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My teacher says it's common for 6.0 and above to occur yearly. Looking at the USGS web site, it seems that poorer areas of some countries have the highest casualties, possibly due to lack of structural engineering codes. Also, remember that technology has improved over the years to measure earthquakes more precise.

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Although its not exactly the same as an earthquake, the European volcano Eyjafjallajokull is a disturbance in the earth's crust; an opening rather than seismic activity. They are both geological natural disasters.

The close relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes is evident from the maps depicting the locations prone to both phenomena. If you compare the maps that illustrate earthquake zones and volcanic zones, you will find them matching to each other. The main theory behind both these natural calamities lie in the plate tectonics.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/relation ... anoes.html

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Although its not exactly the same as an earthquake, the European volcano Eyjafjallajokull is a disturbance in the earth's crust; an opening rather than seismic activity. They are both geological natural disasters.

The close relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes is evident from the maps depicting the locations prone to both phenomena. If you compare the maps that illustrate earthquake zones and volcanic zones, you will find them matching to each other. The main theory behind both these natural calamities lie in the plate tectonics.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/relation ... anoes.html

Iceland is a volcano. There's a program on the History channel "How the Earth Was Made" and one episode is on Iceland. Running through the Atlantic Ocean is a "mid-ocean" ridge. This ridge opens and creates new sea floor. Iceland sits right smack on top of this ridge. (Atlantic ocean is actually getting larger;over time of course) Check out the series on History; very interesting.

This goes well beyond the myth of the earth being 8,000 years old. Too much geological evidence.

[Innovator]

Although its not exactly the same as an earthquake, the European volcano Eyjafjallajokull is a disturbance in the earth's crust; an opening rather than seismic activity. They are both geological natural disasters.

The close relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes is evident from the maps depicting the locations prone to both phenomena. If you compare the maps that illustrate earthquake zones and volcanic zones, you will find them matching to each other. The main theory behind both these natural calamities lie in the plate tectonics.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/relation ... anoes.html

Iceland is a volcano. There's a program on the History channel "How the Earth Was Made" and one episode is on Iceland. Running through the Atlantic Ocean is a "mid-ocean" ridge. This ridge opens and creates new sea floor. Iceland sits right smack on top of this ridge. (Atlantic ocean is actually getting larger;over time of course) Check out the series on History; very interesting.

This goes well beyond the myth of the earth being 8,000 years old. Too much geological evidence.

I'm a creationist believer and can show Biblical support for an intelligent designer and a universe that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay older than 8,000 years. I'm not sure if this board is open to a serious discussion on creation vs. evolution though. No offense intended.

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Although its not exactly the same as an earthquake, the European volcano Eyjafjallajokull is a disturbance in the earth's crust; an opening rather than seismic activity. They are both geological natural disasters.

The close relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes is evident from the maps depicting the locations prone to both phenomena. If you compare the maps that illustrate earthquake zones and volcanic zones, you will find them matching to each other. The main theory behind both these natural calamities lie in the plate tectonics.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/relation ... anoes.html

Iceland is a volcano. There's a program on the History channel "How the Earth Was Made" and one episode is on Iceland. Running through the Atlantic Ocean is a "mid-ocean" ridge. This ridge opens and creates new sea floor. Iceland sits right smack on top of this ridge. (Atlantic ocean is actually getting larger;over time of course) Check out the series on History; very interesting.

This goes well beyond the myth of the earth being 8,000 years old. Too much geological evidence.

I'm a creationist believer and can show Biblical support for an intelligent designer and a universe that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay older than 8,000 years. I'm not sure if this board is open to a serious discussion on creation vs. evolution though. No offense intended.

No offense here. I had attended a seminar a while back (Back to Genesis). Many biblical scholars/preachers/believers date the earth at about 8,000 years old. It all made sense to me, but so does this course I'm taking in Earth Science. My professor says it's "religion with blinders." She emphasized that she was NOT knocking religious beliefs.

[Innovator]

Although its not exactly the same as an earthquake, the European volcano Eyjafjallajokull is a disturbance in the earth's crust; an opening rather than seismic activity. They are both geological natural disasters.

The close relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes is evident from the maps depicting the locations prone to both phenomena. If you compare the maps that illustrate earthquake zones and volcanic zones, you will find them matching to each other. The main theory behind both these natural calamities lie in the plate tectonics.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/relation ... anoes.html

Iceland is a volcano. There's a program on the History channel "How the Earth Was Made" and one episode is on Iceland. Running through the Atlantic Ocean is a "mid-ocean" ridge. This ridge opens and creates new sea floor. Iceland sits right smack on top of this ridge. (Atlantic ocean is actually getting larger;over time of course) Check out the series on History; very interesting.

This goes well beyond the myth of the earth being 8,000 years old. Too much geological evidence.

I'm a creationist believer and can show Biblical support for an intelligent designer and a universe that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay older than 8,000 years. I'm not sure if this board is open to a serious discussion on creation vs. evolution though. No offense intended.

No offense here. I had attended a seminar a while back (Back to Genesis). Many biblical scholars/preachers/believers date the earth at about 8,000 years old. It all made sense to me, but so does this course I'm taking in Earth Science. My professor says it's "religion with blinders." She emphasized that she was NOT knocking religious beliefs.

Real quick and I hope this doesn't offend anyone, I think the Bible is right when is says "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". Of course we have a ton of scientific evidence that IMHO proves the earth and the universe is a lot older than 8,000 years. Here's what I believe. There are 2 theories of creationism that I accept as possible. They are theories and not facts, I wasn't there and do not know for certain but here they are:

1. The Gap Theory. The Bible says after "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". "And the earth was void and darkness hovered over the face of the deep". The language used in verse 2 of Genesis is similar to other places in the Bible that describe the state of the environment AFTER some sort of disaster has occurred and never how God originally created something. The Gap theory suggests God created the universe a very long time ago. There were probably living beings and societies and in the process of time something horrific happened that led to judgment and ruin. The events between verse 1 and verse 2 of Genesis do not apply to us so they're not included in God's Word to us but verse 2 is when he started anew with the present order of life on earth that includes the human race. Later in Genesis God told Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply and REPLENISH the earth. The word REPLENISH does not mean to populate originally but it means to re-stok, re-fill. From google definitions: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" This indicates life on earth before man and implies times on earth before man. How much time? I don't know.

2. The Day Age Theory. People (usually non-believers) get hung up on the 6 days of creation as six 24 hour periods. Throughout the Bible the words "day" and even "week" are used to indicate seasons of time. The same could be true of the Biblical account of creation. Interestingly, if you follow the sequence of events of the six days or "ages" of creation from the Bible, they seem to follow precisely the likely sequence of events of evolution, light, oceans formed, fish, birds, land animals and humans last. Secondly Albert Einstein's theory of relativity suggested time is not always http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHjpBjgI ... re=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdRmCqylsME&NR=1 and was proved in the 1970 with the Sky Lab experiments. 6 days from God's perspective could be 60,000,000 years on earth.

Fortunately, from what I understand you don't have to be exactly right on what you believe about creation. As long as you accept the "God created" part you aren't required to understand how. The Bible says with some things "we look through a glass darkly". One translation says we see some things similar to looking through wax-paper. There are some things we do have to be 100% right about such as faith in the resurrection of Jesus and he died to meet the requirements of God's justice serving as a substitution for our sins but 8,000 years ago vs. 60,000,000 isn't something we have to fully understand.