give it a minute or two. im guessing everybody is refreshing that page right now

and I figured out a way to roughly estimate when the next 4.5 mag or higher earthquake will happen

after every 7~9 medium (3.5 ~4 ish) earthquake, there will be a significantly stronger one

after 40 mins passed after a 4.5 or larger earthquake without any smaller earthquakes, there will be another larger one

I know that a bunch of Italians are renting a lot of computing power in Lugano's super computing centre in an attempt to predict seismic activity

you should tell them your find 😄

Damn it where are the cali quakes

My find is based on 8 hours of data. its hardly reliable <:thenk:329322130804047872>

it loaded for me a few minutes ago

http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/de/home/

I went to a presentation of them

sick stuff they're doing

earth quakes are a huge energy source

imagine if we could absorb that

with your qt little island shaking like that, if we could absorb the energy, you could power your night markets for years

I think it's a super exciting field

and yet we know so little about it

nice pun, i saw that^

what pun?

`Super exciting field`

"field"

oh

not intentional, actually

why are Taiwanese people so depressive?

not depressive, just too laid back

"this is good enough"

etc.

i am too but i mean, that's just how it is

I mean is kinda true

If you're in a building that will collapse, then youre fucked already

depends on the strength of the earthquake, the building and your luck

you might just be trapped for a few days

you have like, 5 seconds to get out if the quake is large enough to seriously damage your building

Assuming you fall with the building and the building is not a 10+ story building or something like that

You might be trapped in the crashed building

a few bottles of water and a radio might save your life

are there anti earthquake building standards in taiwan?

yes, putting empty barrels of oil into the walls

hah