Why couldnt the earthquake happen to us,not Haiti?:(

Because that's not how tectonic plates work.

i mean, we would recover SO much faster. and what about chili? why did an earthquake hafta happen there too? STUPID MOTHER NATURE (isn't it wonderful to have some uncontrolable force to blame this shit on?)

Are you nuts? Do you want a earthcueke?!

earthcueke?

sorry, my writing isn't that good. Because I live in Norway... =P

oh! is it nice it Norway?

yes

its not nice here...always too cold or too warm. never just right...

were do you live?

virginia, u.s.a

Ok. But Norway isn't all perfect ether. It's down too -20 C.
Not so warm. =P

wow thats cold....

yep... But luckily we have warm cotes. =)

=) i used to live in wisconsin. every winter it would get at least
-22 C

Cold. =)

and we dont have warm jackets. you just stay inside and huddle up infront of a fire. its kinda fun

Hehe, but didn't you have any warm clothes??

yeah, sweaters and jeans and long sleeved shirts. it helped a little

It really is too bad. The damage of the LA earthquake was so minimal compared to Haiti. The real problem is not where it hit, its that a place like Haiti could exist in the 21st century. Maybe its too much to hope for an end to that kind of poverty.

Well the plates that encircle haiti are very active as well as the ones in cali
and other places
It can happen to us and it will eventually.
Don't let it cause you pain...yes it was horrible but nothing could of changed it the good thing is ...-if you can call it that- some people were saved.....it was and is a sad event many more will happen

Well I live in Australia, and the reason it couldn't happen to us is because Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate. In other words, it's pretty much impossible for us to have an earthquake.

HAARP created it as a diversion away from Obama's mess he's making of the country.

Because the epicenter was under Haiti...

Actually we are due for a super quake in the midwest. In 1815 or somewhere back then there was one that changed the course of the Mississippi river, and only the native Americans were in the area at the time. Be careful what you ask about, it may happen.

It will. Its making its way around to here, you've just got to have a little patience. Hey maybe if we're lucky it will set off the mega super volcano under Yellow Stone park, which is over due to blow, now that's going to be something practically no one has ever seen. Aw just kidding about the "if we're lucky"...but just wait

I hear that one could cause a global ice age with the amount of ash it is predicted to eject into the upper atmosphere. At least 2 or 3 years of winter if that one blows, and 4 less states to worry about it.

Somebody call Al Gore.

because of our geographical location

Because we chose to make the USA be a couple hundred miles farther North.

It's just the way the inner plates of the earth shifted at the time. It can happen anywhere. I don't remember enough geology to know the details.

Plate Tectonics. The crust of the earth is on plates not just all one sheet. It's like patches wrapped around a round core. The movement of these plates causes major quakes. There is a process called subduction by which the edge of one plate slides under the edge of the other the pressure causing this is enormus but even so the surfaces involved are so rough and uneven that the sliding is uneven and sometimes sticks. When this happens the pressure builds up until what was stuck breaks and the plate shoots foward. Major earth quake. It's these areas called subduction zones where the really big ones happen. Guess what Hati sits on and we don't.. I do not accept any responsibility for spelling, my spell check is down.

Basically correct, but it appears that nowhere is safe from the effects of plate tectonics.

You are correct sir. Plate tectonics doesn't account for local fault ines among other things.

Well I doubt the transformation from Pangea to the modern world was very smooth either. Even the dinosaurs had to contend with big quakes.

Haiti is on a fault line.

*shrugs* i guess we have to wait our turn?

God has a sense of humor.

Sometimes shit happens and you can't control it, as much as you want.

That's when you call Ghostbusters.

Not to worry the ring of fire is being primed and we are so going to have more than "a" earthquake