Comment on The first ever earthquake fault rupture captured on a security cam in Myanmar
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I wonder if youd feel yanked on either side of it. Like one side is clearly going to feel as though the ground moved under them, but i wonder if it felt that way on both sides? Were they both moving relative to stationary earth or did only one of them move?
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
My understanding from reading Wikipedia is that both sides are moving opposite against each other, so from the observation side, it looks much faster than it would look if observed directly above.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah that would be my guess. You can see ton of damage on the far side, clearly more than just the random shaking of an earthquake. It looks like the tower gets yanked out from underneath itself, so that side is definitely getting yanked. I didnt see a clear shot of the damage on this side outside of the shed getting ripped in half, but that could be chalked up to it being on the fault line. And honestly it wasnt as wild as I would’ve expected given how much each side moved. Id’ve figured the shed would’ve gotten clearly ripped in half.