Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @MinuteEarth
    @MinuteEarth  6 лет назад +241

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  • @alphaapple1375
    @alphaapple1375 3 года назад +55

    For those who are familiar with the metric system:
    At 1:45: "But plates are often more than 25 kilometers thick. That's twice as deep as humans have ever dug, so it would be pretty difficult to get monitoring equipment deep enough."

  • @enli1421
    @enli1421 6 лет назад +417

    I wonder if they are trying to get a sponsorship from a university in every state in America

    • @How_To_Drive_a_TARDIS
      @How_To_Drive_a_TARDIS 6 лет назад +7

      Change.org let's get to 50

    • @gibboustime
      @gibboustime 6 лет назад +2

      En LI this video was made 5h ago, and this comment was 24+ h ago!??

    • @enli1421
      @enli1421 6 лет назад +1

      +Nooby Noob look at the pinned comment

    • @Elizabeth-sv1ui
      @Elizabeth-sv1ui 4 года назад

      I think that’s what they’re doing!

    • @am_Nein
      @am_Nein 4 года назад

      Nooby Noob ??? Wdym?? Wha-... huh??

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 6 лет назад +702

    When a predicted earthquake doesn't happen, it's nobody's fault.

    • @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote
      @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote 6 лет назад +56

      actually it’s the crust’s *fault* and the mantel’s *fault*

    • @NoNameGamilain
      @NoNameGamilain 6 лет назад +14

      i get the pun

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 6 лет назад +5

      Ahaha I see what you did there, Therion-sama.

    • @bit-gx5qb
      @bit-gx5qb 6 лет назад +12

      you "cracked" me up
      i coudn't come up with that good of a pun so don't make as if it's my "fault"

    • @manickn6819
      @manickn6819 6 лет назад +4

      I vote this as the best comment I read today.

  • @JustAnotherHo
    @JustAnotherHo 6 лет назад +161

    100 years is plenty enough time to realized you don't want to live in the Bay Area :P

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 6 лет назад +240

    What happens when a building falls down in San Francisco?
    It’s San Andreas' fault.

    • @CarmenRodriguez-oy8tx
      @CarmenRodriguez-oy8tx 5 лет назад +5

      I kinda don't get it, and kinda get it at the same time.

    • @blackhole28
      @blackhole28 5 лет назад +1

      The Science Biome lol

    • @masonsilvers6789
      @masonsilvers6789 5 лет назад +1

      Bun dun ch!

    • @arleansingh4804
      @arleansingh4804 5 лет назад +1

      Could someone please explain this to me? 😅

    • @whythough6153
      @whythough6153 5 лет назад +5

      Arlean Singh I believe that they are trying to say the Sand Andreas is a person in their joke, and a fault is where earthquakes happen (correct me if I’m wrong) but it also could be the result of somebody doing something. San Francisco is on San Andreas fault (biggest fault in California) and when an earth quake hits SF, it’s San Andreas fault.
      Hope this helped 🥳🥳🥳😁

  • @halfnwhole751
    @halfnwhole751 6 лет назад +109

    Earthquake: Tectonic Faults
    You not being successful:Your fault

    • @machixius
      @machixius 6 лет назад +1

      dang dude y u so personal

    • @hebl47
      @hebl47 5 лет назад +1

      Crusades in the Baltics: Teutonic fault

    • @QuartzOfficial
      @QuartzOfficial 5 лет назад

      You being mean: Your fault

  • @connorconnor2421
    @connorconnor2421 6 лет назад +66

    The dude in the thumbnail has very long legs

  • @thany3
    @thany3 6 лет назад +6

    I believe all new highrise in Japan must be built with quake-resistant foundation. I've seen such foundation in a museum in Nara once. They're basically giant ball bearings. Counterweights at the top help too, but they are mainly to reduce swaying in the wind.

  • @Gehr96
    @Gehr96 6 лет назад +40

    1:45 15 miles? I don't know what that is. Why don't you use metric units? I thought this was a science channel...

    • @clawcakes
      @clawcakes 6 лет назад +4

      AND GEHR96 CAN'T WALK 15 MILES, AND GEHR96 CAN'T WALK 15 MORE

    • @CurtisDensmore1
      @CurtisDensmore1 6 лет назад

      Stop talking

    • @draenthor
      @draenthor 5 лет назад +9

      15 miles is about 80,523 light nanoseconds.

    • @yoarnelio5981
      @yoarnelio5981 5 лет назад

      Thats like 52,933,283.43 football pitch burgers per bald eagle

  • @teddyscribner4742
    @teddyscribner4742 6 лет назад +44

    I wonder if there are any other videos hidden like this👀

    • @LeviticusKoenDog
      @LeviticusKoenDog 5 лет назад

      Look up "SuspiciousObservers". Ben has been able to predict lots of earthquakes.

  • @AndriiPovkh
    @AndriiPovkh 5 лет назад +6

    1:34 That stress violently released, though :)

  • @StudiesShow
    @StudiesShow 6 лет назад +8

    MinuteEarth always ends their videos with such well-written lines (and effective visuals). Much respect.

  • @the_real_jar
    @the_real_jar 6 лет назад +27

    Why is this video unlisted?

  • @danasabitova
    @danasabitova 6 лет назад +2

    I got a 3 minute ad at the beginning and watched it all. I can't afford to be a member, but hope this will help a little :)

  • @Ramboost007
    @Ramboost007 6 лет назад +2

    The stressed out and relieved plates look adorable

  • @TheReaderOnTheWall
    @TheReaderOnTheWall 6 лет назад +2

    I wonder if releasing the energy manually could be an option. Like, preparing the scene to evacuate everyone, proof the buildings, then detonating carefully placed explosives to trigger the quake and be safe for a while. Of course, that would only be attempted near a city after a lot of tests, and I doubt we can put explosives deep enough, however since fracking already does have an incidence on earthquakes, I guess it's within the realm of possibilities to trigger one voluntary.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 лет назад +78

    I guess the video isn't unlisted anymore.

    • @nadeemshaikh7863
      @nadeemshaikh7863 6 лет назад +7

      Wow, this comment is so bad, it's kinda decent

    • @poutineausyropderable7108
      @poutineausyropderable7108 6 лет назад

      One of those time i'm wondering if i should like that comment.

    • @stardustreverie6880
      @stardustreverie6880 6 лет назад

      @@nadeemshaikh7863 thank you for the comment review, your work is very appreciated

    • @nadeemshaikh7863
      @nadeemshaikh7863 6 лет назад

      @@stardustreverie6880 Yeah, but your e-mail for this account has a typo in it which is sorta killing me so you might as well warm up to it

    • @isakpalsson9012
      @isakpalsson9012 6 лет назад

      Master, you are here

  • @Baxvel
    @Baxvel 6 лет назад +5

    I really love this channel))
    ...And it is so sadly that almost none of my friends can understands English and does not like to read the subtitles...

    • @jackiscool3573
      @jackiscool3573 4 года назад +1

      There is two Channels that says es and fr maybe they are in a different language

  • @Ratchet4647
    @Ratchet4647 6 лет назад +3

    I imagine Quantum Computing will be that breakthrough.
    A computer with so much processing power that they may well be able to model the Earth to a degree that makes these predictions possible.

  • @maralorca6518
    @maralorca6518 6 лет назад +1

    I like that the faults smile.
    Nice animation.

  • @Zweihander11
    @Zweihander11 5 лет назад +2

    Do you have a video on that earth shattering breakthrough yet? That'd be nice thanks

  • @737donut
    @737donut 5 лет назад +2

    That's my University!!! I'm absolutely shook!

  • @Pullanow
    @Pullanow 2 года назад

    Great video! it summarizes everything that you can find online in just four minutes

  • @MrGamerdrengen
    @MrGamerdrengen 6 лет назад

    The image of two tectonic plates rubbing together and smiling afterwards like they've orgasmed simultaneously is what I'm gonna imagine everytime an earthquake's on the news from now on.

  • @ange8295
    @ange8295 6 лет назад +2

    I love minute Earth videos! Your all amazing!

  • @rpb4865
    @rpb4865 6 лет назад +23

    Why private video guyz? Are you experimenting with how many people have notifications turned on or something?

    • @firstcynic92
      @firstcynic92 6 лет назад +12

      They are giving Patreon donors the ability to see videos before slobs like me.

  • @JeremyWS
    @JeremyWS 6 лет назад +3

    I really liked this video, keep up the good work. God bless! Have a nice day/night.

  • @JesseSierks
    @JesseSierks 10 месяцев назад

    I did not expect Rhode Island to be sponsoring earthquake research. Love to see it, though.

  • @modestdreamer
    @modestdreamer 6 лет назад +3

    "Earth shattering breakthrough". I see what you did there.

  • @MarkusDaGod
    @MarkusDaGod 5 лет назад +6

    This is the 2nd non-poop related video of 2019

  • @AidanRatnage
    @AidanRatnage 6 лет назад +3

    Isn't the epicentre at ground level and the focus where the waves spread out from underground? If not then my Geography teacher was wrong.

  • @buttercupkat
    @buttercupkat 6 лет назад +2

    CALLE IS GOING DOWN! I'M YELLING, "TIMBER!" XD

  • @Harambae613
    @Harambae613 6 лет назад +2

    1:36. Did...did the plates just....no, no. I can't go there.

  • @josephcrespo7822
    @josephcrespo7822 5 лет назад +2

    That would be a groundbreaking discovery

  • @valentinmihalescu608
    @valentinmihalescu608 6 лет назад +57

    So earthquakes are just earthfarts

    • @mss5496
      @mss5496 6 лет назад

      y'know when your arms rub against each other real hard? that's what earthquakes are

    • @UnderscoreZeroLP
      @UnderscoreZeroLP 5 лет назад +1

      @@mss5496 when do arms do that ever???

    • @heyitzrane3025
      @heyitzrane3025 5 лет назад +3

      when you have a piece of clothing stuck to a piece of furniture. that's more common. also you do that thing with your hands to clean them, not arms.

  • @TheZALGOisCOMING
    @TheZALGOisCOMING 5 лет назад +1

    i feel like "this city is going to collapes in the next 2 years" would be enough to make me move out, doesn't have to be more precise than that

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 6 лет назад +2

    Amazing peek into the great ways science will help us predict earthquakes!

  • @vatsalsaxena4002
    @vatsalsaxena4002 3 года назад

    My face when I’m gassy: 1:35
    My face after a good fart: 1:39

  • @mukrifachri
    @mukrifachri 6 лет назад

    What I think would be more helpful is actually converting the various moment-magnitude values into peak-ground acceleration (PGAs) - these values are actually used in earthquake/seismic engineering as a measure of how much force is exerted on buildings. Another one is the shake patterns from an earthquake. If these two are well-documented, it'd be much easier to design future buildings as well as future building codes that would be able to resist earthquakes as we can test them against simulated earthquakes, either with a software or with physical model.

  • @eloujtimereaver4504
    @eloujtimereaver4504 5 лет назад +2

    I feel like a week's notice would be nice.

  • @lunawolfheart336
    @lunawolfheart336 5 лет назад +1

    we just had an earth quake a few days ago but they were too small to brake anything but u can feel it

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 6 лет назад +33

    What did the ground say to the earthquake?
    You shake me up.

  • @loveconquereskingdomskings4116
    @loveconquereskingdomskings4116 5 лет назад +12

    1:48
    Those russian diggers are just gonna have to go back to digging!

  • @chinareds54
    @chinareds54 4 года назад

    "What we need is an earthshattering... breakthrough".
    Marvin: "KABOOM! THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EARTHSHATTERING KABOOM!"

  • @ThinkerYT
    @ThinkerYT 6 лет назад

    damn took long to go public! good stuff though!

  • @bishaldebnath8907
    @bishaldebnath8907 6 лет назад

    Last animation was awesome 😁😁

  • @thomashan4963
    @thomashan4963 2 года назад

    "Plates are often more than 25 km thick".
    Yes, but that's a bit understatement for an earthquake.
    Up to ~40km depth is 'Shallow focus'

  • @modriorel
    @modriorel 5 лет назад +1

    Do you know about Omega theory? It seems to be a breakthrough in predicting earthquakes.

  • @GabeTStarman
    @GabeTStarman 6 лет назад +20

    I think that you may have accidentally made the video private.

    • @jackiscool3573
      @jackiscool3573 4 года назад

      Gabriel Taylor no

    • @GabeTStarman
      @GabeTStarman 4 года назад

      Jack Is cool well not anymore, but when they first published it a year ago.

  • @AshishGupta-ql9lq
    @AshishGupta-ql9lq 6 лет назад +1

    true story
    when i was in 8th standard, my city decided to do a big drill about earthquake. Basically every office , school public transport like metro had to do it on the same day. so the government can check it's disaster relief preparedness. My friend who i think is very smart asks me whether the government would somehow create a big earthquake. I thought she was joking but she actually believed that an actual earthquake is going to take place.

  • @GabrielCastro-nl6jx
    @GabrielCastro-nl6jx 5 лет назад

    i have an idea if we plant a sensor in underground place we have a little time to prepare and we have a warning alarm

  • @videodjsweetuk
    @videodjsweetuk 5 лет назад

    Out of this world, thanks so much

  • @SirLucian
    @SirLucian 5 лет назад +6

    If we could predict earthquakes, that'd be a groundbreaking discovery.

  • @projectzeromortals798
    @projectzeromortals798 5 лет назад

    1:36 chill face

  • @carlosgerardino5145
    @carlosgerardino5145 8 месяцев назад

    Because they are the product of intricate dynamics that occur deep inside the Earth's crust, earthquakes are unpredictable. Stress accumulates throughout time as a result of the movement of the tectonic plates, which are enormous sections of the Earth's surface. An earthquake results from the release of this tension. However, because the processes involved are not fully understood, it is extremely difficult to estimate the exact date and location of these events. Although scientists are always trying to enhance monitoring and prediction techniques, it is still very difficult to predict earthquakes with any degree of accuracy.

  • @donielf1074
    @donielf1074 6 лет назад +1

    1:40 So, earthquakes are the Earth’s equivalent of cracking knuckles?

  • @slfanta
    @slfanta 6 лет назад +1

    When an earthquake is predicted to happen, it's already happening at a mild scale.

    • @LeviticusKoenDog
      @LeviticusKoenDog 5 лет назад +2

      There is more to it. Look up "SuspiciousObservers". Ben Davidson has predicted lots of earthquakes. There is atmospheric pressure, the phi angle in magnetism from sun to earth, and blot echoes.

    • @slfanta
      @slfanta 5 лет назад

      @@LeviticusKoenDog Informative👍

  • @Iswimandrun
    @Iswimandrun 6 лет назад

    The x-ray tech developed from the piratical accelerators so sensitive they can measure stress in rocks only we use gamma rays and detectors all around the planet with a single active em-miter at a time. Also got to filter out all other gamma rays from space so need a large well timed array of satellites to capture as much activity as possible so we can do post processing on the sensor data to filter it out. The swarm would have to be so big and reach all around the solar system to find all possible sources in our cosmic neighbor hood but I have hope in humanity a little bit.

  • @mimsydreams
    @mimsydreams 5 лет назад +3

    We need to revive Newton, and sit him under an apple tree so he can solve this for us. Got it.

  • @raaston9761
    @raaston9761 5 лет назад +1

    i already have that breakthrough a lot of giant metal staples on the terrain

  • @someone-mh1bo
    @someone-mh1bo 6 лет назад +1

    the face the Tectonic plate make me feel like somethings weird is going on.

  • @pegamationproductions6062
    @pegamationproductions6062 6 лет назад +1

    Hey, why is there ' 1 day ago ' comments on a video that was posted in the last hour?

  • @BattleshipOrion
    @BattleshipOrion 3 года назад

    We have week-long warnings for tornadoes...nobody listens to them until the watch is issued.

  • @marlamalkin2980
    @marlamalkin2980 4 года назад

    I love ❤️ this video!

  • @electrosthefella
    @electrosthefella 6 лет назад

    Magnetic scanning or sound scanning?

  • @tiaxanderson9725
    @tiaxanderson9725 6 лет назад

    0:16 Missed opportunity to use 20XX at least once in there

  • @NahrAlma
    @NahrAlma 6 лет назад

    We don't even get Earthquakes in Germany. Well apart from the Laacher See (Lake Laach) in the Eifel-region, which is basically our smaller scaled yellowstone volcano. But the earthquakes rarely even reach a 3 on the Richter scale. (Below 2 meaning it's unnoticable)

  • @WannaComment2
    @WannaComment2 6 лет назад

    When an earthquake hits turn your phone's clock back two days and call the president. Warn him there will be an earthquake 2 days from "now", then quickly hang up and quickly change your phone's clock back to real time. You do not want to risk creating a time paradox which will cause even more earthquakes.

  • @water_wizard.
    @water_wizard. 4 года назад

    What about gravity perturbations from the displacement of mass?

  • @TheCodingTrain
    @TheCodingTrain 6 лет назад +2

    I would curious to read about any research around applying "deep learning" to earthquake prediction? Are there any public datasets I could examine? I'm hoping to do a video on my channel about Earthquake data. (Wonderful video!)

    • @LeviticusKoenDog
      @LeviticusKoenDog 5 лет назад

      You should look up "SuspiciousObservers".
      Ben Davidson has predicted lots of earthquakes.

    • @redskies9929
      @redskies9929 5 лет назад

      Try to visit facebook page ' Forecasting Earthquakes and the Events - through patterned observations '... maybe it can help you get an idea about earthquake predictions...

  • @SquidgytheGreat
    @SquidgytheGreat 6 лет назад

    Wow I didn't realise we knew so little about earthquakes - this earth is so amazing

  • @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote
    @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote 6 лет назад +1

    Interesting way to upload.

  • @nadie8093
    @nadie8093 3 года назад

    Why leave town? I mean, most buildings are sturdy enough to resist the earthquake, and the 2 minute window time is enough to leave the building.

  • @trilloff
    @trilloff 6 лет назад +4

    It's easy to predict Earthquakes, just ask Reinhardt when he's gonna Q

  • @joenathantanjaya4762
    @joenathantanjaya4762 4 года назад

    2:51
    Comparison of how hard homeworks to tests

  • @ammarrehan917
    @ammarrehan917 6 лет назад

    I don't get why people dislike these kinds of videos. As of right now there are 49 dislikes. Do they hate earthquakes? Do they dislike minute earth? Are they mentally challanged flat earthers? I guess we'll never know.

  • @naturewatcher7596
    @naturewatcher7596 4 года назад

    So, you can warn people right before it hits, so they can get out of the buildings, at least. That's a big help. Just can't understand, why in the news they said, that the earthquake was sudden and unexpected all the time.

  • @gorillablackadder3024
    @gorillablackadder3024 6 лет назад +1

    I got a suggestion for a video How and why chimpanzees and bonobo’s society drift apart and formed differently

  • @kirara4953
    @kirara4953 5 лет назад

    1:29 Well that is disturbing

  • @harrypotalonzo
    @harrypotalonzo 5 лет назад +1

    Why do your hands move when you walk?

  • @jimbrookhyser
    @jimbrookhyser 6 лет назад

    For an earthquake, the after effects of infrasteucture damage is worse than the event itself. 2 years window is of TREMENDOUS value. 2 days would provide some valueas well, but it doesn't gibe enough time to sizemically retrofit very much. My guess would be the 2 year window moght be more valuable than the 2 day window.

  • @ziljin
    @ziljin 6 лет назад +2

    It must be scary living in California. Earthquakes and forest fires and drought.

    • @VitalVampyr
      @VitalVampyr 6 лет назад +1

      At least hurricanes usually don't hit California directly.

    • @ziljin
      @ziljin 6 лет назад +1

      @@VitalVampyr true

  • @jaluprayoga
    @jaluprayoga 6 лет назад

    I wonder why everyone says this video is private? 😕

  • @christiangaming5371
    @christiangaming5371 6 лет назад

    Good vid

  • @luongmaihunggia
    @luongmaihunggia 6 лет назад

    So not only apple falling someone head can cause them to ponder about gravity and why things fall but also how to detect earthquake? Huh, I'm gonna try that my self and see what great Idea I can come up with.

  • @Jen-ux3se
    @Jen-ux3se 4 года назад +1

    All I need is for someone to tell me ways an earthquake can be predicted ffs😭

  • @amaple_leaf
    @amaple_leaf 4 года назад +2

    we need a psychic

  • @soulmin8175
    @soulmin8175 4 года назад

    when you forgot the philliphines always have earthquake like last year december 2020 theres a eathquake but lucky theres no house been broken

  • @remisat6228
    @remisat6228 5 лет назад

    Can our guys make a video on the purge please

  • @lynniesaade4710
    @lynniesaade4710 6 лет назад

    I like the little fault faces.

  • @mohithraju2629
    @mohithraju2629 6 лет назад +3

    I think there's a problem with "'RUclips processing"'
    3blue1brown and Destin from smartereveryday had issues recently too
    Well this is the power of AI my friends the end is near
    (Just kidding on the last bit)

  • @wlvezaj2498
    @wlvezaj2498 5 лет назад

    Hey in the philipines there was an earthquake like maybe yesterday

  • @locouk
    @locouk 6 лет назад

    I predict Sunday (17th) morning 3:47 PT.

  • @LeviticusKoenDog
    @LeviticusKoenDog 5 лет назад +1

    Ben Davidon on his RUclips channel "SuspiciousObservers" has been able to predict lots of earthquakes.

    • @bwill207
      @bwill207 5 лет назад

      This is why I came to the comments. Thank you!

  • @Finkelfunk
    @Finkelfunk 6 лет назад +4

    Trying to predict plate tectonics is like not knowing engines or gasoline exist and trying to figure out how a car works when it drives past us on the highway. We can predict, measure and test when the next car eventually drives by but we can never be certain until we stop a car and actually take a look under the hood.
    Same with tectonics: We can't even 100% prove that tectonic plates actually exist. It is a theory we strongly suspect is true and which is supported by experimental evidence but as far as we know their extend might reach much further than 7 large plates making up the earth or it might be something entirely different, who knows? This is partly thanks to their gigantic size, it makes measuring them and the forces they are going to produce absolutely impossible.
    And we're not even 100% certain what is beneath them, either. We probably never will be. All we have are fairly good models and calculations but without an EXACT picture or estimate it's hard to guess the physics behind it.

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 6 лет назад +1

      I like how the deeper you go on earth, the less we know about it

    • @Finkelfunk
      @Finkelfunk 6 лет назад +1

      @iamihop It's like particle physics, astrology, evolution and quantum mechanics: Yes, it's a theory. That doesn't mean it's not regularly put to the test and works. It's very much likely our assumptions are correct, but plate tectonics are not proven at all. We keep learning new things about it and not even being able to predict how magma currents under the earth move around a massive 40000sqkm just proves that.
      Don't get too cocky with that statement, we know basically next to nothing for all we know. It's extremely complex and if we were to actually know as much as you'd claim it'd be easy to figure out earthquakes days in advance.
      After all we can't even reliably predict the weather and we have all the data and theories for that down.

    • @Finkelfunk
      @Finkelfunk 6 лет назад +1

      ​@iamihop I can't quite agree with you on that. We've got massive amounts of data for weather for one. However it's very hard for scientists to precisely predict currents on a global scale due to the massive amount of data that goes into the whole system. It's kinda like trying to find out how a brain works: We know in great detail how a single neuron works, we know how a network of neurons connect but we have no clue how exactly our brain functions.
      Same for weather, we've got the details down for humidity levels, temperatures and so on, we can pretty accurately predict weather a few days in advance and how storms work, but we have basically no idea how global climate is precisely influenced, just that it is. That's also why climate scientists can agree climate change is going to affect whether, they just have no idea how. It's impossible for them to calculate how the current dynamics would change if water temperatures were to rise a mere degree or two simply because of the sheer complexity of the subject.
      But that's a whole other story to discuss where we could sit for hours, back to plate tectonics. Who knows, maybe I am exaggerating the amount of unknowns in that regard. But that's not to say that everything is set in stone, we're just figuring out the details, for instance: There's in fact lots of recent studies who question the driving forces of mantle dynamics which have been the working theory for half a decade.
      www.geologyin.com/2015/03/driving-forces-of-plate-motion.html
      Or how and where actual flows below the earth are and how big their extend is:
      www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170512093940.htm
      And up until the early 2000s there was an entire science movement against the theory of tectonic plates all together.
      There's hundreds of anomalies and mysteries around the world surrounding tectonic plates and their formation, their effects, where the borders are, how and where they move, how the driving concepts work and so on. Techniques for measuring are only improving but it's still far from set in stone. You can never treat scientific theories like they are the be-all end-all.
      It's a bit like with evolution. We are only beginning to understand the pace of it, how it works in depth and we are learning, debunking mechanisms and improving our science around it on a daily basis.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 5 лет назад

      @iamihop While analogous arguably there is one massive difference though getting high resolution from deep within the ground is predominantly an issue of lack of physical access. In theory we could probably monitor the atmosphere with many quadrillions of drone weather stations now to improve weather data of course then you have to return to the real world where these things called budgets exist and they don't exactly allow for that, possibly overkill but hey there is no such thing as too much data the problem is always the data you don't have more than the data you have.

  • @akpsyche1299
    @akpsyche1299 6 лет назад

    Shoutout to all of the big earthquakes in Alaska.

  • @GrantDexter
    @GrantDexter 6 лет назад

    Here's your earth-shattering breakthrough: Faults don't cause earthquakes, quakes cause faults.

  • @1un4cy
    @1un4cy 6 лет назад

    How do you want it?
    Shaken, not stirred.

  • @owenholleman8601
    @owenholleman8601 5 лет назад

    Technically it's the focus the epicenter is where it first reaches the surface