallow earthquakes cause the most damage. Quakes which occur many miles beneath the earth often dissipate their energy before they reach the earth's surface. The damage caused is also influenced by the ground make up. Solid bedrock is resistant to deformation while loose sediment and sand will move the most; the greater the movement the greater potential for damage. Earthquakes at sea can create huge waves, also known as Tsunamis. Tsunamis can be destructive to coastal areas. The Japanese earthquake and Tsunami of March 2010 resulted in the death of over 19,000 people.

Measuring Earthquakes

The power of an earthquake is measured according to magnitude. Although the scale is linear, the difference between the numbers does not relate to a simple linear progression in energy. For instance, a magnitude 4 earthquake is 30 times less powerful than a magnitude 5. A magnitude 6 earthquake releases 900 times more energy than a magnitude 4.

New Zealandand Earthquakes

My adopted country of New Zealand is very prone to earthquakes and experiences thousands every year. The majority are very small and cause no damage. Only about 150 are large enough to be felt, although sensitive seismic instrumentation will detect the rest. The reason for this seismic unrest is because New Zealand straddles the margins between the Australian and Pacific plates. Because New Zealand is subject to a great deal of seismic movement it has developed a sophisticated detection and data processing network. Data from earthquakes, and other seismic episodes, such as volcanic eruptions, are passed to 'nerve centres' where the risk is rapidly assessed. If need be this information can be quickly passed on to government agencies and the emergency services.

Earthquake Readiness

Earthquakes are just another potential environmental hazard humans must live with. Even with modern technology they can be difficult to predict. Not all regions of the earth are earthquake prone, although few places are totally immune. Inhabitants living in regions of known seismic activity would be wise to prepare and plan for a major event as emergency services are likely to be temporarily overwhelmed. At first, at least, outside help may be slow in coming. Earthquake education should be an essential item on the school curriculum and everyone should be encouraged to lay down an emergency cache of survival items such as food, water and first aid items. Major earthquakes may be rare events. However, when they occur the consequences, in terms of loss of life and property damage, are devastating. There are simple precautions anyone can put in place that will help them 'get through' and survive during and after an earthquake.

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Not long ago Dr. T.A. Jaggar, director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, published in a widely circulated magazine a startling account of the destruction of New York City by an earthquake in the year 1932. The death list in this imaginary disaster numbered nine hundred thousand and the property loss was a little matter of fifty billion dollars. Such details as the suffocation of three hundred thousand people in the subways when the ventilating system broke down inay have disturbed the slumbers of a good many readers who will never experience an earthquake in their lives; yet the publication of the story was amply justified.

Yes, the world badly needs to be scared out of its present apathy on the subject of earthquakes. New York will probably never undergo a catastrophe like the one described. Nevertheless, such an event is not impossible, and now, rather than after it happens, is the time to do something about it. EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  There is no cure for earthquakes, but there are known ways of mitigating, or even nullifying, their disastrous effects. In this respect, earthquakes are much like certain atmospheric visitations, such as storms, floods and cold waves. They cannot be prevented, but mankind can be protected against them.

Earthquakes are extremely common. In the year 1903 the late F. de Montessus de Ballore published a catalogue of nearly 160,000 quakes known to have occurred since the dawn of history. The number of unrecorded quakes during the same period must have been vastly greater. Recent statistics show that about 4,000 earthquakes perceptible to human senses occur in the world every year. More than ten times as many are registered by delicate instruments. Though the majority of quakes are too feeble to do any harm, there are records of 4,151 destructive earthquakes between the years 7 and 1899 of the Christian era. Of these 423, or more than four a year, occurred during the Nineteenth Century.

The number of destructive earthquakes is steadily increasing; not because the shocks themselves are more frequent or severe, but because of the increased density of population and especially because of the increase of structures liable to earthquake damage. Our modern cities, with their tall buildings, their fire hazards, and their dependence for fire protection upon a vulnerable system of water mains, are potential sites of earthquake disasters such as would have been impossible anywhere in the world a century ago.

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Although there are those who would disagree, Natural Disasters are probably not driven by politics, but nor are they immune from politics. Far from it. The actions taken by human actors undoubtedly affect the prevention, mitigation, and damage of natural disasters and their aftermath.

The 'shock' refers to the natural act itself e.g. the earthquake. The 'aftershock' comes later. Post-earthquake 2010-2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Earthquake Commission, the Canterbury Earthquake Authority, the Christchurch City Council, and the Government of the day equate to the net impact of the 'aftershock' on the population - the physical 'disaster' is far from the whole event. It is also made up of those shocking post-disaster events, such as delayed insurance payouts, top-down authoritarian decisions, ineptitude of professional bodies, evidence of corruption in the post-quake city - and the list goes on...

Though governments are supposed to care about the social welfare of their citizens, they also have an interest in maximizing government income and though governments do spend on both preventative and palliative measures to lessen the impact of a potential natural shock, they also use natural disasters to redistribute power through EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  the political effect, for example favouring disaster spending in regions that are politically aligned with the party in power. Dire circumstances provide rapacious governments with a stronger ability to increase their level of theft and to hide it. Disasters can be used as a blunt policy instrument to target or reward populations and to enrich a government and the 'corporate classes'.

Interesting too, is the fact that a time of crisis can increase markedly the amount of information a population has about current or incumbent politicians and their governance style and outcomes. This is because disaster produces a highly informative environment where voters are continually debating and experiencing the performance and merits of the operators in power - be that a Prime Minister or a City Council. It is in these high information environments that voters learn enough to enable them to consider taking the decision to replace the political incumbents.

For example, certain incumbents in Christchurch are currently responsible for rebuilding a city infrastructure and restoring the lives of affected communities to some semblance of order. During normal times there is usually little information about how good a job the incumbent did or is doing, but during an earthquake or hurricane voters quickly learn a lot more about whether the incumbent has done a good job and who these people actually are. When there is this much information floating around, information about performance may become sufficiently informative to overcome a voter's initial tendency to support an incumbent. Their likelihood of re-election by the persons of the affected area therefore has the potential to 'take a hammering'. And the truth is that as voters we often understand little beyond our own or our local community's pain and pleasure... as voters we often have only a vague, or at worst primitive understanding of the connections between incumbent politicians actions and our own pain or pleasure. Governments also rely on national media disinterest (or control) to ensure that populations outside the affected area get to hear little of their manipulations within the area.

Educated voters are fully rational, and research shows that re-election rates are lower for incumbents following natural disasters. The mechanism is informational. A rational voter votes retrospectively - i.e. based on what they perceive to be the past performance of the incumbent-but does so only because that past performance is informative about expected future performance.

Confidence in a country's disaster preparedness depends on confidence in the ability and willingness of its government to mandate and oversee levels of decency and fairness in addition to the efficiency of reconstruction. The dilemmas that Christchurch City faces require constant balancing between rebuilding faster, rebuilding cheaper, rebuilding safer, and rebuilding back better. In order to achieve the right ends there will be a need for the government to deal with many of the elements of local and private enterprises who have been and still are placing profits ahead of community interests - including having the all-important conversations with insurance providers and addressing their stalling of claims settlement and the dubious processes employed to minimize the cost of valid claims. All these are examples of potential failures of central government to assume responsibility and control of regulation and enforcement in the long-term planning process, which is arguably motivated by an entrenched culture of corporatism which favors corrupt dealings and the pursuit of occluded agendas. Markets have no inherent moral character therefore it is government's role to decide how to manage them.

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Certain parts of the world are notoriously afflicted with earthquakes and others are almost entirely free from them. In the eastern hemisphere there is a broad earthquake belt that stretches from the Azores, in an easterly to southeasterly direction, through the Mediterranean region, the Persian Gulf, Northern India, Burma and the East Indies; another which embraces Japan and the other islands east of the Asiatic continent; and a third extending from the Caspian Sea across Turkestan into the heart of Asia. Elsewhere in Europe and Asia earthquakes are of occasional occurrence, but over the greater part of Africa and Australia they are very rare. Italy and Japan are the countries that have suffered the greatest number of destructive shocks. In the western hemisphere the majority of quakes occur along the Pacific coast of North and South America, but there is another quaky belt encircling the Caribbean Sea. Earthquake expert Dr. T.A. Jaggar has made an interesting analysis of the relative quakiness-or, as it is called in scientific language, the "seismicity."

This analysis leads to the remarkable result that eighty per cent of the inhabited area of the globe is decidedly quaky, belonging to the upper three grades of seismicity. A large part of the United States is comparatively stable, but, says the seismologist, "the district from Washington to Philadelphia (east slope of the Alleghanies) is No. 7, and comfortless emerge the relentless figures that show New York and New England to be in the same category, No. 8, with southern and central California, Cook's Inlet in Alaska and parts of New Zealand and Mexico." The supposed immunity of certain regions from earthquake visitations often proves illusory.

In an address before the EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  Franklin Institute the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Institute said: "About 6pm. on June 28, 1925, the Olympian, a fast train of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company, was proceeding with 350 passengers through Montana. Not a passenger gave thought to any danger and even the most timid had no fear beyond a train wreck. East of Lombard, at a small station called Deer Park, the track followed a narrow canyon. At one place it was so narrow that a short tunnel was found necessary. Adjacent to the tunnel there was a high cliff overhanging the railroad. It was apparently of solid rock and to all indications quite safe. Not even a seismologist anticipated an earthquake in this region. I have been informed that the Dominion Observatory experts at Ottawa could scarcely believe that their instruments were not deceiving them when they' located the earthquake in Montana. Sixty-eight seconds after the train passed through, the tunnel a large part of the cliff came down with a great roar, filling the end of the tunnel, deeply burying the track, and closing the canyon. Occurring a few seconds earlier, it would have buried the train from sight and no living being would have escaped."

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In the mountains, this shaking of the earth can cause plate movement where snow and rocks slide downhill in the form of landslides. What causes earthquakes?

It is believed to be a natural phenomenon caused by human themselves due to nuclear experiments or geological faults.

Another side effect is known as debris flow where thick soup of water, soil, rocks and boulders are mixed together to form a round shape "ball", rolling with a lot of water in front of it crashing into buildings and houses as it "rolls" downhill.

The underneath earthquake, known as tsunamis, also triggers huge waves, which can travel as fast as a jet airliner (up to 500 miles an hour). They can also be caused by coastal land earthquakes, and often occur in the Pacific and Indian oceans. The big force of tidal wave builds up a huge crest in a giant wall of water which can reach up to 100 feet high. It can sweep away everything in its way, often flooding the regions.

Earthquakes can be measured. Light earthquakes are only felt by instruments or people on the upper floors. The average earthquake is felt by nearly everyone where tall objects "rock" and people in moving vehicles feel the movement. The heavy earthquake is when heavy furniture overturn, ground cracks, pipes break and well-designed buildings EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  shake badly that cause people to run outside. The massive earthquake is when landslides occur, railway breaks, bridges fall, objects flung into the air and buildings destroyed.

Recently, the aftermath of Chile's earthquake has been a big disaster where 500, 000 houses were destroyed, still a growing number of people missing, and homes and belongings lost. Electricity and water supplies were much needed in addition to food, water, clothes, medicine and shelter. Worst of all, as people became desperate to survive, they started looting causing additional problems to the government of Chile.

There are several ways to follow in order to avoid huge damage and increase the chances of survival during an earthquake, such as moving away tables and desks or other sharp and heavy equipment. Protect your head with your arms and try staying indoors under a strong structure like door beam. If you are out, move to an area away from buildings, trees, and wires. Avoid being struck by failing bricks, glass or other tools that might hurt you. If you are driving, pull over and stay in your vehicles until the shaking stops. If you are at a crowded place please do not panic as it creates dangerous mob situations which can cause injury or death. Just move away from dangerous tools and objects. If you are in the theatre, stay in your seat and protect your head with your arms.

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There exists some peculiar type of individuals who from time to time, experience and hear an unusual kind of ear tones, known as: Geopathic Tectonic Tinnitus. It is 'geopathic' in the fact that it is a phenomenon related to environmental stress. It is 'tectonic' as it has origins from the movement of the earth's crust or tectonic plates. The geological episodes or events then cause a temporary 'tinnitus' ear condition. The condition is also commonly known as: 'Earthquake Ear Tone'. In addition to audio signals, other geopathic stress symptoms may include: various extremes of anxiety, irascibility, dizziness or vertigo, lightheadedness as well as throbbing headaches. The range and type of ear tones may be low, medium and high pitch occurring in either ear or lasting from a few seconds to several minutes. They may be accompanied by a 'pressure block' of varying degrees and intensity....or the geopathic episode may have just a 'silent block' with no ear tones at all. These rare individuals, who are so attuned to the earth's disturbances, are known as: 'The Sensitives'.

The Taos Hum Investigation

Geologists have long been intrigued with the electromagnetic harmonic emissions coming up from the earth's crust. These generated pulses and chirps will pass through anything....including human cells. Of particular interest is the unusual geopathic activity occurring in Taos, New Mexico. Apparently, the residents there have been complaining incessantly about a low pitch hum that is driving them crazy. Consequently, EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  they resolved to petition the U.S. Congress to find the source of the puzzling emanations, and perhaps even propose some kind of relief. This eventually came to be known as: The Taos Hum Investigation. The Congressional aim was:"Interviewing affected individuals for determining the hum's nature: the nature of its sound, frequency, timing and effects on them." The scientists investigating the hums found that they were extremely low on the frequency scale, ­ between 30 and 80Hz. with variations depending on the individual. Their conclusion was that: "there were no known acoustic signals that might account for the hum." In other words: the Taos Hum still remains a mystery.

Ear tone Earthquake Predictions

The Geopathic Phenomenon of Tectonic Tinnitus is worldwide in scale; as sensitives report their different types of ear ones from various geographical locations. The tonal character is varied depending if the harmonic emissions come from land or water. It has been found that the earth's crust can act as a powerful seismic signaling conduit. A resonating fault's base harmonic frequency, can be ascertained by sensitives as to the general location of the emission signals. Occasionally when a 'silent ear block' does occur, it may be the body's way of protecting the hearer. Some sensitives can actually predict the magnitude and direction of a quake within a few days.

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There are many associations and business around the world that need real time data to be tracked and counted. This can be an extraordinarily excruciating and harrowing task. Going out and counting cars on the highway is not exactly what many people like to do on their days off. Thankfully, there are data loggers. But what is a data logger, exactly?

A data logger is a very useful tool for counting and measuring almost anything out there. They are computerized systems that help people count and keep track of certain things. There is often a sensor or measurement system attached to the logger.

There are many uses for data loggers in almost every profession all around the globe. Many different societies and associations use them to assist them in many things. Data loggers make the lives of many people much easier than they would be without them.

One of the main uses of a data logger system is at weather stations. These loggers are often used to measure the amounts of accumulation of precipitation and are also used to measure EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  wind speed and temperature accurately. These loggers then log the information into a database. This is why it is so easy to pull up temperatures for this day five years ago.

Most of the weather stations that use these types of loggers and not attended by people. There is really no need for people because the logger does all of the counting and measuring work. This makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

Another use of a logger of the data is for geologists. These loggers can be set on top of volcanoes to measure the amounts of fumes coming out of the cone. They can also be placed underground in certain spots to measure vibrations and levels of earthquakes.

Believe it or not, the railway companies also use these loggers. They are used for many different things. Some of them are used to count trains and record daily traffic on certain tracks. They are also used to inspect the trains for wheels that are getting too hot as the train goes by at its normal speed. This saves a lot of time rather than inspecting all the cars manually.

These loggers are also used a lot in wildlife research and wildlife programs. For animals that are tagged, a researcher may scan the tat, which will automatically be logged and sent to a database. When the animal get its tag scanned again the system will recognize it and show how far it has travelled.

These systems are also used by the highway department. The number of cars on certain highways can be tracked and logged. The license plate numbers of speeders are being increasingly logged, after which the police send a speeding ticket in the mail.

These loggers are one of the best measuring and counting devices every created. They help researches and agencies count and number things without even having to be there, cutting down on time and costs. The question of what is a data logger is being asked a lot. For most it is an unknown term, but it is one of the most widely used systems in the world.

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We are living in a fearful world. It is a world haunted by the menace of terrorism, threatened by insidious warfare. It is a world plagued by tsunamis, monster hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, severe drought, famine and raging wildfires. But these often often take a back seat to fear right in our own neighborhood streets. What was once a place of commerce, transportation and community has become a war zone right outside our front doors. Children are often not safe in their classrooms, and sadly not even in their own homes.

Haunted by insecurity and upheaval, shadowed by dread, the world hungers for great leadership, for guidance and direction from those with cool heads and clear visions. If you are in a position of leadership, and very few of us are not, don't wait for a great leader to emerge. Great leaders are not born - they become. A great leader is one whose heart is transformed, often during times of great crisis. You can be the great leader to arise in your family, community or business setting.

Webster defines crisis as disordered function, a radical change of status, an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending; especially one with the distinct possibility of a highly undesirable outcome.

With that definition in mind, handling crisis is no longer an option for any leader. Leaders must be prepared at all times to handle crisis and its outcomes at home, among friends and in the workplace. If that's a daunting possibility, be encouraged. You are far better prepared to be the instrument of peace in a critical situation that you realize. Keep these steps in mind.

1. Deal with yourself first. You're no good EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  to anyone if you're out of control. Deal with your own emotions, your immediate needs. As the airlines have been telling us for years, put the oxygen mask on yourself first, and then you can be available to those in need.

2. Tell the truth about the situation. Use your good judgment to share what information is pertinent. It's not necessary to share all the gory details simply because they exist. The need to share sensational data will separate the leader from the limelight seeker.

3. Alleviate stress, as much as possible. Provide a controlled atmosphere in which people can talk through their fears, where they can share what they have experienced and how they are feeling about it.

4. Authenticate the experience. Don't try to talk people out of their emotions; don't comment and by all means, don't judge. Hear them out; acknowledge them and then be prepared to help them move forward.

5. Provide an opportunity to move forward to normal operation. Though true normalcy may not be possible for some time, realize what will be necessary to return to a degree of normal functioning and facilitate it.

6. Recognize and deal with the acute reaction. Be prepared to employ professionals to assess those whose reactions seem to be severe, situations in which the individuals may be a potential danger to themselves or to others.

7. Provide resources 24/7. From toiletries for those displaced by a tornado to a forum for sharing memories about a deceased comrade, the great leader will see through the eyes of need and provide whatever will help the victimized begin to feel empowered once more.

8. Don't ever promise what you can't deliver. But don't hesitate to promise what you know you can. In times of crisis, people will hang onto whatever is offered. As a leader, you are bound to make your offers concrete and be prepared to stand behind them, at all costs.

9. Communicate, communicate, communicate. Keep all lines of communication open and flowing. Repeat each communiqué over and over. Ears in crisis may not hear what's being said until the fourth or fifth telling. And remember that it goes two ways. Listening is equally as important as imparting information. Be willing to hear the same story until it no longer needs to be told.

Comfort comes in all shapes and sizes. Great leaders often look a lot like grandmothers with comfy laps or paramedics who dispense teddy bears with ambulance rides, or neighbors who make their homes available at a moment's notice.

Great leaders are those who establish and insure order. They guide and teach and protect. They provide tools; they counsel, arbitrate and shield. They comfort and nurture and encourage. And when the time is right they will even prod. Whatever the title they bear, if they are accomplishing these things, they have transformed hearts and they have become leaders. The need is great and they are very precious to us in these times. Be among them. Remember it's not what you do; it's what you become

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When icebergs break apart due to melting or other reasons they make a lot of noise and cause massive movements of ice shaking the surrounding area but does that mean we should label the shaking event an Earthquake?

Well consider a glass cup on the counter and you have probably already had this happen. You have your drink in the cup and it could be water, Koolaid, Soda or better yet a "White Russian" and you can be across the room as the ice melts it makes a sound as it slips inside the cup. Now a strong glass cup you would hear the noise but of course the cup would not move much now would it?

No it wouldn't, well maybe a little but probably not you see. But if you had a paper cup the shift could move the paper cup a little as the water sloshed. If you were to take several cups and set them on a smooth surface and trace around the cup base you could measure the amount of movement. You could also measure to what degree the cup shaked the surface if you had proper instrumentation.

This subject recently came up in an online think tank when one member Swift from Las Vegas asked; "Ice is not necessarily occurring to the bottom of the ocean floor, so how could these be labeled "earthquakes" when most icebergs don't go to that depth? Just curious."

So then if the displacement of the movement of the water moved the whole cup, even slightly then yes you would have an Earthquake. However if it was just a loud sound you would have sound waves traveling through the Earth, which might mimic an Earthquake wave but it would not actually be an Earthquake unless you had actual Earth movement you see?

The rapid compression of the EQ-I81 seismic accelerograph  density of the liquid could also be measured on the bottom of the surface of the cup its self to see if that pushed down onto the bottom of the cup. Remember the waves of the event of a rapidly dropped ice cube would move in all directions including down, but much faster along the surface which would continue if they hit land in any direction. Perhaps the biggest notice would be the movement of water and not the actual shaking of the ground, however how you classify the changes would determine if you would consider this an Earthquake or not I would assume.