If there was an earthquake....

Doom

There has been an awful lot of earthquakes around the planet in recent times, if there was a major one in the mid-atlantic ridge, would Ireland be wipe off the planet by a tsumani?

Nope.

MidlandsM

Doom wrote: »

There has been an awful lot of earthquakes around the plant in recent times, if there was a major one in the mid-atlantic ridge, would Ireland be wipe off the planet by a tsumani?

what plant?:pac:

Doom

and why not, surely there is no way to dodge it

FreudianSlippers

I doubt it.

FreudianSlippers

Doom wrote: »

and why not, surely there is no way to dodge it

we could just lift the country up and let the water go under us>

Simon Jester

No, the tectonic plates are moving away from each other rather than across or towards each other, so you cant have a major earthquake in the mid atlantic.

CreepingDeath

Doom wrote: »

There has been an awful lot of earthquakes around the planet in recent times, if there was a major one in the mid-atlantic ridge, would Ireland be wipe off the planet by a tsumani?

At worst/best, it would just wipe Limerick, Galway and Sligo off the map.
Even a 100 metre tsunamai isn't going to encroach over 200 miles across Ireland.

mikom

Doom wrote: »

There has been an awful lot of earthquakes around the planet in recent times, if there was a major one in the mid-atlantic ridge, would Ireland be wipe off the planet by a tsumani?

Cork.... float....

Yakult

Thats what I would go do if it ever happened. (Or try dying atleast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlPqL7IUT6M

Doom

Simon Jester wrote: »

No, the tectonic plates are moving away from each other rather than across or towards each other, so you cant have a major earthquake in the mid atlantic.

Well, what if there was a big gap created all of a sudden by the plate moving away from each other, the water would flow in and create a surge= a Tsumani

.SONIC.

CreepingDeath wrote: »

At worst/best, it would just wipe Limerick, Galway and Sligo off the map.

Bring on the Tsunami!!!

Mr Cawley

mayo kerry and cork too are the farthest west

Wolfe Tone

Mid Atlantic ridge: Constructive plate boundary, only quakes would be basically "magma rumblings" localized events. No plates jumping up or down displacing water, no tsunami.


So basically, It aint gonna happen.

klose

Doom wrote: »

There has been an awful lot of earthquakes around the planet in recent times, if there was a major one in the mid-atlantic ridge, would Ireland be wipe off the planet by a tsumani?

nopes...maybe new islands would sprout up or iceland would get bigger but wed be grand.

However the theory of plate tectonics would dictate that as the 2 plates pull apart the other ends of the plates must hit off there opposting plates so theres a chance of big tectonic activity there if as you say there was a big earthquake

rossie1977

Doom wrote: »

There has been an awful lot of earthquakes around the planet in recent times, if there was a major one in the mid-atlantic ridge, would Ireland be wipe off the planet by a tsumani?

not really, pretty much average actually, few more 7.0+ than normal but apart from that we are about the same as any other year http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php

on the second part, would want to be some tsumani, alot of the west coast of ireland is steep cliffs and mountains

Ave Sodalis

rossie1977 wrote: »

would want to be some tsumani, alot of the west coast of ireland is steep cliffs and mountains

exactly! where we are, if we get our toes wet from a tsunami, we know most of the rest of the country's f**ked :pac:

CreepingDeath

CreepingDeath wrote: »

At worst/best, it would just wipe Limerick, Galway and Sligo off the map.
Even a 100 metre tsunamai isn't going to encroach over 200 miles across Ireland.

You're forgetting the Irish sea on the eastern side of the island, anyway as already explained the mid Atlantic ridge won't cause a Tsunamai.

A volcano off the coast of Africa might! here is the scare story

JuliusCaesar

There was an earthquake in Dublin in 1984. My brother slept through it and was very annoyed when told about it afterwards: why didn't yez wake me up??

Quakes in Ireland are nothing new, in 1984, an earthquake hit Dublin which measured 5.5 on the Richter scale. This is the largest ever recorded in Ireland. The aftershocks from this quake measured up to 4 on the Richter scale.

The rest of us just stood around looking at each other wondering if each was thinking the same as us.

maglite

better chance of the Canaries falling apart or an meteorite hitting the Atlantic..

questionmark?

If there was an earthquake.... the construction industry would be back on track!

Big tsunami? Major evac operations along west & south coast, huge rescue & recovery op after it hits. full-time, Voluntary emergency services, Army & Navy & Reserve called out, working for weeks. Major casualties (30,000+) if little or no warning.

Degag

When i was in school i was told that we were too far away from the plates to experience earthquakes. My current understanding is that we are far far more likely to feel the tremors from earthquakes than a direct one - and even more likely, that if there was a big earthquake near us - a tsunami would be an even bigger danger. I don't have anything scientific to back this up so i'm sure i'll be refuted!

OPENROAD

Holy **** :eek::eek::eek: I'm off to Tesco to stock up on supplies :eek::eek:

YouTalkinToMe

Id say we would bounce of Wales and and fly round like a pinball

Killer Pigeon

Isn't there some fault line close to Wales? If there was a major earthquake, like 8.0, near Hollyhead in the Irish Sea then Dublin would be under water and the capital would move to Cork.

Corkies, in an effort to move the capital from Dublin to Cork, are seeking to build a nuclear weapon and detonate it near the fault line so they might upset it and create a giant earthquake. This is why I think all Corkies should be exterminated, every last one, for the good of national security.

Jibbs

questionmark? wrote: »

If there was an earthquake.... the construction industry would be back on track!

Not really. If Limerick, Galway and Sligo were struck, I estimate it would cause a maximum of 8 quid in damage. Not enough to kick start the economy i'm afraid. On the other hand, travel times to the west coast would be reduced. It's a win/loose a little/win situation.

The Highwayman

There was a little one back in 1984

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0729/1224251569136.html

It woke me up and a bit of a neighbours garden wall fell down

CiaranMT

What a gowl of a thread.

THall04

A few years ago I seen a program about a possible tsunami that killed 2000 people in Britain in 1607.

It said that the most likely source of the tsunami was a fault line about 100miles off the Kerry/Cork coast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Channel_floods,_1607

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070430102012.htm

Longboard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake

http://www.politics.ie/history/65636-1755-1761-tsunamis-ireland.html

One of the last times we were hit by a tsunami was in 1755.

Star_Cow

Man minor earthquake might be a bit cool if it shook things up a little the Drunks would have some serious trouble getting home though