Has the Earth entered a period of seismic activity? Why are there so many earthquakes? This is a bit unusual, and there are many large and small earthquakes, both abroad and at home, there are heated discussions about many earthquakes entering the active period.
It is true that it is completely unlikely that everyone will not panic if we do not panic to see such a strong earthquake, but this is not overly worried, and this is another exception.
It's just that relatively speaking, there have been a lot of earthquakes recently, and it's completely normal for everyone to have such doubts, after all, it's really strong, which is a frightening thing in any area, so how crazy is it? Let's take a closer look.
Strongest level 7.0! 0 earthquakes of magnitude 0 or higher in 0 days around the world
的確,根據我國地震監測網數據來看,在3月下旬的地震活躍程度還是不少,而且6級以上的地震在3天之中出現了4次,7級以上地震更是達到了2次,而小地震就是多不勝數了。
One of the most typical and strongest earthquakes was the 10.0 earthquake in Myanmar, after which the aftershocks were also very intense, and after the Myanmar earthquake, another 0.0 earthquake occurred in the Tonga Islands (0.0 degrees south latitude, 0.0 degrees west longitude) with an epicenter depth of 0 kilometers. What's the situation? Big earthquakes are so crazy?
Moreover, this is a relatively large earthquake, and there are many more small earthquakes, and there are many seismic activities in China.
For example, earthquakes in Gaozhou, Guangdong, Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang and other places are also hotly discussed, among which the earthquake in Gaozhou City, Maoming City, Guangdong Province has made many people more worried, because there are few earthquakes in this area.
After all, in the face of the earthquake, everyone is afraid, and life may disappear in an instant of the earthquake, and no one knows what the situation in Myanmar is and how big the final impact is.
But on the whole, in any corner of the world, there is no expectation of earthquakes, after all, in the face of natural disasters, it is really "human beings are very small", no matter who you are, you can't avoid it, so expect fewer earthquakes.
In terms of the principle of earthquakes, most earthquakes are caused by plate activity, and some may be caused by human activities and other problems, which are mainly due to changes in their geological activities and other problems, which may bring about the occurrence of earthquakes, which is generally called "artificial earthquakes".
但強度來說,相對於自然地震小很多。所以,兩種情況大家要分開。但在3月這一波地震的活動之下,其出現得太多,讓很多人坐不住了。
Has the Earth entered a period of seismic activity? Are earthquakes in Yunnan and Guangdong related to earthquakes in Myanmar and Tonga?
Indeed, every time there is a strong earthquake, such concerns are raised, and many earthquakes are very close to the areas where humans live, and it is perfectly normal for such concerns to arise.
但這3月的地震是不是因為出現了地震的活躍期,導致地震的發生呢?地球進入地震活躍期了嗎?這些有關係嗎?
First of all, to explain the issue of the active period of earthquakes, in fact, there is no clear boundary, and the scientific definition of the active period of earthquakes needs to be based on long-term, large-scale observation data retrospective analysis, such as assessing whether the annual seismic activity frequency in a specific area significantly deviates from the historical baseline.
Judging that "the earth has entered the shaking mode" based on only a few seismic activities does not conform to the objective law of seismic activity and lacks empirical support. Judging from the situation of these earthquakes alone, it does not mean that there is any relationship.
For example, the Tonga Islands are located in the tectonically active area of the Pacific Rim Seismic Zone, where earthquakes of magnitude 5 or higher occur several times a year, which is already a high-frequency and active area of earthquakes.
And for our country, it is a different area of seismic activity plate, do you say that these are related?
Indeed, there is no direct relationship, and China's Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hebei, Guangdong and other places are located in China's main seismic zones and tectonic activity areas.
According to the analysis of regional seismic activity characteristics, the frequency and intensity of 3 earthquakes are in line with the normal energy release law under the background of geological structure, so there is no need to make a fuss.
And many people have been worried that there are earthquakes in rare earthquake areas like Guangdong, is it the transformation process brought about by a region such as the Myanmar or Tonga earthquake? Actually, no.
According to Wang Liwei, director of the Guangdong Seismological Observatory, the earthquake in Maoming, Guangdong Province, was a tectonic earthquake caused by the accumulation of crustal stress exceeding the rock bearing limit, and had nothing to do with the recent Myanmar earthquake. According to the Guangdong Provincial Earthquake Bureau, the epicenter of the earthquake is located near Dong'an Town, Gaozhou City, Maoming City, and the analysis and judgment believe that it is unlikely that an earthquake of magnitude 0.0 or higher will occur in the original earthquake area of the earthquake in recent days.
Therefore, this earthquake is a tectonic earthquake, and because it is located in different seismic zones, there is no direct correlation with the recent Myanmar earthquake and Tonga earthquake.
So, you don't have to worry, anyway, everyone remember one thing is - there is a relationship between the major plates, but it is not absolute, because there are differences between the active plates of the earth, and there are small plates between the large plates, if any one small earth plate affects the seismic activity of the whole earth.
Earthquakes occur all the time around the world, although earthquakes can occur in different regions of the world every day.
But on the whole, basically the impact is not large, small earthquakes can release energy, and the possible trend of large earthquakes is not large, which is the basic situation.
Can earthquakes be predicted?
Many people often discuss the issue of earthquake prediction, but it is still the same sentence - there is no way to accurately predict earthquakes, because the earth's plate activity is unpredictable, and it is not known if it changes in the next second, what direction it will go, etc., so that earthquake prediction cannot be done accurately.
If earthquakes can really be predicted, it can be said to be the gospel of mankind, and it must be the top Nobel Prize, but unfortunately, there is no way to do it, although human beings have also discovered a lot of laws to accelerate the prediction of earthquakes, but there is still no way to accurately control it.
Therefore, earthquakes cannot be accurately predicted, and many people say that they can predict earthquakes biologically, which is even more confusing, and many times biological anomalies are very obviously affected by the environment, rather than caused by earthquakes and other problems.
At the same time, when an earthquake occurs, animals are more sensitive than humans, so many times before the seismic waves come, organisms will behave abnormally, but this is not the basis for convincing the earthquake to predict accurately.
Therefore, in general, earthquakes cannot be accurately predicted, which is the consensus of the world. Finally, let's hope that there will be fewer earthquakes around the world, which is fundamental.